Congress is currently considering two competing bills that would continue compensating people who were sickened by radiation from nuclear weapons testing and development, known as downwinders. One is sponsored by Republican Sen. Mike Lee and would keep the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, ...
Only 40% of Republicans are very or somewhat confident in the accuracy of U.S. elections — down from a peak of nearly 90% in 2006. Meanwhile 80% of Democrats and 67% of independent voters say they have confidence in U.S. elections. That’s according to a poll of 2,012 Americans conducted ...
OGDEN — Mayor Ben Nadolski noted at his first budget presentation during Tuesday's Ogden City Council meeting that it took very little time into his tenure as mayor to have to start planning for the next municipal budget. "I took office on Jan. 2, and I had my first budget meeting on Jan. ...
OGDEN — Ogden-Hinckley Airport serves as a front door for the community, but a recent audit has called into question the state of this gateway to the region. Last month, the Utah Legislature's Legislative Audit Subcommittee released a report on the airport's performance and held a hearing ...
Governors from around the country are united in opposition to a proposal from the U.S. Department of Defense that would transfer certain National Guard units away from state control and move them under the Air Force. It’s what Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, a Republican, and Colorado Gov. Jared ...
It was among the most memorable moments from the Utah Republican Party’s state nominating convention last Saturday. From the moment Utah Gov. Spencer Cox walked out onto the stage, he was met with a chorus of boos, though his supporters — which would eventually represent 32.5% of the ...
A judge decided on Friday that Phil Lyman’s first running mate choice doesn’t meet the Utah Constitution’s residency requirements to be eligible for the office of lieutenant governor. This is the end of the brief legal fight against the Lieutenant Governor’s Office, which oversees ...
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox’s challenger Rep. Phil Lyman ran into trouble Monday when his newly-picked running mate Layne Bangerter, a former Donald Trump administrator and campaign director, tried to file his application to join Lyman’s ticket. A filing officer at the Utah Lieutenant ...
The 1990s-era settlements from big tobacco continue to benefit states, with Utah set to see another $57 million that will go toward public health programs. That’s according to Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes, who announced Thursday that the state will get $30 million for 2023 and $27 ...
Thousands of Republican state delegates gathered in Salt Lake City on Saturday to vote on nominations for GOP candidates in federal, state and multicounty races, including highly contested races for U.S. Senate and Utah’s 3rd Congressional District, as well as the Utah governor, attorney ...
