Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee is scaling back his controversial proposal to sell off public land around the West. According to a new version of the bill obtained Wednesday by Politico, Lee still intends on selling off parcels of public land — but there are several new guardrails in place, ...
The Utah Senate has voted to confirm Gov. Spencer Cox’s appointment of Lonny Pehrson to be the first-ever director of the state’s newly created Government Records Office. The Senate on Wednesday, during an extraordinary session to consider several judicial and executive branch ...
OGDEN — The Weber County Commission is inviting the public to attend weekly meetings in person after the county's Zoom livestream was hacked Tuesday. "The Weber County Commission meeting video today is unavailable due to an inappropriate hacking incident," Weber County Public Relations ...
WASHINGTON — A plan to sell more than 3,200 square miles (8,300 square kilometers) of federal lands has been ruled out of Republicans’ big tax and spending cut bill after the Senate parliamentarian determined the proposal by Senate Energy Chairman Mike Lee would violate the chamber’s ...
SANTA FE, N.M. — A Republican-sponsored proposal before Congress to mandate the sale of federal public lands received a mixed reception Monday from the governors of Western states. A budget proposal from Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee would mandate the sale of more than 2 million acres of ...
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox issued an executive order on Monday that directs the referendum aimed at overturning HB267 to be placed on the 2026 general election ballot, the latest update in months of controversy over lawmakers’ attempts to strip public unions of their ability to collectively ...
