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(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) Gov. Spencer Cox speaks during a panel during the 2025 AI Summit at Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025.

Utah to spend $5M in higher education funding for AI research grants

By Addy Baird | August 3, 2026, 6:02 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) At right, Tim Davis, Utah Department of Environmental Quality, briefs U.S. Sen. John Curtis and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin during a tour of the Great Salt Lake on Saturday, May 23, 2026.

Utah wants help saving Great Salt Lake in exchange for hosting federal nuclear hub

By Emily Anderson Stern | July 31, 2026, 8:05 p.m.

She was set to get married. The night before, she used a tampon to set fire to the Utah church, police say.

A Colorado River deal is expected this week. How will it impact Utah?

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(Bob Wick | Bureau of Land Management) The Book Cliffs in southeastern Utah.

How a Utah Republican’s quiet battle for hunting access undercut the Ute Indian Tribe’s Land Back hopes

Rep. Casey Snider worked behind the scenes for years to transfer large blocks of roadless state trust land to wildlife officials — cutting the Ute Tribe out in the process.

By Roque Planas | Public Domain | July 29, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson and Gov. Spencer Cox are joined by other state state leaders in north central Tooele County to announce plans to advance nuclear energy development in the county, on Friday, March 27, 2026.

Utah is a finalist to build a massive federal nuclear hub. What’s next?

Among its roles, a potential Tooele County campus would store nuclear waste from power plants the Trump administration expects to build over the next 25 years.

By Emily Anderson Stern | Leia Larsen | July 29, 2026, 10:51 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Joel Ferry, executive director of the Department of Natural Resources, shakes hands with Gov. Spencer Cox in Tooele county where they discussed opportunities in nuclear earlier this year. Ferry will leave his post in August.

With Colorado River ruling just days away, Joel Ferry set to leave Cox’s Cabinet

Department of Natural Resources Commissioner plans to become lobbyist — at critical time for Lake Powell and Great Salt Lake

By Robert Gehrke | July 29, 2026, 1:51 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) A FrontRunner train passes through downtown Salt Lake City on Wednesday, July 8, 2026.

Utah wants $2.4 billion for a FrontRunner expansion. The Trump administration isn’t approving any projects.

Congress has budgeted billions for transit projects, but none of the money is being spent.

By Emily Badger and Alicia Parlapiano | The New York Times | July 28, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

Judge Kelsey Wright, seen here in his official portrait from the Utah State Courts, tendered his resignation recently after less than two years on the bench. In his letter Wright warns that a lack of resources is putting unsustainable pressure on judges and the court system.

A resigning Utah judge says the pressure to decide more cases faster ‘should concern every citizen’

Heavy caseloads threaten to burn judges out and put the state’s quality of justice at risk, 4th District Judge Kasey Wright warns.

By Robert Gehrke | July 28, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Jay Janner | Austin American-Statesman via AP) A tattered U.S. flag whips in the wind.

Buzz of the Week: How are you feeling about America’s future?

By The Salt Lake Tribune | July 28, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Bill Clark | CQ Roll Call via AP Images) Sources said that outside of his social media postings, Lee has done little to try to sway skeptical colleagues.

Mike Lee’s threats to nix August recess are infuriating his colleagues

How would canceling recess go over with Senate Republicans? “A total nonstarter,” one senior GOP aide said.

By Al Weaver | NOTUS | July 28, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Gabriel Mayberry for Greg Jackson) Greg Jackson, a Utah Valley University history professor and creator of the "History That Doesn't Suck" podcast has written a new book, "Been There, Done That," exploring periods of conflict and in American history to point out political turmoil is not new and the nation is resilient.

You think U.S. politics have never been worse? They have, says this Utah professor and podcaster.

“The challenges ahead of us are not any greater than challenges we have previously surmounted and overcome,” said UVU professor Greg Jackson.

By Robert Gehrke | July 28, 2026, 4:18 p.m.

(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., speaks to reporters as he arrives at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Nov. 10, 2025.

Mike Lee’s SAVE Act leads to rift between the GOP Senate leader and the White House

“Instead of pointing the finger at Republicans, they might think about going after the people who are stopping it on the floor,” Senate Majority Leader John Thune said.

By Al Weaver, NOTUS | July 25, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

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Utah to spend $5M in higher education funding for AI research grants

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