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(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Senate President J. Stuart Adams, R-Layton, at the Utah Capitol in Salt Lake City on Friday, March 6, 2026.

‘We will prevail’: Critics threatened by Utah Senate president say they’re ready for a legal battle

By Robert Gehrke | August 26, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) Cattle walk by during a media tour to see the use of cattle to combat invasive phragmites at the Great Salt Lake Shorelands Preserve in Syracuse on July 16, 2024.

‘He is wrong’: Ranchers are ‘disappointed’ in Donald Trump’s beef import plan

By Angie Orellana Hernandez | August 25, 2026, 2:57 p.m.

Buzz of the Week: Do you support the national monument size cuts?

Trump’s mail-in voting restrictions can stand, Supreme Court rules. Here’s what that means for Utah.

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(Nam Y. Huh | AP) Former NBA center Enes Kanter Freedom greets a friend before a WNBA basketball game between the Indiana Fever and the Chicago Sky, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2026, in Chicago.

Enes Kanter was tossed from a WNBA game. Mike Lee says the former Jazz player wasn’t ‘‘harassing’ anyone.’

Sen. Lee has posted repeatedly in support of Enes Kanter Freedom and called Fever player Sophie Cunningham the WNBA’s “only patriot.”

By Addy Baird | August 25, 2026, 3:20 p.m.

(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) A voter drops off a ballot at a ballot drop box at the Davis Conference Center in Layton on Monday, June 22, 2026.

What big races are on Utahns’ ballots in the 2026 midterm elections?

After a yearslong gerrymandering debate, Utahns will likely send a Democrat to Congress. They also will vote on two constitutional amendments.

By Emily Anderson Stern | Addy Baird | Robert Gehrke | August 25, 2026, 5:06 p.m.

(Chris Samuels | The Salt Lake Tribune) People protest the Stratos data center project at the Capitol in Salt Lake City, Thursday, May 14, 2026.

Box Elder data center process was ‘not good,’ Gov. Cox says — and calls for MIDA reforms

The governor said his office should “play a bigger role” in weighing such projects.

By Addy Baird | Emily Anderson Stern | August 20, 2026, 9:43 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) U.S. Sen. John Curtis answers questions during a news conference at the Utah Capitol on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026.

‘It wasn’t a little war’: John Curtis warns Iran war mistakes resemble Vietnam

Congress has so far failed to do its constitutional duty and define the terms of the war, the senator said.

By Addy Baird | August 21, 2026, 12:40 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Lonny Pehrson and Monica Minaya in Taylorsville on Friday, Aug. 14, 2026.

Utah’s new public records chief is deciding cases twice as fast as the committee — but not everyone’s happy

After Utah’s records committee was disbanded, Lonny Pehrson, with the help of Monica Minaya, now hears all GRAMA appeals in the state.

By Robert Gehrke | August 20, 2026, 9:25 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) The QTS data center in Eagle Mountain, pictured here under construction in December, has a planned capacity of 177 megawatts. A proposal would make it a large data center under state law.

What counts as a large data center? Utah wants to make it clear in state law.

“These smaller data centers don’t have the outsize impact that the 100-megawatt-plus data centers do,” said Rep. Paul Cutler.

By Megan Banta | Addy Baird | August 20, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Senate President Stuart Adams, R-Layton, last month. After a primary election loss, Adams warns four critics, including Utah Auditor Tina Cannon, to retract their criticisms and "lies" — or he’ll sue.

After election loss, Utah Senate president threatens to sue four critics for alleged defamation

An attorney for Adams alleged that State Auditor Tina Cannon, two conservative podcasters and a political consultant made false and defamatory statements against Adams.

By Robert Gehrke | August 20, 2026, 7:02 p.m.

(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) A voter drops off two ballots at a ballot drop box at the Davis Conference Center in Layton on Monday, June 22, 2026.

95% of voters used a mail-in ballot this year — but Utah’s elections are changing in 2029

Despite repeated attempts by some GOP lawmakers to dismantle Utah’s by-mail elections system, the vast majority of the state’s voters continue to rely on it.

By Emily Anderson Stern | August 18, 2026, 3:58 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) A parking lot south of the Provo post office (visible at top center) on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026.

Utah Sen. Curtis wants to use post office properties to help solve a major national crisis

Researchers and a national task force have championed the idea, which they say could provide hundreds of thousands of new housing units and much-needed revenue for USPS.

By Megan Banta | August 18, 2026, 4:37 p.m.

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