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(Fox 13 photo) A Sandy Police Department vehicle.

Five-year-old shot and killed in Sandy by another child, police say

By Robert Gehrke | August 31, 2026, 7:58 p.m.

(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) Gov. Spencer Cox speaks during a news conference announcing Mike Menssen and 5th District Judge Matthew Bell as his appointees for the Utah Supreme Court at the Utah Capitol in Salt Lake City on Friday, Aug. 28, 2026.

Gov. Cox completes overhaul of Utah Supreme Court with last two nominees

By Robert Gehrke | August 29, 2026, 1:57 a.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Ron Tait in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, July 14, 2026.

‘Just go down the street and die’: What former participants say happened when they left The Other Side Academy

By Jessica Schreifels | Robert Gehrke | Jose Davila IV | August 27, 2026, 3:08 p.m.

(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, 6:44 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?

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

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

(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) An American flag flies during a protest at the ICE warehouse in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, March 18, 2026.

ICE scraps Salt Lake City detention warehouse plans

By Jose Davila IV | Robert Gehrke | Addy Baird | August 20, 2026, 5:13 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

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

(Susan Walsh | AP) Homeland Security Investigations deputy executive associate director Derek Benner speaks during a news conference in Washington, Thursday, May 11, 2017.

‘Wholly unqualified’: Utah anti-trafficking group shouldn’t have received $244M legal services contract, critic says

By Robert Gehrke | August 12, 2026, 9:04 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) People getting gas in South Salt Lake on Monday, Aug. 3, 2026.

Utahns are getting a break at the pump. But did anyone actually notice?

By Robert Gehrke | August 8, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Utah Supreme Court at the Utah Capitol in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025.

The new Utah Supreme Court candidate list is out. Here’s whom Cox can pick for two open justice seats.

By Robert Gehrke | August 7, 2026, 3:35 a.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

By Robert Gehrke | July 29, 2026, 1:51 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’

By Robert Gehrke | 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.

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

(Chris Samuels | The Salt Lake Tribune) Utah Supreme Court Justice John Nielsen is recognized during the State of the Judiciary speech in January. Planned Parenthood has asked for Nielsen to be disqualified from an upcoming hearing on the state's abortion law.

Planned Parenthood wants a Utah Supreme Court justice disqualified from case. Here’s why.

By Robert Gehrke | July 24, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) A map of the designated areas for fireworks within Clinton city limits is taped to the check out table at Dragon Dynamite Fireworks in Clinton on Monday, June 29, 2026.

A Utah mayor didn’t ban fireworks. Then someone online threatened to burn her house down.

By Robert Gehrke | July 23, 2026, 5:10 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Personal use fireworks at Farmington Regional Park, on Thursday, July 2, 2026.

Utah cities will have to ask the state if they want to ban Pioneer Day fireworks

By Robert Gehrke | July 20, 2026, 9:59 p.m.

(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) Sen. Todd Weiler, R-Woods Cross, speaks during a Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee hearing at the Utah Capitol in Salt Lake City on Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026.

Utah senator has a new job leading a powerful conservative advocacy group. Is it a conflict?

By Robert Gehrke | July 17, 2026, 4:47 p.m.

(The Salt Lake Tribune) Entrepreneur Kevin O'Leary speaks while being interviewed by The Salt Lake Tribune on Monday, June 1, 2026.

Utahns sue Kevin O’Leary, Fox News over allegations of being called Chinese agents

By Robert Gehrke | July 15, 2026, 10:59 p.m.

(Chris Samuels | The Salt Lake Tribune) Members of the public attend a rally against a proposed constitutional amendment to reform the citizen initiative process at the Capitol in Salt Lake City, Monday, Aug. 26, 2024.

This question was pulled off your ballot in 2024. It’s not coming back — yet.

By Robert Gehrke | July 8, 2026, 9:48 p.m.