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‘This right is fundamental’: Federal judges reject lawmakers’ bid to toss Utah’s new congressional maps

By Robert Gehrke | Feb. 23, 2026, 6:31 p.m.

Should abortions be labeled differently in Utahns’ medical records? GOP says yes, doctors say no.

By Emily Anderson Stern | Feb. 23, 2026, 6:45 p.m.

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox says sports betting on Kalshi is ‘destroying lives.’ The data is on his side.

By Andy Larsen | Feb. 23, 2026, 9:02 p.m.

Utah State University will finally get its withheld funding back from the Legislature

Voices: Reading age-appropriate books about sexual assault would have helped me as a kid. Today’s students deserve better.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) American Preparatory Academy in West Valley City is pictured during a snowstorm on Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026.

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This Utah charter school refused to disclose how much it pays top administrators, arguing the records should be secret

By Carmen Nesbitt

(CELSIUS | Penguin) The BYU Creamery has pulled from the shelves energy drinks containing green tea extract.

The green leaf that has Latter-day Saints debating what they can — and can’t — drink

By Dylan Eubank

(Spenser Heaps | Pool) Kouri Richins, a Utah mother accused of fatally poisoning her husband, looks on during her murder trial at the Summit County Courthouse in Park City, Monday, Feb. 23, 2026.

Kouri Richins trial puts Utah in the true-crime spotlight, drawing national media attention

By Jordan Miller | Samantha Moilanen

News

One of Utah’s highest-profile murder trials begins Monday. Here’s what you should know.

Big Cottonwood Canyon avalanche leaves 2 men hospitalized after other skiers ‘immediately’ helped rescue them

Brother of girl swept up in Brighton-area avalanche ‘heroically’ found 11-year-old before she died, police say

Sports

From gold medals to proposals: Utah athletes steal the show at 2026 Winter Games

Your new Utah Jazz reporter bonded over a good story — and he hopes you will too

Gordon Monson: Fare thee well, Patti Edwards, after a life well lived

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(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Rep. Karianne Lisonbee, R-Syracuse, speaks on the House floor at the Utah Capitol in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026.

Should abortions be labeled differently in Utahns’ medical records? GOP says yes, doctors say no.

(Chris Samuels | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Orrin G. Hatch United States Courthouse in Salt Lake City, Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024.

‘This right is fundamental’: Federal judges reject lawmakers’ bid to toss Utah’s new congressional maps

Pat Bagley | Lake Defect

Bagley Cartoon: President Trump wades into our Lake Defect

(Scott McIntyre | The New York Times) A young attendee during the Pledge of Allegiance at a meeting of the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando, Fla., on Feb. 26, 2022.

Epstein scandal leaves some young Trump voters feeling betrayed

(Illustration by Christopher Cherrington | The Salt Lake Tribune) Fees for internet, trash collection, pest control, and other services can add hundreds of dollars to tenants' base rent, as shown in these examples that Utahns provided through a Tribune survey. New legislation would require ads to include disclosure of many mandatory fees.

Hidden fees can inflate your rent. State legislators want to change that.

POLITICS

Should abortions be labeled differently in Utahns’ medical records? GOP says yes, doctors say no.

‘This right is fundamental’: Federal judges reject lawmakers’ bid to toss Utah’s new congressional maps

Epstein scandal leaves some young Trump voters feeling betrayed

Opinion

Opinion: Marco Rubio is failing Western civ

Opinion: Soil, not blood, determines U.S. citizenship

Voices: How Utah law enforcement can avoid politics and provide leadership on immigration enforcement

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Religion

LDS garment history: The rules changed under Brigham Young

Gordon Monson: I’m not as good a Latter-day Saint as the outwardly devout. Or am I?

Jana Riess: Latter-day Saints are opening up about sex

Culture

Once on the brink of closing, this iconic Utah music venue reaches an impressive milestone

Salt Lake City: Two new restaurants offering omakase experiences are coming to the downtown area

The Salt Lake City couple behind 900 South’s newest bar want it to be ‘a safe place for everybody’

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