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(Jacob Scholl | The Salt Lake Tribune) Reps. Chris Stewart and John Curtis share a stage with Enes Kanter Freedom at the Stewart Security Summit in Salt Lake City on Aug. 5, 2022.

Utah Reps. Chris Stewart and John Curtis voice support for Nancy Pelosi’s Taiwan trip, condemn Chinese aggression

By Jacob Scholl | August 6, 2022, 4:46 p.m.

(Rick Bowmer | AP) A limited supplies sign is displayed on the baby formula shelf at a grocery store Tuesday, May 10, 2022, in Salt Lake City. Utah Sen. Mike Lee hopes the Formula Act — a bill he sponsored in the Senate last month that was signed into law by President Joe Biden on July 21, 2022 — will help alleviate the national formula shortage.

What Mike Lee says will fix the baby formula shortage

By Jacob Scholl | August 3, 2022, 10:28 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) El senador Mitt Romney habla con los medios luego de una ceremonia del Día de los Caídos en el Capitolio de Utah el lunes 30 de mayo de 2022. Romney, el jueves 28 de julio de 2022, dijo que quiere crear un nueva agencia de salud pública destinada a proteger al país de futuros desastres de salud pública.

El senador Mitt Romney quiere crear una nueva agencia de salud para proteger contra futuros desastres de salud pública

By Jacob Scholl | July 28, 2022, 10:18 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Sen. Mitt Romney speaks with the media following a Memorial Day ceremony at the Utah Capitol on Monday, May 30, 2022. Romney, on Thursday, July 28, 2022, said he wants to create a new public health agency aimed at protecting the country from future public health disasters.

Sen. Mitt Romney wants to create a new health agency to protect against future public health disasters

By Jacob Scholl | July 28, 2022, 10:20 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Rep. John Curtis talks to the media as motorists line up to fill their tanks with unleaded gas at the price it was this time last year, in Lehi, on Tuesday, July 26, 2022.

‘We can be energy independent and we can still reduce emissions,’ Rep. John Curtis says

By Jacob Scholl | July 27, 2022, 3:17 p.m.

(The Salt Lake Tribune) Utah members of U.S. Congress, clockwise from top left: Rep. Blake Moore; Rep. Chris Stewart; Rep. Burgess Owens; and Rep. John Curtis. This week, the four congressmen voted this week to support codifying same-sex marriage in the United States and voted against a right to birth control.

Utah’s US House delegation votes against codifying the right to birth control

By Jacob Scholl | July 21, 2022, 9:52 p.m.

(Chris Samuels | The Salt Lake Tribune) U.S. Rep. John Curtis speaks with delegates at the Utah Republican Party nominating convention, Saturday, April 23, 2022 in Sandy. Curtis, along with Utah Reps. Blake Moore, Chris Stewart and Burgess Owens, voted on July 19, 2022, to approve a U.S. House resolution that would codify same-sex marriage in the United States.

Utah’s US House members all vote in favor of codifying same-sex marriage in the United States

By Jacob Scholl | July 20, 2022, 7:48 p.m.

Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune The State Capitol Building in Salt Lake City, Friday, February 28, 2014.

Seven votes decide southern Utah House Republican primary race

By Jacob Scholl | July 13, 2022, 12:22 a.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) A plot of land along Highway 210, pictured below center on Wednesday, could be the future location of a gondola base station to take people through Little Cottonwood Canyon. The land is owned by Snowbird, one of the resorts located in the canyon.

Who owns the land for the proposed Little Cottonwood Canyon gondola station?

By Jacob Scholl | July 12, 2022, 12:00 p.m.

(Chris Samuels | The Salt Lake Tribune) Gov. Spencer Cox speaks in front of the Jacob City fire outside Stockton in Tooele County on Monday, July 11, 2022. Crews continue to battle several area wildfires that sparked over the hot, windy weekend — many of which officials believe were human-caused.

Gov. Cox: Those who start Utah wildfires ‘will be held responsible’; weekend blazes still scorching acres

By Scott D. Pierce | Jacob Scholl | July 12, 2022, 1:17 a.m.

(The Salt Lake Tribune) Sen. Derek Kitchen, left, has been behind challenger Jennifer Plumb by 62 votes in the face for the Democratic nomination for Senate District 9.

Jen Plumb builds her lead over Sen. Derek Kitchen, but it remains oh so tight

By Jacob Scholl | July 8, 2022, 2:25 a.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Marchers carry a giant American Flag in the Cherry Days Fourth of July Parade in North Ogden on Monday.

Utahns eat up this yummy July Fourth celebration — with cherries on top

By Jacob Scholl | July 4, 2022, 11:13 p.m.

(GoFundMe) Macie Hill died Monday when she was hit by a vehicle during a parade in Kaysville, according to a GoFundMe page raising money for her family.

8-year-old girl dies after she is hit by a July Fourth parade vehicle in Kaysville

By Jacob Scholl | Scott D. Pierce | July 5, 2022, 10:33 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Fire burns in the foothills of Centerville on Monday, July 4, 2022. Evacuation orders have been lifted.

Suspected fireworks fire forces evacuations, cancellation of Independence Day events in Utah city

By Jacob Scholl | July 4, 2022, 9:31 p.m.

(Rachel Rydalch | The Salt Lake Tribune) Rep. Kelly Miles, center, at the State Capitol in Salt Lake City in January 2022. Miles conceded to his primary opponent, Katy Hall, on Thursday.

Rep. Kelly Miles concedes to opponent Hall in northern Utah House race

By Jacob Scholl | July 1, 2022, 9:31 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Bluffdale Mayor Natalie Hall, right, in Salt Lake City in February 2022. Hall's husband, Jason Hall, is accused of harassing one of his wife's political opponents in 2021.

Husband of Bluffdale mayor charged for allegedly harassing wife’s political opponent

By Jacob Scholl | July 1, 2022, 12:03 a.m.

(Rachel Rydalch | The Salt Lake Tribune) Rep. Kelly Miles, R-Ogden, places his hand over his heart as the choir sang the national anthem at the State Capitol in January 2022.

Races tighten for Utah GOP hopefuls in latest updates to primary vote totals

By Jacob Scholl | June 30, 2022, 10:21 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Sen. Gene Davis at the Capitol, on Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022.

Utah Legislature primary results: Longtime Sen. Gene Davis appears headed for defeat

By Jacob Scholl | Daedan Olander | Blake Apgar | June 29, 2022, 5:21 a.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Gayle Ruzicka with the Utah Eagle Forum speaks during a legislative hearing in February 2022.

‘A great day for the babies’: Gayle Ruzicka marks end of abortion after 50-year fight

By Jacob Scholl | June 24, 2022, 10:28 p.m.

(Chris Samuels | The Salt Lake Tribune) Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes in 2021.

Why was Utah’s attorney general at a party with Rudy Gobert in Salt Lake City?

By Jacob Scholl | June 24, 2022, 2:30 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Clayton Middle School students protesting HB 11, which bans transgender students from competing in sports, in Salt Lake City on Friday, April 22, 2022.

Attorneys for transgender students seek to block school sports ban from taking effect

By Jacob Scholl | June 24, 2022, 12:41 p.m.

(Jacob Scholl | The Salt Lake Tribune) Salt Lake County Mayor Jenny Wilson voices her opposition to a proposed gondola through Little Cottonwood Canyon during an event on Wednesday, June 22, 2022, in Sandy.

Officials blast Little Cottonwood gondola as ‘boondoggle,’ call on UDOT to start over with canyon plan

By Brian Maffly | Jacob Scholl | June 23, 2022, 7:09 p.m.