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(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Rep. Jordan Teuscher, R-South Jordan and Sen. Brady Brammer, R-Pleasant Grove, in the Senate Chamber during a special session at the Utah Capitol in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025.

Judicial independence group fined for not disclosing money behind attacks against GOP lawmakers

By Robert Gehrke | June 17, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) First Congressional District Democratic candidate Liban Mohamed visits with concerned citizens after the Box Elder County Commission meeting at the county fairgrounds in Tremonton on Tuesday, May 4, 2026.

Black candidate says ‘racial profiling’ likely led Salt Lake County clerk’s office to accuse him of a crime

By Robert Gehrke | June 17, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Utah Capitol in Salt Lake City on Friday, June 12, 2026.

All men and mostly BYU grads: A new commission makes its picks for new Utah Supreme Court justices

By Robert Gehrke | June 16, 2026, 8:16 p.m.

(Rick Egan, Francisco Kjolseth, and Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) Center: The Other Side Academy's Armstrong Mansion. Clockwise from top left: Co-founder Joseph Grenny applauds the groundbreaking of The Other Side Prep School; a moving van for The Other Side Movers; construction for The Other Side Donuts' second location in Salt Lake City; and guests walk through the opening of The Other Side Village.

The Other Side Academy network keeps expanding, bolstered by Utah taxpayers and unpaid labor

By Jessica Schreifels | Jose Davila IV | Robert Gehrke | June 15, 2026, 3:26 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Jay Jorgensen speaks to the Senate Judicial Confirmation Committee during a hearing on two of Gov. Spencer Cox's nominees to the Supreme Court — Jorgensen and Stephen Dent, in Salt Lake City on Friday, June 12, 2026.

Supreme Court pick who works for LDS Church says he wouldn’t need to recuse from all church-related cases

By Robert Gehrke | June 13, 2026, 9:08 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) A sign at the site of signature gathering to repeal Prop 4 at Linda Vista Park in Syracuse on Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026.

Out-of-state man pleads no contest in signature forgery case during GOP effort to repeal Prop 4

By Robert Gehrke | June 9, 2026, 5:24 p.m.

(Cheylynn Hayman) A pride flag sits on council member Cheylynn Hayman's desk on the Centerville City Council. The flag has drawn complaints to the Utah state auditor's office, citing a Utah law that bans such flags from government entities and schools.

This Utah city council member is taking heat over a pride flag. She says she’ll go to court to keep it.

By Robert Gehrke | June 8, 2026, 4:15 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Utah Capitol is pictured on Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026.

City council member is challenging an incumbent senator in Utah County. Here’s where they stand.

By Robert Gehrke | June 8, 2026, 9:44 p.m.

(The Salt Lake Tribune; AP) Jordan Teuscher, left, and Scott Stephenson, candidates for the GOP nomination for House District 44.

Labor bill looms large in South Jordan House clash. Here’s where they are on other big issues.

By Robert Gehrke | June 8, 2026, 9:51 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Trevor Lee, left, and Bob Stevenson, candidates for the GOP nomination for House District 16.

A conservative lightning rod faces a Davis County commissioner in Utah House District 16 primary

By Robert Gehrke | June 4, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Chris Samuels | The Salt Lake Tribune) Gov. Spencer Cox, right, shakes hands with Stephen Dent, center, and Jay Jorgensen after announcing their nominations to the Utah Supreme Court at the Capitol in Salt Lake City, Tuesday, June 2, 2026.

Cox picks LDS Church attorney and federal prosecutor to fill new Utah Supreme Court seats

By Robert Gehrke | June 3, 2026, 3:20 a.m.

(The Salt Lake Tribune) Candidatos para la nominación demócrata por el Distrito Congresional 1, sentido horario desde arriba a la izquierda: Nate Blouin; Michael Farrell; Ben McAdams; y Liban Mohamed.

Candidatos demócratas en las primarias congresionales de Utah comparten su visión sobre corrupción política y recursos hídricos

By Robert Gehrke | June 2, 2026, 4:34 p.m.

(The Salt Lake Tribune) Candidates for the Democratic nomination for the 1st Congressional District, clockwise from top left: Nate Blouin; Michael Farrell; Ben McAdams; and Liban Mohamed.

Meet the Democrats running for Utah’s 1st congressional district nomination

By Robert Gehrke | June 3, 2026, 12:53 a.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Celeste Maloy, left, and Phil Lyman, candidates for the GOP nomination for the 3rd Congressional District, speaking at their only broadcast debate on Monday, June 1, 2026.

Republicans running for Utah’s 3rd Congressional seat agree on a lot, except for each other

By Robert Gehrke | June 3, 2026, 10:44 p.m.

(Scott G Winterton | Pool) Nate Blouin participates in the 1st Congressional District Democratic primary debate in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, May 27, 2026.

Uniting progressives or ‘giving desperation’? Nate Blouin says only he can beat Ben McAdams.

By Robert Gehrke | June 2, 2026, 4:01 p.m.

(Scott G Winterton | Pool) From left, candidates Nate Blouin, Liban Mohamed, Ben McAdams, and Michael Farrell face off in the 1st Congressional District Democratic primary debate in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, May 27, 2026.

Democrats in race for Utah’s new, blue congressional district spar over data centers and tech

By Robert Gehrke | May 28, 2026, 11:31 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Nate Blouin speaks at the democratic nominating convention at Jordan High School, on Saturday, April 25, 2026.

Nate Blouin says he’ll quit Utah congressional race if own poll shows he’s not the top progressive

By Robert Gehrke | May 26, 2026, 8:20 p.m.

Chief Justice Matthew B. Durrant asks a question during oral arguments involving Utah's abortion trigger law before Utah's Supreme Court, Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023, Salt Lake City. The state Supreme Court is weighing a lower court's decision to put a law banning most abortions on hold more than a year ago. (Francisco Kjolseth/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP, Pool)

Chief Justice Matthew Durrant retiring from Utah Supreme Court, continuing unprecedented overhaul of the bench

By Robert Gehrke | May 22, 2026, 10:27 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) First Congressional District Democratic candidate Ben McAdams waves as he leaves the stage after speaking at the Democratic nominating convention at Jordan High School in Sandy on Saturday, April 25, 2026.

Ben McAdams has stock in a rural Utah data center. His primary opponents say it’s a problem.

By Robert Gehrke | May 22, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Salt Lake Tribune politics team and other Tribune reporters host a review of the past legislative session and a look into the upcoming election session at the SpyHop Rooftop on Wednesday, March 25, 2026. The panel introduced by Lauren Gustus and Sheila McCann featured Courtney Tanner, Addy Baird, Emily Anderson Stern, Robert Gehrke and editor Jeff Parrott, from left.

Robert Gehrke: Making the news available at no cost is a massive victory

By Robert Gehrke | May 15, 2026, 3:59 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Eva Lopez Chavez speaks during a groundbreaking ceremony celebrating the start of construction at Pioneer Park on Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026.

Embattled SLC Council member Eva Lopez Chavez forced from seat

By Robert Gehrke | May 12, 2026, 10:14 p.m.

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Utah Court of Appeals Judge Diana Hagen, center, thanks Gov. Spencer Cox for nominating her to serve as a Utah Supreme Court Justice during a press conference at the Capitol, March 29, 2022.

Read Justice Diana Hagen’s letter resigning from the Utah Supreme Court

By Robert Gehrke | May 8, 2026, 8:10 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Utah Supreme Court Justice Diana Hagen asks a question during oral arguments before the Utah Supreme Court in Salt Lake City, Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023.

Supreme Court Justice Diana Hagen resigns amid Utah Legislature’s investigation

By Robert Gehrke | May 8, 2026, 9:23 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Utah Capitol in Salt Lake City on Friday, March 6, 2026.

Who released a confidential report about a Supreme Court justice? A Utah commission is investigating.

By Robert Gehrke | May 7, 2026, 10:11 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Salt Lake City Council member Eva Lopez Chavez at a meeting on Tuesday, May 7, 2024.

SLC Council to investigate sexual misconduct allegations against Eva Lopez Chavez

By Robert Gehrke | May 6, 2026, 5:35 p.m.