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(Christopher Cherrington) The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints opposes Idaho's Proposition 1, which seeks to expand abortion access. Experts say the impact will likely be small but could be enough to trip it up just short of the finish line.

How the LDS Church’s opposition could impact Idaho’s Prop 1 abortion vote

By Tamarra Kemsley | September 19, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) Changes to Sunday meetings mean members are having shorter lessons and shuffling between classes faster than ever.

How is the LDS Church’s new Sunday schedule going? We want to hear from you.

By Tamarra Kemsley | September 18, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Lucy, a recent convert to Islam, at the Khadeeja Islamic Center in West Valley City. The former Latter-day Saint said she found the community she had long been in search of when she became a Muslim.

Becoming Muslim: How one convert found ‘a lot of connections’ between the LDS Church and Islam

By Tamarra Kemsley | September 18, 2026, 5:04 p.m.

(The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
The Pocatello Idaho Temple. The church has come out against an Idaho measure seeking to expand abortion access in the Gem State.

LDS Church weighs in against Idaho’s abortion ballot measure

By Tamarra Kemsley | September 18, 2026, 10:32 p.m.

(Christopher Willard | ABC) “Jeopardy!” host Ken Jennings says his Latter-day Saint faith has helped him stay grounded on his rise to fame.

Answer: Famous LDS game-show host who speaks out for trans rights. Question: Who is Ken Jennings?

By Tamarra Kemsley | September 16, 2026, 4:50 p.m.

(Larkin Mortuary) Stanley Benfell was a literature professor who also helped to administer study-abroad programs. He was killed while riding his bike.

BYU associate V.P. and head of a respected international center killed while riding bike

By Tamarra Kemsley | September 15, 2026, 2:29 a.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) More than 200 protesters gather for an anti-ICE protest at Utah Valley University in February.

UVU gets an ‘F’ in free speech rankings in the aftermath of Charlie Kirk shooting

By Tamarra Kemsley | September 11, 2026, 10:07 p.m.

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Ruth Renlund and her husband, apostle Dale Renlund, shown in 2021.

LDS apostle offers his definition of ‘real men’

By Tamarra Kemsley | September 4, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) Lights illuminate the Salt Lake Temple in Salt Lake City. Public tours begin next year.

Salt Lake LDS Temple tour tickets are available now. Here’s how to get yours.

By Tamarra Kemsley | September 2, 2026, 1:23 p.m.

(YouTube screengrab) A concept trailer of a Book of Mormon movie made entirely with A.I. has won praise from viewers and concern from scholars.

LDS cinema enters a new era as members turn to A.I. to tell the story of the Book of Mormon

By Tamarra Kemsley | August 29, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Jamie Kelter Davis | The New York Times) The University of Chicago campus, shown in 2023, is the educational home to dozens of Latter-day Saint students.

LDS students at Dallin Oaks’ alma mater tackle LGBTQ+ issues, gender and more in new journal

By Tamarra Kemsley | August 22, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Illustration by Christopher Cherrington | The Salt Lake Tribune)

How the LDS Church’s rebrand could end up sinking its legal case against ‘Mormon Stories’

By Tamarra Kemsley | David Noyce | August 21, 2026, 11:19 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Church Office Building towers over the Church Administration Building in Salt Lake City. The global faith has filed additional court documents in its case against "Mormon Stories."

We’re not trying to silence John Dehlin’s ‘Mormon Stories,’ LDS Church insists in new court filing

By Tamarra Kemsley | August 21, 2026, 11:17 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Attendees stand at the start of a General Conference session in 2025. Latter-day Saint retention has emerged as an issue in the global faith in the wake of recent research.

For Latter-day Saints, the retention decline is more than a people problem

By Tamarra Kemsley | August 18, 2026, 1:52 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Church Administration Building in downtown Salt Lake City. The faith is suing "Mormon Stories," alleging trademark infringement.

‘Mormon Land’: Could the church win its trademark battle against ‘Mormon Stories’ and lose the P.R. war?

By Tamarra Kemsley | David Noyce | August 12, 2026, 12:50 p.m.

(Chris Samuels | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Orrin G. Hatch United States Courthouse in Salt Lake City is the venue for the church's lawsuit against John Dehlin's "Mormon Stories."

John Dehlin’s ‘Mormon Stories’ picks up two key allies in legal fight against LDS Church

By Tamarra Kemsley | August 12, 2026, 6:14 p.m.

(The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) Missionaries talk to a woman in Ghana. The tally of full-time missionaries worldwide has hit a record high.

Will the LDS Church’s record number of missionaries keep rising or start to fall?

By Andy Larsen | Tamarra Kemsley | August 12, 2026, 6:13 p.m.

(The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) Temple Square missionaries sport their national flags with their nameplates in 2025.

The backstory of how LDS Temple Square missionaries came to don their flags

By Tamarra Kemsley | August 4, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(John Legg, University of Oklahoma Press) In "Mormon Settler Colonialism: Inventing the Lamanite," author Elise Boxer argues that anti-Indigenous racism is woven into the DNA of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Pioneer Day is just one example of the LDS Church’s anti-Indigenous racism, new book argues

By Tamarra Kemsley | July 21, 2026, 2:21 p.m.

(Nico Daniels) New York City fashion designer Pono Skousen found himself at the center of the latest debate over the place of LGBTQ+ members in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints after the faith's social media accounts shared his story.

About Pono, the gay LDS fashion designer whose story is dividing church members online

By Tamarra Kemsley | July 15, 2026, 7:00 p.m.