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(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Amtrak riders board a train in Salt Lake City in 2007. Utah transportation officials applied for federal money to study the possibility of connecting Salt Lake City to both Las Vegas and Boise through passenger rail, but the funding was denied, according to an announcement on Friday, Dec. 8, 2023.

Feds deny funding to study passenger rail connecting SLC to Las Vegas, Boise

By Jordan Miller | December 8, 2023, 5:16 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Republican Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes in April. After weeks of scandal and an active legislative audit, Reyes is expected to announce Friday afternoon that he won't seek reelection.

Read the Tribune stories that led up to A.G. Sean Reyes’ anticipated decision to not seek re-election

By Jessica Miller | December 8, 2023, 6:12 p.m.

Utahns stop woman from burning home where Martin Luther King Jr. was born

‘Scary and overwhelming’: Students, parents plead to keep Salt Lake City schools open

EDUCATION

‘Scary and overwhelming’: Students, parents plead to keep Salt Lake City schools open

By Michael Lee | December 8, 2023, 2:51 p.m.

5% boost in per-pupil spending isn’t enough, teachers union tells Gov. Cox

A charter school bought one of Alpine’s last pioneer homes — and plans to demolish it

Esta ciudad de Utah está atrayendo rápidamente a inmigrantes venezolanos, lo que crea un desafío para las escuelas

¿Solicitudes universitarias gratuitas para estudiantes de Utah? Aquí están los detalles.

CRIME

Ruby Franke: Prosecutors request new court hearing in child abuse case

By Jordan Miller | December 7, 2023, 11:19 p.m.

Utah Valley Hospital nurse charged with abusing NICU baby

‘Intolerable’: Salt Lake City police investigate pride flag thefts in Ballpark

Police pursuit before fatal crash at 9th and 9th whale was appropriate, D.A finds

Utah landscaping company executives charged in ‘appalling’ labor trafficking case

ENVIRONMENT

‘Constitutional rights are not for sale’: Judge orders exclusive ski area to halt development, sales indefinitely

By Julie Jag | December 8, 2023, 1:00 p.m.

‘If the Great Salt Lake went away, the world would be poorer for it’: How Utah’s terminal lake helps feed the world

Water Documenters: Read meeting notes from the Wasatch Front Water Quality Council

Vineyard could welcome the next inland port. Here’s where other projects have been approved across Utah.

Utah Inland Port Authority approves two new projects in Tooele County

MORE ENVIRONMENT

POLITICS

A.G. Sean Reyes won’t run for reelection after questionable spending and Ballard friendship

By Robert Gehrke | December 8, 2023, 5:50 a.m.

Utah agrees to move signature deadline after RFK Jr. lawsuit

Sen. Mike Lee wants the U.S. to sever ties with the United Nations

Would contesting more races increase Democrats’ success in red Utah? This group is banking on it.

Inside Gov. Cox’s ‘audacious’ plan to create tens of thousands of starter homes for young Utahns

BUSINESS

Who should pay for Rocky Mountain Power’s rising insurance costs, Utah customers or Warren Buffett?

By Tim Fitzpatrick | December 7, 2023, 1:07 p.m.

Makers Line is ‘no longer doing business,’ an attorney for the troubled contractor confirms

Why many Utahns are paying more than $1,000 a month for their cars

Who gets to live in downtown Salt Lake City?

Hawaiian Airlines to add direct route between Salt Lake City and Honolulu