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FILE - In this April 22, 1952 file photo a gigantic pillar of smoke with the familiar mushroom top climbs above Yucca Flat, Nev. during nuclear test detonation. A defense spending bill pending in Congress includes an apology to New Mexico, Nevada, Utah and other states affected by nuclear testing over the decades, but communities downwind from the first atomic test in 1945 are still holding out for compensation amid rumblings about the potential for the U.S. to resume nuclear testing. (AP Photo,File)

Utah owes a debt it can never repay to downwinders, Robert Gehrke says, but we should do what we can

By Robert Gehrke | October 24, 2021, 12:00 p.m.

Natalie Hall and John Roberts, mayoral candidates in Bluffdale.

Bluffdale investigates mayoral candidate for complaints from when he was fire chief

By Alixel Cabrera | October 23, 2021, 6:12 p.m.

Police issues at forefront of Cottonwood Heights’ mayoral race

COVID denial, communism and QAnon. Conspiracy theory-fueled conference hits Salt Lake City

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Activists pushing for a forensic audit of the 2020 election in Utah, applaud the words of Rep. Steve Christiansen, R-South Jordan at a rally at the Capitol on Oct. 20, 2021, prior to the 1pm Judiciary Interim Committee's meeting on election integrity, to Òhear presentations on perspectives regarding election integrity" according to the agenda.

No proof? No problem. The right wing is trying to dismantle Utah’s top-in-the-U. S. election system, Robert Gehrke writes

By Robert Gehrke | October 22, 2021, 9:07 p.m.

(AP Photo | J. Scott Applewhite) This Nov. 5, 2020 file photo, shows the Supreme Court in Washington. The Supreme Court is not immediately blocking the Texas law that bans most abortions, but has agreed to hear arguments in the case in early November.

Supreme Court doesn’t block Texas abortion law, sets hearing

By Mark Sherman | The Associated Press | October 22, 2021, 7:17 p.m.

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‘The Rundown’: Dog whistle or mistake? Utah legislator used LDS Church PowerPoint template for committee presentation

By Bryan Schott | October 22, 2021, 12:50 p.m.

(Susan Walsh | AP) Stewart Rhodes, the founder of the citizen militia group known as the Oath Keepers, center, speaks during a rally outside the White House in Washington, Sunday, June 25, 2017. Rhodes was one of many speakers at the "Rally Against Political Violence," that was to condemn the attack on Republican congressmen during their June 14 baseball practice in Virginia and the "depictions of gruesome displays of brutality against sitting U.S. national leaders."

Iron County GOP leader on Oath Keepers list

By Bryan Schott | October 22, 2021, 3:19 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Rep. Chris Stewart takes the stage before delegates attending the Utah Republican Party’s 2021 Organizing Convention at the Maverik Center in West Valley City on Saturday, May 1, 2021, as they return to an in-person format after the pandemic forced the nominating convention to go online last year.

Utah’s House Republicans vote against holding Bannon in contempt in Jan. 6 investigation

By Bryan Schott | October 22, 2021, 12:54 a.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Salt Lake County Mayor Jenny Wilson speaks at a news conference in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021.

Salt Lake County mayor seeks $15 minimum wage for county employees

By Matt Canham | October 21, 2021, 11:21 p.m.

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‘The Rundown’: Why is Mike Lee blocking a Biden nominee who will oversee the January 6 prosecutions?

By Bryan Schott | October 21, 2021, 12:46 p.m.

(Steve Griffin / The Salt Lake Tribune) David Robinson, then a Republican candidate for Salt Lake County mayor, talks with the Salt Lake Tribune editorial board in 2017. Robinson, formerly an unofficial communication director for the county Republican Party, was accused by more than a half dozen women of harassment, name-calling, body shaming and other inappropriate behavior.

Ex-Salt Lake GOP leader threatens to sue state officials who condemned him on social media

By Bethany Rodgers | October 21, 2021, 5:10 p.m.

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Rep. Steve Christiansen, R-West Jordan, speaks to activists pushing for a forensic audit of the 2020 election in Utah at the Capitol on Oct. 20, 2021. Christiansen invited the crowd to the 1pm Judiciary Interim Committee.

Calls to audit Utah’s 2020 election fall flat as legislative committee takes no action

By Bryan Schott | October 21, 2021, 5:03 p.m.

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