Politics

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Sen. Mike Lee makes his victory speech at the Utah Republican Party election night party at the Hyatt Regency in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. On Tuesday, Nov. 29, Lee voted against the Respect for Marriage Act after an amendment he proposed was rejected. The same-sex marriage act passed the Seante, with Utah Sen. Mitt Romney voting for the bill, which is now headed to the U.S. House.

Same-sex marriage act passed by Senate, Mike Lee and Mitt Romney split their vote

By Jacob Scholl | November 29, 2022, 11:46 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Fall color in Little Cottonwood Canyon on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022.

Map: Here’s the land Utah will need to build the massive ski gondola

By Jacob Scholl | Christopher Cherrington | November 29, 2022, 1:00 p.m.

Mitt Romney calls Donald Trump’s meeting with white supremacist Nick Fuentes and Kanye West ‘disgusting’

It was the costliest S.L. County Council contest ever. One GOP council member hopes it’s a wake-up call to Republicans.

Legislature

State lawyers ask Utah Supreme Court to step in after judge declines to dismiss gerrymandering lawsuit

By Bryan Schott | November 26, 2022, 1:00 p.m.

Utah’s water socialism leads to waste, Robert Gehrke writes. Shouldn’t we pay for the water we use?

A new app is helping some 450 Utahns get a second chance. Robert Gehrke explains how.

Should Utah high school seniors pass an online safety test to graduate? These students think so.

Utah Republican lawmakers vote to make rare stand against judge’s block of Utah’s abortion trigger law

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Federal Politics

Same-sex marriage act passed by Senate, Mike Lee and Mitt Romney split their vote

By Jacob Scholl | November 29, 2022, 11:46 p.m.

Mitt Romney calls Donald Trump’s meeting with white supremacist Nick Fuentes and Kanye West ‘disgusting’

Mitt Romney joins bipartisan Senate majority to advance same-sex marriage act with religious exception amendment

Map: Where Utahns voted for Mike Lee and Evan McMullin in the U.S. Senate race

Utah Sen. Mike Lee wins reelection, beating independent challenger Evan McMullin in unprecedented Senate race

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Local Politics

It was the costliest S.L. County Council contest ever. One GOP council member hopes it’s a wake-up call to Republicans.

By Blake Apgar | November 28, 2022, 3:41 p.m.

LDS Church’s Granite Mountain vault is in proposed path of Little Cottonwood Canyon gondola

After nearly 60 years, Salt Lake City’s epicenter of anti-Mormonism is destined for rubble

Democrats erased the GOP’s supermajority on the S.L. County Council. Here’s what it means for the mayor and you.

See what’s finally coming to South Salt Lake: its first ‘downtown’ building

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