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(Francisco Kjolseth | Tribune file photo) Salt Lake City Hall is photographed May 25, 2021. On Tuesday, Salt Lake City Council approved the city's budget for the next fiscal year.

City Council approves Salt Lake City’s budget for the next fiscal year. Here are some items worth noting.

By Leia Larsen | June 16, 2021, 3:31 a.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) The sun sets at the state Capitol in 2014. State lawmakers on Tuesday received a scathing audit of the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food, which auditors said found had lax processes and poor record-keeping.

Searing audit says Utah agriculture agency let slide hundreds of ‘critical’ food violations

By Bethany Rodgers | Taylor Stevens | June 16, 2021, 12:45 a.m.

‘I was awakened from a nap’ — assistant Utah A.G. apologizes for angry email he sent to council member

‘The Rundown’: Stewart clashes with Cuomo over QAnon

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Rep. Steve Christiansen, R-West Jordan, traveled to Arizona to observe the GOP-led election audit in Maricopa County. He says he would like to see a similar audit of Salt Lake County's election results.

After Utah legislator visits Arizona to observe election audit, he says Salt Lake County needs one

By Bryan Schott | June 15, 2021, 5:46 p.m.

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‘The Rundown’: Dude, where’s my car?

By Bryan Schott | June 14, 2021, 12:41 p.m.

(Bryan Schott | The Salt Lake Tribune) Utah Republican State Central Committee members raise their credentials to vote in favor of a resolution to ban critical race theory in the state's schools.

Utah Republicans approve resolution condemning critical race theory

By Bryan Schott | June 13, 2021, 8:30 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Governor Spencer Cox and interagency fire leadership ask everyone in Utah this summer to change their behaviors when outside, as they launch “Fire Sense”, a public service campaign designed to educate the public and empower them to make fire sense decisions that will drive down the number of human-caused wildfires. Gathered in City Creek Canyon on Wednesday, May 26, 2021, leadership launched a messaging campaign pinpointing how 100% of the state is in drought, with 90% of the state in extreme drought.

State leaders warn of wildfire danger posed by target shooting

By Bryan Schott | June 12, 2021, 7:29 p.m.

(Christian Chavez | AP) An older section of the border wall divides Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, from Sunland Park, New Mexico, top, on the outskirts of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021.

Biden gives Utah’s Hill Air Force Base $24M Trump took for border wall

By Matt Canham | June 12, 2021, 1:01 a.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) House Republicans confer around House Majority Leader Francis Gibson, R-Mapleton, after Democrats walked out before a resolution on critical race theory was debated at the State Capitol in Salt Lake City in May 2021.

Utah GOP leaders will again tackle critical race theory, gun rights

By Bryan Schott | June 12, 2021, 1:43 a.m.

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