Jacob Scholl

Statewatch Reporter

(Jacob Scholl | The Salt Lake Tribune) Reps. Chris Stewart and John Curtis share a stage with Enes Kanter Freedom at the Stewart Security Summit in Salt Lake City on Aug. 5, 2022.

Utah Reps. Chris Stewart and John Curtis voice support for Nancy Pelosi’s Taiwan trip, condemn Chinese aggression

By Jacob Scholl | August 6, 2022, 4:46 p.m.

(Rick Bowmer | AP) A limited supplies sign is displayed on the baby formula shelf at a grocery store Tuesday, May 10, 2022, in Salt Lake City. Utah Sen. Mike Lee hopes the Formula Act — a bill he sponsored in the Senate last month that was signed into law by President Joe Biden on July 21, 2022 — will help alleviate the national formula shortage.

What Mike Lee says will fix the baby formula shortage

By Jacob Scholl | August 3, 2022, 10:28 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) El senador Mitt Romney habla con los medios luego de una ceremonia del Día de los Caídos en el Capitolio de Utah el lunes 30 de mayo de 2022. Romney, el jueves 28 de julio de 2022, dijo que quiere crear un nueva agencia de salud pública destinada a proteger al país de futuros desastres de salud pública.

El senador Mitt Romney quiere crear una nueva agencia de salud para proteger contra futuros desastres de salud pública

By Jacob Scholl | July 28, 2022, 10:18 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Sen. Mitt Romney speaks with the media following a Memorial Day ceremony at the Utah Capitol on Monday, May 30, 2022. Romney, on Thursday, July 28, 2022, said he wants to create a new public health agency aimed at protecting the country from future public health disasters.

Sen. Mitt Romney wants to create a new health agency to protect against future public health disasters

By Jacob Scholl | July 28, 2022, 10:20 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Rep. John Curtis talks to the media as motorists line up to fill their tanks with unleaded gas at the price it was this time last year, in Lehi, on Tuesday, July 26, 2022.

‘We can be energy independent and we can still reduce emissions,’ Rep. John Curtis says

By Jacob Scholl | July 27, 2022, 3:17 p.m.

(The Salt Lake Tribune) Utah members of U.S. Congress, clockwise from top left: Rep. Blake Moore; Rep. Chris Stewart; Rep. Burgess Owens; and Rep. John Curtis. This week, the four congressmen voted this week to support codifying same-sex marriage in the United States and voted against a right to birth control.

Utah’s US House delegation votes against codifying the right to birth control

By Jacob Scholl | July 21, 2022, 9:52 p.m.

(Chris Samuels | The Salt Lake Tribune) U.S. Rep. John Curtis speaks with delegates at the Utah Republican Party nominating convention, Saturday, April 23, 2022 in Sandy. Curtis, along with Utah Reps. Blake Moore, Chris Stewart and Burgess Owens, voted on July 19, 2022, to approve a U.S. House resolution that would codify same-sex marriage in the United States.

Utah’s US House members all vote in favor of codifying same-sex marriage in the United States

By Jacob Scholl | July 20, 2022, 7:48 p.m.

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The State Capitol Building in Salt Lake City, Friday, February 28, 2014.

Seven votes decide southern Utah House Republican primary race

By Jacob Scholl | July 13, 2022, 12:22 a.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) A plot of land along Highway 210, pictured below center on Wednesday, could be the future location of a gondola base station to take people through Little Cottonwood Canyon. The land is owned by Snowbird, one of the resorts located in the canyon.

Who owns the land for the proposed Little Cottonwood Canyon gondola station?

By Jacob Scholl | July 12, 2022, 12:00 p.m.

(Chris Samuels | The Salt Lake Tribune) Gov. Spencer Cox speaks in front of the Jacob City fire outside Stockton in Tooele County on Monday, July 11, 2022. Crews continue to battle several area wildfires that sparked over the hot, windy weekend — many of which officials believe were human-caused.

Gov. Cox: Those who start Utah wildfires ‘will be held responsible’; weekend blazes still scorching acres

By Scott D. Pierce | Jacob Scholl | July 12, 2022, 1:17 a.m.