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(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Utah Supreme Court at the Utah Capitol in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025.

The new Utah Supreme Court candidate list is out. Here’s whom Cox can pick for two open justice seats.

By Robert Gehrke | August 7, 2026, 3:35 a.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Joel Ferry, executive director of the Department of Natural Resources, shakes hands with Gov. Spencer Cox in Tooele county where they discussed opportunities in nuclear earlier this year. Ferry will leave his post in August.

With Colorado River ruling just days away, Joel Ferry set to leave Cox’s Cabinet

By Robert Gehrke | July 29, 2026, 1:51 p.m.

Judge Kelsey Wright, seen here in his official portrait from the Utah State Courts, tendered his resignation recently after less than two years on the bench. In his letter Wright warns that a lack of resources is putting unsustainable pressure on judges and the court system.

A resigning Utah judge says the pressure to decide more cases faster ‘should concern every citizen’

By Robert Gehrke | July 28, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Gabriel Mayberry for Greg Jackson) Greg Jackson, a Utah Valley University history professor and creator of the "History That Doesn't Suck" podcast has written a new book, "Been There, Done That," exploring periods of conflict and in American history to point out political turmoil is not new and the nation is resilient.

You think U.S. politics have never been worse? They have, says this Utah professor and podcaster.

By Robert Gehrke | July 28, 2026, 4:18 p.m.

(Chris Samuels | The Salt Lake Tribune) Utah Supreme Court Justice John Nielsen is recognized during the State of the Judiciary speech in January. Planned Parenthood has asked for Nielsen to be disqualified from an upcoming hearing on the state's abortion law.

Planned Parenthood wants a Utah Supreme Court justice disqualified from case. Here’s why.

By Robert Gehrke | July 24, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) A map of the designated areas for fireworks within Clinton city limits is taped to the check out table at Dragon Dynamite Fireworks in Clinton on Monday, June 29, 2026.

A Utah mayor didn’t ban fireworks. Then someone online threatened to burn her house down.

By Robert Gehrke | July 23, 2026, 5:10 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Personal use fireworks at Farmington Regional Park, on Thursday, July 2, 2026.

Utah cities will have to ask the state if they want to ban Pioneer Day fireworks

By Robert Gehrke | July 20, 2026, 9:59 p.m.

(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) Sen. Todd Weiler, R-Woods Cross, speaks during a Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee hearing at the Utah Capitol in Salt Lake City on Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026.

Utah senator has a new job leading a powerful conservative advocacy group. Is it a conflict?

By Robert Gehrke | July 17, 2026, 4:47 p.m.

(The Salt Lake Tribune) Entrepreneur Kevin O'Leary speaks while being interviewed by The Salt Lake Tribune on Monday, June 1, 2026.

Utahns sue Kevin O’Leary, Fox News over allegations of being called Chinese agents

By Robert Gehrke | July 15, 2026, 10:59 p.m.

(Chris Samuels | The Salt Lake Tribune) Members of the public attend a rally against a proposed constitutional amendment to reform the citizen initiative process at the Capitol in Salt Lake City, Monday, Aug. 26, 2024.

This question was pulled off your ballot in 2024. It’s not coming back — yet.

By Robert Gehrke | July 8, 2026, 9:48 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Senate President Stuart Adams, R-Layton, joins the celebration of Stadler completing an expansion of its west-side manufacturing plant in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, July 1, 2026.

What happens after Utah Senate President J. Stuart Adams leaves the Legislature?

By Robert Gehrke | July 7, 2026, 5:34 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Stephanie Hollist canvassing in Farmington on Saturday, June 20, 2026.

Utah voters have felt ignored for years. On Tuesday, lawmakers heard them at the polls.

By Robert Gehrke | Emily Anderson Stern | Addy Baird | June 25, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) Senate District 7 Republican primary candidate Stephanie Hollist, right, answers questions alongside Senate President J. Stuart Adams, R-Layton, left, during a forum in Sunset on Tuesday, June 16, 2026.

Senate President J. Stuart Adams — burdened by data center fallout — ousted by voters

By Robert Gehrke | June 24, 2026, 5:16 a.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Rep. Trevor Lee, R-Layton, running for reelection, speaks with delegates during the Davis County Republican Party nominating convention at Syracuse High School on Saturday, April 18, 2026.

Utah GOP Rep. Trevor Lee, known for inflammatory posts, ousted in GOP primary

By Emily Anderson Stern | Robert Gehrke | June 24, 2026, 4:42 a.m.

(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) First Congressional District Democratic candidate Ben McAdams stands with his family on stage as he speaks during an election watch party in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, June 23, 2026.

Ben McAdams wins primary race for Utah’s new blue-leaning 1st Congressional District

By Robert Gehrke | Samantha Moilanen | June 24, 2026, 5:15 a.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Stephanie Hollist, who is challenging J. Stuart Adams in this year's GOP primary for Senate District 7, knocks on doors in Farmington on Saturday, June 20, 2026.

After data center fallout, Utah’s Senate president faces first competitive election in years

By Robert Gehrke | June 23, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Jordyn Woods plays in the fountain during the Juneteenth celebration at The Gateway on Friday, June 19, 2026.

Salt Lake City Juneteenth festival celebrates freedom through arts, food and honoring ancestral roots

By Robert Gehrke | June 20, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Chris Samuels | The Salt Lake Tribune) The ICE warehouse in Salt Lake City. The New York Times reports ICE intends to sell the building or hand it off to another federal agency.

ICE backing off plans for Utah detention center months after buying SLC warehouse, report says

By Robert Gehrke | June 19, 2026, 5:30 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Ben McAdams greets
the crowd as he walks in the Salt Lake Pride Parade on Sunday, June 7, 2026.

Democrats trailing Ben McAdams in fundraising say he’s raising the wrong kind of cash

By Robert Gehrke | June 18, 2026, 5:43 p.m.

(Chris Samuels | The Salt Lake Tribune) Gov. Spencer Cox, right, shakes hands with Stephen Dent, center, and Jay Jorgensen after announcing their nominations to the Utah Supreme Court at the Capitol in Salt Lake City, Tuesday, June 2, 2026.

Utah Supreme Court expands to seven justices after Senate confirms Dent and Jorgensen

By Robert Gehrke | June 18, 2026, 12:00 p.m.