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(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Utah Capitol in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025.

Meet Utah’s newest lawmaker – she’s not a Republican or a Democrat

By Emily Anderson Stern | Addy Baird | Dec. 12, 2025, 11:17 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Utah State Correctional Facility in Salt Lake City, Friday, Feb. 24, 2023.

Transgender prison inmates sue over Utah’s treatment ban

By Ben Winslow | Fox 13 News | Dec. 12, 2025, 6:20 p.m.

(The Salt Lake Tribune; The New York Times) Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, left, and Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro.

Two governors — an LDS Republican and a Jewish Democrat — team up in an Episcopal cathedral against political violence

By Adelle M. Banks | Religion News Service | Dec. 12, 2025, 4:14 p.m.

(Eric S. Peterson | The Utah Investigative Service Project) Parcels of land that the Utah Department of Transportation purchased from Senate President Stuart Adams in 2023, seen here July 4, 2025, that they then put up for auction in 2025, later canceled. UDOT originally sought to purchase easements, but Adams negotiated the agency into buying the full parcels for approximately $3.9 million.

Who got the better end of a multimillion-dollar U.S. 89 land deal: Stuart Adams or UDOT?

By Eric Peterson | The Utah Investigative Journalism Project

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Former Salt Lake City Police Chief Mike Brown, as seen in June 2023. A new state audit alleges the city's police force had ineffective leadership, low morale and a host of other problems before Brown's exit in February.

State audit dumps on SLC’s former police chief, points to poor leadership and low officer morale

By Tony Semerad | Dec. 12, 2025, 1:36 a.m.

(Chris Samuels | The Salt Lake Tribune) Gov. Spencer Cox speaks during a news conference announcing an arrest of a suspect in the Wednesday shooting death of Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University in Orem, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025.

‘This is not who we are’: Govs. Cox, Shapiro make a bipartisan plea to end political violence

By Helen Huiskes | NOTUS | Dec. 10, 2025, 11:10 p.m.

(Mark Eddington | The Salt Lake Tribune) Employees in the factory building beds at Wilding Wallbeds in St. George, Monday, Nov. 24, 2025.

For a St. George furniture maker, Trump’s unpredictable tariffs have become a costly new normal

By Mark Eddington | Dec. 10, 2025, 4:34 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Old Main building at Utah State University in Logan on Monday, Nov. 17, 2025.

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Utah lawmakers still refuse to give USU full approval for its budget cut plan

By Courtney Tanner | Dec. 10, 2025, 9:21 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) People gather at the Utah Capitol prior to a special session on redistricting and the anti-public union bill in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025.

In bid for time, GOP lawmakers push deadline for Utahns to register for 2026 congressional races

By Robert Gehrke | Dec. 10, 2025, 4:13 a.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Rep. Jordan Teuscher, R-South Jordan, talks about HB2001, a repeal of the anti-public union bill during a special session at the Utah Capitol in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025.

Utah lawmakers repeal anti-public union law rather than face November vote — but future uncertain

By Emily Anderson Stern | Dec. 10, 2025, 3:19 a.m.