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(Chris Samuels | The Salt Lake Tribune) Utah Solicitor General Melissa Holyoak speaks to members of the Legislature at a meeting at the Capitol, Monday, Oct. 4, 2021 in Salt Lake City. Holyoak joined the Federal Trade Commission in 2024.

Why Utah’s former solicitor general is being sued over Trump’s firings of Democrats

By Emily Anderson Stern | Apr. 17, 2025, 12:00 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Teacher John Arthur as labor leaders turn in nineteen boxes of signatures (the sixth drop to Salt Lake County) in their attempt to qualify a referendum repealing an anti-union bill, at the Salt Lake County Clerk's office on Wednesday, April 16, 2025.

‘You made this possible’: Labor organizers submit twice the signatures needed to put bargaining ban to voters

By Robert Gehrke | Apr. 16, 2025, 10:58 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Rep. Nicholeen Peck, R-Tooele, during floor time in the House, on Thursday, Feb 20, 2025.

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Are Utah’s student academic databases — meant to help kids research — the next censorship target for GOP lawmakers?

By Carmen Nesbitt | Apr. 16, 2025, 12:00 p.m.

(Eric Lee | The New York Times) Stephen Miller, right, the deputy White House chief of staff, speaks as President Donald Trump meets with President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, on Monday, April 14, 2025. President Trump met with President Bukele as the administration ramps up its use of a notorious Salvadoran prison for holding migrants deported by the U.S. Seated from left: Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Attorney General Pam Bondi.

As Trump refuses to comply with Supreme Court’s order, Utah’s federal delegation won’t comment

By Addy Baird | Apr. 16, 2025, 10:33 p.m.

(Chris Samuels | The Salt Lake Tribune) Gov. Spencer Cox speaks to media after a ceremonial bill signing for public safety laws in Salt Lake City, Thursday, April 3, 2025.

GOP Gov. Cox instructs Utah agencies to make plans for a possible recession

By Megan Banta | Apr. 15, 2025, 9:06 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Utah State University is pictured on Friday, July 19, 2024. Under the 2025 state-imposed budget cuts, the northern Utah school plans to merge several colleges on campus.

Utah State University merges 5 colleges into 2 as state mandates multimillion-dollar budget cuts

By Courtney Tanner | Apr. 15, 2025, 1:15 p.m.

(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City on Sunday, April 13, 2025.

Bernie Sanders draws massive crowd during his ‘Fighting the Oligarchy’ tour in deep-red Utah

By Emily Anderson Stern | Apr. 15, 2025, 2:33 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) The EU's ambassador to the U.S., Jovita Neliupšienė, sits down for an interview in Salt Lake City on Friday, April 11, 2025.

With tariffs looming, EU ambassador warns Utah leaders that the state will feel economic impact

By Emily Anderson Stern | Apr. 13, 2025, 1:46 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Pride and trans flags adorn a common area of the University of Utah's School of Social Work, on Friday, April 5, 2024. A year later, pride flags are now banned from being hung in public spaces at the U. and under public schools under HB77.

University of Utah pleads with faculty not to violate state pride flag ban, says Legislature has ‘a lot of power over us’

By Courtney Tanner | Apr. 12, 2025, 6:26 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) The EU's ambassador to the U.S., Jovita Neliupšienė, sits down for an interview in Salt Lake City on Friday, April 11, 2025.

Utah’s Sen. Mike Lee has called Europeans ‘fascists.’ Here’s their ambassador’s message to Utahns.

By Emily Anderson Stern | Apr. 11, 2025, 10:43 p.m.