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(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) Tabby Mountain can be seen near Fruitland on Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024.

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Ute Tribe alleges Utah House Speaker Mike Schultz engineered secret meetings over Tabby Mountain land

By Courtney Tanner | Dec. 16, 2025, 1:00 p.m.

(Chris Pizzello | Invision via AP) Filmmaker Rob Reiner, shown in 2018, was a vocal critic of President Donald Trump.

Former Utah governor calls out President Trump for his post about the death of director Rob Reiner

By Robert Gehrke | Dec. 16, 2025, 12:15 a.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune file photo) Eva Lopez Chavez makes remarks after being sworn in as District 4 Councilwoman at the Salt Lake City Library on Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024.

Salt Lake City Council member Eva Lopez Chavez announces congressional bid

By Addy Baird | Jose Davila IV | Dec. 15, 2025, 11:58 p.m.

(Chris Samuels | The Salt Lake Tribune file photo) State Auditor Tina Cannon walks to the Senate Chamber at the Capitol in Salt Lake City, Friday, March 7, 2025, regarding SB143, which would remove the auditor’s office from the main Capitol building.

Here’s why Utah’s auditor dropped the lawsuit she just filed over efforts to evict her from her Capitol office

By Emily Anderson Stern | Dec. 15, 2025, 10:30 p.m.

U.S. Forest Service crew members put tree branches into a wood chipper as they prepare the area for a prescribed burn in the Tahoe National Forest, Tuesday, June 6, 2023, near Downieville, Calif. By logging and burning trees and low-lying vegetation, officials hope to lessen forest fuels and keep fires that originate on federal lands from exploding through nearby cities and towns.(AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

‘Do I trust the administration?’ Western Democrats split on backing forest clearing bill

By Helen Huiskes | NOTUS | Dec. 15, 2025, 1:00 p.m.

(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.