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‘The aftershock will be felt by all Utahns’: Health and anti-hunger advocates say GOP bill will hurt Utah programs

By Andrew Christiansen | The Times-Independent

188K Utahns’ health coverage at risk after ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ passes Congress

By Addy Baird | Jeff Parrott | Jul. 3, 2025, 10:25 p.m.

Utah’s former higher ed boss was accused of sexual misconduct. A two-year Tribune legal battle now reveals why.

By Courtney Tanner | Jul. 3, 2025, 12:00 p.m.

Utah GOP nominates 3 conservative finalists for seat on state school board

Utah Bath & Body Works store accused of religious discrimination against Latter-day Saint employee

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill, seen here at a news conference on June 20, 2025, has filed 11 felony charges against a Salt Lake City pedicab driver — including four counts of rape and two counts of forcible sexual assault.

Salt Lake City pedicab driver accused of drugging, sexually assaulting six women

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Wade Stout gets a curious nudge from Rufus, a Highland cow at Fold of Liberty Farms in Spanish Fork, on Friday, April 25, 2025. The farm offers people the opportunity to cuddle and brush their old and young Highland cows.

These adorable Utah cows are available for cuddling. And the best part: You’ll help local farmers.

(Alex Brandon | AP) U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers detain a person, Monday, Jan. 27, 2025, in Silver Spring, Md.

ICE officers don’t enforce traffic law. So why (and how) are they pulling people over?

News

A massive Golden Spike sculpture is coming to northern Utah. Here’s how to see it.

A solution to the Great Salt Lake’s blowing dust might lie deep beneath its surface

A Utah couple fell in love with dry cider that drinks like a wine, and started a cidery to make their own

Sports

Real Salt Lake star Diego Luna’s breakout night sends U.S. to the Gold Cup final

Utah Jazz draft pick Ace Bailey has signed his rookie contract

Here’s how Ace Bailey has looked in his first practices with the Utah Jazz

THE LATEST

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill, seen here at a news conference on June 20, 2025, has filed 11 felony charges against a Salt Lake City pedicab driver — including four counts of rape and two counts of forcible sexual assault.

Salt Lake City pedicab driver accused of drugging, sexually assaulting six women

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Brian James, 27, a cancer survivor with numerous disabilities, holds a “I Love Medicaid,” button as he joins his parents for a public hearing by the Utah Department of Health and Human Services on a proposal to impose work requirements on Medicaid recipients on Wednesday, May 14, 2025.

‘The aftershock will be felt by all Utahns’: Health and anti-hunger advocates say GOP bill will hurt Utah programs

(Kenny Holston | The New York Times) House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., gavels down the vote on President Trump’s domestic policy bill at the Capitol in Washington on Thursday, July 3, 2025. The House on Thursday narrowly passed a sweeping bill to extend tax cuts and slash social safety net programs, capping Republicans’ chaotic monthslong slog to overcome deep rifts within their party and deliver President Trump’s domestic agenda.

188K Utahns’ health coverage at risk after ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ passes Congress

(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Utah Republican State Central Committee has chosen three finalists for a vacancy on the Utah State Board of Education.

Utah GOP nominates 3 conservative finalists for seat on state school board

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) The shore of the Great Salt Lake, with Salt Lake City in the distance, as seen from Antelope Island on Thursday, May 1, 2025.

Tribune editorial: Utah needs to use less water. So water needs to cost more.

POLITICS

Here’s where Utah Republicans fought Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ — and won

Democrats bet jobs in red states would save clean power projects. They lost.

‘Big Beautiful Bill’ passes Senate with Mike Lee and John Curtis’ votes

Opinion

Tribune editorial: Utah needs to use less water. So water needs to cost more.

Letter: Trump’s monotonous delivery tells us plenty about the man behind the microphone

Opinion: Depopulation is coming. Don’t expect it to solve our problems.

Sponsored Stories

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Religion

Latest from Mormon Land: Should the LDS Church discipline Sen. Mike Lee?

‘Mormon Land’: ‘He has finally forgiven me for choosing the church over him,’ says LGBTQ+ advocate Tom Christofferson

Commentary: Vatican defends science from politics, ideology and misinformation

Culture

A family-run Italian restaurant gets casual with a new Orem location

These adorable Utah cows are available for cuddling. And the best part: You’ll help local farmers.

Downtown SLC music venue asks community for help, raises more than $6,000 in a day

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