Deseret News
- Tim Ballard: I’ve fought sex trafficking at the border. This is why we need a wall
- Jon Huntsman Jr.: This is Russia’s last chance to save our nuclear treaty
- Rep. Ben McAdams: What I’m listening for in President Trump’s State of the Union
- Utah House approves bill aimed at studying, reducing drug overdose deaths
- Utah House approves bill to enact statewide exit surveys for teachers who quit
- Proposal to beef up Utah human trafficking law advances
- Bill to better protect sexual violence survivors moves forward
- Committee OKs bill to remove 4-year cap on Utah’s broadcast noncompete contracts
- Navajo Nation lauds Utah for pledge to keep native families intact
- Utah panel puts brakes on discounts for senior campers at state parks
- Utah Senate OKs replacement for Medicaid expansion
- Utah Legislature recognizes Navajo Code Talkers
- Time to wave goodbye to Utah’s flag? Competing proposals heading up the mast
- Letter grades on school report cards would go away under bill endorsed by House committee
- Utah bill would shield sex workers from prosecution when they report crimes
Salt Lake Tribune
- Shipping containers turned into an affordable apartment building? A Salt Lake City company plans to make it happen, but obstacles remain.
- Utah teachers say students draw butterflies and write in German on standardized tests because scores don’t affect their grades. A new bill aims to change that.
- No more school grades? Utah House committee passes bill that would end the practice.
- Why Utah lawmakers say a $1 billion surplus is a ‘crisis’ in need of reform
- Polling shows Utahns support a ‘red flag’ law, so judges can temporarily remove guns from dangerous people. But will the Legislature get on board?
- Utah Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox edges ahead in latest poll of potential Republican candidates for governor
- Utah Senate approves rewrite of Medicaid expansion plan
- Republican senator draws ire on Twitter after saying Utah faiths have failed to care for the poor
- State leaders dedicate a day in August to the Navajo Code Talkers, whose top-secret transmissions ‘saved thousands of lives’ in World War II
- Human trafficking bill on its way to the full Senate after passing committee and House
- Bill would ban straight-ticket voting
- Herbert, Reyes hire emeritus Latter-day Saint authority Larry Echo Hawk as special counsel on Indian affairs
Other
- Push for release of Ogden police probe into ex-county leader turns into court fight (Standard-Examiner)
- Davis County Commissioners approve 0.25-percent sales tax hike to generate $12 million for roads (Standard-Examiner)
- Trump nominates David Bernhardt to be secretary of interior, Utah Rep. Bishop lauds pick (Standard-Examiner)
- Cache GOP hosts annual dinner with message of unity (Logan Herald Journal)
- Cache Valley residents talk death penalty repeal, funding for the arts with legislators (Logan Herald Journal)
