(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah Governor Spencer Cox is pushing back against rumors of an immigration detention facility planned for Salt Lake City. Protesters gathered Friday outside an empty warehouse near 68-hundred West and one-thousand North after claims surfaced that ICE would house detainees there. In an interview with […]
(Orem, UT) — Senator Mike Lee has repeatedly called for a public execution for the man accused of assassinating Charlie Kirk. Now, some legal experts are concerned. Lawyer Clayton Simms tells 2-News those statements might taint a jury pool. He says Tyler Robinson has a constitutional right to a trial […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah is being recognized as one of the best states in the nation to start a business. A new study from WalletHub ranks Utah second overall, behind Florida, based on business environment, access to resources, and operating costs. WalletHub cites Utah as one of the […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Utah branch of the American Civil Liberties Union is suing over a law that allows for book bans. The ACLU is being joined by several people, including two students who do not want to be named. The estate of award-winning novelist Kurt Vonnegut is […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Affordability is the top issue among voters as the Utah State Legislature starts a new session today. A poll by the Deseret News and the Hinckley Institute of Politics shows housing affordability is the dominant issue across party lines. Health care and water are also […]
(Provo, UT) — Court proceedings in the Charlie Kirk assassination case are paused until February 3rd. The judge denied the defense’s request to disqualify prosecutors but barred cameras from showing Tyler Robinson during the hearing, citing concerns about possible lip-reading. Robinson’s attorneys argued that an adult child of one of […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah Republicans are racing against the deadline to gather enough signatures to place an initiative on the November ballot. The GOP is trying to repeal the Proposition 4 Better Boundaries initiative passed in 2018 in order to allow the Legislature to decide congressional and legislative […]
(Provo, UT) — A Utah judge will hear arguments today on whether prosecutors in the Charlie Kirk assassination case should be disqualified because of a conflict of interest. Lawyers for Tyler Robinson, the man accused of shooting the conservative personality at a rally in September, say a key prosecutor has […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah just experienced its warmest year in nearly a century. Newly released data from the federal government shows 2025 was the warmest year in the state since 1934. Last year, Utah’s statewide average temperature was 59-point-nine degrees. Scientists say it’s part of a trend. Outside […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A federal judge has dismissed Phil Lyman’s lawsuit against Lieutenant Governor Deidre Henderson over voter records. Lyman, a 2024 gubernatorial write-in candidate, claimed Henderson violated the National Voter Registration Act by withholding unredacted voter registration information. The judge ruled Lyman lacked standing, noting he did […]
