SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A former U.S. attorney for Utah has been nominated by President Donald Trump to become a federal judge. The White House announced Wednesday that former state prosecutor David Barlow was nominated to be a federal judge in Utah. Barlow previously served as general counsel to […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A federal judge has denied a Utah gun rights advocate’s attempt to block the Trump administration’s ban on bump stocks, the gun attachments that allow semi-automatic weapons to fire like machine guns. U.S. District Judge Jill Parrish declined last Friday to grant an injunction against […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A federal judge has denied an appeal by a man who has been on Utah’s death row for 30 years. The ruling Friday by U.S. District Judge Claire Egan denies a petition by Ralph Leroy Menzies, who was sentenced to die for the killing of […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A federal judge is denying the U.S. government’s request to move lawsuits challenging President Donald Trump’s downsizing of two Utah national monuments to Salt Lake City. U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan said Monday the lawsuits will stay in a federal court in Washington, D.C. She […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah officials aren’t making any changes to their plans to expand Medicaid and institute a work requirement, despite a federal judge halting a similar effort in Kentucky last month. State Medicaid Director Nathan Checketts said Wednesday the state was awaiting approval for its proposal from […]
