(Salt Lake City, UT) — The federal government is suing Utah after the state filed suit against prediction markets like Kalshi. Utah’s Attorney General Derek Brown believes prediction markets are an illegal form of gambling. But the federal government and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission disagree. This week, they filed […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah has sued prediction-market company Kalshi over wagers offered to residents. The attorney general’s office filed the case yesterday, alleging the platform amounts to illegal gambling and a public nuisance under state law. Kalshi markets contracts tied to the outcomes of elections, sports and other […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Another Utah resident is suing Kevin O’Leary for defamation. Ogden resident Taylor Knuth is also suing Fox News. He claims O’Leary defamed him by going on Fox and claiming he was an agent of the Chinese government. Knuth used to be the executive director at […]
(Orem, UT) — Utah Valley University has released an independent review of its planning and response in the wake of the murder of Charlie Kirk. The report found that, quote, “at no time during the events leading up to the assassination of Charlie Kirk, or in its aftermath, did any […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Charlie Kirk’s family is blaming Utah officials for failing to prevent the conservative activist’s assassination at a state university. The accusation was made in a wrongful death notice announced today that presages a possible lawsuit from members of Kirk’s family. Their attorneys say Kirk’s death […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A coalition of environmental groups is suing to stop the Trump administration from shrinking the size of the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments. The White House wants to shrink the monuments by about three million acres and the groups are reviving a lawsuit […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The University of Utah is suing former assistant football coach Freddie Whittingham for breach of contract. The school filed the lawsuit earlier this month after Whittingham left the Utes to join his brother Kyle at the University of Michigan. The lawsuit accuses Freddie Whittingham of […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is pushing back against efforts to dismiss its trademark lawsuit against the “Mormon Stories” podcast. The Church filed its opposition yesterday and publicly addressed the case for the first time since suing podcast founder John Dehlin and […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah’s Lieutenant Governor is being threatened by the Department of Justice. Dierdre Henderson says top officials inside President Donald Trump’s DOJ are threatening her with criminal prosecution. At issue is the release of voter data. Henderson says Utah law prohibits her from releasing private information. […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Salt Lake City and Salt Lake County are suing the federal government over a proposed immigration detention center. The federal lawsuit names the U-S Department of Homeland Security and U-S Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The city and county claim the Trump administration violated several federal […]
