(Salt Lake City, UT) — Governor Spencer Cox says he and state legislative leaders are preparing a plan to keep Zion National Park and Utah’s other national parks open in case a federal government shutdown comes to pass this weekend. Cox said the plan is similar to what’s been done […]
(Washington, DC) — A Utah Senator is among those who could move to the nation’s highest court if one presidential candidate wins the election. Republican Vivek Ramaswamy released a list of candidates yesterday, and fellow Republican Mike Lee was one of the options. Ramaswamy said his list includes candidates with […]
(Washington, DC) — Congressman Burgess Owens is hiring a member of Senator Mike Lee’s staff and giving him a promotion. The Utah Republican announced yesterday that Lee Lonsberry will be his new chief of staff. Lonsberry has served as Senator Lee’s director of communications since 2021. The Fourth District congressman […]
(Washington, DC) — The heavy wildfire smoke blanketing much of the East Coast this week is bringing attention to a common problem in the West. That’s what several senators from western states, including Utah’s Mike Lee, said yesterday during a Congressional hearing on the federal response to the increasing threat […]
(Washington, DC) — Utah’s Republican U.S. senators split in yesterday’s vote on the debt ceiling bill. Mike Lee was one of 36 senators who voted against the bill while the 63 senators who voted for it included Mitt Romney. The measure suspends the debt ceiling until January of 2025, erasing […]
A lone senator from Utah has singlehandedly blocked the bipartisan approval of two new national museums to honor American Latinos and women, arguing that “last thing we need is to further divide an already divided nation.” Republican Sen. Mike Lee objected Thursday to the creation of the two proposed Smithsonian […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Republican Utah Sen. Mike Lee revealed Friday he was infected with the coronavirus in an announcement that came just hours after President Donald Trump said he had the disease. The conservative senator plans to isolate for 10 days then return to public life the day […]
PROVO, Utah-Utah Rep. Senator Mike Lee mocked a Provo elementary school’s efforts to combat covid-19 Wednesday evening. In a tweet that has since been deleted, Lee posted a photo of “power shields” installed around desks at Edgemont Elementary School. On Facebook, Lee likened these power shields to cages. In a […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A once-prominent businessman has agreed not to challenge allegations that he made illegal campaign contributions to Republican Utah Sen. Mike Lee and retired Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. Jeremy Johnson, 44, used straw donors to give $50,000 to Lee’s Senate campaign and $20,000 to […]
SALT LAKE CITY-Utah Sen. Mike Lee is leading a group of lawmakers with a letter urging United States President Donald Trump to protect religious freedom. This includes the restriction of covid-19 funds from some states and localities who are being punitive to the Constitutional right of exercising religious freedom of […]
