SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A few months ago, the crowded contest for the Republican nomination in Utah’s first wide-open governor’s race in more than a decade was about how to manage the state’s breakneck growth. Now, it’s showcasing conservative fault lines over the coronavirus crisis response and what recovery […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Republican voters will have a fourth gubernatorial hopeful to choose from in the June primary after former state House Speaker Greg Hughes qualified for a spot on the ballot. Conservative Hughes joins two front-runners who are considered more moderate, Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox and ex-U.S.-Russia […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Democratic presidential candidates like to boast about their ability to lure away disaffected Republican voters. If there’s a place to test their skills, it’s Utah. The deep red state is a bastion of conservative resistance to President Donald Trump. While the president has conquered virtually […]
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Conservatives in states including Wyoming, Utah and Ohio vowed Monday to keep pushing for the repeal of state-level death penalty sentences, even as U.S. officials move toward resuming federal executions. The national group Conservatives Concerned About the Death Penalty released a statement with over 250 signatures […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Mitt Romney says he’s “sickened” by the dishonesty the Russia investigation found in the Trump White House, but the president fires back that Romney should have put the same energy into running for president in 2012 that the Utah Republican has tapped in criticizing him. Romney […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Trump administration on Friday approved the first step in Utah lawmakers’ contentious plan for a partial Medicaid expansion. The state will begin taking applications Monday to cover an additional 70,000 to 90,000 more people, far fewer than the full Medicaid expansion approved by voters […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Latest on Utah lawmakers’ plan to scale back a voter-approved Medicaid expansion (all times local): 12:45 p.m. Utah lawmakers’ plan to scale back a voter-approved Medicaid expansion has passed a key vote despite protests from advocates who say it guts a plan the majority […]
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The votes won’t be cast for another four years, yet Democrats already appear likely to gain seats in Missouri’s Republican-dominated Legislature in 2022. The reason: A one-of-its kind redistricting initiative approved by voters in the recent midterm elections. Missouri’s initiative marks a new frontier in […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — About two-thirds of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints voters nationwide favored Republicans in the midterm elections, but President Donald Trump’s approval rating among members of the faith lagged behind, according to a nationwide survey of midterm voters. And as Republican Sen. Mitt Romney prepares to […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Defeated Republican Congresswoman Mia Love has delivered a sharp rebuke to President Donald Trump and the party’s relationship with black Americans. The first and only black Republican woman in Congress spoke Monday for the first time since she was narrowly defeated by Democrat Ben McAdams […]
