SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — U.S. Rep. Rob Bishop says he may change his mind about retiring and run again for his House seat. The longtime Republican congressman tells the Deseret News on Thursday that he’s considering running for another term and plans to announce his decision at the end of July. […]
DENVER (AP) — The Latest on Bureau of Land Management headquarters moving from Washington to Colorado (all times local): 7:35 p.m. A spokesman for Utah Republican Congressman Rob Bishop says Colorado, Nevada and Utah could each gain about 50 federal employees as the U.S. Bureau of Land Management shifts its […]
HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah (AP) — The Air Force plans to transfer a unit that evaluates bombs and other weapons to Hill Air Force Base in Utah from Eglin Air Force Base in Florida. The Standard-Examiner reports that the service concluded that the 86th Fighter Weapons Squadron should be relocated because […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — The former head of the Utah Department of Veterans Affairs is pushing for the U.S. census to include a question about veterans next year. The Standard-Examiner reported Saturday that Terry Schow wants a question about veterans status so the state can have a more accurate count. The Vietnam […]
NORTH OGDEN, Utah (AP) — President Donald Trump has signed into law a bill passed by Congress to rename a Department of Veterans Affairs facility in Utah after a mayor who was killed while serving in the National Guard in Afghanistan. The White House’s website says the bill designating the VA outstation […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Latest on the last day of Utah’s legislative session (all times local): 11:20 p.m. The Utah Legislature is ending its session after passing a record 573 bills, including allowances for more alcohol in beer, an abortion ban that could be among the strictest in […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — A wide-ranging bill that revives a popular conservation program, adds 1.3 million acres of new wilderness, expands several national parks and creates five new national monuments has won congressional approval. The measure is the largest public lands bill approved by Congress in more than a decade. The […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — The widow of a Utah mayor killed while serving in Afghanistan will attend President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address Tuesday night at the U.S. Capitol. Jennie Taylor will be in the House gallery as a guest of U.S. Rep. Bob Bishop, a Utah Republican […]
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s governor says he would back a federally sponsored referendum that asks voters whether the U.S. territory should become a state. Ricardo Rossello made the announcement on Friday after U.S. Rep. Rob Bishop of Utah asked the U.S. attorney general this week to […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Latest on elections in Utah (all times local): 5 p.m. Republican U.S. Rep. Mia Love remains locked in a tight race with Democratic challenger Ben McAdams as she fights to keep her House seat in a largely suburban, politically mixed district. McAdams’ lead inched […]
