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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Utah became the first state to prohibit flying LGBTQ+ pride flags at schools and all government buildings after the Republican governor announced he was allowing a ban on unsanctioned flag displays to become law without his signature.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- The death Sunday of former U.S. Rep. Mia Love, the first Black Republican woman elected to the U.S. House, has brought renewed attention to an aggressive form of brain cancer that killed her at age 49.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Republican U.S. Rep. Celeste Maloy received applause at a Thursday town hall in Salt Lake City when she told the crowd she's concerned about the country drifting toward authoritarianism "if we don't get the executive branch under control."
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Utah would stop mailing ballots to all voters automatically under a bill sent to its Republican governor as the state's 2025 legislative session wrapped up on Friday.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Utah would do away with its universal mail-in voting system under a bill sent to its Republican governor as the state's 2025 legislative session wrapped up on Friday.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Utah's universal mail-in voting system could be the first casualty of a Republican overhaul of the state's election operations as lawmakers look to improve efficiency and trust in the system.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Utah's Republican governor on Friday signed a collective bargaining ban that experts are calling one of the most restrictive labor laws in the country, despite overwhelming opposition from union members.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Labor unions that serve teachers, firefighters, police and other public employees in Utah will no longer be able to negotiate on behalf of their workers under a bill that received final legislative approval Thursday.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Utah lawmakers advanced a bill Thursday that experts say would establish one of the most restrictive labor laws in the country as Republicans seek to curb the political influence of unions serving teachers and other public service professionals.
Montana's Republican-controlled House on Wednesday endorsed a ban on transgender people using bathrooms in public buildings that do not align with their sex assigned at birth -- a change that would complicate daily life for two fellow lawmakers.
President Joe Biden began his term in the White House with a broad promise to protect transgender Americans against Republican policies that painted them as a threat to children and sought to push them out of public life.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- With Mitt Romney set to exit the U.S. Senate, Washington will be without one of its strongest conservative critics of Donald Trump when the president retakes the White House in the new year.
A federal judge on Thursday struck down a Biden administration policy that aimed to ease a path to citizenship for some undocumented immigrants who are married to U.S. citizens.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Republican Utah Gov. Spencer Cox has won reelection, beating a Democratic state lawmaker to secure his second term in office.
PROVO, Utah (AP) -- U.S. Rep. John Curtis will succeed Mitt Romney in the U.S. Senate after the Republican breezed to victory over his Democratic opponent in deeply red Utah.
PROVO, Utah (AP) -- Utah voters are poised to decide whether a Republican representative or his lesser-known Democratic opponent will succeed Mitt Romney in the U.S. Senate.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Utah Gov. Spencer Cox is expected to easily win reelection in the deeply red state, but his surprising choice to back Donald Trump this year has voters wondering what they should expect over the next four years from a leader they long thought to be a moderate Republican.
OGDEN, Utah (AP) -- The Republican and Democratic candidates vying for Mitt Romney's open U.S. Senate seat sought to convince Utah voters on Thursday that they have the better blueprint to tackle climate change and protect the state's vast natural resources.
OGDEN, Utah (AP) -- The Republican and Democratic contenders vying for Mitt Romney's open U.S. Senate seat in Utah are set to square off Thursday night in a debate that will likely center on their shared focus on climate policy.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- As both presidential campaigns have stepped up efforts to win over voters in western swing states who belong to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, a top church official urged members on Saturday to "avoid what is harsh and hateful" in the heat of election season.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Utah voters will not decide this November on a constitutional amendment asking voters to cede power over ballot measures to lawmakers after the Utah Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a lower court decision voiding the amendment.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- The Utah Supreme Court is poised to decide whether a proposed constitutional amendment that asks voters to cede power to lawmakers over ballot measures is written clearly and should be counted on the November ballot.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Utah Gov. Spencer Cox reaffirmed his support for Donald Trump on Thursday even as the former president has continued to spread insults and inflammatory statements on the campaign trail -- a behavior Cox said he hoped Trump would abandon when he endorsed him in July.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- A few months ago, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox was one of the few prominent Republicans consistently keeping his distance from Donald Trump, whose brash style seemed to be the antithesis of a brand of politics Cox had carefully cultivated that centered on unity and respect.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Utah Republican Gov. Spencer Cox came under criticism Wednesday for sending a campaign email that included a photo of him and Donald Trump at Arlington National Cemetery during a wreath-laying ceremony.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Utah's Republican-controlled Legislature is meeting Wednesday to decide whether to ask voters in November to relinquish some of their rights to lawmakers who want the ability to change state ballot measures after they've passed.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- U.S. Rep. Celeste Maloy narrowly won the Republican primary in Utah's 2nd Congressional District on Tuesday after the state Supreme Court rejected her challenger's lawsuit that asked justices to count a batch of ballots with late postmarks after Maloy defeated him in a recount by fewer than 200 votes.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- A near-total abortion ban will remain on hold in Utah after the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the law should remain blocked until a lower court can assess its constitutionality.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- With a recount underway, the closely trailing Republican challenger for Utah's 2nd District U.S. House seat is contesting the primary election results in state Supreme Court in a last-ditch effort to recover enough disqualified ballots to overtake his opponent.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- The Republican primary race to represent Utah's 2nd District in Congress narrowed into recount territory on Tuesday after dueling endorsements from influential Republicans created a conundrum for voters who had little time to get to know the incumbent before casting ballots.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- The Republican primary race to represent Utah's 2nd District in Congress narrowed into recount territory on Tuesday after dueling endorsements from influential Republicans created a conundrum for primary voters who had little time to get to know the incumbent before casting ballots.
PROVO, Utah (AP) -- U.S. Rep. John Curtis has won the Utah GOP primary for Mitt Romney's open U.S. Senate seat, defeating one opponent who was endorsed by former President Donald Trump and others who said they supported Trump's agenda.
PROVO, Utah (AP) -- Utah Gov. Spencer Cox is likely to win a second term after he beat his primary challenger on Tuesday.
PROVO, Utah (AP) -- Republican voters in Utah will decide on Tuesday whether the state's most famous moderate conservative, retiring U.S. Sen. Mitt Romney, will be succeeded by someone similarly willing to challenge GOP hard-liners or a farther-right candidate who pledges to fall in line with former President Donald Trump.
OREM, Utah (AP) -- As he led a crowd of picnicking families in the "YMCA" dance, Trent Staggs gleefully waved a "Utah for Trump" flag at a recent campaign rally -- one more not-so-subtle reminder to voters that he is backed by the former president in the race to replace retiring U.S. Sen. Mitt Romney.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- All five Republicans battling for Utah's only open U.S. House seat agreed in a debate Wednesday that they see an urgent need to reduce federal spending, but only some said cutting military aid to Ukraine would be an effective way to achieve that goal.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Utah Gov. Spencer Cox defended his record against a primary challenger in debate Tuesday after the GOP incumbent was recently booed by Republican convention delegates who argued he is too moderate.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Three of the four Utah Republicans vying for the seat of retiring U.S. Sen. Mitt Romney sought to portray themselves as the most loyal to former President Donald Trump during Monday's primary debate, while the likely frontrunner stood out as someone willing to challenge party leadership.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Utah Gov. Spencer Cox is set to debate his primary challenger in a face-to-face duel Tuesday on the heals of defeat for the nomination at the state GOP convention, where he was loudly booed by delegates who argued the incumbent is too moderate to continue representing the state.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Three of the four Utah Republicans for vying the seat of retiring U.S. Sen. Mitt Romney sought to portray themselves as the most loyal to former President Donald Trump during Monday's primary debate, while the likely frontrunner differentiated himself as someone willing to challenge party leadership.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Three of the four Utah Republicans for vying the seat of retiring U.S. Sen. Mitt Romney sought to portray themselves as the most loyal to former President Donald Trump during Monday's primary debate, while the likely frontrunner differentiated himself as someone willing to challenge party leadership.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Four Utah Republicans battling to win the seat of retiring U.S. Sen. Mitt Romney face off Monday evening in a debate that could begin to gauge the type of conservative who most appeals to voters statewide.