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Utah News Dispatch6 months ago

After veto, Cox is one step closer to being able to appoint chief justice

By: Alixel Cabrera – October 7, 20256:00 am Legislators in the House Chamber meet during a special legislative session at the Capitol in Salt Lake City...
Utah News Dispatch6 months ago

Utah Legislature picks congressional map supported by Republican party

By: Katie McKellar – October 7, 20256:00 am Sen. Scott Sandall, R-Tremonton, and Rep. Candice Pierucci, R-Riverton, talk to reporters after a meeting of the Utah...
Utah News Dispatch6 months ago

Utah Supreme Court approves alternative licensing path for attorneys, joining Oregon and Washington

By: Alixel Cabrera – October 7, 20256:00 am The entrance to the Utah Supreme Court inside the Matheson Courthouse in Salt Lake City is pictured on...
Utah News Dispatch6 months ago

Utah Legislature will convene in special session to discuss redistricting and other issues

By: Alixel Cabrera – October 4, 20256:00 am The Capitol in Salt Lake City is pictured on Thursday, July 10, 2025. (Photo by Spenser Heaps for...
Utah News Dispatch7 months ago

Utah homeless board proposes ‘initial framework’ to respond to Trump’s executive order

By: Katie McKellar – October 3, 20256:00 am People congregate around the Geraldine E. King Women’s Center in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, March 26, 2025....
Utah News Dispatch7 months ago

Democrats ask Utahns with blue values registered as Republicans to ‘come home’

By: Alixel Cabrera – October 3, 20256:00 am People vote at the Main Library in Salt Lake City on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. (Photo...
Utah News Dispatch7 months ago

Utah Republican, Democratic party leaders spar over picking preferred congressional map

By: Katie McKellar – October 2, 20256:01 am The Capitol in Salt Lake City is pictured on Thursday, July 10, 2025. (Photo by Spenser Heaps for...
Utah News Dispatch7 months ago

Letter confirms Utah pharmacists can give COVID-19 vaccines without prescription — for now

By: Alixel Cabrera – October 2, 20256:01 am Utah’s professional licensing division sent a letter to pharmacists clarifying that administering the 2025-2026 COVID-19 vaccine is allowed...
Utah News Dispatch7 months ago

If Utah values meritocracy, we must abide by Proposition 4

By: Magdeleine Bradford-Butcher – October 2, 20256:01 am The Capitol in Salt Lake City is pictured on Thursday, July 10, 2025. (Photo by Spenser Heaps for...
Utah News Dispatch7 months ago

Utah’s ‘Mighty 5’ national parks will stay open amid shutdown — but with limited services

By: Katie McKellar – October 2, 20256:01 am Zion National Park is seen from the Pine Creek Canyon Overlook. (Photo by Carlo Alberto Conti/Getty Images) While...
Utah News Dispatch7 months ago

Frustrated North Salt Lakers looking at new homeless campus ask for another site

By: Alixel Cabrera – October 2, 20256:01 am The site of a future homeless services campus at 2520 N. 2200 West in Salt Lake City is...
Utah News Dispatch7 months ago

Utah Gov. Cox booed during Turning Point USA’s first event in Utah after killing of Charlie Kirk

By: Katie McKellar – October 2, 20256:01 am Gov. Spencer Cox speaks during a Turning Point USA event at Utah State University in Logan on Tuesday,...
Utah News Dispatch7 months ago

FAFSA applications, including first-come, first-served aid, go live on Wednesday

By: Alixel Cabrera – October 1, 20256:00 am The J. Willard Marriott Library on the University of Utah campus in Salt Lake City is pictured on...
Utah News Dispatch7 months ago

How to weigh in on Utah’s court-ordered redistricting process

By: Katie McKellar – October 1, 20256:00 am The Capitol in Salt Lake City is pictured on Thursday, July 10, 2025. (Photo by Spenser Heaps for...
Utah News Dispatch7 months ago

Utah Republican legislators urge U.S. Senate to avoid ‘damaging’ government shutdown

By: Katie McKellar – September 30, 20256:00 am Hikers walk down a trail in Zion National Park. (Photo by mihtiander/Getty Images) As the clock ticks closer...
Utah News Dispatch7 months ago

University of Utah researchers issue report highlighting 10 years of key policy research

By: Katie McKellar – September 30, 20256:00 am The University of Utah campus in Salt Lake City is pictured on Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025. (Photo by...
Utah News Dispatch7 months ago

Sanpete County turkeys diagnosed with avian influenza

By: Alixel Cabrera – September 27, 20256:00 am Microbiologist Martha Kuka works on testing poultry samples collected from a farm located in a control area for...
Utah News Dispatch7 months ago

University of Utah reports high count of on-campus rape incidents for 2nd year

By: Alixel Cabrera – September 27, 20256:00 am Presidents’ Circle on the University of Utah campus in Salt Lake City is pictured on Saturday, Aug. 23,...
Utah News Dispatch7 months ago

Utah sanctuaries using vapes, psychedelic mushrooms and cannabis sue over raids

By: Alixel Cabrera – September 27, 20256:00 am The Orrin G. Hatch United States Courthouse is pictured in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, May 7, 2025....
Utah News Dispatch7 months ago

Audit: Office tasked with monitoring Utah Medicaid has ‘failed to provide effective oversight’

By: Katie McKellar – September 26, 20256:01 am A supporter wears an “I love Medicaid” button during a news conference held at Pioneer Park in Salt...
Utah News Dispatch7 months ago

Review finds ‘weak’ controls allowed $188K theft from Iron County department; employee charged

By: McKenzie Romero – September 26, 20256:01 am Utah Auditor Tina Cannon’s office in the Utah State Capitol in Salt Lake City on Friday, March 7,...
Utah News Dispatch7 months ago

Amid civil commitment debate, Salt Lake County DA explores mental illness in justice system

By: Alixel Cabrera – September 26, 20256:01 am Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill speaks during a criminal justice and mental health symposium on Sep....
Utah News Dispatch7 months ago

As lawmakers fight over dueling redistricting experts, Utahns ask: Why not one of our maps?

By: Katie McKellar – September 25, 20256:01 am The rotunda inside the Capitol in Salt Lake City is pictured on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025. (Photo by...
Utah News Dispatch7 months ago

Downwinders Clinic coming to Provo and Salt Lake City to help RECA expansion applicants

By: Alixel Cabrera – September 25, 20256:01 am Craters across the Frenchman Flats in Nevada where the U.S. government tested hundreds of nuclear weapons. (Photo by...
Utah News Dispatch7 months ago

Want to have a say in central Utah’s outdoor recreation? Take this survey

By: Katie McKellar – September 24, 20256:01 am A man hikes in the Halls Creek Narrows at Capitol Reef National Park in south-central Utah. (Photo by...
Utah News Dispatch7 months ago

Two men accused of putting bomb under news vehicle now face charges stemming from search

By: McKenzie Romero – September 24, 20256:01 am The Salt Lake County District Attorney building in Salt Lake City is pictured on Wednesday, January 3, 2024....
Utah News Dispatch7 months ago

Utah lawmakers consider slate of new congressional maps ‘under protest’

By: Katie McKellar – September 23, 20256:01 am The Capitol in Salt Lake City is pictured on Thursday, July 10, 2025. (Photo by Spenser Heaps for...
Utah News Dispatch7 months ago

UVU starts independent security review after the assassination of Charlie Kirk

By: Alixel Cabrera – September 23, 20256:00 am Law enforcement responds after conservative political commentator Charlie Kirk was shot and killed during an event at Utah...
Utah News Dispatch7 months ago

In Utah’s priciest housing market, a city and developer partner to build more affordable homes

By: Katie McKellar – September 23, 20256:00 am A housing development, Innovation Park at Francis Commons, is pictured in Francis, Utah on Sept. 16, 2025. (Courtesy...
Utah News Dispatch7 months ago

Legislature defers USU reinvestment plans, asks for less nursing, more natural resource programs

By: Alixel Cabrera – September 20, 20256:00 am Utah State University’s Old Main is pictured on Oct. 8, 2024. (Photo by Kelly Winter for Utah News...

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