By: Alixel Cabrera – April 14, 20266:03 am (Illustration by Alex Cochran for Utah News Dispatch) As Utah takes action to power up its nuclear ambitions,...
By: Annie Knox – April 11, 20266:03 am A Mormon cricket is pictured. (Photo by Mikheili Kochiashvili/Getty Images) If the drought isn’t enough, Mormon crickets are...
By: Annie Knox – April 11, 20266:03 am The 2025 Beulah Fire is pictured burning in the Uinta Mountains in northeast Utah. (Photo courtesy of U.S....
By: Alixel Cabrera – April 10, 20266:03 am Utah Gov. Spencer Cox signs an early literacy bill during a ceremony at the Valley Elementary library on...
By: Katie McKellar – April 10, 20266:02 am A University of Utah health clinic with a sign warning of measles is pictured in Salt Lake City...
By: Katie McKellar – April 10, 20266:02 am Nadia Ammar, 28, casts her ballot at the Salt Lake County Government Center in Salt Lake City on...
By: Annie Knox – April 9, 20266:03 am A male leafcutter bee on an aster flower. (Photo courtesy of Washington State Department of Agriculture) Utahns have...
By: Katie McKellar – April 9, 20266:03 am People arrive to vote at the Salt Lake County Government Center in Salt Lake City on Election Day,...
By: Katie McKellar, Annie Knox – April 9, 20266:03 am People protest outside a planned ICE detention facility in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, March 18,...
Principle is easy to praise but difficult to practice, especially in a primary where every position is tested in public. Senator Dan McCay argues that good...
Aaron Perry frames public safety as a system most people never see but depend on every day. A call on the street becomes a process in...
Rich Hyer frames leadership at the county level as practical, not theoretical. Drawing from years on the planning commission and city council, he emphasizes better coordination...
Jon Beasley’s campaign for Weber County Commission Seat B centers on practical leadership shaped by his eight years as Plain City mayor. He emphasizes communication between...
By: Alixel Cabrera – April 8, 20266:02 am The University of Utah campus, with Presidents’ Circle in the foreground, is pictured in Salt Lake City on...
By: Tim McConnehey – April 8, 20266:02 am People arrive to work at the Capitol in Salt Lake City on the first day of the legislative...
By: Alixel Cabrera – April 8, 20266:02 am A shop in Salt Lake City advertises kratom for sale on Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026. (Photo by Spenser...
There is a difference between working near power and working inside it. Sam Adolphsen describes the White House not as politics, but as deployment. Every promise...
Southern Utah politics can feel like a lot of moving parts at once, especially when growth, public safety, and state-level election fights overlap. In Washington County,...
By: Annie Knox – April 7, 20266:03 am Sandy Mayor Monica Zoltanski talks about her city’s conservation efforts on Monday April 6 , 2026 at a...
By: Annie Knox – April 7, 20266:02 am Jared and Adrienne Cardon pack moving boxes at their home in Orem on Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026. (Photo...
Chris Null’s campaign for Salt Lake County Council is built on a blunt premise: residents are paying twice for overlapping government. In this PoliticIt Podcast episode,...
Joseph Kerry frames education not as a system, but as a calling rooted in relationships, trust, and human formation. Drawing from personal experience and policy insight,...
By: Alixel Cabrera – April 4, 20266:01 am The office of the Utah State Auditor is pictured at the Capitol in Salt Lake City on Friday,...
By: Annie Knox – April 4, 20266:00 am An election worker hands out “I Voted” stickers at the Main Library in Salt Lake City on Election...
By: Nelson Thibault – April 4, 20266:00 am Marine Corps Sgt. John C. Cole presents the South Korean Ambassador for Peace Medal at the Mountain Crest...
By: Alixel Cabrera – April 4, 20266:00 am A University of Utah health clinic with a sign warning of measles is pictured in Salt Lake City...
By: Katie McKellar – April 3, 20266:01 am Former Vice President Kamala Harris greets patrons at T.F. Brewing while in Salt Lake City on April 1,...
By: Annie Knox – April 3, 20266:00 am Sherry Huang, a sexual assault nurse examiner, poses for a portrait at the Utah Capitol on April 1,...
By: Katie McKellar – April 2, 20266:01 am A voter drops off his ballot at the Salt Lake County Government Center in Salt Lake City as...
In this episode of the PoliticIt Podcast, Senator John D. Johnson sits down with Representative Ryan Wilcox to examine what school safety looks like when it...
