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Chaffetz joins Fox News as contributor
Lisa Riley Roche | Posted Jun 28th - 10:29am
As expected, Fox News has signed Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, as a contributor to provide political analysis on the cable news channel starting Saturday.
Former Trump campaign chairman registers as foreign agent
Chad Day and Jeff Horwitz, Associated Press | Posted Jun 27th - 9:54pm
President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, registered Tuesday with the Justice Department as a foreign agent for political consulting work he did for a Ukrainian political party, acknowledging that he coached party members on how to interact with U.S. government officials.
Hatch, Lee on opposite sides of Senate health care bill as vote postponed
Lisa Riley Roche | Posted Jun 27th - 8:16pm
Utah's senators, on opposite sides of the debate over the Senate's health care bill, joined their Republican colleagues at a meeting Tuesday with President Donald Trump after plans were scrapped for a vote this week.
Trump hails 'energy revolution' as exports surge
Matthew Daly, Associated Press | Posted Jun 27th - 4:54pm
President Donald Trump on Tuesday hailed an energy revolution marked by surging U.S. exports of oil and natural gas.
New United Utah Party a step closer to official state recognition
Lisa Riley Roche | Posted Jun 26th - 8:35pm
The new United Utah Party got closer Monday to official state recognition, the same day a federal judge set a July hearing on whether the party can field a candidate in the special congressional election already underway.
Danny Ainge main host of first congressional fundraiser for son Tanner
Lisa Riley Roche | Posted Jun 26th - 8:08pm
Former BYU basketball star Danny Ainge was the main host of his son Tanner's first campaign fundraiser in the race for the 3rd District seat in Congress being vacated by Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah.
Supreme Court's action on travel ban cause for concern, local organizations that serve refugees say
Marjorie Cortez | Posted Jun 26th - 6:57pm
Elected officials and Utah organizations that work with refugees expressed concern over the Supreme Court's action on the Trump administration's travel ban.
Feds looking into Bernie Sanders' wife over real estate deal
Wilson Ring, Associated Press | Posted Jun 26th - 6:08pm
Federal investigators are looking into the finances behind a real estate deal for a now-defunct college put together by the wife of U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, and she has hired a lawyer to look after her interests, a family spokesman confirmed on Monday.
Utah medical marijuana advocates launch ballot initiative for 2018
Ryan Morgan | Posted Jun 26th - 4:15pm
David Cromar and his son Holden, who has intractable epilepsy, are hopeful that a new ballot initiative will allow them to move back to Utah while still allowing Holden to get the treatment he needs.
Armed Services panel chairman seeks $696 billion DOD budget
Richard Lardner, Associated Press | Posted Jun 26th - 4:14pm
Declaring the U.S. military in dire need of rebuilding, an influential House committee chairman pressed his case Monday for $696 billion defense budget in 2018 — more military spending than at any point during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Utah group files 2018 medical marijuana ballot initiative
Michelle L. Price, Associated Press | Posted Jun 26th - 2:40pm
Activists who say they are tired of waiting for Utah's conservative Legislature to pass a broad medical marijuana law launched an effort Monday to ask voters next year to pass the law, a move that would bypass state lawmakers.
Majority of Utahns support Chaffetz's decision to leave Congress early
Lisa Riley Roche | Posted Jun 26th - 12:41pm
A majority of Utahns support Rep. Jason Chaffetz's decision to resign from Congress only partway through his term to pursue other interests, according to a UtahPolicy.com poll released Monday.
New study of Seattle's $15 minimum wage says it costs jobs
The Associated Press | Posted Jun 26th - 11:45am
Seattle's $15-an-hour minimum wage law has cost the city jobs, according to a study released Monday that contradicted another new study published last week.
Tom Price, U.S. health secretary, meets with business leaders in Sandy, promotes health reform
Ben Lockhart | Posted Jun 26th - 10:56am
U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Tom Price talked with state business leaders Monday morning during a stop in Utah, making his pitch for the health care reform bill currently pending in the Senate.
Melania Trump takes to Washington in her own understated way
Darlene Superville, Associated Press | Posted Jun 26th - 12:44am
Don't expect to see first lady Melania Trump turn into Washington's newest social butterfly just because she's moved into the White House.
Lawmakers labor to clean up state education code with 90-plus more bills in pipeline
Marjorie Cortez | Posted Jun 25th - 5:10pm
Even as Utah lawmakers labor to tidy up the section of the Utah code on education, legislators have filed more than 90 bills for consideration in the 2018 legislative session, and it's only June.
Report: Black girls thought to need less protection
Jesse J. Holland, Associated Press | Posted Jun 27th - 5:23pm
Adults think that black girls are less innocent, less in need of protection and nurturing, and seem older than similarly aged white girls, which could lead to stiffer punishments in school, a new report said Tuesday.
Longtime Trump ally defends qualifications for housing job
Steve Peoples, Associated Press | Posted Jun 26th - 5:45pm
A longtime Donald Trump ally named chief of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's regional office in New York and New Jersey is defending her qualifications.
