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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.
Analysis: Utah House map may give GOP advantage
Michelle L. Price, Associated Press | Posted Jun 25th - 4:46pm
Utah is one of the most conservative states in the country, and Republicans have long controlled the state Legislature. But an Associated Press analysis shows the state's legislative districts were drawn in a way that may have given the GOP extra help.
Trump: Obama 'did nothing' about Russia election meddling
Eugene Scott, CNN | Posted Jun 24th - 4:38pm
President Donald Trump questioned former President Barack Obama's response to Russia's attempts to influence the 2016 election in an interview airing Sunday morning, saying Obama didn't do enough to address the situation.
Depp's 'assassin' comments the latest in celebrity anger
Mark Kennedy, Associated Press | Posted Jun 23rd - 6:43pm
Johnny Depp apologized Friday for joking about assassinating Donald Trump during an appearance at a large festival in Britain, the latest example of artists using violent imagery when dealing with the president.
5 GOP senators now oppose health bill _ enough to sink it
Alan Fram and Regina Garcia Cano, Associated Press | Posted Jun 23rd - 4:20pm
Nevada Republican Dean Heller became the fifth GOP senator to declare his opposition to the party's banner legislation to scuttle much of Barack Obama's health care overhaul on Friday, more than enough to sink the measure and deliver a stinging rebuke to President Donald Trump unless some of them can be brought aboard.
Chaffetz announces his resignation from Congress again for Utah lawmakers
Lisa Riley Roche | Posted Jun 23rd - 4:02pm
Rep. Jason Chaffetz announced his June 30 resignation date again Friday, this time in a letter to U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan that's intended to clear up concerns raised by Utah lawmakers that Chaffetz might change his mind.
Governors wary of Medicaid cost shift in Senate health bill
Julie Carr Smyth and Geoff Mulvihill, Associated Press | Posted Jun 23rd - 1:41pm
Governors in several states that opted to expand Medicaid under former President Barack Obama's health care law are wary of the Senate Republican plan to end the added federal funding for it within seven years.
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.
