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The Latest: Pence tweets response to Cuba's Raul Castro
The Associated Press | Posted Apr 19th - 5:58pm
The Latest on Raul Castro's handover of Cuba's presidency (all times local):
Rudy Giuliani to join Trump legal team in Russia probe
Chad Day, Associated Press | Posted Apr 19th - 5:14pm
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani is joining the legal team defending President Donald Trump in the special counsel's Russia investigation, a Trump attorney said Thursday.
2 charged with forging signatures on Medicaid expansion ballot petition
Pat Reavy, KSL | Posted Apr 19th - 1:42pm
Two men accused of forging signatures to get Medicaid expansion on the November ballot have been charged.
UTA president to leave agency after new legislation eliminates position
Jacob Klopfenstein, KSL.com | Posted Apr 18th - 9:45pm
The Utah Transit Authority board has voted to terminate President and CEO Jerry Benson because new legislation eliminates his position.
Utah lawmakers override Herbert's vetoes of bills expanding legislative power
Dennis Romboy, KSL | Posted Apr 18th - 7:00pm
Utah lawmakers one-upped Gov. Gary Herbert on Wednesday in the ongoing power struggle between the state's legislative and executive branches.
Utah GOP asks for full appellate court review of SB54 ruling
Dennis Romboy, KSL | Posted Apr 18th - 6:30pm
Republicans want the entire 10th Circuit Court of Appeals to review a three-judge panel's decision last month upholding Utah's controversial election law that gives candidates an alternative path to the primary election ballot.
Billionaire backs Feinstein challenger in US Senate race
The Associated Press | Posted Apr 18th - 4:03pm
California billionaire Tom Steyer endorsed state Sen. Kevin de Leon on Wednesday in his uphill challenge to U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein.
Excavator blamed for island-wide blackout in Puerto Rico
Danica Coto, Associated Press | Posted Apr 18th - 3:33pm
An island-wide blackout hit Puerto Rico on Wednesday after an excavator accidentally downed a transmission line, officials said, as the U.S. territory struggles to repair an increasingly unstable power grid nearly seven months after Hurricane Maria.
New report dings Utah for its ozone levels
Amy Joi O'Donoghue, KSL | Posted Apr 18th - 3:05pm
The American Lung Association handed out failing grades to multiple Utah counties for pollution in its latest State of the Air report. It noted the country's ozone levels overall had worsened "significantly" since its last report in most areas.
UN team fired on at suspected Syria chemical attack site
Philip Issa and Michael Corder, Associated Press | Posted Apr 18th - 2:21pm
Assailants opened fire at a U.N. security team visiting the site of a suspected chemical weapons attack in Syria, an official said Wednesday, forcing it to retreat to its base and further delaying a fact-finding mission by outside experts to examine the claims.
Legislation: Let DC teens vote in presidential elections
The Associated Press | Posted Apr 18th - 9:15am
The mayor of Washington, D.C., and a majority of the council are voicing support for letting 16-year-olds vote for president.
APNewsBreak: Trump campaign rebukes Indiana candidate signs
Brian Slodysko, Associated Press | Posted Apr 18th - 8:19am
Donald Trump's re-election campaign has demanded that Rep. Todd Rokita take down yard signs it says give the false impression the president endorsed the Indiana Republican's Senate bid, two people with direct knowledge of the matter told The Associated Press.
SL County Council eyeing sales tax option to bring Prop 1 tax hike back from the dead
Katie McKellar, KSL | Posted Apr 18th - 7:03am
Faced with the chance to collect 100 percent of its revenue until June 2019, Salt Lake County leaders are eying the opportunity to revive the failed sales tax hike that would have captured about $58 million in new revenue for transportation projects.
A 'strong matriarch': Utah leaders remember Barbara Bush
Annie Knox, KSL | Posted Apr 17th - 10:30pm
Condolences from Utah leaders and political candidates poured in following the Tuesday death of former first lady Barbara Bush, who was known for her wit and focus on family. She was 92.
US officials say Pompeo has met with NKorea's Kim
Matthew Lee and Zeke Miller, Associated Press | Posted Apr 17th - 8:53pm
CIA Director Mike Pompeo recently traveled to North Korea to meet with leader Kim Jong Un, two officials told The Associated Press on Tuesday.
Duckworth proposes rule allowing babies on Senate floor
Sunlen Serfaty, CNN | Posted Apr 17th - 7:39pm
Sen. Tammy Duckworth, who just gave birth to her second child, is attempting the rare move of changing longstanding Senate rules in order to accommodate senators with newborns.
Attorney general hopeful hires man convicted in fraud case
The Associated Press | Posted Apr 19th - 2:01pm
Campaign finance paperwork shows that the Democratic nominee for Illinois attorney general has hired a former employee of imprisoned ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevich who pleaded guilty in a fraud case.
Judge: Kansas secretary of state in contempt in voting case
Margaret Stafford, Associated Press | Posted Apr 18th - 7:11pm
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach violated a court order that required his office to inform certain people that they were eligible to cast a ballot while a lawsuit challenging a state law requiring proof of U.S. citizenship worked its way through the courts, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.
