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Rally alleges police brutality against inland port protestors
Gretel Kauffman, KSL | Posted Jul 23rd - 9:49pm
Protestors demanded charges be dropped against people arrested at a July inland port protest and that charges be filed against police who "brutally attacked" protesters.
Salt Lake County mayor denies 'done deal' for controversial development
Katie McKellar, KSL | Posted Jul 23rd - 8:09pm
After outcry over her comments that a development proposed near Herriman will be approved, Salt Lake County Mayor Jenny Wilson walked back her statement.
Report: Utah ranks 2nd highest in nation for support of LGBT nondiscrimination laws
Liesl Nielsen, KSL.com | Posted Jul 23rd - 7:38pm
Seventy-seven percent of Utahns said they either favor or strongly favor “laws that would protect (LGBT) people against discrimination in jobs, public accommodations and housing,” according to study from the Public Religion Research Institute.
Utah Sen. Mike Lee votes against 9/11 victims fund after failing to cap spending
Dennis Romboy, KSL | Posted Jul 23rd - 4:09pm
The two senators, including Utah Sen. Mike Lee, who held up a bill last week to continue funding for 9/11 victims and first responders were the only members of the Senate to vote against it Tuesday.
Diplomats' brain scans show differences, add to Cuba mystery
Lindsey Tanner, Associated Press | Posted Jul 23rd - 11:47am
Advanced brain scans found perplexing differences in U.S. diplomats who say they developed concussion-like symptoms after working in Cuba, a finding that only heightens the mystery of what may have happened to them, a new study says.
Democratic group launches ad campaign targeting Trump
The Associated Press | Posted Jul 23rd - 11:29am
The largest outside Democratic group announced Tuesday that it will spend as much as $450,000 per week on ads aimed at weakening President Donald Trump in battleground states.
Want to vote from your smartphone? Utah County to become 3rd area in U.S. to test mobile voting
Katie McKellar, KSL | Posted Jul 23rd - 11:03am
Utah County will be the first area in the state — and only the third in the nation — to undertake a mobile voting pilot program this year.
Mueller takes the TV stage; Democrats hope America tunes in
Mary Clare Jalonick and Eric Tucker, Associated Press | Posted Jul 23rd - 9:31am
Democrats are pretty sure America didn't read the Mueller report. On Wednesday, they're hoping the nation will be glued to the TV version.
Utah's high court tosses hurdle to suing for malpractice
Annie Knox, KSL | Posted Jul 23rd - 7:38am
The Utah Supreme Court determined the Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing cannot make the final call on whether a malpractice claim goes to court.
Senate approves bill to extend 9/11 victims fund
Matthew Daly, Associated Press | Posted Jul 23rd - 4:05am
The Senate gave final legislative approval Tuesday to a bill ensuring that a victims' compensation fund related to the Sept. 11 attacks never runs out of money.
Biden criminal justice plan reverses part of 1994 crime bill
Thomas Beaumont and Elana Schor, Associated Press | Posted Jul 23rd - 4:04am
Joe Biden plans to propose a criminal justice agenda that would reverse key provisions of the 1994 crime bill that he helped write as a senator and that his rivals for the Democratic presidential nomination have blamed for the mass incarceration of racial minorities since then.
W. Virginia senators take zip line ride at Scout Jamboree
The Associated Press | Posted Jul 23rd - 3:39am
West Virginia's two U.S. senators let their adventuresome sides take over at the World Scout Jamboree.
Bernie Sanders thinks media is unfair, so he created his own
Juana Summers, Associated Press | Posted Jul 23rd - 12:19am
When Bernie Sanders wanted to preview a speech about his signature health care plan, "Medicare for All," he did not opt for a traditional interview.
Gillibrand: Female senators unfairly blamed for Franken exit
Will Weissert, Associated Press | Posted Jul 22nd - 6:29pm
Democratic presidential candidate Kirsten Gillibrand said Monday that she doesn't regret calling for Al Franken's resignation from the Senate and that female senators are being blamed for it in a way their male colleagues are not.
New approval rating for Gov. Gary Herbert as he welcomes nation's governors to Salt Lake City
Lisa Riley Roche | Posted Jul 22nd - 5:47pm
Nearly half of Utah voters approve of the job Gov. Gary Herbert is doing in his last term as governor after a decade in the state's top office, according to poll results released Monday.
Trump expands fast-track deportation authority across US
Elliot Spagat, Associated Press | Posted Jul 22nd - 5:33pm
The Trump administration announced Monday that it will vastly extend the authority of immigration officers to deport migrants without allowing them to appear before judges, its second major policy shift on immigration in eight days.
O'Rourke announces 1st campaign hires in early voting Nevada
Michelle L. Price, Associated Press | Posted Jul 22nd - 5:17pm
Democratic presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke is announcing his first campaign staff hires in the early voting state of Nevada.
Detroit Mayor Duggan endorsing Biden in presidential race
Corey Williams, Associated Press | Posted Jul 22nd - 3:58pm
Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan is endorsing former Vice President Joe Biden in the race to challenge Donald Trump in the 2020 race for the White House.
