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Virginia to allow recreational marijuana to be sold in retail stores beginning in 2027
Sarah Rankin, Associated Press | Posted June 29 - 5:23 p.m. | Save Story
Five years after becoming the first Southern state to legalize possession of marijuana, Virginia has approved a legal way to sell it to recreational users.
Venezuelans in Utah collect aid, press for pause on deportations after deadly quakes
Tim Vandenack, KSL | Posted June 29 - 5:00 p.m. | Save Story
Venezuelans in Utah collected aid over the weekend to help those impacted by two deadly earthquakes and are pressing for a pause on deportations to the country.
Mike Lee says it's 'more urgent than ever' to pass election bill
Cami Mondeaux, Deseret News | Posted June 29 - 1:27 p.m. | Save Story
Utah Sen. Mike Lee is again amping up pressure to pass his sweeping election reform bill after the Supreme Court upheld state laws that allow for late-arriving mail ballots to be counted so long as they are postmarked before Election Day.
Supreme Court rules states can count late-arriving mailed ballots, rejecting Trump-led challenge
Mark Sherman, Associated Press | Posted June 29 - 10:03 a.m. | Save Story
The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that states can count ballots that arrive after Election Day, a persistent target of President Donald Trump.
SCOTUS rejects Trump's push to toss $5 million verdict in E. Jean Carroll sexual abuse case
Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press | Posted June 29 - 8:40 a.m. | Save Story
The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a push by President Donald Trump to throw out a jury's finding that he sexually abused the writer E. Jean Carroll at a New York City department store in the mid-1990s and later defamed her.
Utah divided over July 4th fireworks ban as wildfires rage across the state
Brigham Tomco, Deseret News | Posted June 29 - 8:28 a.m. | Save Story
Utah's record-breaking wildfire season prompted Gov. Spencer Cox to declare a state of emergency and temporarily ban most fireworks statewide, sparking political debate.
Migrants in US on temporary status should seek permanent residence or leave, Homeland Secretary says
Douglas Gillison, Reuters | Posted June 28 - 8:13 p.m. | Save Story
Migrants in the United States on temporary protected status should seek permanent residence or leave for their home countries, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said on Sunday.
Israel moves to formally recognize Armenian WWI deaths as a genocide
Associated Press | Posted June 28 - 7:20 p.m. | Save Story
Israel's Cabinet unanimously approved a proposal on Sunday to designate violence against Armenians by the Ottoman Empire during World War I as a genocide.
Data center fallout upends Utah politics, ousting Senate president
Brigham Tomco, Deseret News | Posted June 28 - 3:00 p.m. | Save Story
Utah Republican voters sent a stunning rebuke to state leaders overseeing the Box Elder County data center on Tuesday, as a swing in support coincided with a massive electoral upset.
Trump says he will nominate Lance Schroyer as ICE director
Jasper Ward and Laila Kearney, Reuters | Posted June 28 - 9:29 a.m. | Save Story
President Donald Trump said on Saturday that he will nominate Lance Schroyer as the next director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Most Utahns disapprove of how Trump is handling Iran war: Poll
Cami Mondeaux, Deseret News | Posted June 28 - 8:50 a.m. | Save Story
A plurality of Utah voters disapprove of the military actions taking place in Iran and are critical of the way President Donald Trump is handling the war, according to a new poll.
Trump-backed Rep. Julia Letlow wins the GOP primary for Senate in Louisiana
Thomas Beaumont and Jack Brook, Associated Press | Posted June 27 - 10:50 p.m. | Save Story
Rep. Julia Letlow won Louisiana's Republican nomination for Senate on Saturday, delivering another win for President Donald Trump and his effort to replace Republicans who defied him.
Iran, US continue escalating attacks, recriminations over peace deal
Jana Choukeir and Jasper Ward, Reuters | Updated June 27 - 10:33 p.m. | Save Story
Iran and the U.S. continued their attacks in the Gulf as each accused the other of violating an interim deal signed less than two weeks ago to end their 4-month-old war.
Fear of data centers outpaces knowledge about them
Eva Terry, Deseret News | Posted June 27 - 7:06 p.m. | Save Story
Are concerns about data centers well-founded? The Stratos Project in Utah is one of more than 1,800 U.S.-based data centers in various stages of development.
Why Burgess Owens touts apprenticeships as wise career-path educational options
Jason Swensen, Deseret News | Posted June 27 - 5:46 p.m. | Save Story
Rep. Burgess Owens is certain that going to college is not the only dependable route to rewarding careers, and he spoke about that during a House subcommittee meeting on Wednesday.
'Great American State Fair' kicks off US 250th anniversary celebrations
Kanishka Singh, Reuters | Posted June 27 - 1:04 p.m. | Save Story
With a 110-foot Ferris wheel, a rodeo demonstration and an eye-popping array of junk food, "The Great American State Fair" opened on Washington's National Mall on Thursday to start a 16-day celebration of the country's 250th anniversary.
Pleasant View OKs expansion of residential rehabilitation home; neighbors mull legal action
Tim Vandenack, KSL | Posted June 27 - 8:33 a.m. | Save Story
Pleasant View officials approved a proposal allowing a residential drug and alcohol rehabilitation home to expand, and some neighbors are considering legal action.
Ben McAdams is likely heading back to Congress. He feels a different urgency this time
Cami Mondeaux, Deseret News | Posted June 27 - 7:15 a.m. | Save Story
There are a lot of similarities between Ben McAdams' primary win on Tuesday and his first House election in 2018. But the reality is far different this time around, he says.
