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Here's how Utah is trying to lower its criminal recidivism rate, according to a new report
Bridger Beal-Cvetko, KSL | Posted July 21 - 9:00 p.m. | Save Story
Utah has a lower rate of people under "correctional control" than much of the nation but spends more per inmate each year compared to neighbors, according to a report.
New Jersey says software error put 6,600 noncitizens on voter rolls
Doina Chiacu, Reuters | Updated July 21 - 8:00 p.m. | Save Story
Roughly 6,600 people who were not U.S. citizens were accidentally added to New Jersey's voter rolls because of a software error at the state motor vehicles department.
US pauses $1B in Medicaid payments to California, Minnesota
Ahmed Aboulenein, Reuters | Updated July 21 - 6:30 p.m. | Save Story
The Trump administration is pausing Medicaid payments to California and Minnesota over "suspected fraud and noncompliance," Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Tuesday.
Arizona Republicans pick nominees Tuesday for governor and other top offices
Jonathan J. Cooper, Associated Press | Updated July 21 - 5:00 p.m. | Save Story
Arizona Republicans are choosing nominees Tuesday to challenge Democrats who hold top offices as the GOP looks to return to power in a battleground state it used to dominate.
Appeals court rejects Biden's bid to block release of recordings of ghostwriter interviews
Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press | Updated July 21 - 3:00 p.m. | Save Story
A federal appeals court has rejected a request by Joe Biden to block the release of audio recordings and transcripts of his interviews with a memoir ghostwriter before he was elected.
US Senate panel narrowly backs Trump nominee to be top US spy
Patricia Zengerle, Reuters | Posted July 21 - 2:15 p.m. | Save Story
The U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee backed President Donald Trump's nominee, Jay Clayton, to become the top U.S. spy, the committee's Republican chairman said on Tuesday.
Attacks between US and Iran across Mideast overshadow efforts to keep diplomacy alive
Jon Gambrell and Munir Ahmed, Associated Press | Updated July 21 - 11:50 a.m. | Save Story
Diplomats are seeking to salvage the collapsed interim deal between Iran and the United States even as both countries continued to launch attacks in a 10th day of renewed fighting.
US imposes new 50% tariffs on $20 billion worth of Canadian products
Ryan Patrick Jones and David Lawder, Reuters | Updated July 21 - 6:31 a.m. | Save Story
President Trump unveiled 50% tariffs on a range of imports from Canada on Monday in response to what the U.S. administration called its discriminatory treatment of American-made goods.
'Folks are really, really upset': Reductions to 2 Utah monuments sparks protests
Carter Williams, KSL | Posted July 21 - 6:16 a.m. | Save Story
Hundreds stood outside of the Utah Governor's Mansion to sound their frustration about last week's reduction of Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bears Ears national monuments.
Feds point to West Point killing in arguing for tougher action against criminal immigrants
Tim Vandenack, KSL | Posted July 20 - 9:30 p.m. | Save Story
The Department of Homeland Security is pointing to the killing of James Witten in West Point in arguing for tougher action against suspected criminal immigrants.
Cox issues 'hybrid' fireworks policy for Pioneer Day, allowing some bans to remain
Carter Williams, KSL | Updated July 20 - 12:35 p.m. | Save Story
Gov. Spencer Cox says he plans to issue a "hybrid" fireworks policy on Monday, which will allow some cities to ban personal fireworks during the upcoming Pioneer Day weekend over wildfire concerns.
Senator says US daylight saving time bill faces tough fight
David Shepardson, Reuters | Posted July 20 - 10:07 a.m. | Save Story
A bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives last week to make daylight saving time permanent will face a tough fight in the Senate to win approval, a lawmaker said Monday.
Trump's Utah monument cuts put a century-old law under the microscope
Eva Terry, Deseret News | Posted July 20 - 6:19 a.m. | Save Story
The perpetual tug-of-war over monuments like Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante have many Americans up in arms over the 1906 Antiquities Act.
Curtis renews insider trading crackdown after White House teleprompter operator bets
Cami Mondeaux, Deseret News | Updated July 19 - 3:00 p.m. | Save Story
Sen. John Curtis is leading a bipartisan bill to ban government officials from prediction markets after a White House teleprompter operator benefitted from bets on President Donald Trump's speeches.
ICE officers to wear body cameras during vehicle stops, border czar says
Diana Novak Jones, Reuters | Posted July 19 - 1:05 p.m. | Save Story
In the wake of multiple fatal shootings involving U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers, the agency will require its officers to record vehicle stops with at least one body camera, Trump administration border czar Tom Homan said Sunday.
Mike Lee says mail-in voting 'should not survive much longer' — with few exceptions
Cami Mondeaux, Deseret News | Posted July 19 - 9:31 a.m. | Save Story
Sen. Mike Lee said mail-in voting should be restricted in future elections, despite Utah being an early adopter of the practice, after President Donald Trump's address on election security.
Rep. Ralph Norman to run for Senate in South Carolina following Lindsey Graham's death
Lawrence Delevingne, Reuters | Posted July 18 - 7:44 p.m. | Save Story
Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., plans to run for the Senate in the state following the death of longtime Sen. Lindsey Graham, Norman said on Fox News on Saturday.
Data center protests go national as backlash grows
Valerie Volcovici and Lisa Baertlein, Reuters | Updated July 18 - 5:45 p.m. | Save Story
Data center opponents planned to hold protests on Saturday in at least 125 locations nationwide in the first effort to channel anger at AI infrastructure expansion.
