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Will lower fees drive more oil and gas leasing on public land?
Kevin Lind, Deseret News | Posted Feb. 17 - 9:00 a.m. | Save Story
Last summer, the federal government took several steps with the reconciliation bill to generate revenue from public lands as part of its efforts to reduce the deficit.
Iran foreign minister says progress made in nuclear talks with US in Geneva
Olivia Le Poidevin, Reuters | Posted Feb. 17 - 8:11 a.m. | Save Story
Iran and the United States reached an understanding on ​the main "guiding principles" in a second round of nuclear talks in Geneva on Tuesday but work still needs to be done.
Utah's judicial transparency bill raises concerns about privacy
Caitlin Keith, Deseret News | Posted Feb. 17 - 7:15 a.m. | Save Story
Lawmakers expressed concerns with a bill that would make major changes to judicial transparency in Utah but ultimately passed it through a House committee on Friday.
Utah backs off showdown with Idaho over gas tax cuts
Brigham Tomco, Deseret News | Posted Feb. 16 - 5:03 p.m. | Save Story
Utah House Speaker Mike Schultz, R-Hooper, thought he was taking on the oil industry to make fuel more affordable. Instead, he ignited a war of words with one of the state's neighbors.
Obama clarifies alien comments after telling podcast 'they're real'
Lianne Kolirin, CNN | Posted Feb. 16 - 10:45 a.m. | Save Story
Former President Barack Obama said he's seen no evidence that aliens have made contact with Earth, clarifying his position on extraterrestrials after comments he made in a podcast went viral.
GOP chairman says enough signatures gathered to put Prop 4 repeal on ballot
Shelby Lofton, KSL | Posted Feb. 16 - 10:01 a.m. | Save Story
Leaders of Utahns for Representative Government say they've gathered enough signatures to put a Proposition 4 repeal on the November ballot.
Bill aimed at immigrants in Utah illegally sparks backlash; sponsor senses 'massive support'
Tim Vandenack, KSL | Posted Feb. 15 - 9:09 p.m. | Save Story
A Utah measure aimed at immigrants in the country illegally is sparking backlash from some while the sponsor says he senses "massive support" for the proposal.
Bill aims to tweak alternative incorporation route; lawsuit calls process unconstitutional
Tim Vandenack, KSL | Posted Feb. 15 - 4:00 p.m. | Save Story
A new bill aims to tweak an alternative process to create cities while a lawsuit charges that the process gives developers too much power and is unconstitutional.
Rubio casts US, the 'child of Europe', as critical friend to allies
Humeyra Pamuk, Jonathan Landay and Max Hunder, Reuters | Posted Feb. 14 - 8:31 p.m. | Save Story
Secretary of State Marco Rubio cast the United States as the "child of Europe" in a message of unity on Saturday, offering some reassurance as well as leveling more criticism at allies.
European allies say Navalny was poisoned by dart frog toxin; Russia rejects claims
Muvija M, Reuters | Posted Feb. 14 - 3:14 p.m. | Save Story
Five European allies on Saturday blamed Russia for killing Alexei Navalny using toxin from poison dart frogs while he was in prison, a claim Moscow rejected as propaganda.
Mike Lee joins legal fight to stop states from counting ballots received after Election Day
Cami Mondeaux, Deseret News | Posted Feb. 14 - 2:01 p.m. | Save Story
Sen. Mike Lee has filed a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court as it prepares to weigh in on whether states can count mail-in ballots after Election Day.
Courts have ruled 4,400 times that ICE jailed people illegally. It hasn't stopped
Nate Raymond, Kristina Cooke and Brad Heath, Reuters | Posted Feb. 14 - 12:53 p.m. | Save Story
Hundreds of judges have ruled more than 4,400 times since October that President Donald Trump's administration is detaining immigrants unlawfully, a Reuters review of court records found.
Lawmakers advance bill allowing alternate flags to fly on city hall, but not in schools
Bridger Beal-Cvetko, KSL | Posted Feb. 14 - 9:27 a.m. | Save Story
Utah lawmakers advanced a law requiring cities to fly only a single official flag in schools, airports and courthouses. But cities could fly Pride and other flags during annual celebrations.
Utah House committee approves nicotine tax increase after impassioned hearing
Daniel Woodruff, KSL | Posted Feb. 14 - 7:10 a.m. | Save Story
The Utah Legislature took the first step toward raising the state's tax on nicotine and tobacco products as HB337 advanced out of the House Revenue and Taxation Committee on Friday.
Prop 4 repeal effort asks Supreme Court to extend deadline in final push to gather signatures
Brigham Tomco, Deseret News | Posted Feb. 13 - 10:34 p.m. | Save Story
Utahns for Representative Government asked the Utah Supreme Court on Wednesday to extend the signature submission deadline, saying signatures had been stolen or destroyed.
'A form of protest': Hundreds gather at Utah Capitol to oppose sensitive materials legislation
Logan Stefanich, KSL | Posted Feb. 13 - 9:04 p.m. | Save Story
Over 100 people packed the Utah Capitol rotunda Friday to advocate for the freedom to choose what to read and push back against a law on "sensitive material" in school libraries.
Feds open a perjury probe into ICE officers' testimony about the shooting of a Venezuelan man
Michael Biesecker, Jim Mustian and Jack Brook, Associated Press | Posted Feb. 13 - 8:35 p.m. | Save Story
Federal authorities have opened a criminal probe into whether two immigration officers lied under oath about a shooting in Minneapolis last month, as all charges were dropped against two Venezuelan men.
Former Rep. Ben McAdams first Democrat to qualify for ballot in Utah's new 1st District
Cami Mondeaux, Deseret News | Posted Feb. 13 - 6:36 p.m. | Save Story
Former Rep. Ben McAdams has qualified for the primary in Utah's newly redrawn 1st Congressional District, making him the first Democratic candidate to do so.
