Trump admin defends new refugee cap of 45,000 in coming year
Washington • The Trump administration defended its decision Wednesday to sharply curtail the number of refugees allowed into the United States to 45,000 next year, even as global humanitarian groups...
View ArticleOrrin Hatch, Republicans unveil their tax reform plan saying it will help the...
Washington • Sen. Orrin Hatch joined fellow Republicans on Wednesday in unveiling a tax reform package that would double the standard deduction and more than halve the number of tax brackets while also...
View ArticleCount My Vote launches voter-petition to dump party conventions in favor of...
Count My Vote organizers are resurrecting their ballot drive to allow Utah voters to decide whether to select party nominees only through a direct primary, and dump the traditional caucus-convention...
View ArticleNumber of hunters on the decline, according to new federal survey
While the latest U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service five-year study of wildlife participation trends revealed that 40 percent of Americans enjoy watching wildlife, hunting or fishing, one participant group...
View ArticleOlympics: Despite political uncertainty, many U.S. athletes feel safe ahead...
Park City • Nate Holland pivoted toward his friend and fellow snowboardcross pioneer, Seth Wescott, and made his feelings known. The American snowboarders were out on the course at the PyeongChang...
View ArticleCounty unveils distinctive, provocative public art in downtown Salt Lake City
The new Salt Lake County district attorney’s office in downtown Salt Lake City won’t be fully built and occupied until March. But local dignitaries on Wednesday unveiled the public art that covers the...
View ArticleFans and critics prepare for Ben Shapiro speech at University of Utah
A capacity crowd will greet Ben Shapiro on Wednesday evening when the conservative writer and commentator speaks at the University of Utah’s Social and Behavioral Sciences building.Officials anticipate...
View ArticleBYU football: Tuiaki trying to slow down the USU offense he once coached
Provo • Utah State’s eye-popping 61-10 win over San Jose State last Saturday brought both joy and sadness for BYU defensive coordinator Ilaisa Tuiaki, a former USU running backs and special teams...
View ArticleLawyer vows to appeal after judge tosses suit over death of pedestrian in...
A lawyer for a mother who sued Ogden City and the state after her homeless adult daughter was struck and killed in a crosswalk says he will appeal a ruling throwing out the lawsuit.The lawsuit stemmed...
View ArticleThe ‘other’ renovations at Jazz practice facility get rave reviews
No one is going to pull off a curtain to unveil a oversize Jazz note in the already packed parking lot in front of the Zions Bank Basketball Campus.But the less-heralded renovations at the Utah Jazz’s...
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E.J. Dionne: Trump and his party have unleashed forces they cannot control
Washington • In Alabama’s Republican Senate primary on Tuesday, Steve Bannon defeated Donald Trump. The state’s GOP voters showed how sharply divided their party is. And right-wing insurgents were...
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Salt Lake City may stick with deluxe, elevated airport TRAX at four times the...
The Salt Lake City Council signaled Wednesday that it might spend an extra $50 million for a deluxe TRAX station and rail at the airport — after Utah Transit Authority leaders said they will pay only...
View ArticleFormer Utah tutor accused of having thousands of images of child porn headed...
A South Ogden man who was accused of having 98 videos and more than 2,000 images of child porn on his cellphone has been sentenced to four years in a federal prison.In addition, under the sentence...
View ArticleTribune Editorial: Trump’s NFL response diabolical, yes. Brilliant, no.
Really, Mr. Lieutenant Governor, you are too kind.Really, really too kind.Because the one thing wrong with what Utah Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox said the other day about the fight the president of the United...
View ArticleAfter debate over First Amendment, city backs off plan to restrict westside...
Salt Lake City has decided it won’t restrict the types of plays allowed at its westside community center after signaling this month a local theater company’s 2018 plays didn’t fit a new child-friendly...
View ArticlePrep football: Modest South Summit QB Kael Atkinson putting up gaudy passing...
Kamas • Kael Atkinson has more than a few reasons for an expanded ego.The junior is the starting quarterback for South Summit, the top-ranked Class 2A football team in the state.And even though this is...
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Michelle Quist Mumford: Peaceful protest is as American as football
I’m not a big football fan. The games are long and take up coveted weekend time. The rules are obscure and the violence jeopardizes future brain health. I know I’m in the minority here. The most fun...
View ArticleControversial Utah County transit project now faces $11M cost overrun
A long-controversial $190 million bus rapid transit (BRT) project in Provo and Orem — now 50 percent complete — is facing a projected $11.3 million cost overrun.That unplanned expense could create...
View ArticleGeorge F. Will: Unsatisfied with facts, Seattle's city council turns to...
Seattle - In this city, which is a petri dish of progressivism, a prevailing theory is that when you raise the price of something, people will buy less of it, except when they do not. Another, and...
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Jennifer Rubin: Trump will leave the party of Lincoln in ruins
President Donald Trump wants to talk about the NFL because other than that, there’s virtually no topic he can address without reminding his followers of the most dreadful week of his presidency.On...
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