House committee OKs bill to curb president’s monument-creation power under...
Washington • The House Natural Resources Committee on Wednesday advanced legislation to severely limit a president’s authority to name new national monuments while essentially killing Democrats’...
View ArticleSeventh-ranked BYU women's volleyball putting together another outstanding...
Provo • As everyone around town and campus knows, BYU’s football team is suffering through its worst season in decades. The women’s soccer team also is experiencing a rare down year by its...
View ArticleFormer NSA director Michael Hayden: U.S. must define its role in new world order
Orem • “Buckle up, it’s going to be a tough century.”That’s what Michael Hayden, former director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and National Security Agency (NSA), told a capacity crowd at...
View ArticleDemocrat stops just short of forcing House vote on Trump’s impeachment
Washington • A Democratic congressman stopped just short of forcing a House vote on President Trump's impeachment Wednesday, pulling back under apparent pressure from his own party.Rep. Al Green,...
View ArticleTribune Editorial: An increase in sexual assault reporting is a good thing
Reports indicate that campus sexual assaults are increasing at an alarmingly rapid rate.Good.We want the reports to show an increasing number of assaults, because it likely means that assaults aren’t...
View ArticleHouse Republicans shy away from action on ‘bump stocks,’ hoping the ATF deals...
Washington • House Speaker Paul Ryan backed away Wednesday from legislative action to ban "bump stocks," the device a mass shooter used in Las Vegas earlier this month to create machine-gunlike rapid...
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Lynne Roberts says Utah women's hoop foundation has been laid, but in loaded...
San Francisco • The foundation has been laid, Lynne Roberts said, but at times, it still feels like she’s working in wet cement. That’s the dichotomy of focusing on the now, pressing tirelessly for...
View ArticleLGBTQ activists honored with ‘Key to the City’ award
Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski has awarded two LGBTQ activists with keys to the city, in recognition of their longtime efforts to advance gay rights.Bruce Bastian and Kate Kendell were given the...
View ArticleRed Mass invokes prayers for Utah’s justice system
Members of Utah's legal and criminal justice communities participated Wednesday in a noon "Red Mass" at the Cathedral of the Madeleine in Salt Lake City.The Mass, named for the red vestments worn by...
View ArticleGeorge F. Will: The auto industry has a glamorous past but an opaque future
Detroit - Bending metal, slapping on chrome and marketing an empowering product and status marker that mesmerized 20th-century America, the automobile industry typified the Old Economy, of which...
View ArticleLeading homelessness expert calls Operation Rio Grande a ‘disaster’
As Utah leaders explained their motivations for Operation Rio Grande to a ballroom full of service providers, one man sat at the front of the audience and tweeted.“Panel of privileged white people...
View ArticleUtahns earning too much for federal subsidies could feel brunt of new health...
Uncertainty over federal health insurance subsidies for deductibles and copayments under Obamacare will inflate premiums rates for many Utahns next year, especially those who don’t qualify for the...
View ArticleEPA's Pruitt signs proposed rule to unravel Clean Power Plan
Washington • EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt issued a proposed rule Tuesday that would repeal sweeping regulation aimed at curbing greenhouse gas emissions from existing U.S. power plants.The move,...
View ArticleHuman remains found in Millcreek Canyon ID'd as 24-year-old Utah man missing...
Human bones discovered by hikers earlier this month near Upper Big Water Trail in Millcreek Canyon have been identified as that of 24-year-old Blake Richardson, who disappeared in December.The Unified...
View ArticleUtah man sentenced to 7 years in prison for Ponzi scheme that cheated...
An Orem man who admitted to soliciting millions of dollars of investments in his insolvent real estate company, then using the money for payments to other investors and for his own living expenses, was...
View ArticleJudge Memorial routs Richfield in Class 3A girls’ soccer tournament opener
It took a little but, but the Judge Memorial offense finally starting clicking against Richfield in its Class 3A girls’ soccer state tournament opener Wednesday.And the Bulldogs didn’t let up, posting...
View ArticleJennifer Rubin: In case you didn’t take Trump’s threat to the First Amendment...
President Donald Trump's supporters have reveled in his and his administration's assault on the media. Trumpkins were thrilled when then-chief strategist Stephen Bannon declared the media to be the...
View ArticleGrantsville girls’ soccer makes playoff history on emotional week
Grantsville • Memorable might not be a word that can cover it all, but this week is something the Grantsville girls’ soccer program will remember.Senior Sabrina Allen won the region cross-country meet...
View ArticleWashington state seeks to challenge Trump administration’s third travel ban
Seattle • Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson is asking a federal judge to lift his stay halting the state's case against President Donald Trump's travel ban.The state said in a filing Wednesday...
View ArticleBonneville's strong second half beats Desert Hills in girls’ soccer playoff
Washington Terrace • It took longer than coach Rob McDaniel would have liked, but his Bonneville squad eventually would find its feet on offense as the Lakers scored twice in a five-minute span for a...
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