Eric Holder: Gerrymandering has broken our democracy. The Supreme Court...
After hearing arguments Tuesday in the case of Gill v. Whitford, contesting Wisconsin’s legislative map, the Supreme Court will have a chance to rein in an aggressive new breed of data-driven...
View ArticleFederal oil and gas leases mired in protests over pollution worries for...
The Bureau of Land Management’s next auction of oil and gas leases in Utah is under fire from a multitude of environmental, public health and wilderness groups. Topping the list of concerns is the...
View ArticleAfter Vegas shooting, Congress to hold off on gun silencer legislation -- for...
Washington • Congressional Republicans said in the wake of the deadliest mass shooting in American history that they have no plans anytime soon to move forward on legislation – co-sponsored by all of...
View ArticleSalt Lake City Council to vote to have Indigenous Peoples Day on Columbus Day
The Salt Lake City Council is expected to vote Tuesday on a ceremonial resolution that would also brand Columbus Day as Indigenous Peoples Day in Utah’s capital city.The effort, sponsored by Councilman...
View ArticleInvestigators looking for clues to what set off Vegas gunman
Las Vegas • Investigators trying to figure out why Stephen Paddock gunned down 59 people from his high-rise hotel suite are analyzing his computer and cellphone, looking at casino surveillance footage...
View ArticleGehrke: We’ve heard enough polite words about guns, we need to insist on action
It was heart-breaking to watch the smartphone videos of terrified Las Vegas concert-goers scrambling for cover as a torrent of bullets literally rained down on them, the staccato gunfire going on and...
View ArticlePac-12 football: Coaches decry late-night kickoff times, but there’s not much...
Stanford coach David Shaw already was an opponent of late-night kickoff times, and then he found out what he was missing.The Cardinal hosted Arizona State last Saturday in the Pac-12 Networks’ weekly 1...
View ArticleWestminster College cleared of wrongdoing in handling of sexual assault report
Westminster College has been cleared of allegations that it failed to protect a student who reported a sexual assault in 2013.The college has been under investigation by the U.S. Department of...
View ArticleUtah gymnastics: Red Rocks’ 2018 schedule features a Pac-12 quad meet on an...
Utah’s 2018 Gymnastics schedule features something new for the Utes, as they will compete in a quad meet with UCLA, Stanford, and Washington in Reno, Nev., on Jan. 14, in a meet dubbed “Elevate the...
View ArticleRich Lowry: The passionate non sequiturs of the gun debate
The mind boggles at the horror of Las Vegas, where Stephen Paddock perched himself in the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay and sprayed bullets into a crowd of outdoor concertgoers in the worst mass...
View ArticleCan Derrick Favors return to form? The Jazz’s season may depend on it
Derrick Favors sat in his locker holding his phone, thinking thoughts he’d much rather permanently erase at the newly renovated Vivint Smart Home Arena.Only he can’t forget.The most difficult year of...
View ArticleTy Detmer says he still has Kalani Sitake’s support, Cougs will ‘end up being...
Provo • Ty Detmer is wearing a baseball cap everywhere he goes these days, but it is not to conceal his identity so fans will stop asking the offensive coordinator what is wrong with the BYU...
View ArticleUtah Democrats cheer for gerrymandering case at Supreme Court
Utah Democrats are rooting with gusto for a lawsuit argued Tuesday before the U.S. Supreme Court that for the first time could ban political district boundaries if they were drawn to give one party an...
View ArticleJazz notes: Rudy Gobert has worked hard on his lob warfare this offseason
Isaac Humphries certainly found out after the Jazz’s 108-83 win Monday night: Defending Rudy Gobert is no fun at all.That’s been true of the French center for a while now, but perhaps more so this year...
View ArticleChevron’s Fuel Your Schools grants in Utah widened to cover basic student...
Midvale • Recent efforts to address homelessness in downtown Salt Lake City through what’s been dubbed Operation Rio Grande have pushed The Road Home shelter in Midvale to capacity, with nearly 300...
View ArticleBlood donors wanting to help Las Vegas shooting victims should make...
Murray • When Red Cross officials in Utah heard that more than 500 people were injured in the Las Vegas shooting massacre Sunday night, they immediately sent a truck full of blood south.The move “left...
View ArticleUtah downs Arizona in Arizona/Utah Shootout golf tourney
Kamas • Arizona’s amateur golfers rallied in the sunshine but couldn’t prevent Utah from winning the annual matches with a record point total that was compiled mostly in the snow.The host team won the...
View ArticleWill Utah join most of America and pay for long-acting birth control for...
A Republican state lawmaker is pitching an idea he says would lower health-care costs and lead to fewer abortions through a program that would have the state and federal governments paying for birth...
View ArticleBYU football notes: Ed Lamb has no ties to UTEP, but his name has surfaced to...
Provo • BYU assistant head coach, special teams coordinator and safeties coach Ed Lamb has no ties to UTEP and doesn’t know anyone associated with the Miners’ football program.But several publications...
View ArticlePuerto Rico raises hurricane's official death count to 34
San Juan, Puerto Rico — The governor of Puerto Rico says the official death toll from Hurricane Maria has been increased to 34 from 16.Gov. Ricardo Rossello also says he believes the hurricane caused...
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