Utah News Dispatch

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U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. (left) and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin (right) listen as Utah House Speaker Mike Schultz, R-Hooper, (center) speaks during an event at the University of Utah on Monday, April 7, 2025.

Politics

Utah makes bid to cut federal oversight, run its own government

Utah News Dispatch Apr 11, 2025

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy rides on a Frontrunner train with U.S. Sen. John Curtis, R-Utah, in Salt Lake City during a media event on Monday, April 7, 2025.

Olympics

Transportation secretary: Utah, feds must invest in transit to support growth, prepare for Olympics

Utah News Dispatch Apr 9, 2025

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks during a campaign rally for Republican presidential nominee, former President Donald Trump at Macomb Community College on November 01, 2024 in Warren, Michigan.

Health

RFK Jr. coming to Utah on Monday to talk fluoride, ‘MAHA’ bills

Utah News Dispatch Apr 4, 2025

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Connor Sikes, 22, right, an intern with the Granite Education Association, helps Kelly Watanabe, 22, add her signature to a petition as part of the Protect Utah Workers coalition at the University of Utah campus in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, March 26, 2025. The organizations behind the signature effort hope to place a referendum on Utah ballots that would undo controversial legislation restricting collective bargaining for public sector employees including teachers and first responders.

Politics

Effort to overturn union bill through referendum gains steam, with 130,000 signatures in support

Utah News Dispatch Apr 2, 2025

Health

Utah becomes the first state to ban adding fluoride to drinking water

Utah News Dispatch Apr 1, 2025

A pride flag flies at the Salt Lake City & County Building on Thursday, March 13, 2025.

Politics

As Sundance leaves, Utah Gov. Cox allows first-in-the-nation flag ban to become law without his pen

Utah News Dispatch Mar 31, 2025

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People rally in opposition of Utah’s lawsuit attempting to take control of federal lands at the Capitol in Salt Lake City on Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025.

Environment

Firings at Forest Service raise alarm over corporate takeover of public lands

Utah News Dispatch Mar 12, 2025

Environment

Glowing pains: Developing nuclear power could cost Utah tens of billions

Utah News Dispatch Mar 10, 2025

A Pride flag flying during Park City's Pride Festival flag raising event. A new law would ban Pride flags from being displayed on public property, in and on government buildings and in Utah public schools.

Education

As critics decry ‘gross government overreach,’ bill to ban pride flags from schools advances

Utah News Dispatch Mar 6, 2025

The rotunda inside the Capitol in Salt Lake City is pictured on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025.

Politics

What’s in Utah’s $30 billion budget? Here’s what lawmakers are prioritizing for 2025

Utah News Dispatch Mar 5, 2025

A nurse gives Michaella a measles, mumps and rubella virus vaccine made by Merck at the Utah County Health Department on April 29, 2019 in Provo, Utah. These were Michaella's first ever vaccinations. She asked that only her first name be used.

Health

After first measles death in a decade, state officials remind Utahns to get the MMR vaccine

Utah News Dispatch Mar 3, 2025

The Matheson Courthouse in Salt Lake City is pictured on Wednesday, January 3, 2024.

Politics

‘Revenge streak’: Utah Bar opposes flurry of bills flexing legislative influence on judiciary

Utah News Dispatch Feb 21, 2025

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