Robert Gehrke

Former Utah Senate Minority Leader Mike Dmitrich, a Democrat who spent 40 years in the Utah Legislature, died this week at 87. He was the last Democrat to win a district south of Salt Lake County.

David Moore, the dean of Brigham Young University's law school, was originally listed as a contributor on Project 2025, which has been called Donald Trump's roadmap for a second term. Then, last month, he had his name removed.

Attorneys for the Utah Legislature argued Wednesday that it’s opponents of a proposed constitutional amendment that would empower state lawmakers to repeal or amend voter-approved ballot initiatives, and not Republican legislators, who are trying to deny citizens a voice in government by trying to have Amendment D disqualified from the November ballot.

Republicans in the Utah Legislature want the constitutional authority to amend and veto voter-approved ballot initiatives. But some worry about the political fallout of such a gamble.

Hundreds rallied the Utah Capitol on Monday to oppose a proposed constitutional amendment undermining voter-approved ballot initiatives that Republican lawmakers passed during an 'emergency' special session last week.

Utah lawmakers will meet Wednesday afternoon when a Republican supermajority is expected to approve a constitutional amendment undoing a recent Utah Supreme Court ruling that limited the Legislature’s ability to amend or repeal citizen ballot initiatives.

Problems with an upgrade to the state's patient verification system have meant that about one-in-five Utah patients have been unable to purchase medical cannabis at Utah dispensaries, frustrating patients and shop owners.

Lawmakers may sidestep the Utah Supreme Court on grassroots voters initiatives in a special session next week.

Growing numbers on independents are running for office in Utah.

Gwen Walz, the wife of Democratic vice presidential pick Tim Walz, will take part in a Zoom meeting for Utah Women For Kamala Harris Thursday night.