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Union Station in Ogden, pictured Friday, is the focus of a major upgrade initiative. Plans also cal...
Tim Vandenack, KSL.com

Ogden fine-tuning redevelopment plans for Union Station and the 30 or so acres around it

Ogden city leaders and UTA move forward with plans to upgrade Union Station and redevelop the 30 or so acres around it.
4 months ago
Gov. Spencer Cox speaks at the PBS Utah Governor’s Monthly News Conference at the Eccles Broadcas...
Tim Vandenack, KSL.com

Cox’s rebuke of university diversity efforts draws backlash; details of planned bill still in the works

Gov. Spencer Cox's tough words directed at university diversity, equity and inclusion programs are drawing backlash from defenders of the efforts.
4 months ago
(Used by permission, Utah Inland Port Authority)...
Bridger Beal-Cvetko, KSL.com

Auditor recommends better internal controls, procurement practices for Inland Port Authority

The Utah Inland Port Authority needs to revamp its procurement policy to comply with revenue bond reporting requirements, the state auditor said.
4 months ago
FILE - A demonstrator waves a flag with marijuana leaves depicted on it during a protest calling fo...
Zeke Mller, Associated Press

Biden pardons thousands convicted of marijuana charges

President Joe Biden has pardoned thousands of people who were convicted of use and simple possession of marijuana.
4 months ago
President Joe Biden speaks at the Wisconsin Black Chamber of Commerce, on Dec. 20, in Milwaukee. (M...
Samantha Waldenberg, CNN

Biden signs $886.3 billion defense policy bill into law

President Joe Biden on Friday signed the $886.3 billion National Defense Authorization Act into law.
4 months ago
FILE: Republican Presidential candidate former U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks during ...
Mark Sherman and Eric Tucker

Supreme Court won’t fast-track ruling on whether Trump can be prosecuted in election subversion case

The Supreme Court says it will not immediately take up a plea by special counsel Jack Smith to rule on whether former President Donald Trump can be prosecuted for his actions to overturn the 2020 election results.
4 months ago
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and his family greet guests after speaking at an event in Bettendorf, Iow...
Eric Bradner and Kit Maher, CNN

What Trump’s 2024 Republican rivals are saying about the Colorado ruling

Donald Trump’s rivals for the 2024 Republican nomination largely closed ranks around the former president, adding to the broad GOP criticism of the Colorado Supreme Court ruling that he cannot appear on the state’s primary ballot next year.
4 months ago
The Supreme Court justices face several disputes over the fate of GOP frontrunner Donald Trump. (Ph...
Devan Cole, CNN

The Supreme Court may decide the 2024 election. Here’s how

The Supreme Court has become the ultimate force in the 2024 presidential election as the justices face several disputes over the fate of GOP frontrunner Donald Trump.
4 months ago
FILE - In this Jan. 10, 2021, file photo, the website of the social media platform Parler is displa...
Associated Press

Social media platform Parler plans to relaunch early next year

The social media platform Parler is relaunching ahead of next year’s presidential elections.
4 months ago
FILE - President Donald Trump speaks during a rally protesting the electoral college certification ...
Lindsay Aerts

Former President Trump won’t be removed from the primary election ballot in Utah — here’s why

In Utah it's political parties who decide whether they participate in a presidential primary or hold a caucus and Republicans have opted for a presidential preference poll at caucus night Tuesday, March 5, 2024.
4 months ago
The US has reached an agreement to secure the release of ten Americans held in Venezuela, in exchan...
JOSHUA GOODMAN and ERIC TUCKER, The Associated Press

US, Venezuela swap prisoners: Maduro ally for 10 Americans, plus fugitive contractor ‘Fat Leonard’

The United States freed a close ally of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in exchange for the release of 10 Americans imprisoned in the South American country and the return of a fugitive defense contractor known as “Fat Leonard” who is at the center of a massive Pentagon bribery scandal, the Biden administration announced Wednesday.
4 months ago
Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson speaks at the Ken Garff Esports Spring Celebration 2023 at the Jon M. Hun...
Hanna Seariac

Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson weighs in on whether Colorado court ruling on Trump will affect Utah

On Tuesday, Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson posted a video to X explaining that she does not believe the Colorado Supreme Court ruling will affect Utah elections.
4 months ago
U.S. officials said Sunday two Navy SEALS missing for 10 days are dead.  (Photo Belinda Alker, Mini...
Brad Lendon, CNN

How US warships are shooting down Houthi drones in the Red Sea, and what might come next

US warships in the Red Sea have been battling a growing number of weapons fired by Houthi forces in Yemen over the past several weeks, including an incident on Saturday when a US destroyer shot down more than a dozen drones.
4 months ago
FILE - Former President Donald Trump speaks during a rally Sunday, Dec. 17, 2023, in Reno, Nev. The...
Marshall Cohen, Devan Cole and Holmes Lybrand, CNN

Colorado Supreme Court removes Trump from 2024 ballot based on 14th Amendment’s ‘insurrectionist ban’

The Colorado Supreme Court is removing former President Donald Trump from the state’s primary ballot, saying he is ineligible to be president after his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
4 months ago
FILE - The Internal Revenue Service on Tuesday announced it will resume mailing automated reminder...
Jeanne Sahadi, CNN

Owe back taxes? The IRS will start sending you reminders again, but may offer you penalty relief

The Internal Revenue Service on Tuesday announced it will resume mailing automated reminders of past due taxes to those who owe back taxes, something it had suspended doing in February 2022 due to pandemic-era backlogs.
4 months ago
FILE: Salt Lake County Mayor Jenny Wilson (Phot: Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News)...
Bridger Beal-Cvetko, KSL.com

Salt Lake County Mayor Jenny Wilson will seek reelection next year

Salt Lake County Mayor Jenny Wilson on Monday announced a campaign for reelection in 2024.
4 months ago
President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting of the National Infrastructure Advisory Council in the ...
Betsy Klein, CNN

Biden safe after car crashes into motorcade vehicle at campaign headquarters

A car unintentionally struck an SUV in President Joe Biden’s motorcade Sunday night, causing damage to both vehicles and appearing to startle the president as he left his campaign headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware.
4 months ago
The Confederate Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery is set to be removed this week. (Calla Kess...
Sarah Dewberry, CNN

Confederate memorial set to be removed from Arlington National Cemetery this week, officials say

The Confederate Memorial at the Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia is set to be removed this week, officials said.
4 months ago
Rep. Kevin McCarthy speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill on October 24. (Francis Chung, POLITICO/A...
Alexandra Ross, CNN

McCarthy willing to potentially serve as member of Trump administration

Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said he believes former President Donald Trump will receive the 2024 Republican presidential nomination and he’ll support the former president in seeking a second term.
4 months ago
53-year-old Brian Hulse, the brother of Utah's lieutenant governor, Deidre Henderson....
Mark Jones

Lt. Gov. Henderson says her brother has been safely located

Utah Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson announced Saturday afternoon her brother, who had gone missing, earlier in the week, has been safely found.
4 months ago
U.S. officials said Sunday two Navy SEALS missing for 10 days are dead.  (Photo Belinda Alker, Mini...
Jill Lawless, The Associated Press

US and Britain say their navies shot down 15 attack drones over the Red Sea

A U.S. warship shot down 14 suspected attack drones over the Red Sea on Saturday, and a Royal Navy destroyer downed another drone that was targeting commercial ships, the British and American militaries said.
4 months ago
FILE: Box Elder Schools searched with police dog. (Mike Anderson/KSL TV)...
Lindsay Aerts

Hoax threats underscore need for school safety measures

After hoax threats swept through Utah Friday, KSL TV explored two bills that target threats to schools.
4 months ago
FILE - A patient prepares to take the first of two combination pills, mifepristone, for a medicatio...
Mead Gruver, Associated Press

Wyoming judge is considering abortion laws, including the first US ban on abortion pills

Attorneys for both sides in a challenge to Wyoming abortion restrictions that include the nation’s first explicit ban on medication to end pregnancy have urged a judge to uphold or strike down the new laws without holding a trial.
4 months ago
Outside of the Tooele School District offices....
Lindsay Aerts

Tooele School District faces massive funding cut, pleads with legislature not to pull funding

The Tooele School District is pleading with state lawmakers not to pull $50 million from their current school funding budget after program change.
4 months ago

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