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The Salt Lake Tribune) Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, left, listens to Zion National Park visitor Vince Boling of Graton, Calif., during a tour of the park's dilapidated South Campground on Monday, Sept. 24, 2018.
Stewart invariably supports the greedy agenda of his campaign donors, the corporate and wealthy elite, at our expense. By contrast, Ghorbani supports the genuine needs of the majority of Utahns - families, working people, farmers, seniors and more.
SUICIDE PREVENTION HOTLINE: The House has passed the National Suicide Hotline Improvement Act , sponsored by Rep. Chris Stewart, R-Utah, to require the Federal Communications Commission to study the possibility of creating a national suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline system with an easy to remember phone number. Stewart said the bill was intended to "streamline and to provide easy access to potentially lifesaving resources by designating a new and very simple national three-digit dialing number, very similar to 911, for national suicide prevention and mental health crisis."
President Donald Trump listens during a meeting with European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, July 25, 2018, in Washington. SALT LAKE CITY - A recent decision by the Republican-controlled Federal Communications Commission will likely scrub the deal that would have led to Salt Lake City's Fox 13 being acquired by 21st Century Fox.
Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, called the prevalence of suicide, especially among LGBT teens, "a serious problem that requires national attention" in a speech delivered on the Senate floor to commemorate Pride Month. "No one should ever feel less because of their gender identity or sexual orientation," Hatch said Wednesday, describing the bullying, discrimination and even estrangement experienced by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth.
Washington a Utah's members of Congress say the stories of children being ripped away from their parents at the southern U.S. border shows there's dire need to pass immigration reform, though it's unclear a divided Washington would be able to accomplish it anytime soon. " It is against Utah values to put young children at risk by forcibly separating them from their families," said spokeswoman Katie Thompson.
Two dozen current and former Utah Republican state lawmakers endorsed U.S. Senate candidate Mike Kennedy on Friday, according to his campaign. But at least one of them said he did no such thing, and another said she hadn't given permission.
For the first time, the Utah Debate Commission is hosting three primary debates, including between U.S. Senate candidates Mitt Romney, a former GOP presidential nominee, and state Rep. Mike Kennedy, R-Alpine. The debate between the two contenders for the Republican nomination in the race to take the place of retiring Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, will be held May 29 at 6 p.m. at the KBYU Studios on the Brigham Young University campus in Provo.
Democrats in deep-red Utah are looking to McAdams to flip one of the state's four ... . FILE - In this April 10, 2017, file photo, Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams looks on during a committee hearing in Salt Lake City.
Utah Democrats are trying to capitalize on the chaos from last week's GOP state convention by promising their delegates won't spend hours haggling over party issues when they meet Saturday. "We're going to have as much good, positive energy there as we can," Utah Democratic Party Chairwoman Daisy Thomas said of the Democratic state convention, set to start 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Salt Palace.
Utah Republican party members are gathering to decide if U.S. Senate hopeful Mitt Romney will be forced into a primary as they choose nominees for races ranging from Congress to state Legislature. The group of several thousand core party members will talk with candidates Saturday at decked-out booths and listen to speeches.
Following the revelation that personal data from some 50 million Facebook users ended up in the hands of political operatives, Rep. Chris Stewart, R-Utah, said Thursday he would like to see "more aggressive" government oversight of social media businesses. Stewart, a member of the House Intelligence Committee, said Facebook has opted to send attorneys or other staff to represent the company in previous committee hearings focused on the social media company's conduct and policy, but after the seismic fallout from the data mishandling, it is time for Zuckerberg to put in an appearance.
The outdoor retailer says it's halting future orders of some popular brands, including CamelBak water carriers, Giro helmets and Camp Chef stoves, whose paren... . An entrance to the REI flagship store is shown Friday, March 2, 2018, in Seattle.
President Donald Trump traded insults with the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee Monday, a day after Democrats and Republicans said Trump was wrong to assert that a GOP-produced classified memo on FBI surveillance powers cleared him in the Russia investigation. Trump's attack on California Rep. Adam Schiff came before a planned meeting of the House intelligence panel Monday, where the committee is expected to consider whether to release a Democratic rebuttal memo.
US President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media as they arrive for a dinner at Trump International Golf Club in in West Palm Beach on January 14. Washington President Donald Trump was wrong to assert that a GOP-produced classified memo on FBI surveillance powers cleared him in the Russia investigation, Democratic and Republican lawmakers said on Sunday. Democrats could seek a vote on publicly releasing their rebuttal memo when the GOP-led House Intelligence Committee meets late on Monday afternoon.
President Donald Trump was wrong to assert that a GOP-produced classified memo on FBI surveillance powers cleared him in the Russia probe, Democratic and Republican lawmakers said Sunday. They expressed hope that special counsel Robert Mueller's work would continue without interference.
Trump flacks are out in force to justify their ridiculous hype and release of a memo that does nothing , says nothing, reveals nothing, and is the equivalent of an empty podium during a presidential campaign. As one commentator said, it's like a bad book report.
Appearing on Fox News Thursday evening with host Martha MacCallum, the network's chief national correspondent, Ed Henry, revealed those eager to see the FISA abuse memo released may be in for even more surprises than previously thought. "Senior Republicans are pushing back on reports suggesting that this memo will not live up to the hype, telling me there are four separate explosive revelations in the memo that have not leaked out ahead of tomorrows expected release," Henry told MacCallum.
The FBU building in Washington, Friday, Feb. 2, 2018.A new congressional memo alleging FBI surveillance abuse is being used to undermine the legitimacy of special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation. But included ... .
Red tape, bureaucratic hurdles and arbitrary roadblocks are pervasive in Washington, D.C. These obstacles not only result in irritation and inconvenience, but also have the capacity to cause great harm to the health and happiness of those suffering from painful disorders and diseases. Barriers to medical-grade marijuana research may be resulting in the preventable and unnecessary pain of countless Americans.