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- Ivory Homes announces initiative to plant 30,000 trees in Utah
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Local Headlines
Salt Lake Tribune
Op-ed: There is a place for medical marijuana. But do it the right way.
Op-ed: Real heath care reform will have to come from the states
Tribune Editorial: Treat all roads like Cottonwood Canyon
Toxic heavy metals in soils may pose risk to recreation in American Fork Canyon, new report finds
San Juan County Commissioner Phil Lyman clinches GOP nomination to replace retiring Rep. Mike Noel
Deseret News
Frank Pignanelli & LaVarr Webb: Issues of the day: 'Insider baseball,' or should Utahns care?
Op-ed: Utah Sportsmen's Caucus is vital to local conservation efforts
Boyd Matheson: Five takeaways from the state Republican convention
Ralph Becker: When it comes to volunteering, Utah wins by a long shot
Op-ed: Utah's workforce and welfare programs are an example to the nation
Editorial: Environmental stewardship relies on individual character
Utah top in country for job growth, report says
Utah election reform law aims to remove barriers to voting, boost turnout
Once mediocre Regent Street now a downtown destination
U.S. 'paying attention' to Utah's Medicaid initiative, Obama-era health official says
Utah GOP delegates force primary elections for Mitt Romney, John Curtis
About Utah: Meet the author of Utah's free-range parenting bill
Other
The story behind the Orem man who filed as Abe Lincoln to run for Senate (Daily Herald)
Utah measure, backed by Weber Co. high-schooler, cuts primary voting age to 17 (Standard-Examiner)
1st District U.S. House race between Democrats Weiland, Castillo getting testy (Standard-Examiner)
Davis Co. review of Ogden PD probe not over, lawyer says Gibson not a target (Standard-Examiner)
Cache Democrats optimistic at convention (Logan Herald Journal)
Business Headlines
Utah biotech giant Gary Crocker adds U. research facility to list of accomplishments (Deseret News)
Lehi business specializing in personalized medicine (Daily Herald)
American Fork and Lehi planning for future TODs (Daily Herald)
Once mediocre Regent Street now a downtown destination (Deseret News)
Utah top in country for job growth, report says (Deseret News)
Utah’s 3.3 percent job-growth rate in March was the nation’s best (Salt Lake Tribune)
Today At Utah Policy
GOP delegates once again prove they're out of step with mainstream Utah Republicans
I don’t know why I can’t learn this lesson.
Medical marijuana ballot initiative meets ballot requirements
The ballot initiative to legalize medical cannabis has reached the requirement for inclusion on the 2018 ballot in November.
Utah GOP Convention: Kennedy beats Romney to force a U.S. Senate primary; Herrod narrowly advances to primary against Curtis
For a second time in five months – but by very different numbers in party delegate support – the 3rd Congressional District GOP nomination will go to a primary election.
Republican party brawl takes over Utah GOP convention
After more than three hours of sometimes frustrating debate – with “yeahs” and “boos” shouted from the delegates and onlookers joining in – a majority of the 3,600 or so state Republican delegates...
McCay knocks off Christensen, Tonks for GOP nomination
Rep. Dan McCay, R-Riverton, lives to fight another day while Rep. LaVar Christensen, R-Draper,` will be absent from Utah's Capitol Hill come January.
UtahPolicy.com wins eight awards in 'Top of the Rockies' contest
UtahPolicy.com won eight awards in the 2018 "Top of the Rockies" journalism contest.
2018 Utah candidate tracker - Congress
There's a U.S. Senate seat up for election in 2018 as well as all four U.S. House seats. Here's the list of candidates ahead of the Republican and Democratic state conventions.
2018 Utah candidate tracker - Utah Senate
2018 means another election cycle is upon us. Half of the Utah Senate seats are up for election this year. Here's the list of candidates are either headed to a primary or secured a spot in the...
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2018 Utah candidate tracker - Utah House
Utah's employment summary: March 2018
Debt and intra-party battles. Utah GOP Chair Rob Anderson reflects on his first year in office
The Utah GOP circus comes to town - Bernick and Schott on politics Ep. 370
Bob Bernick's notebook: Curing the Republican party
Nominees announced for 7th District Court vacancy
Weekly survey: LDS Church and medical marijuana
Utah Transit Authority fires CEO Jerry Benson because of legislative overhaul
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National Headlines
Democrats are getting desperate as Mueller stalls (New York Post)
Hillary Clinton, not on ballot, is star of GOP midterm plan (Associated Press)
Four presidents come together to pay tribute to Barbara Bush (CNN)
Texas Boy Killed by Truck as His School Held a Walkout on Guns (New York Times)
Analysis: ZTE's Collapse Reveals China's Huge Dependence On U.S. Technologies (Forbes)
Amazon's Critics Get New Life With Trump's Attacks on the Company (New York Times)
Mark Zuckerberg survived Congress. Now he has to face Wall Street (CNNMoney)
Lighter Side
"President Trump's new nominee to head NASA is a Republican congressman with no science background. Or as that’s called in the Trump administration, "overqualified." Conan O'Brien
Wise Words
"The mountains are calling and I must go." John Muir