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This is the place where Utah politics tastes good. Where the stories are covered in fry sauce and you can boost your civic IQ without all the campaigning, cajoling and cross-talk. This is politics, the Utah way.

9 MRT

Utah avoids spice, opts for a meat and potatoes session

The session is done. 540 bills were passed out of 1,020 pitched. But instead of ending on a bang, as it had in the past, the session ended with a polite "here, here" and a golf clap.

19 min.
2 MRT

Utah’s big swing on homelessness comes with a big price tag

How much did the state front in the budget? Are lawmakers angling for federal funding? And what's the political will look like? All is answered.

17 min.
23 FEB

The White House twists Utah’s AI arm

We’re talking tech (hello, AI!), we’re talking state sovereignty and we’re talking about child safety (two big Utah tentpoles).

22 min.
16 FEB

Small government, bigger Utah

With a Republican supermajority, Utahns hear some pretty common values from politicians. Small government is one of the big ones. But what happens when a state that's all about “local control” steps into the business of its cities?

18 min.
9 FEB

Water, water, somewhere, but drops for Great Salt Lake

It’s been four years since Utah's “Year of Water” at the Legislature, and now the state has its worst snowpack on record. We check in on what lawmakers have done since and what it means for Great Salt Lake.

18 min.
2 FEB

Will Kirk and No Kings reshape Utah’s right to bear arms?

Utah's self perception was fundamentally changed by gun violence in 2025 between a protest shooting and the assassination of Charlie Kirk. Does that shift also apply to the laws the Legislature debates?

18 min.
26 JAN

All rise, for Utah Supreme Court reforms

The court of State Street is now in session. We ask the Legislature to approach the bench and unpack their arguments for adding more justices to the Utah Supreme Court.

17 min.
19 JAN

The ballad of Utah redistricting

2025 got all the attention, but the fight over Utah’s congressional map goes all the way back to 2018. And it's likely to overshadow what lawmakers are doing in 2026.

17 min.

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This is the place where Utah politics tastes good. Where the stories are covered in fry sauce and you can boost your civic IQ without all the campaigning, cajoling and cross-talk. This is politics, the Utah way.