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Located between Capitol Reef and Bryce Canyon and Zion national parks, the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument has become a big tourist draw since its designation in 1996.

When Everybody Wants A Piece Of 'God's Country'

11:37am July 08, 2019

The Trump administration plans to open up parts of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument to more mining and grazing. It's become a flashpoint in the grab for public lands.

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Jamal Batar and his father, Aden, at StoryCorps in West Valley City, Utah, in March 2017. The Batar family fled the civil war in Somalia for the United States in 1994.

'We Are Americans': Somali Refugee Family Reflects On Making A Life In The U.S.

10:49am July 05, 2019

Aden Batar directs a refugee resettlement program in Utah. It is the same organization that helped resettle his family 25 years ago, when they fled a harrowing civil war in Somalia.

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Utah Gov. Gary Herbert speaks during a 2018 news conference in Salt Lake City. On Wednesday, he signed a bill that decriminalized sex outside of marriage.

Utah Repeals 1973 Law That Criminalized Sex Outside Of Marriage

7:19pm March 29, 2019

by Sasha Ingber

The "fornication law" had designated sex between unmarried people a class B misdemeanor, carrying a penalty of up to six months in jail or a maximum fine of $1,000.

Republican lawmaker Allen Christensen is pushing a bill in the Utah Senate that would shrink the Medicaid expansion his state's voters approved. "They are not obligated to balance the budget," he argues. "We are."

Utah Voters Approved Medicaid Expansion, But State Lawmakers Are Balking

7:07pm February 08, 2019

by Erik Neumann

Political fights over health care continue to flare. In Utah, angry voters say lawmakers are disregarding their wishes by trying to limit the scope of a ballot referendum that expanded Medicaid.

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"Most of us are ecstatic" about Medicaid expansion in Utah, said Grant Burningham, of Bountiful. "We were all together and hugging and kissing last night."

A Winning Idea: Medicaid Expansion Prevails In Idaho, Nebraska And Utah

2:02pm November 07, 2018

by Alison Kodjak

Voters in Idaho, Utah and Nebraska approved ballot initiatives to expand Medicaid, overcoming roadblocks that had kept an estimated 300,000 people from obtaining coverage.

Michigan has become the first state in the Midwest to legalize recreational marijuana, after voters approved a ballot measure Tuesday. Here, a clerk reaches for a container of marijuana buds at Utopia Gardens, a medical marijuana dispensary in Detroit.

Voters Relax Marijuana Laws In 3 More States: Michigan, Utah, Missouri

1:57pm November 07, 2018

by Bill Chappell

There are now 33 states that have legalized marijuana to some degree, and recreational pot use is now legal in 10 states, along with Washington, D.C.

A Utah Town Remembers Its Mayor, Killed In Action In Afghanistan

6:19pm November 04, 2018

by Laurel Wamsley

Major Brent Taylor was hailed as a true "citizen soldier," serving both the community of North Ogden and deploying with the Utah National Guard.

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Grant Burningham, who lives in Bountiful, Utah, worked to get a referendum on Medicaid expansion on the Utah ballot in November.

Voters In 4 States Set To Decide On Medicaid Expansion

1:10pm October 31, 2018

by Alison Kodjak

Ballot initiatives in Utah, Nebraska and Idaho will determine whether to expand Medicaid, after legislators refused to do so. Montanans will vote on whether to keep the state's expansion intact.

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Utah Republican Rep. Mia Love and her Democratic challenger, Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams, shake hands during a debate on Monday in Sandy, Utah.

How Does A Red Seat Turn Blue? Utah Race Tests Democrats' Strategy To Take The House

3:21pm October 19, 2018

by Scott Detrow

As the national Democratic Party shifts to the left, control of the House in November very likely rests on moderate Democrats beating Republicans in red districts Donald Trump carried handily in 2016.

The Peregrine Fund recently released four California condors over high cliffs in Northern Arizona. In 1982, there were only 22 of these giant birds left in the wild.

The Flight Of The Condors, And Their Audience

8:23am September 30, 2018

by Stina Sieg

Hundreds of condor groupies flocked to a spot on the Utah-Arizona border to witness the annual release of young condors into the wild.