Utah is looking to go big on nuclear energy in the state with a bid for a special “lifecycle” facility that will handle fuel enrichment, recycling and disposal in the West Desert: https://www.fox13now.com/news/politics/utah-will-bid-for-nuclear-fuel-lifecycle-campus-in-tooele-county #utpol #Utah
Utah will bid for nuclear fuel 'lifecycle' campus in Tooele County

In a remote part of Tooele County about an hour's drive from Salt Lake City, Governor Spencer Cox announced plans for the state to bid on a nuclear fuel lifecycle campus here.

FOX 13 News Utah (KSTU)
Gov. Cox has vetoed two bills from the 2026 Utah State Legislature: https://www.fox13now.com/news/politics/cox-vetoes-two-bills-from-the-utah-state-legislature #utpol #Utah
Cox vetoes two bills from the Utah State Legislature

Governor Spencer Cox has vetoed two bills that passed the 2026 Utah State Legislature, school bus internet access for children

FOX 13 News Utah (KSTU)

YES!!!

I don't swear often, but fuck you, #utgop! You changed the law to try to prevent the people you'd duped into signing from removing their names, and they paid the price of a stamp to do it anyway.

https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2026/03/26/prop-4-support-repeal-utahs-anti/

#utpol #Utah #gerrymandering

Prop 4 repeal fails to make 2026 ballot after Utah voters pull their signatures

A Republican-back effort to repeal Prop 4, Utah's anti-gerrymandering law, will fail to make the 2026 ballots after voters withdrew their signatures.

The Salt Lake Tribune
Failure of the Prop 4 repeal to qualify for the ballot is the best political news we are likely to get out of Utah all year. #utpol
https://www.deseret.com/politics/2026/03/26/utah-republican-initiative-to-repeal-proposition-4-redistricting-law-fails-after-signature-removal-campaign-despite-trump-endorsement/
Utah GOP repeal of redistricting law fails despite Trump support

Utah Republicans mobilized President Donald Trump, Turning Point Action and Scott Presler in support of a ballot initiative to repeal Proposition 4.

Deseret News

BREAKING NEWS: The Utah GOP's citizen ballot initiative to repeal Prop. 4 will NOT be on the November ballot after enough signatures have apparently been removed.

The Utah GOP confirmed it to me: https://www.fox13now.com/news/politics/utah-gops-citizen-ballot-initiative-to-repeal-prop-4-wont-be-on-november-ballot #utpol #Utah

Utah GOP's citizen ballot initiative to repeal Prop. 4 won't be on November ballot

The Utah Republican Party-backed citizen ballot initiative to repeal Proposition 4 will not appear on the November ballot after opponents have apparently persuaded enough people to remove their signatures.

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Water isn’t a red state, blue state issue, former U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Camille Touton says. The former Biden administration water boss shared her thoughts with me on the water problems facing the West: https://www.fox13now.com/news/colorado-river-collaborative/water-isnt-red-or-blue-former-reclamation-boss-tells-utah-water-users #utpol #Utah
Water isn't red or blue, former Reclamation boss tells Utah water users

The former commissioner of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation under President Joe Biden told a group of Utah water users to avoid looking at water from a red state, blue state lens.

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Gov. Cox signs bills designed to push Utah’s top water user — agriculture — to send more water downstream to help the Great Salt Lake: https://www.fox13now.com/news/great-salt-lake-collaborative/cox-signs-bills-to-help-farmers-dedicate-some-water-to-the-great-salt-lake #utpol #Utah
Cox signs bills to help farmers dedicate some water to the Great Salt Lake

Governor Spencer Cox has signed a series of bills centered around water conservation, including bills that will make it easier for agricultural producers to help the Great Salt Lake.

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As Utah’s gas tax declines, cities are exploring different ways to pay for road repairs: https://www.fox13now.com/news/politics/as-gas-taxes-decline-utah-cities-explore-new-ways-to-pay-for-road-repairs #utpol #Utah
As gas taxes decline, Utah cities explore new ways to pay for road repairs

The roads in Terri Musgrove's neighborhood have seen better days. There's potholes and cracks in the pavement. Some streets have been patched up and there's seals, while others are just crumbling.

FOX 13 News Utah (KSTU)
The famous Utah State Capitol cherry blossoms have bloomed early because of our unusually warm weather. Get up there to enjoy them while you can! https://www.fox13now.com/news/politics/unusually-warm-weather-causes-the-utah-capitols-famous-cherry-blossoms-to-bloom-early #utpol #Utah
Unusually warm weather causes the Utah Capitol's famous cherry blossoms to bloom early

The unusually warm weather has caused the Utah State Capitol's famous cherry blossoms to bloom earlier.

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The League of Women Voters of Utah and the ACLU of Utah wants to intervene in the Justice Department’s lawsuit against Lt. Governor Henderson over voter roll information: https://www.fox13now.com/news/politics/the-league-of-women-voters-wants-to-jump-into-the-dojs-lawsuit-against-utahs-lt-governor #utpol #Utah
The League of Women Voters wants to jump into the DOJ's lawsuit against Utah's Lt. Governor

The League of Women Voters of Utah is asking a federal judge to let it intervene in a lawsuit the U.S. Department of Justice has filed against Lt. Governor Deidre Henderson.

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