Wade Graham / High Country NewsAug 14, 2026
Profligate waste and perverse tax incentives are drying up the West’s largest natural body of water. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
MICHELLE L. PRICE and STEVE PEOPLES / The Associated PressFeb 14, 2018
The former Republican presidential candidate will release an online video Thursday announcing he's running in Utah for the seat held by Orrin Hatch, who plans to retire. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
MICHELLE L. PRICE and LINDSAY WHITEHURST / The Associated PressFeb 2, 2018
The business executive and onetime Mormon officer, 80, also played key roles in state and national politics. He was the father of a former Utah governor and U.S. ambassador, Jon Huntsman Jr. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
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BRADY McCOMBS / The Associated PressDec 21, 2017
The actions, which break church policy, will be invalidated. A researcher's work reveals that Holocaust victims and Donald Trump's grandparents were among those posthumously baptized. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
Reese Erlich / TruthdigMar 20, 2015
That peaceful-looking Christian next door may be part of a terrorist sleeper cell that received training at the Vatican or in Salt Lake City. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigMar 12, 2015
Utah Republicans passed a bill that would bar employers and landlords or property owners from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity and protect religious institutions that object to homosexuality. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Peter Z. Scheer / TruthdigDec 21, 2013
Utah is the 10th state to get gay marriage this year -- and the second this week -- but it's an especially significant one considering that voters in the state have not followed public opinion. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigMay 14, 2013
After spending an estimated $20 million and employing 77 people full time to ban gay marriage in California with Proposition 8 in 2008, the church's political surrender on the issue has enabled a cultural shift that is spreading rapidly across the United States. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigNov 6, 2012
An old video in which an upset Mitt Romney discusses his faith after a conservative Iowa radio talk show host quizzes him about it is making the Internet rounds a day before the election. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigOct 3, 2012
A look at the day's political happenings, including how Paul Ryan's 30 percent compares with Mitt Romney's 47 percent and a Pennsylvania judge decides the fate of the state's voter ID law for the 2012 election. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigSep 18, 2012
Conservative blogs are saying U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens was gay and shouldn't have been sent to the Middle East; Google's censorship of the controversial anti-Muslim video proves Web companies have more power than governments; meanwhile, a Stanford University study claiming organic foods are useless is being called fraudulent. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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