As controversy has surrounded the actions of Immigration and Customs Enforcement under the Trump administration, Sen. John Curtis, R-Utah, has said he doesn't feel there must be a choice between having rule of law and compassion. During a visit to the Ogden area last week, Curtis recalled a ...
Individually, a package of recent legislative proposals has been presented as targeted reforms to Utah’s judicial system. Taken together, however, they represent significant structural changes to how judges are appointed, evaluated, and retained. These proposals deserve the attention of every ...
Another exercise in nonpartisan cooperation ended sadly, as Donald Trump undoubtedly planned. Every year, the nation's governors meet with the president to discuss common concerns. Trump had initially banned two Democratic members of the National Governors Association from attending -- ...
It seems like everyone in Chicago has a story about the Rev. Jesse Jackson, who died this week at the age of 84. Here's mine. I was a young reporter when I first talked to him, working the weekend and holiday shifts, which meant I often covered some of the bleakest stories in the newspaper. ...
When NBC affiliates in Tennessee showed the movie "Necessary Roughness" in 1994, those affiliates were required to give a Democrat Senate candidate 4 minutes and 13 seconds of free airtime. The Democrat was running against Fred Thompson, the actor turned Republican Senate candidate. When ...
President Donald Trump has turned his attention to the drying Great Salt Lake, declaring his commitment to “MAKE ‘THE LAKE’ GREAT AGAIN!” over the weekend and pledging to work with Utah’s governor to get the job done. “We promised to work closely together,” Gov. Spencer Cox told ...
