The state auditor is refusing to retract statements about Senate President Stuart Adams, setting up a fight over Utah's anti-SLAPP protections if he follows through on his threat to sue.
Stuart Adams is threatening legal action against four critics. A look at Utah's defamation and anti-SLAPP laws suggests it won't be easy to win.
The Department of Natural Resources says Joel Ferry's expertise justified his spot on the trip, but the state agency that organized it wouldn't say what Utah gains from sending a commissioner who's leaving in less than two weeks.
In Montana, an independent is outpolling the Democrat in a three-way Senate race, but only if the Democrat drops out first. Election data expert G. Elliott Morris breaks down the strategy.
Utah Political Watch reviewed every contested Senate campaign's fundraising totals. The numbers didn't confirm what everyone assumed.
In the latest episode of Special Session, BYU sociologist Dr. Jacob Rugh breaks down the data behind Utah's political shift, and why he doesn't think it's just about Trump.
(Updated 8/11/2026)
