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Numbers keep climbing: Prop. 4 repeal effort speeding toward ballot

It’s no longer “if” but “when.” The Prop. 4 repeal ballot initiative is on pace to hit Utah’s statewide threshold of 140,748 verified signatures next week, after

By Bryan Schott

/ 19 Feb 2026

Numbers keep climbing: Prop. 4 repeal effort speeding toward ballot

Salt Lake County GOP bans seven members through 2030 after endorsement dispute spirals into criminal allegations...and a letter to the FBI

On Thursday morning, an internal Republican Party brawl exploded into the public as the Salt Lake County GOP announced eight members were disciplined for “leveling false allegations of criminal election

By Bryan Schott

/ 19 Feb 2026

Salt Lake County GOP bans seven members through 2030 after endorsement dispute spirals into criminal allegations...and a letter to the FBI

Utah's nuclear option on immigration: no banking, no jobs, no homes, no sanctuary

Rep. Trevor Lee, R-Layton, isn't satisfied punishing undocumented immigrants. He wants to punish the governments that won't help him do it. And he's bringing

By Bryan Schott

/ 19 Feb 2026

Utah's nuclear option on immigration: no banking, no jobs, no homes, no sanctuary

Who wants Prop. 4 repealed? Mostly Republicans, and the signatures prove it

Utah Republicans aren’t just leading the charge to put a repeal of the state’s anti‑gerrymandering law on the November ballot—they're also supplying most of

By Bryan Schott

/ 18 Feb 2026

Who wants Prop. 4 repealed? Mostly Republicans, and the signatures prove it

Utah Republicans are very mad about forced ideology. A new bill forces some ideology on campuses

Utah Sen. John Johnson, R-Ogden, has a novel fix for “intellectual diversity” on campus: make universities stage ideological showpieces—and punish them if they don’t. His new bill, SB295,

By Bryan Schott

/ 18 Feb 2026

Utah Republicans are very mad about forced ideology. A new bill forces some ideology on campuses

Democrat Ben McAdams jumps into Utah redistricting brawl, tells federal court: Don't blow up 2026 map

Former Utah Democratic Congressman Ben McAdams has waded into the state’s redistricting brawl, filing an amicus brief that urges a federal court to leave in place the judge-ordered congressional

By Bryan Schott

/ 17 Feb 2026

Democrat Ben McAdams jumps into Utah redistricting brawl, tells federal court: Don't blow up 2026 map

Prop. 4 repeal campaign surges—and Sunday's signature dump hasn't even hit yet

We won’t know the impact of the last‑minute signature dump for a few days, but the ballot push to put a repeal of Utah’s anti‑gerrymandering law

By Bryan Schott

/ 17 Feb 2026

Prop. 4 repeal campaign surges—and Sunday's signature dump hasn't even hit yet

Utah lawmakers want to take over high school sports. Price tag: nearly $1 million

Utah lawmakers want to yank control of high school sports from the private Utah High School Activities Association and park it inside a brand new state office—at a price

By Bryan Schott

/ 17 Feb 2026

Utah lawmakers want to take over high school sports. Price tag: nearly $1 million

Utah's Prop. 4 repeal effort banks big numbers—but the map and rescission effort could kill it

Utah’s campaign to repeal Prop. 4, the voter-approved anti-gerrymandering initiative that created an independent redistricting commission, dumped a mountain of signatures at the last minute on Sunday, likely clearing

By Bryan Schott

/ 16 Feb 2026

Utah's Prop. 4 repeal effort banks big numbers—but the map and rescission effort could kill it

Update: Utah Supreme Court rejects last-minute bid to extend Prop. 4 signature deadline

Organizers cite threats and a holiday weekend. The justices say they filed late—and Sunday still means Sunday.

By Bryan Schott

/ 13 Feb 2026

Update: Utah Supreme Court rejects last-minute bid to extend Prop. 4 signature deadline

Prop. 4 repeal effort hits highs as signature removals mount ahead of Sunday deadline

The campaign to repeal Utah’s anti-gerrymandering law—Proposition 4, the 2018 voter-approved ban on partisan gerrymandering—logged its best net day Friday, adding 3,929 signatures toward November’s

By Bryan Schott

/ 13 Feb 2026

Prop. 4 repeal effort hits highs as signature removals mount ahead of Sunday deadline

Utah's SEL panic hits a wall

House committee shelves Rep. Trevor Lee's 'character tracking' ban.

By Bryan Schott

/ 13 Feb 2026