Spencer Cox

El gobernador Spencer Cox dejó pasar la fecha límite del 21 de junio para convocar una elección especial. El referéndum se realizará en las elecciones generales de noviembre de 2026.

Gov. Spencer Cox let a June 21 deadline to call a special election pass and instead sent the referendum to the November 2026 general election.

Salt Lake City Police have confirmed that one individual is hospitalized with critical injuries while three others, one with a gunshot wound, are in custody. The motive for the shooting remains under investigation.

As a response to Los Angeles protests, Gov. Spencer Cox believes President Donald Trump has the constitutional authority to deploy the National Guard, even if he doesn’t like it.

There are currently only four dust monitoring sites at the Great Salt Lake, but “we need better data,” says the director of Utah’s Department of Environmental Quality.

The governor is scheduled to meet the press at 1:55 p.m. MDT on Tuesday, June 10, 2025.

A presidential executive order directing a documentary, proof-of-citizenship requirement for federal elections has been blocked by a judge. And state-level efforts have found little success — even in places like Utah where Republicans control the legislature and governor’s office.

From a waning water supply to traffic congestion, the BUILD Coordinating Council will come together quarterly to lay out recommendations on how to solve Utah’s most pressing problems.

Utah Republicans will pick a party chair on Saturday. The decision between incumbent Robert Axson and firebrand Phil Lyman will guide where the party is headed.

The Utah GRIT initiative aims to examine how each department in state government works, with the goal of improving efficiency and delivering better results.

With a referendum challenge looking like it will be successful, Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson put the law on hold while signatures are being counted.

Waxy crude oil drawn from the Uinta Basin is at record high levels — the vast majority of the state’s 65.1 million barrels produced in 2024 — and is the driver behind Utah’s recent uptick in energy exports.