Sen. Mike Lee and the GOP steering committee are holding trainings for GOP staff ahead of budget reconciliation so that they can quickly move President-elect Donald Trump's policies through.

Utahns gave Trump his biggest winning margin in the state ever, even as he lost some ground in a few of the larger counties.

A record number of Utahns cast ballots in the general election, even as the state's voter turnout percentage fell compared to four years ago.

It’s official, Utah’s 2024 statewide election results have been certified, capping off another election year that Republicans largely dominated, but Democrats had some local races where they’ve found a competitive foothold.

As vote tallies were being finalized last week, President-elect Trump appeared to have won Utah by a bigger margin than he did in 2020 — despite early reports that the state was one of just two where he lost ground. Why it matters: Trump gained votes in a state that has long been viewed as lukewarm toward him.

Weeks after his write-in campaign for governor fell short, state representative Phil Lyman made it clear he won’t be going anywhere. Lyman told his supporters in a forum at a crowded Chubby’s Cafe in Orem on Friday night that he intends on running for governor again in 2028,

As he pushed for voters to pay for their own postage for mail-in ballots, the Utah County clerk reportedly checked whether state lawmakers placed stamps on their ballots. Now lawmakers are moving toward making such actions a crime.

Election officials who access and disclose information about how specific Utah voters cast their ballots would face criminal charges under a draft bill backed by a panel of Utah lawmakers.

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox announced a "targeted effort" Tuesday to aid President-elect Trump's vow to deport large numbers of immigrants who are in the country illegally. Why it matters: Utah's public safety and corrections departments will coordinate with federal,

According to federal data collected by Syracuse University’s Transaction Records Access Clearinghouse, Utah accounted for 0.02% of deportations by Immigration and Customs Enforcement between December 2002 and February 2024.

Utah is gearing up to assist the incoming Trump administration’s plan to ramp up deportations, with Gov. Spencer Cox on Tuesday announcing a set of priorities to “identify, incarcerate and deport” undocumented migrants in Utah who have committed crimes.

A panel of Utah lawmakers have given an initial nod to a draft bill that would criminalize accessing and disclosing certain information about how or when individual voters return their ballots. The Government Operations Interim Committee voted unanimously on Wednesday to endorse the first iteration of the legislation,