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Governor Herbert released the following statement: “I’m elated to see Congress pass this historic agreement between the state of Utah and the Navajo Nation. This agreement represents more than 15 years of good faith work between our governments. It will mean critical drinking water infrastructure for residents of the Navajo Nation and certainty for Utah’s water supply as our state continues growing. I am especially grateful for the persistence and hard work of Navajo Nation President Jo...

Utahns react to Biden’s history-making choice of Interior secretary New Mexico Rep. Deb Haaland would be the first Native American to serve in the role would have a big impact on the West. FILE - In this Nov. 3, 2020, file photo, Democratic Congresswoman Deb Haaland, N.M.-1st Dist., does a PSA for her Twitter account in downtown Albuquerque, N.M. Internet access, health care and basic necessities like running water and electricity within Indigenous communities have long been at the cent...

‘Utah Politics’ podcast: Get to know Blake Moore, a new congressman from Utah Moore will take over for the retiring Rep. Rob Bishop. (Rick Egan | Tribune file photo) Rep.-elect Blake Moore on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020.   | Dec. 17, 2020, 11:33 p.m. Rep.-elect Blake Moore says it’s time for the Republican Party to acknowledge Democrat Joe Biden will be the next president. “President Trump has every right to explore his legal options when it comes to this election. But the ...

Ingraham Angle host warns of growing list of incoming officials deferential to communist regime Fox News host Laura Ingraham responded Wednesday to reports that Walt Disney Company Executive Chairman Bob Iger is under consideration to be President-elect Joe Bidens nominee as ambassador to China. "The Ingraham Angle" host recalled remarks in July by Attorney General Bill Barr, in which he warned that "if Disney and other American corporations continue to bow to Beijing, they risk undermining ...

Print This is the Dec. 17, 2020, edition of Boiling Point, a weekly newsletter about climate change and the environment in California and the American West. Sign up here to get it in your inbox. It’s been nearly five years since the chilly February morning when I shuffled into the back of a conference room at Salt Lake City’s convention center to watch the federal government auction off oil and gas drilling rights for up to 45,000 acres of public lands. There were nearly 100 protesters in t...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — During his time in Washington, D.C., one of U.S. Rep. Rob Bishop‘s key goals has been limiting his own power as a lawmaker. “Everything I did was to try to push the idea of federalism, so the federal government doesn’t control as much of your life,” he said. “I want to be able to do less to people when I leave than what I was able to do when I came in.” Working to keep your own power in check may seem anomalous for someone serving in the hal...

Media Credit: File Photo by Eric Lee Bishop will undergo physical therapy and hopes to make a full recovery in a few weeks, Desert News reported. The GW Hospital treated Rep. Rob Bishop, R-Utah, after he suffered a “mild” stroke last Monday, The Associated Press reported. Bishop, a 69-year-old senior member of Utah’s congressional delegation, was released from the hospital on Wednesday. Bishop said during a KSL NewsRadio interview that his condition was improving but he was experiencing a...

Sen. Mike Lee acknowledges Joe Biden is president-elect Lee Davidson © Ross D. Franklin (Ross D. Franklin | AP file photo) Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, speaks at a campaign rally for President Donald Trump in Phoenix on Oct. 28, 2020. Lee finally is acknowledging Joe Biden as president-elect. Conservative Utah Sen. Mike Lee — who like President Donald Trump had not recognized Joe Biden as the winner of the presidential election — relented, sort of, after the Electoral College f...

As Rep. Rob Bishop leaves Congress after 18 years, he says his biggest beef is no one there listens anymore Live TV coverage changed everything, with members speaking to the camera in an empty chamber. (Leah Hogsten | Tribune file photo) Rep. Rob Bishop delivers his reelection speech at the Utah Republican Nominating Convention on April 21, 2018, at the Maverik Center. Bishop is retiring from Congress after 18 years. | Updated: 3:57 p.m. Rep. Rob Bishop, R-Utah, says he’s figured out the bi...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Rep. Rob Bishop is out of the hospital after suffering a minor stroke and, while slowed, is getting back into action. He’s using a walker, he said, and anticipates needing physical therapy to help mend his body, impacted mainly on the right side. Whatever the case, he expects to recuperate. “I will need some physical therapy so my mind can finally tell my leg what to do and it will do it again,” Bishop, 69, said Friday in an interview with the Standar...