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Outgoing Utah GOP chairman Derek Brown reflects on his time leading the party. (Trent Nelson | Tribune file photo) Utah Republican Party chairman Derek Brown is preparing to leave office after one term. Delegates to the state convention will choose his successor on Saturday.   | April 30, 2021, 11:22 a.m. Utah Republican Party Chairman Derek Brown decided to step down from helming Utah’s dominant political organization after one term. He joins the “Utah Politics” podcast this week to discuss what he accomplished during his two years in charge, the challenges his successor will face, a...

House Speaker Brad Wilson and Senate President Stuart Adams join the program. (Francisco Kjolseth | Tribune file photo) House Speaker Brad R. Wilson, R-Kaysville, cracks up when Rep. Scott Chew, R-Jensen, unaware of some technical changes to one of his bills, responds “motion to circle, I don’t know what the heck this is about!” Speaker Wilson responds “it’s your resolution, Rep. Chew!” cracking up. “Motion to concur?” Rep. Chew replies as the House bursts into laughter, showing signs of being punchy tired on the second to last day of the legislative session on Thursday, Marc...

Legislative session ends as governor praises many ‘good bills’ that passed and many ‘terrible bills’ that didn’t Lawmakers passed more than 500 bills and allocated more than $21 billion. (Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Gov. Spencer Cox steps into the House chamber following Rep. Francis Gibson, R-Mapleton, motion Friday night that the Legislature hear from “Gov. Gary Herbert.” House Speaker Brad Wilson noted that the motion script apparently had the name of the former chief executive, a gaffe that drew laughter from the body. at the Capitol in Salt Lake City on Fri...

The mother of Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, who died shortly after the infamous mob riot at the Capitol, told the Daily Mail on Tuesday that he did not die from being struck on the head by a fire extinguisher, further destroying one now-debunked piece of the narrative propelling outrage and investigations into who was in D.C. on Jan. 6. “We think he had a stroke, but we don’t know anything for sure,” Gladys Sicknick said almost a month after stories about her son being bludgeoned to death by Trump supporters went viral. “We’d love to know what happened.”

What really happened on January 6 evening? At 2.24 pm on January 6, Trump had tweeted that then-vice president Mike Pence 'didn't have the courage' to overturn the results of the presidential election. He tweeted: "Mike Pence didn't have the courage to do what should have been done to protect our Country and our Constitution, giving States a chance to certify a corrected set of facts, not the fraudulent or inaccurate ones which they were asked to previously certify. USA demands the truth!".  It must be noted that this tweet came moments after the House was adjourned for the day and evacuatio...