Trump talked about his record on foreign policy and his admiration for Utah values in a quick fundraising stop.
After more ballots were counted in Utah County than the number of voters, the Lieutenant Governor’s Office reviewed the county’s processes during the June 25 primary election.
The Utah Legislature and other defendants in the simmering redistricting lawsuit appealed Friday the court ruling that would keep Amendment D off the November ballot.
Amendment B would increase the cap on distributions from Utah's Permanent State School Fund endowment from 4% to 5%, which could increase annual distributions by $14 million.
The Utah Supreme Court has agreed to decide if Amendment D will go on the November ballot. On Saturday, the state’s top court agreed to take up the Legislature’s appeal of a lower court judge’s ruling that voided the constitutional amendment.
There’s a chance the controversial constitutional Amendment D on Utah’s Nov. 5 ballot — voided last week by a district court judge — may come back from the dead. Over the weekend, the Utah Supreme Court agreed to hear the Utah Legislature’s appeal.
A judge in Utah has ruled that a proposal to amend the state constitution to let state lawmakers rewrite voter-approved ballot measures will not be decided in the November election.
The Utah Legislature on Friday asked the Utah Supreme Court for an emergency order putting constitutional Amendment D — which would guarantee the Legislature the right to repeal citizen ballot initiatives — reviving the proposal that a judge ruled Thursday was “void” due to deceptive ballot language.
In a remarkable ruling issued Thursday morning — the second time in less than three months the courts have rebuked the Utah Legislature — a judge declared a controversial constitutional amendment question on the Nov.
In 2016, when Donald Trump first ran for president, Utah was known as Trump’s most resistant red state. When Trump returns to Utah for a fundraiser Saturday, event organizers want that to be a distant memory.
A Utah judge promises to rule by Thursday on a proposed constitutional amendment that would empower the Republican-dominated state Legislature to override citizen initiatives.