By Cameron Joseph -The Hill
Sen. Orrin Hatch fell just short of an outright victory at the Utah Republican convention, meaning he will face a primary to secure the GOP nomination for his own Senate seat.
Hatch finished the second round of …
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Utah governor vetoes bill to curb sex education in schools
By Bob Bernick, Reuters
Utah Governor Gary Herbert on Friday vetoed a controversial bill banning
public schools from teaching contraception as a way of
preventing pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases
saying such instruction has a place …
Search for Conservative Challenger to Orrin Hatch Begins Anew
By Kyle Trygstad, Roll Call
Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch escaped a top-tier intraparty opponent last week, but it’s still highly likely he will be challenged at next year’s state GOP convention.
Rep. Jason Chaffetz’s decision last week not to run against his …
Hatch Rakes in $1.3 Million in 2nd Quarter
By Kyle Trygstad, Roll Call
Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) raised $1.3 million in the second quarter, as he faces a likely state GOP convention challenge in his quest for a seventh term.
Hatch now has $3.4 million in the bank, a total …
Hatch Lets Loose His Inner Tea Party
By Kyle Trygstad and David M. Drucker, Roll Call
Welcome to extreme makeover, the Sen. Orrin Hatch edition.
The Utah Republican — fearful that 3,500 locally elected grass-roots, state GOP delegates could boot him from office 10 …
Groups File Lawsuit to Block Utah Immigration Law
By Associated Press, FOXNews.com
SALT LAKE CITY — Immigrant and civil rights groups filed a lawsuit Tuesday to try to block a Utah immigration law that they say will create a police state and is too much like one of the …
Utah Governor Makes Gun a State Symbol
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(SALT LAKE CITY) — Utah has become the first state to officially designate a state firearm.
Utah Gov. Gary Herbert recently signed legislation making the Browning M1911 the state’s official gun. The designation honors John Browning, the designer of the …
Utah bucks conservative trend on illegal immigration
By Nicholas Riccardi, Los Angeles Times
President Obama’s aides were flabbergasted. Here was Mark Shurtleff, the conservative Republican attorney general of deeply red Utah, explaining how he and other GOP officials had approved a …
Utah Considers Return to Gold, Silver Coins
By Stephen Clark, FoxNews
It’s been nearly 80 years since the U.S. stopped using gold coins as legal currency, and nearly 40 since the world abandoned the gold standard, but the precious metal could be making a comeback in the United …
Utah Republicans ponder Matheson’s fate
By Aaron Blake, The Washington Post
Democratic Rep. Jim Matheson is a political survivor of the first sort, holding down a very conservative Utah House district for the past decade.
But Republicans think Matheson will face his toughest opponent ever: redistricting.
The GOP controls …
