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(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline call center in Salt Lake City, where all Utah calls are routed, is pictured on Friday, Nov. 4, 2022. The call center, one of many across the country, continues to grow as they provide immediate access to crisis intervention and support for behavioral health.

Utah lawmakers came up with the 988 crisis line. They have differing views on possible Trump cuts to LGBTQ+ help.

By Emily Anderson Stern | May 1, 2025, 12:00 p.m.

(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) Republican Rep. Blake Moore speaks at the governorÕs mansion on election night in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024.

‘There should be an honoring of the Supreme Court’: Rep. Blake Moore weighs in on Trump’s deportations

By Addy Baird | April 30, 2025, 6:50 p.m.

Referendum to repeal anti-union law meets threshold to qualify for 2026 ballot

‘I would bring him back’: Sen. John Curtis said he’s concerned about Abrego Garcia’s deportation

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(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Troy Williams, a prominent organizer for LGBTQ+ Utahns, lends his voice as the Utah Pride Center sponsors a protest at the Utah Capitol over HB77, a bill that bans pride flags from Utah schools and government property, on the last day of the Legislative session, Friday, March 7, 2025.

A firm founded by a Trump adviser sued a Utah LGBTQ+ advocacy group. A judge just threw out the case.

“Both the rule of law and the First Amendment prevailed today,” Equality Utah said in a statement following the ruling.

By Emily Anderson Stern | April 25, 2025, 10:13 p.m.

(Trent Nelson|The Salt Lake Tribune) Bethami Dobkin speaks at her inauguration as president of Westminster College, now Westminster University, at Converse Hall in Salt Lake City, Saturday, Sept. 29, 2018. In April 2025, Dobkin was the only higher education leader in the state to sign onto a leader condemning President Donald Trump's attempts to exert control over universities and colleges.

This one Utah university president signed onto national letter criticizing Trump’s attacks on higher education

“This particular attack is motivated by political gain,” said Beth Dobkin, president of Salt Lake City’s Westminster University.

By Courtney Tanner | April 25, 2025, 12:00 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Boxes of signatures are checked in at the Salt Lake County Clerk's office as labor leaders attempt to qualify a referendum repealing an anti-union bill, on Wednesday, April 16, 2025.

Utah’s county clerks are analyzing 320,000 referendum signatures. Here’s how they do it.

County clerks are using “a very, very manual process” to ensure the signatures submitted by pro-labor union groups are valid.

By Robert Gehrke | April 25, 2025, 6:21 p.m.

(The Salt Lake Tribune) The Judges of Utah Court of Appeals, from left to right, Norman Jackson, James Davis, Pamela Greenwood, Russell Bench, Judith Billings, Gregory Orme and William Thorne, walk together at Scott M. Matheson Courthouse in Salt Lake City, in this file photo from April 9, 2002.

One of the first women included on Utah’s inaugural appeals court dies

Judge Judith Billings is remembered by her colleagues as “very encouraging to other women joining the profession.”

By Emily Anderson Stern | April 24, 2025, 12:00 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) The fluoride station at the Big Cottonwood Water Treatment Facility on Monday, April 21, 2025.

Utah to be first state to ban fluoride from drinking water. Will we regret it?

Research shows that cities that have ditched fluoride have seen spikes in dental disease, especially among young people. Utah dentists warn we’re next.

By Robert Gehrke | April 23, 2025, 3:51 p.m.

(Rick Egan|The Salt Lake Tribune) The Shepherd Union Building at Weber State University pictured on Tuesday, Dec 10, 2024. Weber State is eliminating 49 positions and 89 classes in the 2025 budget cuts.

Budget cut update: Weber State University eliminates 49 staff positions, 89 classes

Faculty expressed fear over the plan. One said it’s led employees to act “like we’re in ‘The Hunger Games.’”

By Courtney Tanner | April 23, 2025, 5:32 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Labor leaders gather after turning in signatures in their attempt to qualify a referendum repealing an anti-union bill, at the Salt Lake County Clerk's office on Wednesday, April 16, 2025.

Union referendum live updates: Utah County lagging well behind in signature verification

The Salt Lake Tribune will update this story as elections officials count and report more signatures.

By Robert Gehrke | Emily Anderson Stern | April 22, 2025, 10:23 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Chase Schetselaar speaks as Utah Valley University students speak out about the closing of their multicultural center on campus, including a space for LGBTQ community members, in Orem on Thursday, April 17, 2025.

Utah Valley University closes cultural centers, lays off staff due to budget cuts

UVU had kept its LGBTQ, women’s and multicultural programs open longer than other schools in the state. But now, the Orem schools say it has no choice.

By Courtney Tanner | April 22, 2025, 8:28 p.m.

(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) Planned Parenthood Association of Utah's Salt Lake Health Center is seen on Monday, Feb. 5, 2024.

Planned Parenthood closing two Utah clinics after Trump cuts all federal reproductive health funds to state

Planned Parenthood Association of Utah will shut down a quarter of its clinics after the Trump administration froze a Title X grant to pay for family planning services.

By Emily Anderson Stern | April 22, 2025, 10:00 a.m.

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