What Utah's Republicans in Congress Are Costing You
Utah ranks 10th of 50 on the measures we track — one of the healthiest states in the country. Its three House Republicans voted to take 80,000 Utahns off insurance anyway.
Utah ranks 10th of 50 on the measures we track — one of the healthiest states in the country. Its three House Republicans voted to take 80,000 Utahns off insurance anyway.
On a telephone town hall, Rep. Russ Fulcher defended transferring Idaho's federal public lands to the state — which conservation groups warn means privatization — and vowed to pass the SAVE Act voter law.
The Trump administration rewrote the Endangered Species Act so that destroying a species' habitat no longer counts as 'harming' it — opening forests, wetlands and streams to logging, mining and drilling.
Rep. Pete Stauber's resolution to reopen mining near the Boundary Waters cleared the Senate 50-49 — and legal experts warn the maneuver could throw hundreds of forest plans into jeopardy.
For 50 years, the Endangered Species Act protected the forests, rivers, and wetlands where endangered animals live. The Trump administration just took that protection away — and says states can figure it out on their own.
Trump cut Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante by nearly 3 million acres. Rep. Celeste Maloy stood by his side — and now she wants Congress to lock the cuts in for good.