Utah Immigrant List Terrorizes Residents

Staff / Truthdig Jul 15, 2010 Utah authorities are investigating an "illegal immigrants" list sent anonymously to the media and law enforcement. The document contains 1,300 names along with private information such as home addresses and even pregnancy due dates. Needless to say, Utah residents who suspect they might be on the list are panicked. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

More States to Join Arizona in Annals of Immigration Infamy?

Staff / Truthdig Jul 8, 2010 The conflict is still raging over Arizona's oppressive SB 1070 immigration law, to say the least -- we're talking lawsuit-from-the-White-House-level conflict here -- but that's not stopping at least three other states from (continued). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Utah Executes Man by Firing Squad

Staff / Truthdig Jun 18, 2010 Utah executed a convicted murderer by firing squad on Friday. Ronnie Lee Gardner chose the method of execution months ago -- as permitted by Utah law -- which subsequently brought his case to the forefront of the capital punishment debate in the U.S. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Tea Partyers Give Sen. Bennett the Boot

Staff / Truthdig May 9, 2010 Bob Bennett, three-term Republican senator from Utah, has been ousted from running for re-election by the conservative tea party movement after he was deemed unfit (he supported health care reform). Bennett came in third at the state Republican convention in Salt Lake City. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Death by Firing Squad

Staff / Truthdig Apr 24, 2010 In a throwback to Utah's Wild West past, convicted murderer Ronnie Lee Gardner has requested, as per state law, to be executed by firing squad. The request sets the stage for what almost certainly will be a contested debate on capital punishment. Gardner would be only the third person to be killed by the method in the U.S. since 1976. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

14 States Take Health Care Bill to Court

Staff / Truthdig Mar 24, 2010 The attorneys general of Alabama, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Louisiana, Michigan, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington and Virginia are suing over the health care reform bill, citing state sovereignty and alleging federal overreach under the Commerce Clause of the Constitution. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Hazmat Teams Called to IRS Building in Utah

Staff / Truthdig Mar 2, 2010 A "suspicious substance" caused a ruckus at an Internal Revenue Service outpost in Ogden, Utah, on Monday, and hazardous materials crews and the FBI were called in Later, an official said the substance was found to pose no danger (continued) Updated. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Orrin Hatch’s Hanukkah Song

Staff / Truthdig Dec 10, 2009 Can someone explain how über-Mormon Sen. Orrin Hatch came to write a Hannukah song? Oh wait, Jeffrey Goldberg just did and took all the fun out of it. Better to not know, and watch the video after the jump. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

This Land Is Your Land, This Land Is My Land, Don’t Blow It

Staff / Truthdig Mar 26, 2009 More than 2 million acres in nine states will be set aside as protected wilderness as soon as President Obama signs a bill just passed by Congress. Land in California, Colorado, Idaho, Michigan, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Virginia and West Virginia will be off-limits to development. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Utah Shows Big Love for Porn

Staff / Truthdig Mar 3, 2009 Where in this great nation would you think the per capita consumption of pornography would be at its highest? Perhaps a decadent coastal blue state such as California or New York? Guess again, people -- the answer is Utah. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Thou Shalt Not Place Monument

Staff / Truthdig Feb 25, 2009 A lawsuit tinged with questions of free speech and separation of church and state ended when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against the Summum religious group's attempts to install a marker of its own in a Utah park that already has a Ten Commandments monument. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

McCain and Romney Yuk It Up

Staff / Truthdig Mar 28, 2008 Former rivals John McCain and Mitt Romney looked like fast friends as Romney joined McCain in Utah and Colorado for a little campaigning Thursday. Could this be the beginning of a beautiful ticket? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )