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Utah’s senior senator is a champion of a sweeping voter-ID bill in Congress. What does it do and why are some Utah Republicans pushing back?

Ahead of this year’s midterm, we’re popping into your feed to talk about the fight over the elections process.

This special episode of State Street is a one-on-one sit-down with 1st Congressional District Democratic primary candidate Liban Mohamed.

This special episode of State Street is a one-on-one sit-down with 1st Congressional District Democratic primary candidate Ben McAdams.

This special episode of State Street is a one-on-one sit-down with 1st Congressional District Democratic primary candidate Michael Farrell.

This special episode of State Street is a one-on-one sit-down with 1st Congressional District Democratic primary candidate Nate Blouin.

The session is done. 540 bills were passed out of 1,020 pitched. But instead of ending on a bang, as it had in the past, the session ended with a polite "here, here" and a golf clap.

How much did the state front in the budget? Are lawmakers angling for federal funding? And what's the political will look like? All is answered.

We’re talking tech (hello, AI!), we’re talking state sovereignty and we’re talking about child safety (two big Utah tentpoles).

With a Republican supermajority, Utahns hear some pretty common values from politicians. Small government is one of the big ones. But what happens when a state that's all about “local control” steps into the business of its cities?

It’s been four years since Utah's “Year of Water” at the Legislature, and now the state has its worst snowpack on record. We check in on what lawmakers have done since and what it means for Great Salt Lake.

Utah's self perception was fundamentally changed by gun violence in 2025 between a protest shooting and the assassination of Charlie Kirk. Does that shift also apply to the laws the Legislature debates?

The court of State Street is now in session. We ask the Legislature to approach the bench and unpack their arguments for adding more justices to the Utah Supreme Court.

2025 got all the attention, but the fight over Utah’s congressional map goes all the way back to 2018. And it's likely to overshadow what lawmakers are doing in 2026.

The first day of Utah's annual General Session is Jan. 20, 2026. Mark your calendars for the first day of the 45-day sprint — and there's a lot to take in the year, all colored by tensions with the courts, redistricting and national political tensions. We're ready. Are you?