Tag: Utah

President Trump on Dec. 4 signed a proclamation cutting the Bears Ears National Monument in southeastern Utah by more than 1.1 million acres, or 85 percent. (Francisco Kjolseth/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP, File)/

Energy and Environment

Natural Resources chairman blasts ‘fake’ narrative fueling critics of national monuments crackdown

Josh Siegel · December 20, 2017 4:30 pm

Utah’s Mormons Hold Clues to Solving Our Deep Partisan Divide

Hal Boyd · December 20, 2017 9:49 am

"It is clear the House Committee on Natural Resources, like many committees in this Orwellian government, is shackled to special interests of oil, gas and mining," Yvon Chouinard wrote to committee Chairman Rob Bishop. (Image courtesy screenshot)

Energy and Environment

Patagonia owner rejects ‘disingenuous’ invite to testify on national monument rollback

Josh Siegel · December 19, 2017 9:15 pm

Sen. Bob Corker had voted against a Senate tax reform bill last month that did not include the real estate provision. (AP)

Orrin Hatch ‘disgusted’ by press reports saying Corker pushed for tax bill change

Susan Ferrechio · December 18, 2017 4:57 pm

"The committee believes that major public policy decisions involving millions of acres of public land should be discussed, debated, and considered in the light of day," House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Rob Bishop, R-Utah, said Friday in an invitation letter to Patagonia CEO Yvon Chouinard. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Rob Bishop invites Patagonia owner to testify before Congress on monuments rollback

Josh Siegel · December 15, 2017 7:35 pm

We need a HERO: Our plan to fix higher education

We need a HERO: Our plan to fix higher education

rep-ron-desantis, Mike Lee · December 15, 2017 5:01 am

GOP leadership on Wednesday hinted that a child tax credit, pushed by Republican Sens. Marco Rubio of Florida and Mike Lee of Utah, will make it into a final tax bill. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Child tax credit will be expanded in final bill, Sen. Mike Lee says

Joseph Lawler · December 14, 2017 1:47 am

Patagonia had warned it would sue the Trump administration after the White House announced it would be downsizing the Bears Ears National Monument. The retailer earlier this week replaced its standard homepage with a black slate that read: "The President Stole Your Land." (George Frey/Bloomberg)

Patagonia sues to prevent Trump administration from shrinking Bears Ears monument

Diana Stancy Correll · December 7, 2017 3:15 am

Top Utah Republicans issued statements praising Romney's integrity and patriotism and condemned Bannon for comments they described as wrong and bigoted against the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Utah Republicans defend Mitt Romney, condemn Steve Bannon

David M. Drucker · December 6, 2017 6:19 pm

"I anticipate he'll decide sometime soon," Sen. Mitch McConnell said. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Mitch McConnell: Orrin Hatch hasn’t told me of his 2018 plans, but tax reform ‘quite a capstone to a long career’

Al Weaver · December 6, 2017 3:31 pm

In this picture, then-U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman (pictured in the center) samples whiskey at Green Brier Distillery in Nashville, Tenn., on Friday, Oct. 28, 2016. This photo opportunity might not have been possible, however, had Prohibition not been repealed in 1933. (AP Photo/Erik Schelzig)

Beltway Confidential

My mouth, my choice: Raise a glass to Prohibition Repeal Day

Kevin R. Kosar · December 5, 2017 8:58 pm

Two Utah Republicans, Reps. John Curtis and Chris Stewart, support President Trump's decision to split Bears Ears (pictured) and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments into several parks and aim to enshrine the changes into law, while adding new rules and protections. (U.S. Bureau of Land Management via Wikimedia Commons)

Energy and Environment

Utah Republicans introduce bills to enshrine Trump monument rollback into law

Josh Siegel · December 5, 2017 7:31 pm