(Washington, DC) — The Justice Department will allow President Trump to abolish national monuments protected from energy development and other activities by past presidents. The department issued a legal opinion permitting Trump to shrink or eliminate national monuments, which can overturn a 1938 opinion saying presidents didn’t have the power […]
(St. George, UT) — A majority of Utahns hope the new presidential administration will honor current protections for the state’s national monuments. That’s according to a recent poll by New Bridge Strategy, which asked voters about the importance of public lands. Three-quarters are in favor of the president’s ability to […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A previously planned land swap with the Federal Government has been called off by Utah’s top officials. The GOP Governor, Senate President, and House Speaker said in a press confrence that they will not go forward with a plan that would have seen the state […]
(Cedar City, UT) — A new group has come forward against Utah’s efforts to defederalize its national monuments. More than 25 law professors specializing in natural recourses and public land have sent a brief offering arguments to the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver calling it to dismiss Utah’s […]
(Escalante, UT) — Two national monuments in southern Utah aren’t going to shrink in size anytime soon. A federal judge made the decision to throw out a lawsuit Friday that was filed last year by several state leaders, including Governor Spencer Cox and Attorney General Sean Reyes. The move was […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — President Joe Biden is set to visit Utah next week as part of a three-state tour of the American southwest. The White House announced Monday morning that Biden will visit Utah, Arizona and New Mexico from August 7th to the 9th. More details on the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah state and county officials have sued the Biden administration over the president’s decision last year to restore two sprawling national monuments on rugged lands sacred to Native Americans that President Donald Trump had downsized. The lawsuit filed Wednesday over Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Federal officials and tribal nations have formally reestablished a commission to jointly govern the Bears Ears National Monument in Utah. The agreement signed Saturday was previously set forth by the Obama administration in 2016. It marks one of the first times a national monument will […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — State lawmakers are ready to do some land trading with the federal government. The Legislative Management Committee approved a deal yesterday that would swap 161-thousand acres of land inside Bears Ears National Monument for 164-thousand acres of land in other parts of the state. The […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah’s attorney general is seeking some outside help to challenge the Biden Administration in court. The Attorney General’s Office put out a request for bids yesterday seeking qualified law firms that could handle taking a case all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. The […]
