(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah officials are offering their prayers and condolences following a mass shooting that left at least five people dead at an LGBTQ club in southern Colorado. Governor Cox said in a statement yesterday that he and his wife Abby were deeply saddened by the shooting […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah’s lieutenant governor says state election workers value accuracy over speed when it comes to counting up votes in the general election. Lieutenant Governor Deidre Henderson said yesterday that counting ballots takes time, and that’s especially true this year. Some Utah voters waited until the […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah’s lieutenant governor is urging patience when it comes to learning the results of today’s elections. Lieutenant Governor Deidre Henderson said in-person turnout at local polling locations could delay the first round of election results tonight. If there are a large number of voters waiting […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah’s top elected officials are making fun of “My Pillow” CEO Mike Lindell after he called the state’s election system “a crime.” Lindell said in an interview last week that no one votes in Utah’s mail-in ballot elections, saying election results are “all just made […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Governor Spencer Cox and Lieutenant Governor Deidre Henderson echoed support of the decision from the U.S. Supreme Court to overrule Roe v. Wade. In a joint statement, Cox and Henderson say they are both pro-life advocates who are committed to supporting women and families in […]
(Spanish Fork, UT) — Utah’s lieutenant governor says the state is in a “world of hurt” because of a lack of water in state reservoirs. Lieutenant Governor Deidre Henderson urged Utahns to conserve water yesterday, noting that Utah’s reservoirs are at about 58-percent of capacity heading into the summer. She […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah’s lieutenant governor says she’s disappointed in Utah lawmakers for overriding the governor’s veto of a ban on transgender athletes in school sports. Lieutenant Governor Deidre Henderson tells KUTV that state lawmakers accomplished little with the override, other than “a lot of anxiety and mess […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Lieutenant Governor Deidre Henderson has contracted COVID-19 amid a variant-fueled surge that is sweeping Utah and the Capitol. It’s the second time the 47-year-old Republican has tested positive and follows reports of multiple state lawmakers also testing positive. Henderson’s office said the lieutenant governor […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The leader who oversees Utah elections said Wednesday that new efforts questioning the integrity of the state’s voting system are destructive and very concerning. The comments from Republican Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson come after a panel of majority-GOP lawmakers approved an audit into the election […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — State lawmakers are not ready to audit the results of the 2020 general election in Utah. The legislature’s Judiciary Committee held a three-hour hearing yesterday to discuss doing an audit of last year’s election. A large group of audit supporters and some state lawmakers testified […]
