(Washington, DC) — The largest fentanyl seizure in US history involves Utah. The Department of Justice announced yesterday officers seized over eleven kilos of fentanyl, including three-million pills labeled as oxycodone that were laced with fentanyl. Attorney General Pam Bondi revealed that Sinaloa cartel members, operating illegally in the U.S., […]
(Salt Lake City, TX) — Colorado-based Ovintiv must pay more than 16-million dollars as part of a settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Justice. The settlement announced on Monday is to resolve Clean Air Act violations stemming from the company’s oil and gas production facilities […]
(Undated) — The U.S. Department of Justice is taking the Beehive State to task over its alleged mistreatment of “youth and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.” Monday, DOJ officials accused the State of Utah of failing to help youth and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities during the day, […]
(Washington, DC) — Congressman Chris Stewart is part of a bipartisan group trying to shut down online forums that help people commit suicide. The Utah Republican is working with other lawmakers to pass a bill that would make it a felony to assist in someone else’s suicide attempt through an […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A federal civil rights investigation found widespread racial harassment of Black and Asian American students at a Utah school district, including hundreds of documented uses of the N-word and other racial epithets over the last five years. The probe released Thursday by the Department of […]
(Washington, DC) — Utah Senator Mike Lee is joining a group of Republican colleagues in asking the Department of Justice to stay out of fights between parents and local school boards. Lee and 11 other GOP senators sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland yesterday saying the DOJ should […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Officials say the U.S Attorney’s Office in Utah soon will get six new prosecutors. The Deseret News reports U.S. Attorney John Huber says three of the new assistant U.S. attorneys will target violent crime cases, two will focus on immigration crimes and one will handle civil enforcement […]
