(Salt Lake City, UT) — Multiple candidates are filing paperwork to enter the upcoming special election for the Second District congressional seat. Former Utah House Speaker Greg Hughes, former U.S. Senate candidate Becky Edwards and current GOP national committee member Bruce Hough have entered the race for the Republican nomination. […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The four Republicans in the race for Utah governor clashed Tuesday over the response to a police-brutality protest that included the burning of a police car. The Deseret News reports that former House Speaker Greg Hughes said the National Guard should have been called in […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The hotly contested race for the GOP nomination in the Utah governor’s race is showcasing conservative fault lines over the coronavirus crisis response. The four-way June 30 vote will be a test of whether the state leaders’ approach to the pandemic embodied by Lt. Gov. […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Republican voters will have a fourth gubernatorial hopeful to choose from in the June primary after former state House Speaker Greg Hughes qualified for a spot on the ballot. Hughes nabbed his place Saturday by winning support from delegates at the state party’s nominating convention, […]
Former Speaker of the House Greg Hughes has announced his running mate, naming Washington County Commissioner Victor Iverson to be Utah’s next lieutenant governor. “Victor is a proven leader with a commitment to conservative principles,” Speaker Hughes said. “He has kept Washington County strong and prepared, with the lowest tax […]
Former Utah House speaker Greg Hughes has pitched himself as a conservative, dynamic candidate for governor at a campaign announcement Wednesday. Hughes spoke at an auto-repair shop owned by an immigrant family. He says he’s the only GOP candidate so far aiming to secure a spot on the primary ballot by […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The backlog of untested rape kits is growing in Utah even after state lawmakers passed a law in 2017 to address the issue. KUTV-TV in Salt Lake City reports that the state crime lab doesn’t have enough technicians to handle the 120 new kits that […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah House Speaker Greg Hughes, R-Draper, is telling skeptical Democrats that an agreement reached between Mormon leaders, lawmakers and marijuana proponents wasn’t done to sabotage the medical marijuana ballot initiative. Unlike Proposition 2, which would legalize medical marijuana for individuals in Utah with qualifying medical […]
