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Journalist and politics editor at The Salt Lake Tribune. U.S. Army/OEF veteran. Posts do not reflect the views of my employer.
The Trump administration issued subpoenas to New York Times journalists who wrote about the new Air Force One, an escalation of pressure on the media.
Times Journalists Subpoenaed as Trump Escalates Pressure on Media
The Justice Department is seeking to compel testimony from reporters who wrote about the new Air Force One. The Times called the move a “brazen act.”
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"As we approach the 250th anniversary of America, and fireworks have long been a tradition of the founding of our nation, I would encourage you to celebrate!," fireworks business owner Rep. MacPherson told Utahns. www.sltrib.com/news/politic...
UPDATE: GOP lawmaker who owns fireworks business walks back urging Utahns to defy Gov. Cox’s pyro restrictions
As Utah Gov. Spencer Cox orders statewide firework restrictions to prevent new wildfires, a GOP lawmaker — who co-owns a firework business — has walked back encouraging Utahns to go ahead with pyrotec...
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It's not hyperbolic to say it was a wild night in Utah politics this evening. Check out the @sltrib.com's 2026 primary election coverage here: www.sltrib.com/news/politic...
Live election updates: Catch up on all the primary results and news
The Salt Lake Tribune is covering the live results of Utah's 2026 primary election.
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@sltrib.com will host live priamry election results here: www.sltrib.com/politics/ele... We expect to start seeing early returns shortly after 8 p.m. MT.
2026 Utah primary election: Live results - The Salt Lake Tribune
2026 live Utah primary election results from The Salt Lake Tribune.
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Jeff Parrott@jefftparrott.bsky.social · last mo.The polls are open in Utah! @sltrib.com journalists are covering the 2026 primary elections, with the latest news here: www.sltrib.com/news/politic... Polls close at 8pm. It's too late to mail your ballot, so either stick it in a drop box or go vote in person.
The polls are open in Utah! @sltrib.com journalists are covering the 2026 primary elections, with the latest news here: www.sltrib.com/news/politic... Polls close at 8pm. It's too late to mail your ballot, so either stick it in a drop box or go vote in person.
It’s primary election day in Utah. There’s still plenty of time to vote.
The Salt Lake Tribune is covering the live results of Utah's 2026 primary election.
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A wedding reception at the Natural History Museum on Salt Lake City's east side had to be hastily reconvened at a nearby church after the Bonneville Fire started spreading.
A Utah wildfire disrupted their wedding. All survived, save for the cake.
A wedding reception at the Natural History Museum on Salt Lake City's east side had to be hastily reconvened at a nearby church after the Bonneville Fire started spreading.
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#BonnevilleFire Parts of Arlington Hills have been put on a “Ready” evacuation status by the SLCFD. But while firefighters have begun to place “defensive” fire hose lines in the community near the block U in the foothills, people are not being told to leave. www.sltrib.com/news/2026/06...
SLC wildfire: Evacuations a ‘low probability,’ but firefighters tell Arlington Hills neighborhood to be ‘ready’
A wildfire broke out on foothills above the University of Utah on Saturday.
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Large air tankers from Hill Air Base have joined the fight at the Bonneville Fire in the Salt Lake City foothills above the University of Utah. I've spent the afternoon watching these tankers make multiple passes. www.sltrib.com/news/2026/06...
Watch: Tanker jets fight the Salt Lake City foothills wildfire
Multiple planes and a helicopter helped fight the Bonneville Fire in the Salt Lake City foothills behind the University of Utah on Sunday.
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Firefighters "made some really good progress yesterday," and the weather and wind were cooperating today, a spox working the SLC Bonneville Fire told me this morning. No evacuation orders in place. Trails are closed. No flying drones. www.sltrib.com/news/2026/06...
Salt Lake City Bonneville Fire grows to 400 acres overnight, but firefighters made ‘really good progress’
A wildfire broke out on foothills above the University of Utah on Saturday.
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As the evening has gone on, the fire has slowly spread to the north, against the wind and down the foothills, towards the hospital. This helicopter did a flyby before picking its spot to dump water on the blaze.
Jeff Parrott@jefftparrott.bsky.social · 2mo agoThis was earlier in the evening:
I've watched helicopters and airplanes attack the Salt Lake City foothill grass fire, dropping water and red fire retardant along the edges of the slowly spreading flames behind the University of Utah. Video POV is from the top deck of Primary Children's Hospital. www.sltrib.com/news/2026/06...
Wildfire burns in Salt Lake City foothills behind University of Utah
A wildfire broke out on foothills above the University of Utah on Saturday.
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The Salt Lake Tribune@sltrib.com · 2mo agoA plane drops fire retardant on a grass fire in the foothills above the University of Utah Hospital in Salt Lake City Saturday evening. (Video by Jeff Parrott | The Salt Lake Tribune)
A plane drops fire retardant on a grass fire in the foothills above the University of Utah Hospital in Salt Lake City Saturday evening. (Video by Jeff Parrott | The Salt Lake Tribune)
"This is not the deal," Kevin O'Leary told me about a letter the Utah Senate president sent him Monday morning, demanding O'Leary slash the scope of the Box Elder County data center campus. "I considered (Sen. J. Stuart) Adams my partner," he said. www.youtube.com/shorts/BF3oS...
Kevin O’Leary responds to ‘outrageous’ demand to slash data center plan
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Utah Democrats Ben McAdams, Liban Mohamed, Nate Blouin and Michael Farrell touted their progressive bona fides and talked data centers during the 1st Congressional District debate Wednesday evening. By: @robertgehrke.bsky.social www.sltrib.com/news/politic...
Democrats in race for Utah’s new, blue congressional district spar over data centers and tech
The future of data centers in Utah was a hot topic in the Democratic primary election debate over the party's nomination in the race for Utah's new 1st Congressional District.
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The Salt Lake Tribune is not owned by a billionaire, a hedge fund or a church. We are accountable only to you — and our journalism is now free to everyone. Read more: https://www.sltrib.com/news/2026/05/15/why-salt-lake-tribune-dropped-its
Why do you vote?? Utah voters, I'd be awesome if you'd take @sltrib.com's short survey about why you're casting a ballot in this year's midterm elections. Corruption? Economic concerns? Water? Something else inspiring you to vote? www.sltrib.com/news/politic...
Why do you vote? Let us know what issues matter the most in 2026’s midterm elections.
What issues — like AI regulation, tax cuts or water resources — will you be thinking about as you fill out your ballot in Utah's 2026 midterm elections?
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Bob Stevenson pushed back against the suggestion that his campaign was involved in creating stoptrevorlee.com “I don’t even know these people. No one’s talked to me, no one said a word,” he told. w/ @emilyreanderson.bsky.social and @robertgehrke.bsky.social www.sltrib.com/news/politic...
A No Kings protester takes advantages of a closed State Street to chalk “No ICE” on the blacktop during Saturday’s march to the Utah Capitol.
Jeff Parrott@jefftparrott.bsky.social · 4mo agoRelatively peaceful No Kings protests across Utah on Saturday. Journalists from @sltrib.com — and our friends at The Times-Independent and @utahpublicradio.bsky.social — reported and took photos and video from SLC, Provo, Logan, Moab and St. George today. www.sltrib.com/news/2026/03...
Relatively peaceful No Kings protests across Utah on Saturday. Journalists from @sltrib.com — and our friends at The Times-Independent and @utahpublicradio.bsky.social — reported and took photos and video from SLC, Provo, Logan, Moab and St. George today. www.sltrib.com/news/2026/03...
Thousands rally across Utah in ‘No Kings’ protests against Trump
The downtown Salt Lake City “No Kings” protest is expected to start in Washington Square Park. More than a dozen others are expected from St. George to Logan.
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The Utah Legislature is sine die for 2026. Thank you to the great journalists at @sltrib.com for your tireless reporting this year! www.sltrib.com/news/politic...
‘My favorite session’: Utah Legislature passed fewer laws this year than in recent history
Here's how the 541 bills the Legislature passed in 2026 will impact Utahns' lives.
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Of course I had some final thoughts about the Sundance Film Festival's leaving Utah. www.sltrib.com/artsliving/2...
Sean P. Means: What I’ll miss about the Sundance Film Festival, and what I won’t
With the Sundance Film Festival ending its four-decade-plus run in Utah, The Salt Lake Tribune's Sean P. Means contemplates what he will (and won't) miss about it.
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"I shot him! Now shoot me." George Zinn, the Utah political gadfly who, in the aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s shooting death last summer, told police falsely that he had fired the fatal bullet, was sent to prison today — and he may be there for up to 15 years. www.sltrib.com/news/2026/01...
Man who falsely claimed he killed Charlie Kirk, diverting police amid chaos, sentenced to prison
George Zinn began to cry while reading his statement to the court at his sentencing Thursday. Prosecutors said his false confession diverted law enforcement during the chaotic moments after Charlie Ki...
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When Robert Redford died in September, his family didn't have a public memorial service. So Friday night's tribute Redford's vision, in a fundraiser for his Sundance Institute, was the closest thing we've had to a wake. #Sundance2026 www.sltrib.com/artsliving/2...
‘Thank you, Bob’: Filmmakers and actors including Hawke, DaCosta and Harrelson celebrate Redford’s legacy
Big names paid tribute to Robert Redford at the Sundance Institute's annual fundraiser, recalling encounters with the actor, director and institute founder.
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The 2026 congressional midterms will be of consequence for the Trump administration. But first, Utah Democrats will knife and claw and suffer through what could be a messy primary in Utah’s new 1st District — that is, if the new map holds. www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZUb...
Here Are The Top Utah Political Headlines of 2025 [Dec. 26, 2025]
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As the Legislature looks to reshape the judiciary, remember Utah courts are not full of liberal, activist judges who somehow snuck under the GOP radar. For decades, judges in Utah have been nominated by a Republican governor and approved by Republican lawmakers. www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZUb...
Here Are The Top Utah Political Headlines of 2025 [Dec. 26, 2025]
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A Utah surgeon’s victory in a vaccine fraud case has encouraged other “medical freedom” advocates to consider seeking leniency for similar charges. “This undermines every layer of the system that protects us from infectious disease,” an expert said.
In Utah, Pam Bondi put a stop to a surgeon’s vaccine fraud trial — and ignited nationwide hope for more ‘medical freedom’ pardons
A Utah surgeon’s victory in a vaccine fraud case has encouraged other “medical freedom” advocates to consider seeking leniency for similar charges. “This undermines every layer of the system that protects us from infectious disease,” an expert said.
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NEW: A Utah plastic surgeon was on trial for falsifying COVID-19 vaccine cards. Then Pam Bondi stepped in. Bondi’s dismissal of the case signals the increasing clout of “medical freedom” activists and vaccine skeptics under the leadership of RFK Jr. With @sltrib.com
Pam Bondi Dismissed Charges Against a Surgeon Who Falsified Vaccine Cards. It Emboldened Others With Similar Cases.
A Utah surgeon’s victory in a vaccine fraud case has encouraged other “medical freedom” advocates to consider seeking leniency for similar charges. “This undermines every layer of the system that prot...
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If there's anyone at JSOC, SouthCom or the Pentagon who wants to tell us more about these strikes, I'm on Signal at: johnismay.01 (OSD has already taken my press creds and I can't be recalled to active duty, so, 'weapons free.')
John Ismay@johnismay.bsky.social · 8mo agoAC-130 gunships lasing targets. Griffin missiles captured fractions of a second before impact. RQ-4 Global Hawk drones filming it all. Seeing beyond the redactions in the Pentagon’s attack videos w/ @docubrent @carolrosenberg @cjchivers www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...