Utah Democrats hope to launch a new era of the state party on May 31 with a speech from the fighting face of the anti-Trump resistance, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, the Deseret News confirmed on Wednesday.

An incumbent who has been endorsed by President Donald Trump? Or a challenger who paints himself as the “Make Utah Great Again” candidate? Some 4,000 Utah Republican Party delegates will elect their next leader during their state organizing convention on Saturday at Utah Valley University in Orem.

The Utah Democratic Party has kicked off a statewide campaign with the goal of recruiting hundreds of Democratic candidates to run for local office in Utah.

As of Thursday, Moore has so far been the most successful member of Utah’s congressional delegation, having had two bills he is sponsoring, the MAPWaters Act of 2025 and the Hershel Woody Williams National Medal of Honor Monument Location Act, pass the House.

At its 2025 organizing convention, Utah’s Republican Party will consider revoking the party membership of any GOP candidates who gather signatures to get on a Primary election ballot.

President Donald Trump endorsed Utah Republican Party Chairman Rob Axson in a social media post on Thursday. Axson is facing a challenge to his chairmanship from former state lawmaker and gubernatorial candidate Phil Lyman. In his post, Trump pointed out that Axson has received endorsements from Sen. Mike Lee and Gov. Spencer Cox.

Bishop Oscar Solis spoke to the media at the Cathedral of the Madeleine in Salt Lake City on Thursday, following the election of a new pope, Leo XIV.

As lawmakers await a May special session to tweak certain bills passed in the 2025 legislative session, the state’s top Republican leaders have announced there will be no veto override session this year.

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Vote Utah announced that signature verification for the public sector collective bargaining referendum was completed. A total of 251,590 signatures were verified while 73,136 signatures were rejected.

Four of Summit County’s six mayors want voters to elect a new council once they finish drawing voter districts.

Officials of the Catholic Church are gathering to select Pope Francis' successor during the papal conclave. Watch here for the black or white smoke.