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No Kings rallies planned across Utah

From Logan to Kanab, marches are scheduled throughout the state on Saturday.

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Rallies are planned around Utah during Saturday&#x27;s <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="No Kings nationwide day of protest" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/salt-lake-city/2026/01/29/utah-protest-legal-rights" data-vars-content-id="cdfd26a1-871a-4c93-aad6-50bbc444b582" data-vars-headline="No Kings rallies planned across Utah" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/salt-lake-city/2026/01/29/utah-protest-legal-rights" target="_self">No Kings nationwide day of protest</a>.Why it matters: Political groups in Utah have leveraged the anti-Trump demonstrations to organize progressive residents <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="even in counties" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/salt-lake-city/2025/10/21/no-kings-protests-rural-utah-trump-democrats" data-vars-content-id="cdfd26a1-871a-4c93-aad6-50bbc444b582" data-vars-headline="No Kings rallies planned across Utah" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/salt-lake-city/2025/10/21/no-kings-protests-rural-utah-trump-democrats" target="_self">even in counties</a> where Republicans have won by double-digit margins for years.

Five new restaurants opening in Salt Lake County

A wave of new restaurants are opening in Salt Lake County this spring, from a

A wave of new restaurants are opening in Salt Lake County this spring.<ul><li>Here are the openings we&#x27;re most excited about.</li></ul>

HOAs gain ground in Utah

Utah has one of the highest rates of home listings with HOA dues, data shows.

Utah has one of the highest rates in the nation of <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="home listings with HOA dues" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/salt-lake-city/2025/03/12/salt-lake-hoa-fees-home-listings" data-vars-content-id="e3b03571-531e-4e41-82f8-b7b03aed5775" data-vars-headline="HOAs gain ground in Utah" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/salt-lake-city/2025/03/12/salt-lake-hoa-fees-home-listings" target="_self">home listings with HOA dues</a>, <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Realtor.com" data-vars-click-url="https://www.realtor.com/research/homeowners-associations-2025" data-vars-content-id="e3b03571-531e-4e41-82f8-b7b03aed5775" data-vars-headline="HOAs gain ground in Utah" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.realtor.com/research/homeowners-associations-2025" target="_blank">Realtor.com</a> data shows.Why it matters: Those dues are also rising, adding to housing costs just as prices <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="stabilize" data-vars-click-url="https://www.kuer.org/business-economy/2026-01-07/utahs-housing-market-is-expected-to-be-running-in-place-in-2026" data-vars-content-id="e3b03571-531e-4e41-82f8-b7b03aed5775" data-vars-headline="HOAs gain ground in Utah" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.kuer.org/business-economy/2026-01-07/utahs-housing-market-is-expected-to-be-running-in-place-in-2026" target="_blank">stabilize</a> in Utah&#x27;s <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="cooling market" data-vars-click-url="https://www.kuer.org/business-economy/2026-01-07/utahs-housing-market-is-expected-to-be-running-in-place-in-2026" data-vars-content-id="e3b03571-531e-4e41-82f8-b7b03aed5775" data-vars-headline="HOAs gain ground in Utah" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.kuer.org/business-economy/2026-01-07/utahs-housing-market-is-expected-to-be-running-in-place-in-2026" target="_blank">cooling market</a>.

Utah's anti-gerrymandering law survives GOP's repeal push

Too many voters removed their signatures from the petition to put the proposal on the ballot.

Utahns won&#x27;t vote on a measure that would effectively legalize gerrymandering, now that thousands of people have <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="removed their signatures" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/salt-lake-city/2026/03/23/utah-gerrymandering-ballot-measure-prop-4-signatures" data-vars-content-id="10d37688-9cb0-4579-a490-32256081e0f7" data-vars-headline="Utah&#x27;s anti-gerrymandering law survives GOP&#x27;s repeal push" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/salt-lake-city/2026/03/23/utah-gerrymandering-ballot-measure-prop-4-signatures" target="_self">removed their signatures</a> from the petition to include it in November&#x27;s election.Why it matters: That ballot measure was the most direct way for the GOP to undo Utah&#x27;s new congressional map, which <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="created a Democratic-leaning district" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/salt-lake-city/2025/11/13/utah-democrats-congressional-district-map-mcadams-riebe" data-vars-content-id="10d37688-9cb0-4579-a490-32256081e0f7" data-vars-headline="Utah&#x27;s anti-gerrymandering law survives GOP&#x27;s repeal push" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/salt-lake-city/2025/11/13/utah-democrats-congressional-district-map-mcadams-riebe" target="_self">created a Democratic-leaning district</a>.

These Utah national parks displays were flagged in Trump's "corrosive ideology" purge

Vandalism, climate change and history notes were submitted for review.

<figure><img alt="A sign at Arches National Park includes an inset that reads: &quot;Park ecologists study plant communities to monitor their response to the changing climate. Some &quot;cool season&quot; grasses, like ricegrass, are already diminishing.&quot;" height="1544" id="d2807428-b5c6-460a-848a-8cf086d5806b" src="https://images.axios.com/KjJPSO1GRuEdYLwiKZz6iR4kpOU=/2026/03/12/1773350955324.png" width="2522"/><figcaption>A sign at Arches National Park is flagged for possible review due to a reference to climate change. Image via Arches</figcaption></figure>Dozens of exhibits and signs at Utah&#x27;s national parks have been flagged for possible removal under President Trump&#x27;s order to purge &quot;negative&quot; information from the protected landmarks.The intrigue: That&#x27;s according to a National Park Service database of interpretive signs and other materials, reported by park managers and <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="leaked" data-vars-click-url="https://archive.org/details/nps-removal-targets" data-vars-content-id="3877f043-ca67-4fb8-bf8e-b1387d1df575" data-vars-headline="These Utah national parks displays were flagged in Trump&#x27;s &quot;corrosive ideology&quot; purge" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://archive.org/details/nps-removal-targets" target="_blank">leaked</a> by a group of <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="self-described" data-vars-click-url="https://sciop.net/datasets/doi-targets-for-removal" data-vars-content-id="3877f043-ca67-4fb8-bf8e-b1387d1df575" data-vars-headline="These Utah national parks displays were flagged in Trump&#x27;s &quot;corrosive ideology&quot; purge" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://sciop.net/datasets/doi-targets-for-removal" target="_blank">self-described</a> &quot;civil servants on the front lines.&quot;

Trump promises to refill the Great Salt Lake as Utah leaders poo-pooh conservation

Lawmakers want to spend $1 billion on pipelines and desalination rather than asking Utahns to use less water.

Utah officials are preparing to ask the federal government for $1 billion to support the <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Great Salt Lake" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/salt-lake-city/2024/07/10/great-salt-lake-dust-disproportionately-impacts-latinos-pacific-islanders" data-vars-content-id="3e22fb82-d552-41e6-a56c-dcd4847c26f1" data-vars-headline="Trump promises to refill the Great Salt Lake as Utah leaders poo-pooh conservation" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/salt-lake-city/2024/07/10/great-salt-lake-dust-disproportionately-impacts-latinos-pacific-islanders" target="_self">Great Salt Lake</a> following President Trump&#x27;s recent statement that it&#x27;s &quot;very important&quot; to save the lake.The big picture: Republican lawmakers are <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="looking at measures" data-vars-click-url="https://senate.utah.gov/securing-utahs-water-future/" data-vars-content-id="3e22fb82-d552-41e6-a56c-dcd4847c26f1" data-vars-headline="Trump promises to refill the Great Salt Lake as Utah leaders poo-pooh conservation" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://senate.utah.gov/securing-utahs-water-future/" target="_blank">looking at measures</a> that sidestep asking Utahns to use less water.

How Utah became the nation's first swan hunting ground

Hunters now eat, mount or jerkify swans — once nearly extinct birds.

So, it turns out swan hunting is a thing. And it started right here in Utah.<ul><li>This is <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Old News" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/salt-lake-city/2024/07/01/utah-history-story-collection-old-news-powell-bundy-olympics" data-vars-content-id="d439b942-9863-4ef8-9a3b-db0c507d7d02" data-vars-headline="How Utah became the nation&#x27;s first swan hunting ground" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/salt-lake-city/2024/07/01/utah-history-story-collection-old-news-powell-bundy-olympics" target="_self">Old News</a>, where we raise a front paw and point our noses toward Utah&#x27;s past.</li></ul>

Why conservationists want Utah national parks to close during shutdown

Some national parks took a beating during the last major federal government shutdown.

Utah&#x27;s national parks will <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="stay open" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/2025/09/30/government-shutdown-2025-national-parks" data-vars-content-id="80da0264-dcd5-438f-ae8b-473687555d11" data-vars-headline="Why conservationists want Utah national parks to close during shutdown" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/2025/09/30/government-shutdown-2025-national-parks" target="_self">stay open</a> during the government shutdown — but with skeleton crews and reduced services.Friction point: <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Conservationists" data-vars-click-url="https://www.npca.org/articles/10905-parks-group-calls-for-national-parks-to-close-if-government-shuts-down" data-vars-content-id="80da0264-dcd5-438f-ae8b-473687555d11" data-vars-headline="Why conservationists want Utah national parks to close during shutdown" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.npca.org/articles/10905-parks-group-calls-for-national-parks-to-close-if-government-shuts-down" target="_blank">Conservationists</a> and experts in park management say the Trump administration&#x27;s approach risks irreparable damage to scenic wonders.

How ending the "Roadless Rule" could affect Utah's wild places

Trump says adding roads to national forests will prevent wildfires; conservation groups say roads will cause them.

The Trump administration&#x27;s controversial proposal to kill the &quot;Roadless Rule&quot; in national forests is <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="open to public comment" data-vars-click-url="https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/08/29/2025-16581/special-areas-roadless-area-conservation-national-forest-system-lands#h-9" data-vars-content-id="5b4b9335-4d96-47c4-a0dd-91cd415988c8" data-vars-headline="How ending the &quot;Roadless Rule&quot; could affect Utah&#x27;s wild places" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/08/29/2025-16581/special-areas-roadless-area-conservation-national-forest-system-lands#h-9" target="_blank">open to public comment</a> for the next two weeks.Why it matters: The 2001 federal policy has protected millions of acres of wild lands from road development and logging — to the delight of conservationists but the ire of the timber industry.

Conservationists bring public lands podcast tour to Utah

Advocates decry what they call Trump's attacks on public lands.

A <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="coalition of environmental organizations" data-vars-click-url="https://www.keepparkspublic.org/" data-vars-content-id="19acf6bf-a138-4c0f-bf2a-5654119a88fc" data-vars-headline="Conservationists bring public lands podcast tour to Utah" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.keepparkspublic.org/" target="_blank">coalition of environmental organizations</a> is calling attention to what it describes as <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="attacks" data-vars-click-url="https://www.reuters.com/graphics/USA-TRUMP/PUBLIC-LANDS/zdpxkxdwnvx/" data-vars-content-id="19acf6bf-a138-4c0f-bf2a-5654119a88fc" data-vars-headline="Conservationists bring public lands podcast tour to Utah" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.reuters.com/graphics/USA-TRUMP/PUBLIC-LANDS/zdpxkxdwnvx/" target="_blank">attacks</a> on public lands, with a tour through the West that arrives in Utah this week.Why it matters: From wildfires to proposed land sales, Utah&#x27;s wild places have faced new threats this year amid cuts by the Trump administration and a Republican-led Congress.

When conservationists chose Dinosaur National Monument over Glen Canyon

In the 1950s, conservationists unified against dams in Dinosaur — but overlooked another.

In the 1950s, conservationists rejoiced in their successful campaign to stop the federal government from flooding swaths of Dinosaur National Monument with a dam on the Green River.The intrigue: It turned out to be a pyrrhic victory — one that environmentalists would be ambivalent about for decades.

Mike Lee seeks to revive public lands sale — now without forests

The reduced plan would leave BLM land open for possible sale to private developers.

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Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) is trying to revive a reduced version of his controversial plan to sell off public lands to private housing developers.Driving the news: Lee <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="told Scripps" data-vars-click-url="https://x.com/ReedReports/status/1937983021661012305" data-vars-content-id="10f92970-35ca-4db9-9dc9-64d40c86bef8" data-vars-headline="Mike Lee seeks to revive public lands sale — now without forests" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://x.com/ReedReports/status/1937983021661012305" target="_blank">told Scripps</a> on Wednesday that a new version of the proposal is &quot;being argued with the [Senate] Parliamentarian.&quot;

Mike Lee's proposed public lands sale blocked by Senate parliamentarian

The Parliamentarian ruled the plan can't be part of Trump's "Big, Beautiful Bill."

A proposal by Utah Sen. Mike Lee, a Republican, to <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="sell millions of acres of public lands" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/salt-lake-city/2025/06/23/mike-lee-public-land-sale" data-vars-content-id="a6828a6c-fe66-4f30-94f9-cf309f2fabfa" data-vars-headline="Mike Lee&#x27;s proposed public lands sale blocked by Senate parliamentarian" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/salt-lake-city/2025/06/23/mike-lee-public-land-sale" target="_self">sell millions of acres of public lands</a> to private housing developers hit the skids late Monday when the <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Senate parliamentarian ruled" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/pro/energy-policy/2025/06/24/parliamentarian-public-lands-lng-permitting" data-vars-content-id="a6828a6c-fe66-4f30-94f9-cf309f2fabfa" data-vars-headline="Mike Lee&#x27;s proposed public lands sale blocked by Senate parliamentarian" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/pro/energy-policy/2025/06/24/parliamentarian-public-lands-lng-permitting" target="_self">Senate parliamentarian ruled</a> it couldn&#x27;t be included in President Trump&#x27;s One Big, Beautiful Bill.Why it matters: Lee&#x27;s plan would have ordered federal land managers to sell up to about 3.3 million acres of land for housing and infrastructure.

Utahns plan protests against Sen. Mike Lee's proposed public lands sale

The proposal would open millions of acres for potential sale to housing developers.

Protests and petition drives are slated for this weekend, opposing Sen. Mike Lee&#x27;s proposal to <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="sell public lands" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/salt-lake-city/2025/06/23/mike-lee-public-land-sale" data-vars-content-id="41bd5386-d253-40b2-9924-3c574a9ff3c3" data-vars-headline="Utahns plan protests against Sen. Mike Lee&#x27;s proposed public lands sale" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/salt-lake-city/2025/06/23/mike-lee-public-land-sale" target="_self">sell public lands</a> in western states to offset President Trump&#x27;s proposed tax cuts.The intrigue: These are some of the first protests organized in Salt Lake since <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="a shooting at the &quot;No Kings!&quot; protest" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/salt-lake-city/2025/06/15/salt-lake-city-shooting-no-kings-protest-utah" data-vars-content-id="41bd5386-d253-40b2-9924-3c574a9ff3c3" data-vars-headline="Utahns plan protests against Sen. Mike Lee&#x27;s proposed public lands sale" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/salt-lake-city/2025/06/15/salt-lake-city-shooting-no-kings-protest-utah" target="_self">a shooting at the &quot;No Kings!&quot; protest</a> June 14.

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