Virginia governor making Juneteenth an official holiday
Virginia Governor Ralph Northam said June 19 is a day that commemorates the end of slavery in the U.S. and made it an official holiday in a state that was once home to the capital of the Confederacy. Link...
McConnell announces Senate will take up police reform next week
The Senate will consider legislation next week to reform policing practices in the U.S., Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced on Wednesday. The decision comes amid a pressure campaign from lawmakers in both parties who are pushing for sweeping criminal-justice reforms in the aftermath of a string of police killings...
Internal CIA review finds “woefully lax” security led to data theft
The CIA’s own investigators deemed the 2017 leak of hacking assets, which may have been stolen by a CIA employee, the “largest data loss in CIA history.” Link...
Embattled Weber State University professor rescinds his resignation
Weber State University criminal justice professor Scott Senjo. | Weber State University Scott Senjo resigned June 3 after posting tweets that university deemed “abhorrent’ OGDEN — Weber State University criminal justice studies professor Scott Senjo has rescinded his resignation from the university which was tendered earlier this month after...
Utah elections director outlines voting changes as state prepares for June 30 primary
Kristin Murphy, Deseret News SALT LAKE CITY — With laws locked in place altering voting practices to account for COVID-19, Utah’s upcoming June 30 primary election will be unlike any that has preceded it. Justin Lee, the state’s director of elections, swiftly walked through the changes with Utah lawmakers...
Utah agriculture leaders present losses incurred by COVID-19, lawmakers look at federal relief fund allocation
The Capitol in Salt Lake City is pictured on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020. | Kristin Murphy, Deseret News SALT LAKE CITY — Representatives from Utah’s agriculture sectors informed lawmakers about COVID-19’s impact on their respective industries Tuesday morning, also relaying some of the complications that have arisen in the...
Appeals court tosses ex-Utah A.G.’s $80M lawsuit against FBI, state prosecutors
Former Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff is surrounded by family while talking about charges of bribery and various other misconduct charges Tuesday, July 15, 2014, in Salt Lake City. | Tom Smart, Deseret News SALT LAKE CITY — A federal appeals court Tuesday dismissed former Utah Attorney General Mark...
2020 Daily Trail Markers: Alabama voting restrictions struck down
The coronavirus pandemic upended the 2020 election season as officials in many states rushed to expand vote-by-mail and limit in-person voting. Link...
Pentagon official who questioned Ukraine aid freeze resigns
Elaine McCusker, who has been acting comptroller since last summer, submitted her resignation effective Friday, June 26. By Lara Seligman Link...
Utah lawmakers consider making intentionally coughing on officers a crime
Police cars are parked outside of the David P. Romrell Public Safety Building in South Salt Lake on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020. | Kristin Murphy, Deseret News SALT LAKE CITY — Some Utah lawmakers want to make it a crime to intentionally cough on a first responder or correctional...