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Michelle Kaufusi elected Provo's first female mayor

November 03, 2017 12:00 AM
Michelle Kaufusi was born and raised in Provo and has served on a total of 11 city boards. Kaufusi will be Provo's first female mayor. (Michelle Kaufusi)
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Kathie Allen Democratic candidate for special Congressional election

October 30, 2017 12:00 AM
Dr. Kathie Allen is the democratic nominee for Utah's 3rd District Congressional race. Prior to entering the race for the congressional seat, Allen practiced medicine for 30 years. (Daniel Friend)
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Women react to gender disparity in Utah politics

January 17, 2017 12:00 AM
First Lady Michelle Obama hugs 2016 Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton during a campaign rally in Winston-Salem, N.C. on Oct. 27, 2016. Clinton was the first female presidential nominee of a major political party in the United States. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
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Trump team attempts to block vote recount after concern about "rigged" election overstated

December 02, 2016 12:00 AM
President-elect Donald Trump's attorneys are now attempting to block a recount of votes in three states less than a month after his highly-publicized series of complaints that the presidential election was 'rigged' before he won the presidency on Nov. 8.
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Was the presidential election rigged?

December 02, 2016 12:00 AM
Donald Trump won the presidency.
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Utahns vote for Trump despite believing he doesn't respect their values

November 09, 2016 12:00 AM
Utah Colleges Exit Poll volunteers Shannon Rindlisbacher and Adam Pulsipher poll voters at Provost Elementary School in Provo, Utah. (Ryan Turner)
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BYU students get firsthand experience covering election

October 25, 2016 12:00 AM
BYU communications students Sarah Averett and Haley Hilton sit with their professor Carrie Moore on the UNLV campus. The students covered the final presidential debate. (Gianluca Cuestas)
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Experts weigh the likelihood of third parties spoiling Utah

August 18, 2016 12:00 AM
Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson speaks to University of Utah students in Salt Lake City. Johnson has secured a spot on the Utah ballot for this November's election. (AP Photo)
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Get to know Utah's Republican, Democratic candidates before state primary

June 27, 2016 12:00 AM
Citizens of Utah will select their party's political candidates during the state primary election on Tuesday, June 28. Primary winners will then compete against the opposing party in November's Lieutenant Governor Election.
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Allegations of bias raise questions about Facebook's news role

May 17, 2016 12:00 AM
Former Facebook journalists/employees released information via Gizmodo on Monday, May 10, about the Trending Topics section on Facebook, saying that journalists 'inject' topics that weren't necessarily trending and were discouraged from posting conservative news.
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Trump's nomination a curveball for Utah voters

May 09, 2016 12:00 AM
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump shakes hands with New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie in Hickory, N.C. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton, File)
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Scholars say Mormonism is 'microcosm' of American religious scene

April 18, 2016 12:00 AM
Senior columnist of Religion News Service, Jana Riess, moderated a discussion on millennial Mormons with Prof. David Campbell of Notre Dame University and Prof. Quin Monson of Brigham Young University on April 12, 2016 at a UVU conference on 'Mormonism and the Art of Boundary Maintenance.' (Natalie Bothwell)
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Mormon voters disdain Trump; Trump Jr. doesn't get why

March 21, 2016 12:00 AM
Mormons have proven to be difficult for Donald Trump to sway, but his son says Mormons have more in common with Trump 'than with any other candidate.'
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Utah Rep. Carol Spackman Moss defies the odds

March 08, 2016 12:00 AM
Sitting in a large meeting room, Carol Spackman Moss smiled from across the table, making idle chatter about how she lived in the same LDS Ward as former BYU President Cecil Samuelson, and how it was nice to see him finally able to spend time with his grandkids. Though it was early in the morning, she exuded enthusiasm.
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Survey says Mormons are the most Republican group in US

February 24, 2016 12:00 AM
A recent article published on Tuesday, Feb. 23, by Pew Research Center pointed out that members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are one of the most Republican religious group in the nation.
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Right Now: Best interactive polls to track Iowa presidential caucuses

February 02, 2016 12:00 AM
Huffington Post Pollster
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Stay up to date with the presidential election

February 01, 2016 12:00 AM
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President Obama gives his last State of the Union address

January 13, 2016 12:00 AM
President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016. (Associated Press)
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