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Long-serving Utah US Senator Orrin Hatch dies at age 88

By Associated Press
April 25, 2022 12:00 AM
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Orrin G. Hatch, the longest-serving Republican senator in history who was a fixture in Utah politics for more than four decades, died Saturday at age 88.
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Metro

Utah GOP leaders push unity moving forward from midterm elections

By Jefferson Jarvis
January 10, 2019 12:00 AM
This story pairs with 'Romney election exemplifies disparity between GOP convention, population'
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Nation

Mitt Romney handily wins US Senate seat from Utah

By Associated Press
November 07, 2018 12:00 AM
Mitt Romney, Republican U.S. Senator-elect from Utah along with his wife Ann and other family members on stage, speak to an election night party after his victory Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018, in Orem, Utah. (AP Photo/Gene Sweeney Jr.)
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Campus News

Romney wins election, but not all BYU students voted

By Aimee Colton
July 03, 2018 12:00 AM
Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney secured the Republican Senate nomination that could restart his political career, but many BYU students did not vote in the election on June 26.
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State

Kennedy, Romney vie for US Senate

By Sahalie Donaldson
June 05, 2018 12:00 AM
Utah Senate candidates, state Rep. Mike Kennedy, R-Alpine, left, and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney shake hands at the beginning of a Senate Republican primary debate, Tuesday, May 29, 2018, in Provo. (Scott G Winterton/The Deseret News via AP, Pool)
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Nation

Sen. Hatch introduces bill to end free speech zones on campuses

By Lauren Malner
March 22, 2018 12:00 AM
Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, is concerned that when some of the most esteemed institutions of higher learning are faced with opinions contrary to their own, they have sought to dampen student expression. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
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Campus News

Trump's executive orders could change BYU's international student demographic

By Kelsie Matheson
March 22, 2017 12:00 AM
President Donald Trump has passed three executive orders that could impact Brigham Young University's international students.
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State

Bears Ears National Monument proposal creates tensions in Utah

By Theresa Davis
November 17, 2016 12:00 AM
Twin buttes rise above a few tiny towns near the Four Corners area in southeastern Utah. The tranquil rock formations known as the Bears Ears, and the 1.9 million acres of land surrounding them, are at the center of an environmental war that involves locals, politicians, Native American tribal governments and activists.
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State

Some Utah Navajos join Utah elected officials in opposing proposed Bears Ears Monument

By Laura Spilsbury
September 22, 2016 12:00 AM
Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, left, comforts Utah resident and Navajo Susie Philemon as she becomes emotional while expressing her opposition to the proposed Bears Ears National Monument designation in southeast Utah, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2016, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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State

Obama again picks Utah justice to be federal judge

January 07, 2015 12:00 AM
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — President Barack Obama is again nominating Utah Supreme Court Justice Jill Parrish to serve as a federal judge.
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Breaking News

Utah's Orrin Hatch becomes president of US Senate

January 06, 2015 12:00 AM
FILE - In this May 21, 2013 file photo, Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah listens on Capitol Hill in Washington. Republican senators poised to lead major committees when the GOP takes charge are intent on pushing back many of President Barack Obama's policies, setting up potential showdowns over environmental rules, financial regulations and national security. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)
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State

Incumbent Hatch wins race for seventh Senate term

November 07, 2012 12:00 AM
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch defeated his Democratic challenger in Tuesday's general election, securing a seventh, and what he says will be his final, term in office.
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Nation

Candidates for senate discuss issues in televised debate

By Haley Bissegger
October 18, 2012 12:00 AM
Sen. Orrin Hatch and his opponent Scott Howell discussed political gridlock in Washington and the economy during Wednesday night's televised senatorial debate.
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Local

Hatch, Lindsey—digging us out of an economic hole

By Haley Bissegger
September 05, 2012 12:00 AM
PROVO—A veteran economist said to an audience at UVU Tuesday morning that America is in an economic hole and it needs to stop digging.
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Local

Low voter turnout doesn't hinder Hatch's reelection

June 27, 2012 12:00 AM
Senator Hatch secured a victory in the Utah primary yesterday in his quest to serve his seventh term as a United States Senator.
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Nation

Romney team member thanks Sen. Hatch for work in Medicare

June 08, 2012 12:00 AM
Mike Leavitt, Romney Transition Team Leader and former Utah Governor, recently released a letter to Sen. Orrin Hatch in which he states his gratitude for Hatch's extensive work on advancing health reform.
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News

Hatch uninterested in Liljenquist ads

May 30, 2012 12:00 AM
In a recent news release put out by the office of Sen. Orrin Hatch, proof is given to show that he is not avoiding a debate with former state Sen. Dan Liljenquist.
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Nation

Sen. Hatch rallies GOP endorsements

By Casey Adams
May 21, 2012 12:00 AM
Sen. Jon Kyl announced his support for Sen. Orrin Hatch earlier this month -- Hatch, running for his seventh term as U.S. senator for Utah, also garnered support from Republican presidential candidate and former governor, Mitt Romney.
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