When we talk about “public lands” in Utah, we must remember that every acre once belonged to Native American tribes.

Utah politicians seek to ignore the U.S. Constitution by claiming 18.5 million acres of your federal public land ... Utah territory could move toward statehood, which occurred in 1896.

Yet, Utah is less than equal to many others, with nearly 70% of its territory under federal control, compared to under 3% in states like New York, Pennsylvania, and Ohio.

Utah also argued that the language of the property clause, which says Congress “shall have power to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or other ...

Utah didn’t become a U.S. territory for another two years, and a state 44 years after that. Thus, he concluded, “Utah cannot claim to ‘take back’ land that never belonged to it.

Utah County leaders are stepping in to help with canyon bathroom closures in Forest Service territory ahead of the July Fourth weekend.

A group of faculty are calling on the University of Utah to immediately terminate a new international partnership leaders signed onto last month with a controversial Israeli-sponsored school.

Utah lawmakers pick territory fight with feds. Mar 7, 2012, 1:16 ... 1996 when President Bill Clinton created the 1.9-million-acre Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in southern Utah. ...

Faculty have criticized the agreement with Ariel University, located in a settlement on Palestinian territory. An Israeli consul general called it “a new chapter in academic cooperation between Israel ...