A state judge has dismissed an environmental group’s lawsuit to prevent Utah lawmakers from again suing the federal government over whether or not it has a right to hold onto its public lands in ...

As more citizens and leaders speak out against an ICE facility in Salt Lake City, some legal questions are arising.

WASHINGTON — States should have more oversight over public lands management, according to top lawmakers who say the federal government has become too inefficient and removed from local interests to do ...

A state court dismissed the lawsuit that alleged Utah officials violated the state constitution in a failed bid to seize federal lands. A Utah court has dismissed a lawsuit alleging that Republican ...

The bill was stalled until senators agreed to add “reversionary” language ensuring it is used for public purposes.

What Utah lawmakers’ bills and funding requests show about Utah’s strategies to assert more control over public lands.

America’s public lands belong to all of us. They are part of our shared heritage, protected for recreation, wildlife, clean water and future generations. Today, that legacy faces a coordinated and ...

As Utah's 2026 Legislative session is nearing an end, many legislators are working to get a few last-minute bills and resolutions passed. One resolution would transfer land near the Great Salt Lake to ...

Large crane dumps load of dirt in dump truck at a surface coal mine in northeastern Wyoming. Federal land reserves of coal are being leased for mining in Alabama, Montana, Utah, Wyoming and North ...

Utah lawsuit seeks state control over vast areas of federal land Utah's Republican leaders made good Tuesday on a decade-old vow to launch a legal challenge aimed at wresting control from the U.S.