Conservative Review By: Chris Pandolfo At Wednesday night’s U.S. Senate debate at Brigham Young University, Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah (A, 100%) was asked about the extremely difficult and polarizing topic of religious liberties versus LGBT rights. In the debate, against Democratic challenger Misty Snow (the first transgender nominee for a major party to run...

Trump adds new names to SCOTUS list, includes Sen. Mike Lee Eliza Collins, USA TODAY  Donald Trump is expanding his list of potential Supreme Court picks he might appoint to replace Justice Antonin Scalia, calling the cumulative 21 people “definitive.” On Friday the Republican nominee released an official list of 10 more people he may choose...

In 1979, 44 percent of people convicted in federal court of felony-level offenses were sent to prison. By 2008, the number rose to 91 percent, an unprecedented increase resulting from political initiatives to get tougher on crime, particularly with the advent of minimum-mandatory sentences. The nation has come to the realization that this trend has to be...

Black Diamond co-founder Peter Metcalf speaks at a press conference at the Salt Lake Marriott Downtown at City Creek in Salt Lake City on Thursday, Aug. 4, 2016. During the press conference, representatives of leading sports, ski, health and outdoor companies urged President Barack Obama to permanently protect the Bears Ears region in southeastern Utah....

Question: What do you think of 1.9 million acres? Answer: It’s big; it’s huge. Yosemite National Park, a crown jewel of the national park system, is only 1.3 million acres. So this would be that much bigger than that. I was up on top of the East Bears Ear this morning. To the north, basically everything we could see would be within the new monument. To the...

BLANDING — U.S. Sen. Mike Lee of Utah and members of the Senate’s Energy and Natural Resources Committee will hold a hearing in Utah on Wednesday amid a push for a new national monument in the state. Utah Gov. Gary Herbert, U.S. Rep. Rob Bishop and representatives of San Juan County, the Navajo Nation and Blue Mountain Diné are all scheduled to...