A GOP lawmaker with decades of experience in the energy sector is seeking to establish a nuclear energy coalition to prepare the state for deployment of the next generation technology. Rep. Carl Albrecht,

Utah sought to have the case elevated to the federal Supreme Court without first wending its way through lower courts. The court rejected that request Monday. While Utah, Idaho and other states involved in the effort could opt to refile with lower courts, they have not yet done so.

Lawmaker wants accountability to be the hallmark of electrical bills from Rocky Mountain Power through his bill asking for reforms.

According to a brief Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador filed with the U.S. Supreme Court, 9 million acres of Idaho land managed by the Bureau of Land Management could be affected.

Idaho has not carried out any executions by firing squads and a facility for such executions needs to be built. It is among the states that have turned to alternative methods after struggling to obtain lethal drugs since pharmaceutical companies barred the use of their drugs in executions.

Rep. Bruce Skaug, R-Nampa, introduced the bill Tuesday, which would make Idaho the only U.S. state to give preference to a firing squad. Skaug sponsored a bill that became law in 2023 that added back the firing squad as a backup method of execution in the state, but only when lethal injection is not possible because of a lack of execution drugs.

Utah leaders filed a lawsuit to take control of 18.5 million acres of unappropriated public land and Idaho Attorney General Raul Labrador filed a Friend of the Court Brief supporting this lawsuit.

In past iterations of a long-term regional resource plan from PacifiCorp, Rocky Mountain Power’s parent company, there have been estimated timelines to shut down Hunter and Huntington, two major Utah

Utah is the only state to have used firing squads in the past 50 years, according to the Death Penalty Information Center. Idaho’s neighboring state executed Ronnie Lee Gardner in 2010 by firing squad. Mississippi, Oklahoma and South Carolina also permit use of the firing squad as an alternative to lethal injection.

Four men were arrested Saturday after two of the men said they followed a vehicle they thought was “stalking” them, shooting at and killing the 17-year-old girl who was driving the car on Friday night,

Utah leaders filed a lawsuit to take control of 18.5 million acres of unappropriated public land and Idaho Attorney General Raul Labrador filed a Friend of the Court Brief supporting this lawsuit.

Republicans in the Utah Legislature have among their top goals to make the state the energy capital of the country, and even the world. This legislative session, they are expecting to lay part of the foundation to make it happen,