Another busy week in Washington is shaping approval of the job Donald Trump is doing as president. What do voters in Utah and the country think?

Gov. Spencer Cox signed a bill that will end Utah's popular universal vote-by-mail election system in 2029 on Thursday.

Cox also approved HB300, a big election reform bill that will effectively phase out automatic vote-by-mail over the next several years and require voters to write the final four digits of their state ID on their ballot. Voters will still be able to use mail-in voting but will need to opt-in by 2029 to continue receiving a ballot in the mail.

Party leadership of the centrist United Utah Party announced on Wednesday they have plans to merge with the Utah Forward Party.

Governor Spencer Cox has signed a controversial bill that will make substantial changes to how Utahns vote in future elections.

If 2024 was the year for elections in Washington, 2025 is the year for local elections in Utah Valley. Mayor positions are up for grabs in nearly every Utah County city, as are multiple city council seats in most cities.

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox has signed a law that ends the state’s universal vote-by-mail system and requires registered voters to sign up separately to receive mail-in ballots, while also

President Donald Trump released an executive order on Tuesday attempting to overhaul the American voting system. His order includes requirements on voter ID and when ballots must arrive to polling stations.

Utah House Speaker Mike Schultz said Tuesday the state's new vote-by-mail process is "a huge step" toward better election security despite the major changes made from the original proposal he supported.

Former U.S. Rep. Mia Love of Utah, a daughter of Haitian immigrants who became the first Black Republican woman elected to Congress, died on Sunday. She was 49. Love had been undergoing treatment for brain cancer prior to her death.