Kerry Bringhurst

Utah’s top-ranking lawmaker says he has sent a letter to Kevin O’Leary demanding changes to his plan to build the Stratos data center in Box Elder County. Utah Senate President Republican J. Stuart Adams is calling for a 75% reduction in the project's footprint, along with additional environmental protections and greater transparency, before the project can move forward.

Congress voted early this morning to approve the president’s rescission request, stripping away $1.1 billion in already-approved federal funding that Utah Public Radio and hundreds of public radio and TV stations across the country were depending on to continue to serve our community. The bill is now headed to the president’s desk and will be signed into law imminently. When that happens, this funding will disappear on Oct. 1.