Nearly six in 10 Utah voters don’t feel represented by Republican or Democratic parties, according to a new poll by the Deseret News and Hinckley Institute of Politics. The poll also found that 43% of Utah voters want a new major party. The largest share of these voters want the party to be “moderate/centrist.”

Baby bison are taking over Antelope Island; Ultra runner half-way to 1,000 miles around Layton High’s track

What to know about Utah’s new e-bike law (Deseret News)

Can you split Salt Lake County? See if your boundaries would qualify under lawmaker’s proposal. (Salt Lake Tribune)

SLC mayor gives first comments on sexual misconduct allegations against council member Eva Lopez Chavez (Salt Lake Tribune)

Utah Supreme Court to hear challenges to new ‘constitutional court’ law (Salt Lake Tribune)

Amid public outcry over Box Elder ‘hyperscale’ data center, GOP candidates stay silent (Salt Lake Tribune)

South Salt Lake initiates city-wide call for kindness (ABC4)

Longest game in franchise history puts Mammoth on the ropes (Deseret News)

Surprising Lessons From Talking With America’s Highest-Earning Women (WSJ)

Fentanyl deaths are falling. Utah’s seizures are not (Deseret News)

Youth 'mentor' in Utah arrested, accused of having child sex abuse material (KSL)

Utah officers fired more than 30 rounds at an unarmed man, killing him. Now, a lawsuit argues he was trying to flee. (Salt Lake Tribune)

'Hero' agents 'just doing our job' pull 2 unconscious men from carbon monoxide-filled home (KSL)

Glamping, dude ranches offer easy escape for families, couples craving outdoors (KUTV)

Liberty Bell fans are hunting down state replicas. Where is Utah’s bell stashed? (KUER)

Fed stands pat on interest rates as Powell announces plans to stay on as governor (Deseret News)

US growth picks up in the first quarter (Reuters)

Key inflation gauge jumps to highest level in 3 years as Iran war spikes gas prices (AP)

Carmakers bank on $2.3 billion in future tariff refunds, risking Trump's ire (Reuters)

Astrid Tuminez closes UVU tenure with a call for joy (Deseret News)

Grandmother, mother and daughter join Utah Valley University graduation class of 2026 (Fox13)

'Stanford's cool, but it's not Utah State,' NFL veteran Bobby Wagner tells USU graduates (KSL)

Sharon McMahon: These are the times that try us, graduates. But a hard time is not the same as a hopeless time. (Salt Lake Tribune)

Utah Rep. Owens: College campuses fostering cultures of ‘fear, bullying and cowardice’ (Deseret News)

Are there AI-proof majors for college students? (Deseret News)

In rare move, University of Utah faculty say school leaders should apologize to student over Earth Day flyers (The Salt Lake Tribune)

Wild Utah weather underscores importance of documenting, reporting (KSL)

Amid growing algal bloom issue, officials hope Willard Peak Pond treatment offers way forward (KSL)

Midvale among Utah cities urging water conservation; increased fees added for heavy users (KSL)

A Shoshone-led restoration to bring water back to the Great Salt Lake is earning recognition (Salt Lake Tribune)

Analysis: For accurate conclusions about Latter-day Saint retention, look at the best data (Deseret News)

Teens embrace social media and influencers for news but remain skeptical (AP)

‘One pill can kill’: DEA Utah shows how fentanyl pills flood the streets (Deseret News)

West Valley City neighborhood under investigation after ‘cluster’ of Parkinson’s disease diagnoses discovered (ABC4)

Scientists think there might be a new subtype of ADHD (Washington Post)

Legal filing raises questions about who shot Secret Service officer at press dinner (Reuters)

Prediction markets say they’re different from sportsbooks. Gambling addicts say it’s all the same (AP)

House advances multi-billion budget framework to fund immigration enforcement (Deseret News)

Here’s where TPUSA wants to build the ‘Red Wall’ (Deseret News)

Supreme Court in landmark ruling says Louisiana must redraw congressional map (Deseret News)

US Supreme Court under Roberts takes 'wrecking ball' to Voting Rights Act (Reuters)

Supreme Court paves the way for largest-ever drop in Black representation in Congress (NPR)

Inside the Pentagon’s $1.5T budget: Drones, quantum computing, autonomy (Deseret News)

House passes extension of controversial spy tool — but it’s likely dead on arrival in the Senate (Deseret News)

Supreme Court hears challenge to Trump ending temporary protected status for some (Deseret News)

Opinion: Political violence isn’t just evil. It’s counterproductive. (The Salt Lake Tribune)

Hegseth faces withering questions about Iran in first congressional appearance since war began (AP)

Maine Gov. Janet Mills drops out of race to unseat Republican Sen. Susan Collins (Washington Post)

Louisiana governor prepares to suspend House primaries after court ruling (Washington Post)

US Supreme Court seems to side with Trump actions to strip legal status for Haitians, Syrians (Utah News Dispatch)

Man, machine and AI combine in battle to clear Ukraine of mines (Reuters)

Ukraine's army chief orders time limit for frontline troops (Reuters)

Ukraine bets on battlefield AI as the race for weapons autonomy intensifies (AP)

Iran threatens painful response if US resumes attacks, oil prices seesaw (Reuters)

US war in Iran has cost $25 billion so far, says Pentagon official (Reuters)

Iran’s supreme leader says it will protect its nuclear and missile capabilities (AP)

The death of a Lebanese village (Reuters)

Israel intercepts Gaza aid ships in international waters, organisers decry move (Reuters)

The U.A.E.’s OPEC Bombshell Signals a New Middle East Order (WSJ)

Oil Hits Wartime High Above $120 a Barrel as Standoff Shows No End in Sight (NYT)

Opinion: King Charles’ visit reconfirms ‘special relationship’ between U.S. and U.K. (Deseret News)

Roblox to require facial scans for children under 16 in Indonesia due to new social media rules (AP)

May 15 — Utah Taxes Now Conference with Utah Taxpayers Association, 9:00 am, Grand America Hotel, Register here

June 23 — Utah primary election

Aug 4-6 — One Utah Summit, SUU America First Event Center, Register here

Aug 13 — Titan of Public Service Gala with the Orrin G. Hatch Foundation, Grand America

Nov 3 — General election

1789 - George Washington gives first presidential inaugural address.

1803 - The United States finalizes the Louisiana Purchase with France - purchasing 828,000 square miles of land for approximately 4¢ an acre and practically doubling the size of the young United States.

1859 - The first installment of “A Tale of Two Cities” is published

1880 - Lillian Bertha Jones Horace is born. A pioneering educator and writer, she is Texas’s earliest known African American woman novelist, one of only two known black southern women novelists of the early to mid twentieth century, one of only two black women nationally to own a publishing company before 1920, and the only black woman nationally to author a utopian novel before 1950.

1897 - British physicist J.J. Thomson announces the discovery of the electron.

1927 - The first federal prison for women opens in West Virginia.

1939 - Ellen Zwilich is born. She became the first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for Music.

1945 - Adolf Hitler dies from suicide.

1975 - Vietnam War ends.

1993 - World Wide Web (WWW) launches in the public domain.