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The Day Utah Lawmakers Forgot Their Limits and Treated the Constitution as Optional

Utah’s CARES Act Scandal: The Story of Citizens Who Wouldn’t Back Down

Utah’s Quiet Transformation: How America’s First Surveillance State Was Built in Plain Sight

URGENT: Utah Governor Cox Exposed as America’s Most Dangerous Surveillance State Operator 

Utah’s Intelligence Ecosystem: America’s Premier Sinister Surveillance State

BREAKING: UT Governor Cox Hit with Explosive Corruption Lawsuit Involving  ~$934 MILLION CARES Act Scandal 

Utah Citizens File Bold Petition to Utah Supreme Court: A Turning Point for Direct Democracy

The Day Utah Lawmakers Forgot Their Limits and Treated the Constitution as Optional
Utah Redistricting Dispute Raises Constitutional Limits on Legislative Power By Ed Wallace, Publisher/UtahStandardNews.com    Jan 1, 2026 INTRODUCTION:  To my conservative friends: I am not opposing conservatism, I am applying it. Conservatism is not loyalty to a legislature, a party, or a political machine. It is loyalty to constitutional limits, the rule of law, and […]

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Utah’s CARES Act Scandal: The Story of Citizens Who Wouldn’t Back Down
By Ed Wallace | Utah Standard News / The Republic Project (REPRO) Publisher’s Note: The Republic Stands – When We Stand Utah’s CARES Act scandal may prove that when government power meets public money, truth becomes the first casualty. Nearly a billion dollars in emergency COVID relief flowed through the governor’s office in 2020 – […]

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Utah’s Quiet Transformation: How America’s First Surveillance State Was Built in Plain Sight
News/Commentary By Ed Wallace   This article is based on the investigative work of columnist Wayne Wickizer, a decorated intelligence veteran, a member of the U.S. Army Special Forces Association, InfraGard, and other strategic intelligence organizations. It is written in collaboration with Ed Wallace, USNews Publisher, and the The Republic Project, a nonprofit civic intelligence engine […]

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URGENT: Utah Governor Cox Exposed as America’s Most Dangerous Surveillance State Operator 
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Utah’s Intelligence Ecosystem: America’s Premier Sinister Surveillance State
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BREAKING: UT Governor Cox Hit with Explosive Corruption Lawsuit Involving  ~$934 MILLION CARES Act Scandal 
Whistleblower Veteran Files Petition Alleging $934 Million Scandal, Conflicts of Interest, and Obstruction of Justice By Ed Wallace – Publisher, Utah Standard News SALT LAKE CITY (Aug 11, 2025)  SALT LAKE CITY — In what could become the most damning and politically explosive court case  in Utah’s history, Major Wayne L. Wickizer, a  retired U.S. […]

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Utah Citizens File Bold Petition to Utah Supreme Court: A Turning Point for Direct Democracy
Published: July 17, 2025By Ed Wallace | Publisher: Utah Standard News and Founder of The Republic Project In a remarkable move rarely seen in modern Utah politics, a group of ordinary citizens filed a Petition for Extraordinary Writ of Mandamus with the Utah Supreme Court on June 25, 2025, challenging what they call the state’s […]

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