GOP Sen. Mike Lee's plan to allow the sale of public lands ran into bipartisan opposition in the Senate and the House.

Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) withdrew his proposal for the Bureau of Land Management to sell parcels for the highest value.

Last year, as Utah prepared to file a federal lawsuit aiming to take control of millions of acres of federal public land within its borders, state officials sought help swaying public opinion in their ...

A Utah senator’s efforts to put public lands on the auction block ended quietly Saturday night in a social media post ...

Sen. Mike Lee’s announcement came after he faced some fierce pushback from members of his own party. Sen. Mike Lee’s ...

Following public outcry, Sen. Mike Lee has removed the sale of public lands from the Senate reconciliation bill.

Sen. Martin Heinrich of New Mexico called Mike Lee’s land-sale proposal “horsesh*t” and said “85% of the money from these ...

Today, the federal government owns and controls roughly 70% of Utah’s land—a staggering figure that places unnecessary constraints on local communities, schools, and families. And yet, when Utah ...

Utah Senator Mike Lee has revised his plan to sell federal lands, but the new proposal could still impact Idaho, including ...

The agency plans to turn around an environmental review of the project in only 14 days, paving the way for the transport of ...