A Republican-sponsored proposal before Congress to mandate the sale of federal public lands is getting a mixed reception from ...

More than 2 million acres of federal lands would be sold to states or other entities under a budget proposal from Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee — including some in San Diego and Imperial Counties.

Utah Sen. Mike Lee withdraws public lands sale provision from the "big beautiful bill" after facing opposition from Republican colleagues ahead of July 4th deadline.

Lee introduced a now-removed amendment to Trump’s policy megabill that mandated the sale of up to 3 million acres. It did ...

The bill would have required the Bureau of Land Management to sell up to 1.2 million acres within five miles of population ...

A proposal by Utah Sen. Mike Lee, a Republican, to sell millions of acres of public lands to private housing developers hit the skids late Monday when the Senate parliamentarian ruled it couldn't be ...

Once a rallying cry, now a reality. A controversial proposal to require the sale of a fraction of a percent of federally owned public lands isn’t moving forward. U.S. Sen. Mike Lee, a Utah Republican ...

Sen. Mike Lee’s public lands sell-off rider, meant to be part of the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” is officially dead. But using ...

When a GOP senator proposed using federal land for affordable housing, right-wing forces revolted to protect what they see as a symbol of American greatness.

The bill would allows for no more than 3 million acres to be sold, but gives interested parties an opportunity to consider purchasing from large swaths of land ...

The state of Utah might not re-file a controversial lawsuit demanding the federal government hand over control of millions of acres of public lands.