The following story was supported by funding from The Alicia Patterson Foundation and the Fund for Investigative Journalism and was reported by The Utah Investigative Journalism Project in partnership with The Salt Lake Tribune. Imagine a hostage situation. A woman is trapped in her home, and her life and the lives of her family members...
The following story was reported by The Utah Investigative Journalism Project with funding from The Alicia Patterson Foundation and the Fund for Investigative Journalism in partnership with The Salt Lake Tribune. Jennifer Andrus didn’t have any bruises. She didn’t have black eyes, or other injuries to her face or head that are considered typical warning...
Join us for this free webinar on April 23, 12-1 pm where we will run through everything you need to know to file requests for public records in Utah. We’ll go over strategies for successful requests and how to fight records denials. This is a crash course on our public records law, the Government Records...
The following story was reported by The Utah Investigative Journalism Project in partnership with Utah News Dispatch. Riverton Mayor Trent Staggs, one of a handful of candidates vying for the U.S. Senate seat soon to be vacated by Mitt Romney, welcomed Florida GOP Congressman Matt Gaetz to stump for him at a recent rally of...
The following story was reported by The Utah Investigative Journalism Project in partnership with KUER. In his U.S. Senate campaign ad, Republican Brad Wilson, former speaker of the Utah House, leans into his career as a real estate developer. He walks through a construction site and the camera cuts to Wilson swinging a sledgehammer into...
By Eric S. Peterson and K. Sophie Will The following story was funded by The Alicia Patterson Foundation and The Fund for Investigative Journalism and was reported by The Utah Investigative Journalism Project in partnership with The Salt Lake Tribune. Carla feels like she’s “on a roller coaster” with her boyfriend, Jake. He’s dragged her...
The following story was reported by The Utah Investigative Journalism Project in partnership with The Salt Lake Tribune. As controversy engulfed his predecessor, who was accused of doing favors for wealthy supporters and friends and receiving improper gifts, Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes was swept into office. Reyes now faces his own audit — for...
Learn how to track campaign spending and donations and follow the 2024 legislative session by attending our free webinar on Jan. 10, 2024, 12-1 pm The 2024 legislature is just around the corner. It’s 45 furious days of sausage-grinding from full days of committee hearings to backroom deals and last minute bills. This year why not get...
The following story was reported by The Utah Investigative Journalism Project in partnership with KUER. Congressman Burgess Owens’ congressional biography page lists “faith, family, free markets and education” as his guiding principles. But family is more than just a campaign platform for the 4th District representative. Since he first ran for office in 2020, he...
The following story was reported by The Utah Investigative Journalism Project in partnership with the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project and The Salt Lake Tribune. An innocent legislative proclamation saluting the government of a former Soviet republic — combined with an official visit from a foreign delegation to Utah’s Capitol Hill and LDS Church...