The following story was reported by The Utah Investigative Journalism Project in partnership with KUER. In July of this year, Dr. Adam Oskowitz, CEO and cofounder of tech startup Doctronic, strode onto the stage of the “Humans in the Loop” tech conference. He was talking about his company’s partnership with the state of Utah to...
The elections are right around the corner. Do you know your rights? Do you know what should happen at the polls? Do you know what shouldn’t be happening at the polls? We’re hosting a webinar on understanding your voting rights in partnership with the ACLU of Utah. As part of the Let Utah Vote Coalition’s election protection...
The following story was reported by The Utah Investigative Journalism Project in partnership with The Signpost and Utah News Dispatch. Lisa Boggs was hoping to make a difference when she joined Weber County Animal Services. Those hopes were dashed after a disagreement between Boggs and shelter management over how to care for a Great Pyrenees...
The following story was reported by The Utah Investigative Journalism Project in partnership with Utah News Dispatch. States are forgoing millions and, in some cases, billions of dollars in revenue by allowing data centers to skip out on paying sales tax. But Utah has no idea how much money it’s losing to these tax exemptions — the...
The following story was reported by The Utah Investigative Journalism Project in partnership with Salt Lake City Weekly. The Utah Department of Transportation’s decision to buy the property of a former top lawmaker in May for $8 million raised more than eyebrows. Some residents and elected officials raised their voices against the sticker shock of buying...
The following story was reported by The Utah Investigative Journalism Project in partnership with KUER. It was written and reporter by Sydnee Chapman and Eric S. Peterson. Michael Christian had struggled with addiction for the better part of a decade when he learned about The Other Side Academy on TikTok. The handful of treatment programs he...
The following story was reported by The Utah Investigative Journalism Project in partnership with Utah News Dispatch and St. George News. A law passed in 2024 allows just three school districts to decide what books can be removed from school library shelves across the state for obscene content. But records obtained by The Utah Investigative...
The following story was reported by The Utah Investigative Journalism Project in partnership with Utah Stories. The trek into the office is a necessary evil for many employees; it’s unpaid time that could be spent elsewhere. But some state employees are able to cash in on their commutes. That includes one member of Gov. Spencer...
The following story was reported by the Utah Investigative Journalism Project in partnership with KSL.com. SALT LAKE CITY — When a city decides to issue a bond and increase property taxes or other fees on residents, it’s a big deal in Utah. Notices go out, articles are written and people line up at microphones to...