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...
The following story was reported by the Utah Investigative Journalism Project in partnership with KSL.com. SALT LAKE CITY — When Don Brown and his wife bought a studio apartment at the exclusive Black Desert resort community outside St. George, they were excited for a smaller place to live that was big on amenities: fine restaurants,...
The following story was reported by The Utah Investigative Journalism Project in partnership with Utah News Dispatch. Wasatch County Sheriff Jared Rigby is under criminal investigation by the Summit County Attorney’s Office for obstruction of justice. Investigators are now questioning whether Rigby attempted to leverage accusations against a political opponent to influence the high-profile Kouri...