By Eric S. Peterson, Cathy McKitrick, Ria Agarwal, Taylor Hartman and McKhelyn Jones This story is part of a continuing series on Utah evictions and the state’s leading landlord law firm. It is supported by a grant from The Economic Hardship Reporting Project and was written and researched by The Utah Investigative Journalism Project in...
The following story was written and researched by Eric Peterson, McKhelyn Jones, Ria Agarwal, Taylor Hartman and Cathy McKitrick of The Utah Investigative Journalism Project in partnership with The Salt Lake Tribune. It was supported by a grant from The Economic Hardship Reporting Project. In 2020 the Law Offices of Kirk Cullimore filed 45% of...
The following story was written by Cathy McKitrick of The Utah Investigative Journalism Project in partnership with The Park Record. During the first year of Utah’s medical cannabis program, several clinics sprouted to help patients get the required card that allows them to purchase products from the state’s seven dispensaries. But some worry that these...
By Emma Penrod The following story was written and reported by The Utah Investigative Journalism Project in partnership with The Daily Herald and The Standard Examiner. When a federal court judge ordered reality television stars from the Diesel Brothers to pay an $850,000 fine for hundreds of violations of the Clean Air Act, Utah environmentalists...
By Eric S. Peterson, Ria Agarwal, Cathy McKitrick, Taylor Hartman and McKhelyn Jones This story is part of a continuing series on Utah evictions and the state’s leading landlord law firm. It is supported by a grant from The Economic Hardship Reporting Project and was written and researched by The Utah Investigative Journalism Project in...
By Eric S. Peterson, Cathy McKitrick, Ria Agarwal, Taylor Hartman and McKhelyn Jones. The following story was supported by a grant from the Economic Hardship Reporting Project and was written and researched by The Utah Investigative Journalism Project in partnership with The Salt Lake Tribune. Dan Knighton was holding onto everything he could but was...
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The following story was written by Eric S. Peterson of The Utah Investigative Journalism Project in partnership with The Salt Lake Tribune. For someone being cold-called by a stranger for a “scientific survey,” the man was glad to talk about the upcoming election. He thoughtfully weighed his responses about his pick for governor in the...
The following story was written and researched by The Utah Investigative Journalism Project in partnership with The Deseret News. SALT LAKE CITY — Put yourself in the place of a police officer. You’re responding to a report of a person with a weapon, tensions are high, and as you move in to help you see...
The following story was reported by The Utah Investigative Journalism Project in partnership with The Salt Lake Tribune. Utah congressional candidate Burgess Owens’ campaign is built largely on the foundation of his personal narrative: The descendant of a slave, he found fame and fortune as a professional football player only to later fall victim to...