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 Daily Herald. Many incarcerated Utahns still have a hard time getting their hands on addiction medication, even during the opioid epidemic. “It’s a feeling that is, I think, indescribable to most people who’ve not experienced (withdrawal). It feels like the...
The following story was reported by The Utah Investigative Journalism Project in partnership with Salt Lake City Weekly. The Utah Legislature is made up of part-timers whose day jobs shape their approach to lawmaking. In many cases, their expertise as doctors, educators, business owners and more offers insight into a myriad of issues affecting Utahns....
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. On a typical afternoon in 2021, Kait Sorensen answered the phone at a rural Utah domestic violence shelter — and had...
The following story was reported by The Utah Investigative Journalism Project in partnership with Utah News Dispatch. Hunting interests could take precedence over the interests of Utah students and private parties like the Ute Indian Tribe, say critics. HB262 gives the Utah Department of Natural Resources (DNR) preferential treatment during the sale of large blocks...
The following story was reported by The Utah Investigative Journalism Project in partnership with the Daily Herald and the Standard Examiner. SALT LAKE CITY — A four-decades-old property tax relief program that helps some of Utah’s most vulnerable seniors is now itself at risk of fading away due to sheer legislative neglect. The Circuit Breaker...