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Will Utah do anything to help struggling renters now that emergency federal money has dried up?
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Will Utah do anything to help struggling renters now that emergency federal money has dried up?

The following article was funded with support from The Economic Hardship Reporting Project and was reported by The Utah Investigative Journalism Project in partnership with The Salt Lake Tribune. Utah spent more than $200 million in Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) provided by Congress in 2020. But the state closed down the Utah Rent Relief program...

Utah set aside $10M for homelessness. Instead of services, cities tapped it for police
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Utah set aside $10M for homelessness. Instead of services, cities tapped it for police

The following story was funded by The Economic Hardship Reporting Project and reported by The Utah Investigative Journalism Project in partnership with KUER, the Salt Lake City Weekly, The Standard-Examiner and The Spectrum News. It’s an early January afternoon and behind the Rio Grande Depot in Salt Lake City, several homeless individuals have been tediously...

Public help needed identifying suspects from video for SLC Cold Case
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Public help needed identifying suspects from video for SLC Cold Case

The Utah Investigative Journalism Project has obtained video of two suspects of a hotel robbery in Draper, on October 11, 2021, who may have knowledge of the murder of Joseph Salas. The Utah Investigative Journalism Project reported on Salas’ death this summer in an article exploring the lack of trust between Salt Lake City’s unsheltered...