Sonja Hutson
Sonja Hutson is a politics and government reporter at KUER. She’s been reporting on politics ever since the 10th grade, when she went to so many school board meetings the district set up a press table for her. Before coming to Utah, Sonja spent four years at KQED in San Francisco where she covered everything from wildfires to the tech industry. When she’s not working, you can find her skiing, camping, or deeply invested in a 1000 piece puzzle.
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Lee is up for re-election this year, seeking a third term in office. He has two Republican challengers.
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Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson helped craft the legislation with county clerks. She said the bill does not mean there was widespread fraud in the 2020 election.
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The bill, HB 363, also expands who could be involuntarily committed.
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The legislation would also require paper ballots in most cases and require video monitoring of ballot counting.
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Descendents of Japanese Americans held in a WWII internment camp in Utah are protesting the excavation of a monument to a man killed by guards there.
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One of the most impactful things the state could do to improve its ranking, the report said, is to elect a woman to represent Utah in the U.S. Senate.
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The Grand County Commission says it should be put into a district with northern San Juan County, but some officials there think the areas are too different.
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The health insurance program for state employees will offer cash incentives for its members to get vaccinated, Cox announced Thursday.
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Utah's tech sector is growing, but the industry says the state has a reputation problem that makes it hard to attract workers. So, it's lobbying state lawmakers to push socially inclusive legislation.
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A federal lawsuit alleges that the Mormon church misused money donors designated for charity, saying the money went to a church-run commercial real estate venture rather than the needy.