For those claiming The Tribune is on the brink of economic collapse and the union will sink it, I invite you to look at our 990s. They're public documents. It will be fine. The last thing The Salt Lake Tribune workers want is to hurt The Salt Lake Tribune.

A week ago today, we announced to @SLTrib management our intent to form a union. 4 days later, they recognized us. Voluntary recognition is rare! We want to acknowledge that and express our gratitude. And now, we look forward to working together to make The Tribune even better.

Another hiker succumbs to heat in southern Utah. This is the fourth heat-related fatality in Utah in the past two weeks. sltrib.com/news/2024/07/2…

SLC Mayor Erin Mendenhall wanted to plant 1,000 trees on the west side each year. A city employee just poisoned almost 200 of them.

Dust from the Great Salt Lake's exposed lakebeds impacts the air that millions breathe, but we still don’t know how bad the problem actually is. Over a year ago, the state got funding for more air quality monitors. They still haven't been installed: sltrib.com/news/environme…

Tribune reporters @EmilyreAnderson and Robert Gehrke appeared on 90.9FM KRCL's RadioACTive to discuss the #SaltLakeNewsGuild and our effort to unionize. Give it a listen! krcl.org/blog/trib-repo…

“The funding is part of a pattern of questionable contracts the state — led by a Republican governor and a Legislature with a GOP supermajority — has awarded.” Must-read work from Leia Larsen.

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Don't miss this incredible story by Leia Larsen in the The Salt Lake Tribune and The New York Times sltrib.com/news/2024/09/1…

I'm live with Robert Gehrke and Emily Anderson Stern on Utah Public Radio. I'll be discussing my recent story on "Man vs. Trees" soon. Join us! upr.org/show/behind-th…

A couple of weeks ago, I got to chat w/ Tom Williams on BTH about some recent stories, why arts/culture reporting matters (!!!!!) and how I got into music reporting + RECS. 🎶 It was truly such a delightful time. Thanks to Tom for having me on! 😃 upr.org/show/behind-th…

Last month, Leia Larsen wrote about 'roller felling' for NYT. The company she investigated had to pay back some of the money it received from the state “because there were no viable locations on which to use their system," per a recent audit: sltrib.com/news/environme…

new from me A shuttered Ogden restaurant was the first in a line of other closures in its chain, as the company is now accused of not paying its vendors and leases in Idaho. buildingsaltlake.com/ogden-restaura… via Building Salt Lake

new - on Tuesday, Ogden City officials took a step toward preserving one of the city’s many art deco buildings and potentially converting it into housing units and space for artists buildingsaltlake.com/ogden-city-cou…

The proposal sure seems like a response to when then-Vineyard City Council members passed a law doing exactly what this bill would ban in 2023, but the sponsor stayed mum on what exactly inspired it. “I’ll just say I think this is good policy,” he said. sltrib.com/news/2025/02/1…

A Senate committee voted 4-2 to approve a bill dismantling the State Records Committee, despite near-unanimous public opposition. sltrib.com/news/politics/…

“I know people are really worried that they’re next, and I hate to be grim, but they are,” a worker fired from the USGS in Utah told me. There are thousands of stories like these from federal workers across the country. Hard to fathom. More here: sltrib.com/news/environme…