Sonja Hutson
ReporterSonja 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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COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in Utah are higher now than they were a year ago even though vaccines are widely available. Public health officials say the Delta variant is to blame. -
A complaint filed Monday says the American Legislative Exchange Council gives its members a free software that operates like a campaign tool, which means it should count as a donation.
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Utah’s public schools won’t be allowed to mandate masks when students return next month because of a law the state Legislature passed in May.
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The Independent Redistricting Commission and the Legislature’s Redistricting Committee are taking different approaches to examining where incumbents live and where communities of interest are.
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At his monthly press conference, Gov. Spencer Cox weighed in on several high-profile issues facing Utah — from the drought to housing affordability.
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A Year After Utah Passed A Law Encouraging Conviction Review Teams, Their Numbers Are Slowly GrowingUtah passed a law last year empowering prosecutors to create special units responsible for re-examining past convictions. At least four counties now have them: Salt Lake, Utah, Davis and Summit.
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Critics of Utah’s hate crime laws argue that they could chill free speech targeting police officers. But supporters say free speech doesn’t apply when you commit a crime.
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Sen. Mike Lee’s two challengers have shied away from directly criticizing the former president during their campaigns so far, but their past statements could still hurt their chances in a primary.
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Some local officials are questioning whether now is the right time for election innovation, when the majority of Republicans voters across the country have doubts about the security of the 2020 presidential election.
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Ally Isom announced she was running for Senate as a “sensible, mainstream Republican.”
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The court’s rulebook largely didn’t change after a bail reform law was repealed earlier this year. Lawmakers are letting that slide for now, but there could be a power struggle down the road.
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Defense attorneys are divided on what role monetary bail should play going forward under compromise bail reform legislation a group of stakeholders are working on.
