
Saige Miller
Politics ReporterSaige is a Politics & Government reporter, as well as a co-host of KUER's politics podcast State Street. A graduate of the University of Utah with two BA degrees, Saige was a reporter and producer for The Salt Lake Tribune’s Innovation Lab before coming to KUER. When she isn’t neck-deep in politics, you can find her in a concert moshpit, watching really bad reality TV or hyper-fixating on a 1,000-piece puzzle.
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Supporters argue that requiring voter ID, rather than signature verification, will strengthen Utah’s election system. Opponents believe changes to the ability to mail a ballot will hinder turnout while disenfranchising voters.
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In a party-line vote, the House sent a bill to the Senate that restricts housing for incarcerated transgender minors and also bans gender-affirming care for transgender adults.
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Majority Leader Kirk Cullimore promised a substitute bill to allow for collective bargaining under certain circumstances. Senators took an initial vote without seeing the alternative.
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HB269 requires transgender students to either live in dorms that match their sex assigned at birth or opt-in for a university-created “gender neutral” housing option.
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For the fourth year in a row, lawmakers are taking up legislation on trans rights. The latest bill was met with cheers and jeers in and out of the hearing room.
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Unlike previous years, lawmakers seem to be steering clear of pushing through some of the most controversial bills within the first two weeks.
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The Utah Legislature convenes on Jan. 21 with a lot on its plate including crime and immigration, election reforms, and the state's ongoing push for housing and energy.
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While Cox says the state will do “everything we possibly can” to keep the Sundance Film Festival local, he isn’t open to offering the festival the pots of money Cincinnati and Colorado are.
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“Utah remains able and willing to challenge any BLM land management decisions that harm Utah,” state leadership said in a statement.
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To outsiders, Utah can seem a mysterious place. But the rise of reality TV like the “Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” and others have given people a peek inside.
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Utah believes it should have ownership over some federally managed land, but environmentalists argue the move backpedals on the agreement that made Utah a state.
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Utah has been out of federal ozone attainment standards since 2015. The director of the Utah Division of Air Quality says current mitigation efforts haven’t been effective.