Tilda Wilson
Growth, Wealth and Poverty ReporterTilda Wilson is KUER’s Growth, Wealth and Poverty reporter based in central Utah. Before KUER she spent a year as a Kroc Fellow at NPR. This included rotations reporting for their national desk, investigations desk, and culture desk, and producing for Weekend Edition. Tilda grew up in Salt Lake City, and spent a year attending Utah State University before finishing her history degree at Cornell. Tilda spends her spare time knitting things without a pattern that couldn’t fit anyone.
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The Provo-Orem area spent three years as the Milken Institute’s best-performing city. Officials aren’t worried because they’re still in the top 10.
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Voters will need to show up in person at neighborhood Republican caucuses on March 5 to choose their presidential nominee this year — unless they have a friend willing to deliver an absentee ballot for them.
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The Huntsman Cancer Institute has plans to build a new facility on the land to better serve rural Utahns and Utah County’s rapidly growing population.
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Public union members say they feel unfairly targeted by the bill.
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The change, County Clerk Aaron Davidson said, will encourage people to use ballot drop boxes instead.
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Suppressing a disease’s symptoms will not help prevent its spread, doctors warn. To do that, you’ll have to stay home.
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The hope is that the funding will be an opportunity to create sustainable infrastructure addressing homelessness in the state.
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Longtime Curtis opponent Chris Herrod is again running for the congressional seat. A state senator, state auditor and a handful of candidates are challenging as well.
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Carbon County Democrats are running candidates in nearly every race this year.
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Construction is just starting on a tech incubator to be known as The River District at the base of Provo Canyon. It’s the brainchild of billionaire Qualtrics founder Ryan Smith.
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With improved safety gear and better training, advocates are working toward a safer Utah backcountry.
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After a tumultuous year for tech nationally, job growth in Utah’s Silicon Slopes slowed but remained positive.