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Emily Anderson Stern
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Statewatch reporter @sltrib.com. Grad from @medillschool.bsky.social, @utah.edu. Bylines @washingtonpost.com, @propublica.bsky.social, @icij.org. Tips at eanderson@sltrib.com or on Signal: emilyanderson.801.
Dana White, who heads UFC, donated hundreds of thousands to Trump 47 Committee last year. Portions of that were passed on to state Republican parties, including $10K to the Utah GOP.
July 4, 2025 at 3:55 AM
“Europeans despise Americans,” Utah Sen. Mike Lee wrote in a post last month, urging the U.S. to leave NATO.

But in an interview today, EU Ambassador Jovita Neliupšienė wanted to correct the record amid an increasingly strained transatlantic relationship. www.sltrib.com/news/politic...
April 12, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Among states that President Donald trump won in November, Utah has the highest percentage of babies born using assisted reproductive technologies like IVF.
March 6, 2025 at 9:31 PM
NOW: Loud chants of “veto” echoing through the Utah Capitol after the Legislature passed HB267 yesterday, eliminating public workers’ access to collective bargaining.

Here’s how each lawmaker voted: www.sltrib.com/news/politic...
February 7, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Musk’s is Lee’s most engaged account on X. And per October reporting from Roll Call, Musk interacts with Lee more than any member of Congress. Neither of them responded to Qs for this story.
January 20, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Musk has also boosted Lee’s political interests, spreading dozens of the senator’s posts to his followers. Some of those have been fueled by disinformation, like the claims that noncitizens were going to vote en masse and could change the outcome of the presidential election.
January 20, 2025 at 5:50 PM
It all started here, with a political threat on Musk’s behalf, in 2022.

Since then, Lee has threatened numerous foreign regulators with retribution for taking action against Musk’s companies. And he has criticized the U.S. government, too, when it has scrutinized those companies
January 20, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Inbox: The Society of Human Resource Management is partnering with Gov. Cox to boost his “disagree better” campaign in the workplace.

Of note — under a Cox appointee, the state’s HR agency was forced to delete posts about LGBTQ+ employees and Pride. ➡️ sltrib.com/news/politics/…
March 27, 2024 at 9:15 PM
In 2022, Republicans without a challenger won one-third of Utah’s legislative races. Currently, the number of uncontested seats in the Legislature exceeds the GOP’s supermajority margin.

Can Democrats change that? www.sltrib.com/news/politic...
December 7, 2023 at 6:36 PM