Addy Baird

3 weeks ago | sltrib.com | Robert Gehrke |Addy Baird

Gov. Spencer Cox appointed Lonny Pehrson, who previously served as government records counsel for the Utah Attorney General's Office, as the first director of the state's new Government Records Office. Cox made the announcement and praised Pehrson in a statement released Monday. "We look forward to the Government Records Office streamlining the appeals process and helping Utahns get timely answers to their records requests," the governor said.

3 weeks ago | sltrib.com | Addy Baird

Christie Sorenson was 23 and uninsured when she was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma in 2014. A nine-day stay in the hospital cost about $80,000, she said, and her six chemotherapy treatments that followed cost $20,000 each. Unable to work, Sorensen said she also accrued significant other debt in order to pay for groceries, gas and other living expenses.

4 weeks ago | sltrib.com | Addy Baird |Emily Anderson

On the Senate floor last week, U.S. Sen. Mike Lee argued against a bill that would allow United States Citizenship and Immigration Services offices to register new U.S. citizens to vote. "No one disputes the fact - at least no one disputes the fact now - that there are in fact noncitizens voting in federal elections," Lee claimed.

1 month ago | sltrib.com | Addy Baird |Emily Anderson

1 month ago | sltrib.com | Emily Anderson |Addy Baird