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Leia Larsen

Investigative Fellow at The New York Times

Local Investigations fellow for @nytimes. Water+land use for @sltrib. Named after a Star Wars character, but it's LEE-uh.

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  • 2 weeks ago | ironcountytoday.com | Leia Larsen

    The loss of the Great Salt Lake would be an environmental disaster with health and economic effects far beyond Utah’s borders. The state is taking action, but critics say it’s not doing enough. By Leia Larsen | The New York Times and The Salt Lake TribuneThis article is published through the Utah News Collaborative, a partnership of news organizations in Utah that aims to inform readers across the state. Editor’s note: Leia Larsen is a reporter at The Salt Lake Tribune.

  • 3 weeks ago | parkrecord.com | Leia Larsen

    Editor’s note: Leia Larsen is a reporter at The Salt Lake Tribune. She spent a year as a New York Times Local Investigations fellow examining the intersection of politics and environmental issues. Three years ago, when Utah’s Great Salt Lake was at its lowest levels, state lawmakers were alarmed enough to try what may be impossible: save the lake from drying up. If Utah succeeds, it would be the first place in the world to reverse a saline lake’s decline.

  • 1 month ago | ksltv.com | Leia Larsen

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  • 1 month ago | nytimes.com | Leia Larsen

    Sandbars stretching out along the shallow southern shore of the Great Salt Lake. Credit... Video by Francisco Kjolseth/the Salt Lake Tribune The loss of the Great Salt Lake would be an environmental disaster with health and economic effects far beyond Utah's borders. The state is taking action, but critics say it's not doing enough. Sandbars stretching out along the shallow southern shore of the Great Salt Lake. Credit...

  • Dec 12, 2024 | nytimes.com | Leia Larsen |Kim Raff

    "She said, 'My office is full of liberals,'" Mrs. Price recalled. "'I don't trust anybody.'"Mrs. Price helped with the mayor's 2021 campaign. When residents complained on social media about restaurants and businesses not keeping pace with Vineyard's rapid growth, the mayor wrote a 972-word reply and asked Mrs. Price to post it using her own account, text messages show. Mrs. Price also won a raffle at an event hosted by Ms. Fullmer encouraging women to seek office.

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21 Feb 25

RT @HUFH4M: “I know people are really worried that they’re next, and I hate to be grim, but they are,” a worker fired from the USGS in Utah…

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19 Feb 25

RT @RobertGehrke: A Senate committee voted 4-2 to approve a bill dismantling the State Records Committee, despite near-unanimous public opp…

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14 Feb 25

RT @PaightenHarkins: The proposal sure seems like a response to when then-Vineyard City Council members passed a law doing exactly what thi…