Vanessa Hudson

2 months ago | news.yahoo.com | Vanessa Hudson

People rally in support of transgender rights at the Capitol in Salt Lake City on the first day of the legislative session, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. (Photo by Spenser Heaps for Utah News Dispatch)The Utah House passed HB269, a bill that would require public universities that provide on-campus housing to only rent sex-designated rooms to biological females and biological males, as Democrats made an emotional appeal against making LGBTQ+ Utahns fearful to live in the state.

Jan 24, 2025 | news.yahoo.com | Vanessa Hudson

Meagan Bertelsen and Shannon march hand-in-hand as people rally in support of transgender rights at the Capitol in Salt Lake City on the first day of the legislative session, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. (Photo by Spenser Heaps for Utah News Dispatch)In a committee hearing that ended in tears, outbursts and disappointment, a bill that would change university housing policies for transgender students passed out of the Utah House, Business, Labor and Commerce Committee Thursday.

May 29, 2024 | sltrib.com | Vanessa Hudson

A month after a dramatic nominating convention, Utah Democrats have chosen a candidate to run in Utah's 2nd Congressional District election this fall. Nathaniel Woodward, an attorney based in Price and the chair of the Carbon County Democratic party, won the party's nomination during a vote on Saturday. He replaces Brian Adams, whose views on immigration and Democratic President Joe Biden, led to outrage from Utah Democrats who demanded he recuse himself from the nomination last month.

Apr 30, 2024 | sltrib.com | Vanessa Hudson

This story is jointly published by nonprofits Amplify Utah and The Salt Lake Tribune, in collaboration with the University of Utah, to elevate diverse perspectives in local media through student journalism. Wearing a dark red shirt, Joshua Dixon sits in a tall grass field, singing a traditional Diné song. The song ends, and Dixon, a member of Utah's Navajo Nation, looks to the camera and explains the deep connection many Native people have to the land.

Apr 29, 2024 | sltrib.com | Vanessa Hudson

University of Utah Associate Librarian Rebekah Cummings is the Utah Democratic Party's nominee for lieutenant governor in this year's gubernatorial election, the campaign announced Monday afternoon. She joins Brian King on the ticket. Cummings is the digital matters interim director at the University of Utah's Marriott Library and the chair of the Utah State Libary board. She served as the Utah Library Association's president from 2018 to 2019.