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Emily Anderson Stern

Statewatch Reporter

Emily is a statewatch reporter at The Salt Lake Tribune, where she has worked since 2022. She received her master's degree in journalism from Northwestern University. There, she worked on investigative projects for The Washington Post and ProPublica. While writing, she's probably spinning something from her ever-expanding shelf of punk records.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline call center in Salt Lake City, where all Utah calls are routed, is pictured on Friday, Nov. 4, 2022. The call center, one of many across the country, continues to grow as they provide immediate access to crisis intervention and support for behavioral health.

Utah lawmakers came up with the 988 crisis line. They have differing views on possible Trump cuts to LGBTQ+ help.

By Emily Anderson Stern | May 1, 2025, 12:00 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Troy Williams, a prominent organizer for LGBTQ+ Utahns, lends his voice as the Utah Pride Center sponsors a protest at the Utah Capitol over HB77, a bill that bans pride flags from Utah schools and government property, on the last day of the Legislative session, Friday, March 7, 2025.

A firm founded by a Trump adviser sued a Utah LGBTQ+ advocacy group. A judge just threw out the case.

By Emily Anderson Stern | April 25, 2025, 10:13 p.m.

(The Salt Lake Tribune) The Judges of Utah Court of Appeals, from left to right, Norman Jackson, James Davis, Pamela Greenwood, Russell Bench, Judith Billings, Gregory Orme and William Thorne, walk together at Scott M. Matheson Courthouse in Salt Lake City, in this file photo from April 9, 2002.

One of the first women included on Utah’s inaugural appeals court dies

By Emily Anderson Stern | April 24, 2025, 12:00 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Labor leaders gather after turning in signatures in their attempt to qualify a referendum repealing an anti-union bill, at the Salt Lake County Clerk's office on Wednesday, April 16, 2025.

Union referendum live updates: Utah County lagging well behind in signature verification

By Robert Gehrke | Emily Anderson Stern | April 22, 2025, 10:23 p.m.

(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) Planned Parenthood Association of Utah's Salt Lake Health Center is seen on Monday, Feb. 5, 2024.

Planned Parenthood closing two Utah clinics after Trump cuts all federal reproductive health funds to state

By Emily Anderson Stern | April 22, 2025, 10:00 a.m.

(Christopher Cherrington | The Salt Lake Tribune)

Since Trump took office, Mike Lee has been posting more on X — especially with Elon Musk

By Robert Gehrke | Emily Anderson Stern | April 20, 2025, 12:00 p.m.

(Chris Samuels | The Salt Lake Tribune) Utah Solicitor General Melissa Holyoak speaks to members of the Legislature at a meeting at the Capitol, Monday, Oct. 4, 2021 in Salt Lake City. Holyoak joined the Federal Trade Commission in 2024.

Why Utah’s former solicitor general is being sued over Trump’s firings of Democrats

By Emily Anderson Stern | April 17, 2025, 12:00 p.m.

(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City on Sunday, April 13, 2025.

Bernie Sanders draws massive crowd during his ‘Fighting the Oligarchy’ tour in deep-red Utah

By Emily Anderson Stern | April 15, 2025, 2:33 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) The EU's ambassador to the U.S., Jovita Neliupšienė, sits down for an interview in Salt Lake City on Friday, April 11, 2025.

With tariffs looming, EU ambassador warns Utah leaders that the state will feel economic impact

By Emily Anderson Stern | April 13, 2025, 1:46 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) The EU's ambassador to the U.S., Jovita Neliupšienė, sits down for an interview in Salt Lake City on Friday, April 11, 2025.

Utah’s Sen. Mike Lee has called Europeans ‘fascists.’ Here’s their ambassador’s message to Utahns.

By Emily Anderson Stern | April 11, 2025, 10:43 p.m.

(Chris Samuels | The Salt Lake Tribune) Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. tours the Osher Center for Integrative Health at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Monday, April 7, 2025.

RFK Jr. says Utah ‘has emerged as the leader’ for banning fluoride, embracing ‘MAHA’ agenda

By Emily Anderson Stern | April 8, 2025, 2:40 a.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks at a news conference in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2024.

Health Secretary RFK Jr. to visit Utah after GOP-led Legislature took up his ‘MAHA’ agenda

By Emily Anderson Stern | April 3, 2025, 10:38 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) A collection of film reels at the Sundance Film Festival Awards in Park City on Friday, Jan. 31, 2025.

Did Utah’s conservative politics drive the Sundance Film Festival to the blue state next door?

By Robert Gehrke | Emily Anderson Stern | Addy Baird | March 27, 2025, 9:12 p.m.

(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) Gov. Spencer Cox speaks during a press conference on the last day of the legislative session at the Utah Capitol in Salt Lake City on Friday, March 7, 2025.

Utah Gov. Cox signs away the state’s popular universal vote-by-mail election system, requiring opting in

By Emily Anderson Stern | March 27, 2025, 12:18 a.m.

(Alex Brandon | AP) Sen. John Curtis, R-Utah, questions one of President-elect Donald Trump's nominees for a cabinet post as he appears before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for his confirmation hearing, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025.

Mike Huckabee is nominated to serve as ambassador to Israel. Utah Sen. John Curtis asked him about the LDS Church.

By Emily Anderson Stern | March 26, 2025, 9:08 p.m.

(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) The West Gate Entrance at Hill Air Force Base near Layton on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025.

After DOGE-ordered hiring freeze, Utah’s largest military installation is losing child care

By Emily Anderson Stern | March 26, 2025, 12:00 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) U.S. Reps. Mike Kennedy and Celeste Maloy listen during a joint town hall in Salt Lake City on Thursday, March 20, 2025.

Video: Crowd shouts at Utah Reps. Maloy and Kennedy during congressional town hall

By Emily Anderson Stern | Chris Samuels | March 21, 2025, 6:19 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Gov. Spencer Cox speaks during a news conference in Salt Lake City, Thursday, March 20, 2025.

Gov. Cox won’t take a stance on Trump’s trans troop ban, says Utah will aid in ‘transition to new work’

By Emily Anderson Stern | March 21, 2025, 8:37 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Michael Bretz shouts a question during a joint town hall with U.S. Reps. Celeste Maloy and Mike Kennedy in Salt Lake City on Thursday, March 20, 2025.

Two Utah GOP representatives hosted a town hall. They were met with shouts of ‘shame’ and ‘do your job.’

By Emily Anderson Stern | March 21, 2025, 5:41 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) A woman wears a pride flag as veterans and supporters gather at the Capitol in Salt Lake City for a protest in response to Trump administration policies on Friday, March 14, 2025.

As Trump policy barring trans troops hits Utah National Guard, Gov. Cox remains silent

By Emily Anderson Stern | March 15, 2025, 12:00 p.m.

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