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Shannon Sollitt

Reporter

Shannon Sollitt covers business, including Utah's tech sector, through Report for America. She previously reported on agriculture and agricultural workers in Salem, Oregon. and started her career as a reporter in Jackson, Wyo. She has a master's degree in journalism from Boston University and bachelor's degrees from Willamette University.

(U.S. District Court for Utah) This image was included in a filing by Modere in U.S. District Court for Utah that explains how prospective distributors enrolled as social marketers for the company.

A Utah wellness MLM has suddenly shut down

By Shannon Sollitt | April 16, 2025, 12:21 a.m.

(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) A sign for Canyon View Credit Union is seen in Salt Lake City Thursday, April 10, 2025.

A longtime Utah credit union picked a new name. After a legal fight, it’s changing its name again.

By Shannon Sollitt | April 11, 2025, 12:00 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) The J. Will Robinson Federal Building in Provo on March 31, 2025. The President Donal Trump administration has listed the building, which is home to a Social Security Administration office, for "accelerated disposition," or sale.

Social Security office in Provo listed for ‘accelerated disposition’ by Trump administration

By Shannon Sollitt | March 31, 2025, 10:06 p.m.

(Shannon Sollitt | The Salt Lake Tribune) Stan Holmes, outreach coordinator for UCARE, addresses Rocky Mountain Power customers about the utility's proposed rate hike. A row of chairs reserved for the Public Service Commission and PacifiCorps executives was empty.

Feeling ‘a sense of betrayal,’ Rocky Mountain Power customers host ‘hearing’ to protest Utah rate hikes

By Shannon Sollitt | March 25, 2025, 10:42 p.m.

(Courtesy) Leticia Clegg started supporting children who are facing procedures at Logan Regional Hospital in January. Her work is already making a difference that is measurable, in the reduced use of sedatives, hospital administrators said.

Fewer Utah kids need drugs to calm them before surgery in this hospital. They have this child advocate to thank.

By Shannon Sollitt | March 25, 2025, 7:47 p.m.

(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) Dave Broderick cuts Nick Cardon's hair at The Bureau Barber and Shop in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, March 18, 2025.

Will Utah’s new barber licensing lead to ‘hack jobs’ — or new opportunities for cosmetology professionals?

By Shannon Sollitt | March 24, 2025, 12:00 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Pasillos de frutas y verduras en el Mercado González de Salt Lake City. La tienda ha experimentado una caída en sus ventas desde que el presidente Donald Trump asumió el cargo.

‘La gente tiene miedo’: Cómo las políticas de Trump están afectando los resultados de las empresas latinas de Utah

By Jose Davila IV | Shannon Sollitt | March 19, 2025, 12:04 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Aisles of produce at Gonzalez Market in Salt Lake City. The store has seen a downturn in business since President Donald Trump took office.

‘People are afraid’: How Trump’s policies are affecting the bottom line of Utah’s Latino businesses

By Jose Davila IV | Shannon Sollitt | March 19, 2025, 7:29 p.m.

(KRCL) Radio microwave dishes overlook the Great Salt Lake atop Farnsworth Peak. KRCL says a freeze on FEMA funding has cut off the station's access to a grant meant to improve emergency alert infrastructure.

Utah ‘less safe’ after new emergency alert system on ‘hold’ by Trump administration funding freeze

By Shannon Sollitt | March 18, 2025, 10:11 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Novva, in West Jordan, operates without using a water to cool their servers. Tuesday, June 14, 2022.

In Utah, a $2 billion investment is helping build one of the biggest data centers in the world

By Shannon Sollitt | March 12, 2025, 12:00 p.m.

(Cannon Heritage Consultants) Archeologists for Cannon Heritage Consultants look for artifacts on a job site in Utah. Owner Ken Cannon said a recent contract with the federal government remains unpaid after the federal freeze on IRA funds.

After Trump’s freeze, another Utah contractor says feds owe him thousands. It’s not the money he’s worried about.

By Shannon Sollitt | March 11, 2025, 8:44 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Gov. Spencer Cox, meets veterans Gordon Steck, left, and Daniel Butz, both residents of the William E. Christoffersen Salt Lake Veterans Home, as the governor gets ready to present budget recommendations and priorities for 2026 on Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024.

Social Security tax to be cut for Utahns making $90K or less, legislative leaders say

By Shannon Sollitt | March 6, 2025, 6:16 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) People raise their hands in opposition to SB 330, Cosmetology Modifications, during a meeting of the Senate Business and Labor Committee at the Utah Capitol in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025.

‘De facto deregulation’: Barbers worry licensing reform will ruin profession — and harm clients

By Shannon Sollitt | February 27, 2025, 10:42 p.m.

(Conder family) Family-owned ARC Construction Solutions in Cedar City has three employees, from left: Jacob Conder, Jon Conder and Sam Conder. An executive order from President Donald Trump freezing Inflation Reduction Act funds means the Bureau of Land Management is not paying the company for work it delivered in November.

A tiny Utah family business delivered custom work. Trump’s freeze means the federal government isn’t paying up.

By Shannon Sollitt | February 26, 2025, 4:01 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Air Force F-35A Lightning II Demonstration and 388th Fighter Wing, based at Hill Air Force Base, performs a formation flyover as seen in South Jordan on Thursday, April 30, 2020.

Life for families of DOD employees in Utah may soon get better

By Shannon Sollitt | February 21, 2025, 8:55 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Senate Majority Leader Kirk Cullimore, R-Sandy, at the Utah Capitol in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025.

Utah lawmaker looks to rollback ‘onerous’ AI regulation for these businesses

By Shannon Sollitt | February 15, 2025, 6:19 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Cooling fans for the data center of the Davis Landfill’s Bitcoin mining site in Layton on Monday, Nov. 13, 2023. Utah lawmakers are grappling with different ways to power high energy users like data centers.

Here’s how lawmakers propose fueling data centers' ‘insatiable’ energy consumption

By Shannon Sollitt | February 13, 2025, 6:07 p.m.

(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) Sen. Jen Plumb, D-Salt Lake City, introduced a bill that would let funeral service providers compost human remains. Not everyone is comfortable with it.

‘Return to soil:’ Human composting bill stalled but not fully dead

By Shannon Sollitt | February 11, 2025, 6:54 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Pluralsight and two former executives, including founder and once-CEO Aaron Skonnard, reached a $20 million settlement agreement with investors Tuesday morning. The deal settles claims that Pluralsight willingly misrepresented its success to investors.

Pluralsight reaches $20 million settlement with public school retirement funds

By Shannon Sollitt | February 5, 2025, 1:00 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) All nine of Utah's Rancho Markets locations, including this one at 140 N. 900 West in Salt Lake City, were closed for business on Monday, Feb. 3, 2025, as part of a Day Without Immigrants protest.

‘Solidarity’ with Utah’s immigrants prompts some businesses to shut down for a day

By Kolbie Peterson | Carmen Nesbitt | Shannon Sollitt | Sean P. Means | February 10, 2025, 8:24 p.m.

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