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Julia Ritchey
Julia Ritchey is a former reporter at KUNR Public Radio.
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Although workers across the country have seen an increase in wages, the cost of things like gas and food have also risen. This has left workers wondering if these raises are real or just an illusion.
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When an outsider suggested the tiny northern hamlet of Swastika should change its name, town supervisors quickly rejected a change.
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Crowds gathered in the northern New York village of Canton and other small New York towns on Saturday to protest racism and honor black lives lost to police brutality.
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Utah lawmakers have decided to take on the state flag this legislative session. There's general agreement that the current flag needs an overhaul, but no consensus yet on what should replace it.
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Voters in Utah voted to legalize medical marijuana this year. Now state lawmakers are meeting to rewrite the provisions, but supporters of the initiative say the lawmakers are overstepping.
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It's a challenge for officials at all levels of government, including a state lawmaker in Utah who recently had to talk it out with someone he blocked.
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Free speech advocates are taking more elected officials to task for blocking followers on their social media accounts. Find out what happens when a local politician meets someone they've blocked.
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The GOP primary to replace Jason Chaffetz in Utah's 3rd Congressional District includes a candidate embracing many of Trump's positions and another who didn't vote for the president last year.
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The chairman of the House Oversight Committee says he wanted a change and to spend more time with his family. He would not discuss his next career move, but he says, "I want to still have a voice."
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The powerful chairman of the House Oversight Committee said that Trump, as president, is exempt from conflict of interest laws and that he would not launch an investigative "fishing expedition."