Katharine Biele wins The Salt Lake Tribune readers’ vote for 2024 Utahn of the Year
As president of the League of Women Voters of Utah, she stood at the front of the battle for fair voting districts and citizen initiatives.
(League of Women Voters of Utah) Katherine Biele is photographed at a press conference at the Utah Capitol on Jan. 26, 2023.
The people have spoken. Katharine Biele was voted by you, our readers, as The Salt Lake Tribune’s 2024 Utahn of the Year.
As president of the League of Women Voters of Utah, Biele has stood at the front of a years-long battle for fair voting districts and citizen initiatives. In July, when the Utah Supreme Court ruled that the Utah Legislature overstepped its authority by rewriting a 2018 voter-approved ballot initiative, Biele said it was “a win for all Utahns.”
Read more about the editorial board’s pick for the 2024 Utahn of the Year, and learn more about who it has named Utahn of the Year since 1997 below.
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