Jacob Scholl

Statewatch Reporter

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Sen. Gene Davis at the Capitol, on Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022.

Utah Legislature primary results: Longtime Sen. Gene Davis appears headed for defeat

By Jacob Scholl | Daedan Olander | Blake Apgar | June 29, 2022, 5:21 a.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Gayle Ruzicka with the Utah Eagle Forum speaks during a legislative hearing in February 2022.

‘A great day for the babies’: Gayle Ruzicka marks end of abortion after 50-year fight

By Jacob Scholl | June 24, 2022, 10:28 p.m.

(Chris Samuels | The Salt Lake Tribune) Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes in 2021.

Why was Utah’s attorney general at a party with Rudy Gobert in Salt Lake City?

By Jacob Scholl | June 24, 2022, 2:30 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Clayton Middle School students protesting HB 11, which bans transgender students from competing in sports, in Salt Lake City on Friday, April 22, 2022.

Attorneys for transgender students seek to block school sports ban from taking effect

By Jacob Scholl | June 24, 2022, 12:41 p.m.

(Jacob Scholl | The Salt Lake Tribune) Salt Lake County Mayor Jenny Wilson voices her opposition to a proposed gondola through Little Cottonwood Canyon during an event on Wednesday, June 22, 2022, in Sandy.

Officials blast Little Cottonwood gondola as ‘boondoggle,’ call on UDOT to start over with canyon plan

By Brian Maffly | Jacob Scholl | June 23, 2022, 7:09 p.m.