Katie McKellar
Senior reporter for @UtahNewsDispatch.com, part of @StatesNewsroom.com, the nation’s largest nonprofit news organization focused on state policy.
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- From @alixelcabrera.bsky.social: Utah is proposing a gas tax restructure — Idahoans and petroleum industry aren’t having it #utpol utahnewsdispatch.com/2026/02/03/u...
- In a new redistricting legal challenge, 2 of Utah’s all-Republican congressional delegation and local leaders are urging a federal court to block the state's court-ordered map #utpol utahnewsdispatch.com/2026/02/03/u...
- Utah Legislature passes bill to expand Utah Supreme Court, add 5 more lower court judges. The bill now goes to Gov. Spencer Cox's desk #utpol utahnewsdispatch.com/2026/01/30/u...
- ‘Housing not handcuffs’: National advocacy groups take aim at Utah’s homeless campus #utpol #utleg utahnewsdispatch.com/2026/01/30/n...
- ICYMI from @alixelcabrera.bsky.social: Rising costs of living and health care are consuming Utahns’ budgets. Here’s what lawmakers propose #utpol utahnewsdispatch.com/2026/01/29/u...
- Utah State Bar ‘deeply alarmed’ by bills it says would ‘weaken’ the judiciary’s independence Attorneys cry ‘forum shopping’ as Utah lawmakers move to create new ‘constitutional court’ #utpol utahnewsdispatch.com/2026/01/29/u...
- Utah lawmakers advance bill to turn moratorium on transgender care for minors into a full ban #utpol utahnewsdispatch.com/2026/01/28/u...
- From @alixelcabrera.bsky.social: Utah leaders ask for Minnesota shooting investigation — and de-escalation utahnewsdispatch.com/2026/01/26/u...
- Reposted by Katie McKellarOver a thousand people gathered for a vigil and rally Saturday night to mourn Alex Pretti, the man who was shot and killed by a Border Patrol agent. After the vigil, demonstrators marched in subzero temperatures to the growing memorial where Pretti was killed.
- Reposted by Katie McKellarAnother person in Minneapolis shot and killed by feds minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/24/a...
- Important read from @minnesotareformer.com as news of yet another shooting comes out this morning 8 weeks under siege in Minnesota minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/23/8...
- JUST NOW: The Utah Senate just voted 22-7 to give initial approval to the bill to expand the Utah Supreme Court, along with other courts. It needs one more vote in the Senate before heading to the House... #utpol #utleg utahnewsdispatch.com/2026/01/22/b...
- NEW from Annie Knox: ‘Not a widespread problem’: Lt. gov. releases early findings from voter citizenship review #utpol utahnewsdispatch.com/2026/01/23/u...
- Lawmakers advance bill to expand Utah Supreme Court — and add 3 district court judges #utpol #utleg utahnewsdispatch.com/2026/01/22/b...
- Utah lawmaker proposes allowing Legislature to call ‘special retention elections’ for ‘unfit’ judges utahnewsdispatch.com/2026/01/22/u... #utpol #utleg
- Reposted by Katie McKellarUtah's 2026 legislative session is underway. Get caught up on Day 1 with reporting from @kmckellar.bsky.social and @alixelcabrera.bsky.social for @utahnewsdispatch.com #utpol
- Tomorrow lawmakers return to Capitol Hill: Here’s what to expect from the 2026 Utah Legislature #utpol #utleg utahnewsdispatch.com/2026/01/19/w...
- Anti-transgender bill among ‘most harmful and outrageous’ Utah LGBTQ+ advocates have seen #utpol utahnewsdispatch.com/2026/01/16/u...
- Democrats, advocates widely oppose Rep. Trevor Lee’s HB88 as ‘cruel.’ He says he’s putting ‘Utahns First’ — and he has more bills coming. But will they survive the full 2026 Utah Legislature? #utpol
- Utah lawmaker wants to cut off resources for undocumented immigrants to get them to ‘self-deport’ #utpol utahnewsdispatch.com/2026/01/15/u...
- Utah lawmaker wants to cut off resources for undocumented immigrants to get them to ‘self-deport’ #utpol utahnewsdispatch.com/2026/01/15/u...
- What we know about how ICE arrests have increased in Utah under Trump #utpol #utleg utahnewsdispatch.com/2026/01/06/i...
- ‘We need to do more’: Utah vigil honors 80 who died in 2025 while homeless #utpol utahnewsdispatch.com/2025/12/19/u...
- From Annie Knox with @utahnewsdispatch.com: Protesters call for feds to stop arresting immigrants at green card appointments #utpol utahnewsdispatch.com/2025/12/09/p...
- Reposted by Katie McKellarUtah attorneys are warning that their clients are walking into a Salt Lake City immigration office for green card interviews and leaving under arrest by immigration authorities. Annie Knox and @kmckellar.bsky.social have the story for @utahnewsdispatch.com
- In redistricting fight, Utah Republican lawmakers will appeal to Utah Supreme Court #utpol #utleg utahnewsdispatch.com/2025/11/25/u...
- Reposted by Katie McKellarPodcast drop: Hear @kmckellar.bsky.social and host @fitzsimon.bsky.social break down Utah's new congressional map in the latest episode of @statesnewsroom.com's Stories From The States #utpol www.newsfromthestates.com/podcast/stor...
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- Reposted by Katie McKellarMany GOP-led states are facing pressure from the president to redistrict but Utah’s battle was led by voters. Tomorrow, stayed tuned to the Stories From The States podcast to hear from a plaintiff of the case. www.newsfromthestates.com/podcast/stor... @utahnewsdispatch.com @kmckellar.bsky.social
- ‘Judicial incompetence’: Utah lawmaker runs bill to shield EMTs after Utah Supreme Court ruling #utpol #utleg utahnewsdispatch.com/2025/11/19/u...
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- Utah judge faces impeachment threats after ordering congressional map with 1 Democratic seat #utpol #utleg utahnewsdispatch.com/2025/11/11/u...
- BREAKING: 3rd District Judge Dianna Gibson has ruled in the Utah redistricting case. She has BLOCKED Map C, SB1011 and picked plaintiff's Map 1 #utpol #utleg
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- Another redistricting twist: Utah GOP changes tactics to repeal independent map-drawing law #utpol utahnewsdispatch.com/2025/10/24/u...
- We're more than an hour into day 1 of evidentiary hearings for the Utah redistricting lawsuit. #utpol Read for background on what's being debated in the case: utahnewsdispatch.com/2025/10/20/u...
- Utah lawmakers and plaintiffs accuse each other of gerrymandering with dueling redistricting experts #utpol utahnewsdispatch.com/2025/10/20/u...
- BREAKING: The Utah Legislature has PASSED a bill submitting map C to the court. #utpol
- BREAKING: The Utah House just voted to pass this 55-18 with a handful of Republicans joining Democrats in voting against. That's final legislative passage. Abbott tried unsuccessfully to remove the mean-median test #utpol
- BREAKING: The Utah House just voted to pass this 55-18 with a handful of Republicans joining Democrats in voting against. That's final legislative passage. Abbott tried unsuccessfully to remove the mean-median test #utpol
- BREAKING: The Senate just voted 22-7 to pass Sen. Brammer's bill to set 3 tests (partisan bias, ensemble analysis, mean-median difference test) in state law to assess congressional maps. The bill now goes to the House for a vote. #utpol Bill: le.utah.gov/~2025S1/bill...
- BREAKING: The Senate just voted 22-7 to pass Sen. Brammer's bill to set 3 tests (partisan bias, ensemble analysis, mean-median difference test) in state law to assess congressional maps. The bill now goes to the House for a vote. #utpol Bill: le.utah.gov/~2025S1/bill...
- NEW: Utah redistricting committee picks congressional map supported by Republican party Now the map goes to the full Utah Legislature for a vote #utpol utahnewsdispatch.com/2025/10/06/u...
- NEW: Utah redistricting committee picks congressional map supported by Republican party Now the map goes to the full Utah Legislature for a vote #utpol utahnewsdispatch.com/2025/10/06/u...
- From @alixelcabrera.bsky.social, the latest on the proposed homeless campus reaction from NSL: Frustrated North Salt Lakers looking at new homeless campus ask for another site #utpol utahnewsdispatch.com/2025/10/01/n...
- ‘We’re headed to a shutdown’: White House meeting ends with no deal as deadline nears utahnewsdispatch.com/2025/09/29/r...
- How to weigh in on Utah’s court-ordered redistricting process #utpol utahnewsdispatch.com/2025/09/30/h...
- NEW: Utah Republican legislators urge U.S. Senate to avoid ‘damaging’ government shutdown #utpol utahnewsdispatch.com/2025/09/29/u...
- NEW from @alixelcabrera.bsky.social:Utah sanctuaries using vapes, psychedelic mushrooms and cannabis sue over raids #utpol utahnewsdispatch.com/2025/09/26/u...
- As lawmakers fight over dueling redistricting experts, Utahns ask: Why not one of our maps? #utpol utahnewsdispatch.com/2025/09/24/r...
- Utah lawmakers consider slate of new congressional maps ‘under protest’ #utpol utahnewsdispatch.com/2025/09/22/u...
- From @alixelcabrera.bsky.social: University of Utah sees $8.4 million in limbo in NIH research amid federal DEI crackdown #utpol utahnewsdispatch.com/2025/09/19/u...
- NEW: Utah’s homeless campus should have 300-plus beds for civil commitment, board chair says The proposal hasn’t been adopted yet, but it could be part of how state leaders respond to President Trump’s “crime and disorder” executive order #utpol utahnewsdispatch.com/2025/09/18/u...
- ‘Choose humanity,’ Utah Gov. Cox says in message to college students after Charlie Kirk killing #utpol utahnewsdispatch.com/2025/09/15/u...
- BREAKING: Officials release mug shots of suspected Charlie Kirk shooter in custody, Tyler Robinson #utpol
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- NEW: Utah Supreme Court will consider lawmakers’ appeal against drawing new congressional map #utpol #utleg utahnewsdispatch.com/2025/09/08/u...
- From Kyle Dunphy with @utahnewsdispatch.com: Gov. Cox warns GOP that voters ‘felt like they’re being ignored’ in Utah redistricting process #utpol utahnewsdispatch.com/2025/09/05/u...
- It was the deadliest massacre of indigenous people in U.S. history. But today, many still don’t know the story. Now, the decedents of the survivors of the Bear River Massacre are working to reclaim — and restore — the land #utpol utahnewsdispatch.com/2025/09/02/r...
- GOP legislative leaders begrudgingly say they’ll redraw Utah’s congressional map, as court ordered #utpol utahnewsdispatch.com/2025/08/28/u...
- A judge has ruled Utah’s congressional map unconstitutional. What now? #utpol utahnewsdispatch.com/2025/08/26/a...
