On Friday’s episode of The Daily Buzz, Statewatch reporter Kim Bojórquez talks with sports enterprise reporter Julie Jag about the racial diversity of Utah skiers and why Olympian Shaun White visited the Beehive State last month.
Also, Utah Republican Sens. Mitt Romney and Mike Lee spilt their vote on Ketanji Brown Jackson, with Romney and two other Republican senators voting to send the judge to the Supreme Court. Jackson will be the first Black woman to serve on the nation’s highest court.
In a report released this week, Utah Transit Authority sums up how “Free Fare February” boosted ridership and improved air quality along the Wasatch Front.
Hear all of these stories in the Friday, April 8, episode of ‘The Daily Buzz’ podcast. You can listen to both today’s episode and past episodes on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and SoundCloud.
Kim Bojórquez is a statewatch reporter at The Salt Lake Tribune, who covers immigration, LGBTQ policy and taxes. She previously worked for the Deseret News and at The Sacramento Bee’s Capitol Bureau through Report for America. A Los Angeles native, Kim has a B.A. from Utah Valley University, specializing in journalism and Latin American studies.