This was originally published by The Salt Lake Tribune.

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.”

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