Author: Sean Higgins
Sean Higgins
has 9.8% among authors.
BS Score: 1.5%.
Articles analyzed: 38.
Words analyzed: 128,695.
Analyzed articles
KUER
- By Sean Higgins
- 7/1/2026, 1:30 AM
Negativity Bias 19.2% - Confirmation Bias 16.2% - Hasty Generalization 13.2%
As wildfires rage across Utah and the West, governors of several western states are looking to better coordinate with each other and their federal partners. A perennial issue, wildfire prevention is of particular interest this year with record-low snowpacks across the region and several large fires burning. “We've been talking about... more
KUER
- By Sean Higgins
- 6/26/2026, 9:13 PM
Indoctrination 65.3% - Appeal to Authority 14.7% - Anecdotal 13.5%
You can find an English-language version of the story here. ____ If a wildfire breaks out near your home and there’s an evacuation order, what do you grab first? “A simple way to help people prepare is to tell them to pack their ‘P’s,” said Sierra Hellstrom, with the Northern Utah Type 3 Incident Management Team. “Their prescription... more
KUER
- By Sean Higgins, Caroline Ballard, Jim Hill
- 6/25/2026, 10:13 PM
Negativity Bias 29.5% - Pessimism Bias 27% - Appeal to Emotion 20.5%
Temporary statewide restrictions on fireworks are now in place until after the Fourth of July. Gov. Spencer Cox made the emergency declaration as Utah faces an extremely active wildfire season, where nearly 150,000 acres have been burned. Critical fire weather and smoke have blanketed the state, and the Cottonwood Fire, burning east of... more
KUER
- By Sean Higgins
- 6/24/2026, 10:31 PM
Indoctrination 35.9% - Anecdotal 12.3% - Framing Effect 12%
If a fire breaks out near your home and there’s an order to evacuate, what do you grab first? “One of the easy ways I tell people is to pack their Ps,” said Sierra Hellstrom with the Northern Utah Type Three Incident Management Team, the crew fighting the Bonneville Fire near Salt Lake City. “Their prescriptions, their pets, their papers... more
KUER
- By Hugo Rikard-Bell, Sean Higgins
- 6/24/2026, 2:58 AM
Negativity Bias 10.5% - Status Quo Bias 10.3% - Framing Effect 9.2%
Utah Republican voters stuck with the incumbents in the 2nd and 3rd Congressional Districts, giving both Blake Moore and Celeste Maloy primary victories. Both U.S. House Representatives faced right-flank challengers in popular state legislator Karriane Lisonbee and delegate darling Phil Lyman, respectively. Moore turned aside Lisonbee,... more
KUER
- By Sean Higgins, Hugo Rikard-Bell
- 6/23/2026, 9:27 PM
Self-Serving Bias 28.3% - Appeal to Emotion 21.2% - Appeal to Authority 16.5%
After months of campaigning and jockeying for position with Democratic voters in Utah’s new, blue-leaning 1st Congressional District, former congressman Ben McAdams was the overwhelming choice. In the end, it was not even close. “Tonight belongs to every Utahn who looked at this race and said we need someone with the courage to stand up... more
KUER
- By Sean Higgins
- 6/15/2026, 10:30 PM
Post Hoc (False Cause) 11.8% - Self-Serving Bias 11.2% - Indoctrination 10.5%
Salt Lake City's six municipal courses are expected to increase revenues by 14%. That means $2.2 million dollars this fiscal year, which ends on June 30. City golf division director Matt Kammeyer said increased play across Bonneville, Forest Dale, Glendale, Mountain Dell, Nibley Park and Rose Park courses was one silver lining of Utah’s... more
KUER
- By Sean Higgins
- 6/12/2026, 5:21 PM
Indoctrination 22.5% - Halo Effect 20.4% - False Dilemma 17.6%
Getting period products in schools, strengthening child sexual abuse prevention and expanding the child tax credit. Those are just some of The Policy Project’s accomplishments over the past few years. Now they want to share what they’ve learned about passing policy in Utah. “It's so easy to get in the frame of, like, ‘This is what's... more
KUER
- By Sean Higgins
- 6/9/2026, 8:41 PM
Appeal to Authority 16.2% - Optimism Bias 11.4% - Self-Serving Bias 9.5%
After a split vote and a coin toss, Jennifer Napier-Pearce is Salt Lake City’s newest councilor. The Salt Lake City Council appointed her to fill the District 4 position, a vacancy left by Eva Lopez Chavez. She was removed from her seat on May 12 after an investigation found that she was not living in the district she represented.... more
KUER
- By Sean Higgins
- 6/8/2026, 8:00 AM
Anecdotal 28.2% - Hasty Generalization 20.4% - Attempt to Sell a Product or Service 20.4%
Jake Esayian was blown away by the outdoor recreation opportunities just minutes from the University of Utah when he moved to Salt Lake City from San Diego for his undergrad. But he kept running into a problem. “You get this different level of almost competitiveness, that's innate to men,” he said on a morning hike on the trails above... more