The Salt Lake Tribune has made a year-end declaration: Orrin Hatch, Republican senator from the state and chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, is the Utahn of the Year.

George Pyle (@DebateState), editorial page editor at The Salt Lake Tribune, explains why the paper made the decision, and why it wasn’t an accolade.

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