Utah is home to more than 352,000 small businesses that are vital to not only the state’s economy but the country as a whole. These small businesses are experiencing natural disasters frequently and facing an insurance crisis. However, there is a tool they can use to help alleviate the ...

Great commentary on the Opinion page in the Standard-Examiner (23 Feb., 2025) by Mr. Bowcut about Rep. Blake Moore! Mr. Bowcut brings up many items that Rep. Moore refuses to address! I have also wondered about the same things! I guess Moore is so afraid of Trump because all he can say is a ...

As soon as my husband and I entered the wide-open space of Bear River Refuge, I felt a release of tension. It was tranquil, and beautiful in its openness and solitude. Studies report on the positive health effects of the outdoors. Nature is a tonic. The outdoors is also an economic driver in ...

Recently, President Donald Trump announced, “As of today, it will henceforth be the official policy of the United States government that there are only two genders, male and female.” The president used a narrow definition of the sexes instead of a broader idea of gender. The order says a ...

To those of us who have been lied too over and over again by Donald J. Trump about his knowledge or involvement with Project 2025 which is a collection of policies to remake the federal government most effectively and to carry out an extremist far right agenda; we now find out that despite all ...

Kudos to Governor Cox for seeking to end the Social Security Tax. As he has pointed out, Utah is one of only 8 states who still tax this earned and saved for benefit to Seniors. Social programs should not be run on the backs of our Senior citizens, and it makes no sense to tax this already ...