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 ...

Gavin Peterson loved science and learning about the solar system. His favorite color was blue, and he enjoyed Pokémon and playing on his Nintendo Switch. But Gavin’s life was tragically cut short on July 9, 2024, after enduring years of horrific torture, beatings, and neglect at the hands of ...

If Donald Trump has his way and does away with the 14th amendment to the Constitution, doing away with birthright citizenship, none of us will be American citizens. That's right. I am an American citizen because I was born in America. That's why all my friends, and most of you reading this ...

Professor Adam Johnson in a recent column gave a defense of the federal money his Weber State department receives and mentioned the names of those that would be impacted were these funds to be cut off. He pointed out how small are the funds they receive in comparison to total budgets. My ...

A letter on Feb 4th said that budget cuts are essential. I agree that the deficit is way too big, but I need to point out that President Regan cut the top tax rate from 70% down to 50%, which cost the US treasury 6.7 billion (21 billion in todays dollars). Clinton’s budget had a surplus and ...

My father, Jorge, came to America when he was twenty years old on a student visa. Born and raised on a farm in Honduras, he was the first in his family to earn a college degree. Without my dad’s decision to come to this country, I wouldn’t exist. It was here that my father met my mother, an ...