This past winter, Ogden City and Weber State’s Community Research Extension conducted the Community Renewable Energy Program (CREP) survey. It showed a majority of the public supports investing in renewable energy. CREP came about through 2019’s Utah Legislature House Bill 411 to allow ...

Decades ago, America's wealthy backed a Republican establishment that believed in fiscal conservatism, anti-communism, and constitutional democracy. But today's billionaire class is pushing a radically anti-democratic agenda for America — backing Trump's lie that the 2020 election was stolen, ...

"The demise of the Soviet Union was the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the century," said Russia's new ruler Vladimir Putin in his 2005 state of the nation address. "As for the Russian people," Putin went on, "it became a genuine tragedy. Tens of millions of our fellow citizens and ...

So it looks like they finally found their red line. Meaning the Republican Party. Tuesday, the GOP seems to have finally identified the barrier no Republican may be allowed to cross. Many of us had wondered where it was — or even if it was. We were genuinely, if morbidly, curious about what ...

Is it Donald Trump's Republican Party? You can make the case it is, as partisan Democrats do, from the victories of various candidates endorsed by the former president in Republican primaries. But it's not an airtight case, and Trump's batting average is inflated by the dozens of endorsements ...

As a member of the West Haven City Council, I read with interest the guest commentary by Bill Knowlton, "Affordable Housing — We Must Do More." I agree there is an acute shortage of affordable housing in the state at this time. It’s interesting the Mr. Knowlton mentions “private sector, ...

The price of gas keeps rising. "The reason for that is because of Putin's war," said President Joe Biden. But that's impossible. Most of the price rise came before Putin attacked Ukraine. So some politicians simply blame "corporate greed." Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse accuses the oil industry ...

My husband, Dave, and I have mixed feelings about Barbie. On the one hand, when our daughter, Catherine, was little, we had a significant fortune tied up in Barbie and her clothes and her house and her friends and all of her accessories, so we felt that Catherine had darn well better play with ...

WASHINGTON — Ineffable. The state and soul of the nation is just that. The National Cathedral bell tolls for thee and me. But all I have are words. Let me try to explain the sharp sense of loss we carry these days. The fear is real, that the worst of us are stealing America's meaning from ...

Utah continues to advance a range of energy efficiency initiatives and clean-energy technology solutions that are helping to improve air quality in our state and protect the long-term health and vitality of our residents and communities. Importantly, this has been an effort that has unfolded at ...