Once I went to the zoo with my daughter and saw an exhibit on cockroaches that still gives me the shivers. The worst part was the hands-on element. “Touch a Live Hissing Cockroach!” the sign exclaimed, as though this were a desirable thing to do. Catherine — I really wonder about her ...
We are elected officials who serve on the executive committee of the Utah Renewable Communities (URC) — a coalition of 18 towns, cities and counties working to launch a new net-100% renewable electricity program for Rocky Mountain Power customers in our communities. We hope to clear up some ...
Now that school is back in session for students in Utah and across the country, many of them have found families are leaving traditional public schools and are considering alternative learning options for their children. This is because families want the best education for their children, and ...
Like almost every girl on the planet, I saw “Barbie.” The movie made $1 billion at the box office during its first three weeks. It clearly struck a chord. “Barbie” is a fun movie. Flipping patriarchy on its head, Barbie lives in a world in which Ken only exists as her “plus one.” ...
One of my earliest childhood recollections is of my dad and his dad clearing some dead trees from Grandpa’s land. The trees were huge, but then so was those two men’s determination. They didn’t have a chainsaw — just axes. (This was a long time ago). So they chopped for a long time at ...
Happy Labor Day and congratulations! As a Utahn, you can celebrate the fact that you live in one of the 27 "right-to-work" states across the nation that are home to a majority of America’s working people. You might not know it from right-to-work opponents’ rhetorical posturing, but ...
We all want clean air and water and a healthy environment to live in, but Utah House Bill 411, the Community Renewable Energy Act, is not the path to get us there. The free market where consumers have energy choice and providers compete is the way forward that will produce the best results. ...
In the next three months, 12 Utahns who are joining the Peace Corps will each ship off to spend two years at a site in a country that has requested Americans to live and work among them. I envy their coming adventures and experiences in learning new languages, cultures, foods, geographical ...
Utah is the best-run state in America — at least according to a holistic, top-to-bottom evaluation by US News and World Report released in May. We top the charts in almost every metric, including economy (No. 1), fiscal stability (No. 1), infrastructure (No. 4) education (No. 5) and health ...
Hello, friends. It’s me, Adrienne Andrews. It’s been a minute since last we chatted. During that window of time, the Supreme Court overturned affirmative action in college admissions; the Utah System of Higher Education requested a deep dive into the equity, diversity and inclusion efforts ...
