In the wake of the recent Utah Supreme Court ruling, there’s chatter about hiking the signature threshold for ballot initiatives to an alarming level — think 400,000 signatures instead of the current 134,600. The idea, they say, is to prevent jungle primaries or fend off laws that might ...
On Friday of last week, the most bizarre thing happened in local politics. Rep. Phil Lyman filed a lawsuit in the Utah Supreme Court asking for Gov. Spencer Cox and Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson to be removed from office for “malfeasance,” for the court to appoint Senate President Stuart Adams ...
A young, single friend visited my husband and me to talk about his troubled relationship with a young woman he admired, maybe even loved. They’d been great friends for quite a while. He figured their friendship was deepening into something more—at least that’s what he hoped for. But ...
As the state director of the recently formed Utah Reagan Caucus, I am often asked a simple but direct question: What is Reaganism? I usually offer my equally simple but direct answer: Being a happy warrior, fiscal responsibility, trust in the free market, and keeping faith with our friends and ...
As Donald Trump and Kamala Harris spar over controversial topics like immigration and the economy, an essential issue to American society is once again being ignored: the public-school system. A nation’s public schools reflect both its current conscience and its future prospects. America’s ...
Many polls show things Utahns want: better air quality, open green spaces and protections for our public lands. Most of us recreate in these lands — through off-road recreational vehicle use, hiking, camping, fishing or hunting. Choosing our next leaders is vital in this choice. So why ...
