The new Utah State Correctional Facility became operational in July 2022 with an emphasis on increased focus of rehabilitation, individualized support to inmates, assessing their needs and directing them towards programs and services. Prior to the facility opening there were many positive ...
The last few days have been interesting. Israel and Iran are at war, and there was a parade to celebrate the 250th anniversary of our army in Washington, D.C., while protests took place all across the country against our president. And, tragically, in the early morning hours of Father’s Day, ...
There’s a longstanding reason why municipal elections in Utah have traditionally remained nonpartisan. When residents vote for city council members or mayors, they aren’t voting on national policy; they’re choosing neighbors to manage roads, parks, public safety and other community ...
Driven by the explosive growth of artificial intelligence (AI) and data centers, U.S. electricity demand and electricity prices are rising rapidly. Dozens of new data centers — each with the electricity needs of a small city — are gobbling up the nation’s power supply. Forecasters see ...
I’ve been thinking a lot about resistant, disease-causing bacteria, not just because of my job as a research scientist, but also because of my grandmothers. Both my grandmother in Wisconsin and grandmother-in-law in Florida, have been in and out of the hospital with multidrug resistant ...
In September, I donated my kidney to a stranger. I’m not a doctor or policymaker. I’m a 66-year-old Utah resident who was inspired by an episode of "Freakonomics Radio." The episode featured a man who had donated his kidney at age 65. By the end of the program, I was in tears and told my ...
Ogden Nature Center had a problem. They built a beautiful state-of-the-art education center with large windows to keep the space bright and airy. Unable to recognize the difference between glass and air, birds were striking the windows with troubling regularity. Something was needed to warn the ...
In 2023, the national median household income was $74,225, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Using their formula, this means that if your yearly household income fell between $50,000 and $150,000, you were considered to be in the middle class by the government. About 51% of American adults ...
It is hard for me to believe that it was back in 2013 that I first ran for city council in Orem. At that time, there were budget concerns confronting the city and we were emerging from a national recession. I believed the city could use my experience as a businessperson and CPA to help ensure ...
Here I sit wearing one of my many happy Disneyland T-shirts. I love thinking about the park, but sadly, there is one part I’m unlikely ever to see, and that is the fabulous Club 33. Technically, anyone can join the club. Anyone, that is, who still can pay the membership fee of about $30,000 ...
