An effort by state lawmakers to require Utah County to adapt a county council format of government with either an elected mayor or appointed manager stalled in committee this week. Although we generally agree with the intent of the proposal, it’s probably best at this point to let the voters ...
This week holds significant meaning to voters — and not the ones in New Hampshire or Iowa.On Wednesday, Utah marked 150 years since the state’s suffrage law took effect on Feb. 12, 1870. The legislation allowed 18,000 women in Utah to vote, according to Better Days 2020.This legislation in ...
Paying for child care has become burdensome for many families in the United States.Utah is not exactly an exception to the rule. The average monthly cost for child care in Utah County, for instance, is $715 for an infant under 2 years of age. Some savings are achieved on a per-child basis if a ...
Gov. Gary Herbert and state lawmakers certainly said the right words when they jointly announced Thursday that the Legislature will repeal hastily enacted tax changes in the face of a petition drive that would’ve likely led to a public vote in November.“We applaud those who have engaged in ...
The Utah County Commission recently approved a resolution to let voters decide in November whether the county should adopt a mayor-city council form of government, <a ...
Utah Valley welcomed the new year this past week with festivities across many cities.At the Daily Herald, we would be remiss to not aggregate some of the hopes and dreams many residents have for Utah County, and the state as a whole, in 2020.<strong>Smooth ...
<h2>Losing the faith: BYU students undergoing faith crises torn between leaving university or staying quiet (Dec. 22)</h2>Why do we never read or see stories on students keeping the faith? News bias, in my opinion this story is an over blown report on a very small ...
There’s a discussion about to take place in the statehouse regarding Utah’s increasing housing costs.The proposal will be pitched as banal and is likely to garner support among key groups, but its intent is to create an avenue for implementation — a slippery slope of potentially misguided ...
<h2>Herald editorial: Supporting Ainge’s 69% county property tax increase proposal is a no-brainer (Dec. 15)</h2>I’ll support a 69% rise in taxes when my Social Security benefits go up that much. — P JonesIs it because the folks in lower income strata don’t ...
Utah County Commissioner Tanner Ainge recently proposed that the county implement a 69% increase to the general levy portion of property taxes, which would give the county an additional $19.8 million in revenue to address deficits and requests from county departments. We’d like to make clear ...
