We in the Daily Herald newsroom find ourselves stuck in a novel rut to which readers can also probably relate: We’re terribly sick of articles revolving around the coronavirus, but at the same time, the pandemic is infiltrating every corner of our lives so much that there doesn’t seem to be ...
As COVID-19 continues to occupy public attention, it may have been easy to miss what is happening in global equity markets.Stocks in the U.S. reported their worst week since 2008, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average reported a 900-point down day on Friday. Backing up for a bit of perspective, ...
We wrote last week about taking sensible precautions to prepare for the coronavirus, but things suddenly snapped into focus four days ago as Utah and the rest of the nation began to feel the impact of a disease that the World Health Organization has declared a global pandemic.As we all adjust ...
Have you heard enough about the coronavirus yet?We at the Herald feel a little worn out from the constant virus news, but we also felt the need to base an editorial on the way our community is responding to the virus.On the one hand, there are people literally buying 20 Costco-sized packages of ...
On Monday, a Utah House committee unanimously passed a bill that significantly reduces the penalties for polygamy in the state of Utah.The bill, Senate Bill 102, sponsored by state Sen. Deidre Henderson, R-Spanish Fork, would reclassify bigamy as an infraction. The House didn’t take much time ...
The brewpub debate continues to bubble in Provo, after a council vote that approved a land use amendment on Tuesday and a subsequentProvo Mayor Michelle Kaufusi issued a statement Friday stating that “while I recognize there are two sides to the present issue, mostly I’m feeling grateful ...
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 ...
