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 ...
If you were out in your car Saturday in Utah County, chances are you probably encountered the major traffic incident in Lehi — and not just the normal traffic and construction impasse.A tanker transporting butane flipped on the northbound side of Interstate 15, closing all lanes of traffic ...
The year of 2019 has proved to be yet another year of wonderful growth among many industries and areas.Utah County continues to function as the economic driver of the state — from agriculture to startups to full-blown tech businesses along Silicon Slopes. Our businesses, and cities, are ...
The Orem City Council is on track to approve a plan next month that would require residential rental properties to be licensed and to have city utilities in the name of the landlord, or property management company.We have a lot of questions about the proposals and if they will really accomplish ...
As reported by the Daily Herald’s Connor Richards, a new study from a private company found that Provo produces more carbon dioxide per household and has a larger carbon footprint than any other metropolitan area in the United States.We were saddened to hear that despite environmental efforts ...
Most cities in Utah would need to do a little digging to go back to their origins, the first establishments and first residents making significant contributions.Eagle Mountain, in its youth, however doesn’t have that issue and was able to recently acknowledge and celebrate its first employee ...
We want to talk about a deep divide between two ideological camps that are not political.Those who believe one should not celebrate Christmas until after Thanksgiving has passed and those who believe you can do so after Halloween.With Thanksgiving falling later in the month this year than in ...
Over the last several months, our whole news staff has been hard at work on our Latinos in Utah County series. Every week, we’ve researched, interviewed, written and rewritten to come out with in-depth stories on our Latino neighbors from a variety of angles each Sunday. We’ve learned ...
