As the daughter of a local politician, I always begin campaigns full of hope in the goodness of people and politics, but that hope slowly deteriorates by election day. My mom, Marsha Judkins, served as a Provo School Board member, then as a State Legislator for three terms. Now, she is running ...

For the past decade in municipal elections, Orem has experienced repeated cycles of very negative campaigning. It wasn’t this way when I moved to Orem, and I’m hopeful that with a collective effort we can reclaim the civic culture that was once a hallmark of our community. Recent campaigns ...

Last April — in a move that should alarm anyone who believes education is more than a pipeline to a paycheck — Weber State University followed the dictates of the Utah State legislature and HB 265 and SB 334 cutting 89 courses. In anticipation of those cuts and earlier that month, Professor ...

We talk a lot in the Provo City organization about “One Provo.” It’s a phrase I’ve emphasized often because it reminds us to think outside our silos and work together across department lines. Allow me to introduce you to a Provo City employee who embodies that concept: Tara ...

I used to wonder why the followers of one group of Orem politicians wrote such negative and untrue things in their letters to the editor. I get it now; it’s called negative campaigning. This political strategy focuses more energy on discrediting political opponents than on proposing positive ...

When I was a missionary, I compiled my favorite General Conference talks into a binder so I could frequently refer to them for inspiration and comfort. Very quickly, Russell M. Nelson, then an apostle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, became one of my favorite speakers because ...