Every now and then my husband, Dave, channels his inner romantic hero and I melt into a puddle of goo. In this case a rather large chocolate flavored puddle. You see, every year on February 1 a mysterious Chocolate Bandit comes in the middle of the night and leaves chocolate treats for me and ...
Of late, there has been a national conversation about civics. When the United States took a deep dive into STEM fields, prioritizing them above everything else in education back in the 1950s, civics took a back, middle seat. All of the problems we have today, from affective polarization to ...
As the newly elected mayor of Saratoga Springs, I am honored to serve a community at an important moment in its growth. Reflecting on 2025, we can celebrate the leadership that brought us here while preparing the city for its next chapter. This year marked the opening of our new City Hall, ...
Around the country, colleges and universities have been making game plans for how to respond to the artificial intelligence boom. In Utah, these strategies were outlined by the Utah Board of Higher Education in the “Resolution on Strategic Direction for an AI-Driven Future,” released late ...
Individually, a package of recent legislative proposals has been presented as targeted reforms to Utah’s judicial system. Taken together, however, they represent significant structural changes to how judges are appointed, evaluated, and retained. These proposals deserve the attention of every ...
"We tell Utah men to speak up. We don’t give them anywhere to go." Utah has made real progress in acknowledging that men struggle with mental health. Public conversations are more open than they were a decade ago. Employers, churches, and community leaders now regularly encourage men to ...
