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Guest opinion: Utah County Commissioners snub affordable housing initiative

Utah County Commissioners just awarded $10.5MM of ARPA funds to medical projects. In 2021, Utah County Government was given federal funds for COVID recovery through the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF) program, part of the American Rescue Plan Act. According to ...

Guest opinion: Afghan Adjustment Act continues commitment to immigrants

I am a proud daughter of Mexican immigrants. One could say my story begins with that of my parents immigrating before I was born. However, it started much earlier than that. My paternal great grandfather worked as a bracero under the Mexican Farm Labor program. He worked for some time before ...

Guest: 34 neighborhood chairs fired — what will be the cost?

Recently in August 2022, Provo’s Council voted 5-2 to change the Neighborhood Program. They dismantled the Neighborhood Chair structure to instead create fewer, larger districts with District Boards whose members are appointed by the council, instead of Neighborhood Chairs who are elected by ...

Guest opinion: A bright, shining disappointment – Solar in the Southwest

In the ’70s, it all seemed so simple. President Carter issued a proclamation declaring the sun "an inexhaustible source of clean energy." A joint resolution of Congress predicted that "the development of solar technologies will provide an abundant, economical, safe, and environmentally ...