Technology is essential to our everyday lives. I know this first hand as a former college and graduate student who used technology daily for class, homework, and to connect with family and friends. Now, I use technology to forward my career as well as use smart home devices to make my daily ...
This week’s case before the US Supreme Court is not about abortion, religious freedom, or gun rights, but whether farm animals are entitled to life before death. The meat industry is challenging California’s 2018 law requiring minimal space and health standards for the animals. As millions ...
The upcoming ballot in November has some very important issues to Orem citizens. Two of these are a proposed $595 million dollar bond and a potential split from Alpine School District to create an Orem School District. In discussing these two items one of the contention points is how much does ...
We need to elect write-in candidate Candace Jacobson for Utah County clerk. Utah County has a troubling race for county clerk happening now. Aaron Davidson is the only major party candidate for Clerk on November’s ballot. He has vowed to get rid of the very popular vote by mail option saying ...
This is in response to the September 20, 2022, Daily Herald front page article entitled, “Stance on school district split causing a stir.” I attended the PTA meeting held at the Canyon View Junior High School on Thursday, September 15, 2022. During that meeting, it was quite clear that the ...
I just learned about World Day for Farmed Animals, coming up on October 2nd (Gandhi's birth date). It has been around since 1983 and is meant to memorialize the billions of animals abused and killed for food each year. Like many, I always considered farm animals only as a source of food. But, ...
UDOT and the Utah Legislature are proposing to spend half a billion dollars (before cost overruns) of your tax money on a gondola in Salt Lake County. The sole purpose of the gondola is to benefit the Alta and Snowbird ski areas. Certainly this large amount of money could be better used to fund ...
As a person of faith who cares deeply about our planet, I appreciate efforts to take better care of the earth. It’s important to me — and I think to most Utahns — that we leave the earth better than we found it for our children and grandchildren. But it has become hard to ignore the ...
Trust in government is lost when officials are more interested in pursuing personal agendas than in serving the best interests of citizens. When this happens, we no longer have a “government of the people, by the people, and for the people.” We’re used to that on the national ...
Mike Lee wasted the 12 years we gave him in the Senate doing nothing for Utah. He votes no on practically everything. Recently, he’s voted against bipartisan measures to improve gun safety, boost our competitiveness with China, and improve veterans’ health care. He’s been our senator ...
