The Provo metropolitan area has met air quality standards for the first time in 15 years, according to a news release from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The EPA declared Wednesday that the Salt Lake City and Provo areas have met the 2006 24-hour PM2.5 National Ambient Air Quality ...
American industry has been getting a lot of hands-on direction from Democrats and Republicans for quite some time now. Every few years, someone looks at the underwhelming results of this economic maneuvering and insists that real "industrial policy" has never been tried. The truth is that the ...
Time will tell whether the recent ruling by Judge Dianna Gibson that all but guarantees a Democrat will win one of Utah’s four congressional districts will hold up. But if it does, it will be extremely fascinating to see what we learn about the political preferences of those living in the ...
In the summer of 2022, an unattended campfire caused a wildfire near the Salmon River in Idaho, leading to the nation’s largest fire that summer and causing the deaths of five firefighters. Eventually the fire burned more than 203 square miles. In 2024, near Chico, California, a man pushed a ...
Per new polling reported by Gallup, religion is no longer important to most Americans. In response to the question "Is religion an important part of your daily life," 49% said yes. Ten years ago, in 2015, 66% responded affirmatively. Gallup notes that this 17-point drop "ranks among the ...
With some lawmakers again accusing the Utah Supreme Court of “legislating from the bench,” a legislative committee on Wednesday advanced a bill meant to fix a government immunity issue that its sponsor blamed on “judicial incompetence.” In its last committee meeting before the Utah ...
