Debate
The Great Vaccination Divide: Three Local Businesses Weigh in on Vaccine Mandate
Three local businesses were interviewed to see how a vaccine mandate would impact employees already stretched thin by the pandemic’s heavy hand.
How the Coddling of American Minds is Destroying Free Speech & Public Discourse
Today it appears that most people who strongly identify with their political parties are unable to speak with the opposing side and those with oppositional points of view.
Millcreek Residents Fed Up with Road Work on 3900 S
Many Millcreek and Holladay residents are wondering whether they’ll live long enough to see the completion of 3900 S between 2300 E and Wasatch Blvd. — a mere mile-and-a-half section…
Will Utah Run Out of Water?
With Pineview being at its lowest level in years, some drastic measures need to take place. The residents of Perry, who rely on Pineview water for their secondary water, have…
What Would Brigham Young Do?
Like the days of the Silver Rush in the 1860s, there is a land rush today, and nearly everyone is looking to cash in, especially members of the LDS Community.…
Foothill: Residents Outraged Over a Proposed Lamplighter Square Project of Five-Story, 135-Unit Apartment Complex
East-bench neighborhood worries state and developer will bypass city zoning with liquor store development. The following story was reported by The Utah Investigative Journalism Project in partnership with Utah Stories.…
The Unintended Consequences of Utah’s Tech Boom
as more tech moguls move in and want to inhabit the loveliest places along the Wasatch Front, our best farmlands are getting developed at an incredibly rapid pace. Give us…
Ticket to Ride: “Political Pressure” Comes to Bear on Little Cottonwood Canyon Transportation Plans
While cog rail in Little Cottonwood Canyon is an exciting prospect, it may also be a lucrative one for C.W. Management, a development company owned by influential former Utah State…
Sugar Town: Snelgrove Development Will Change What’s Left of Sugar House
The 323-unit apartment and retail project ― to be named Sugar Town ― will undoubtedly change the look and feel of Sugar House neighborhood.
Tiny Houses May be the Solution to a Big Problem in SLC
Salt Lake City, like most metropolitan areas, has an affordable housing crisis along with a growing homeless crisis, and tiny houses may be the solution.
Cash or Crops? Is Clark Burgess Selling His Orchards this Year?
With the land fetching around $1 million per acre or more, Burgess and his children are realizing that the enormous difficulty of maintaining operations compared to the enormous ease of…
The High Cost of Cheap Food
In just four generations, the main health worry of all inhabitants of the western world has shifted from starvation to obesity.
The February 2021 Fun Guide and the End of the World
The world will end in 2021. (The middle of that sentence is where you would expect me to make the disclaimer, “as we know it”.) But the world will actually…
Getting to the Heart of the Black Lives Matter Movement
Criminal justice and police reform are central for the cures to the problem, but it’s much better — in our estimation — to understand the heart of the problem, to…
Fringe Gambling in Utah- New Law Takes Another Swipe at a Persistent Pastime
Whether in the form of poker games in mining town saloons to less obvious games of chance such as church raffles, gambling has been a secret vice in Utah since…
Allowing Wildfires to Burn is Causing Big Problems
The recent trend to allow wildfires to burn across the West to improve forest health is hitting some fierce opposition.