Jenny Wilson

Internal Revenue Service tax forms are seen on Feb. 13, 2019.

Opinion

Opinion: Need help filing your taxes? This tax clinic will do it for free

Only 77% of Salt Lake County residents who are eligible for the earned income tax credit are claiming it on their tax return.

By Jenny Wilson

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg speaks in Salt Lake City on Friday, July 29, 2022.

Opinion

Opinion: How will Utah afford to fight fires and build infrastructure? Pete Buttigieg has the answer

U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg visited Utah to announce new federal funding that will greatly benefit Utah

By Jenny Wilson

A group of students stand together and one girl holds a sign that reads “Protect kids not guns!! Fix your priorities!”

Opinion

Opinion: Are we moving forward or backward with gun laws?

Utah gun safety laws struggle to make progress amid Second Amendment absolutists. We need more unity to protect our community.

By Jenny Wilson

Opinion

Salt Lake County mayor: Gov. Cox should listen to Outdoor Retailers

State leaders should also seek a new, more productive relationship on environmental issues of concern.

By Jenny Wilson

Gondola Works released an animated video that depicts what a gondola system would look like in Little Cottonwood Canyon.

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Opinion: This proposal would permanently mar Little Cottonwood Canyon

A phased approach using better buses, tolling, carpool incentives, tire traction requirements and other technologies would be cheaper and more versatile than installing gondolas.

By Jenny Wilson

A health care worker gives Carlos Ramirez a COVID-19 vaccine at a pop-up vaccination event in Utah.

Opinion

Mayor Jenny Wilson: Getting vaccinated now is the path to a better summer

If you act now, all family members older than 12 can take off their masks with no concern and we can end our summer with a celebration.

By Jenny Wilson

Opinion

Mayor Jenny Wilson: The Biden administration is taking the right steps on immigrant inclusion

Federal efforts to bolster the inclusion of immigrant communities complement and strengthen Salt Lake County’s ongoing work.

By Jenny Wilson

Opinion

Mayor Jenny Wilson: What the nation can learn from fiscally responsible Salt Lake County

Salt Lake County joins only 47 of the 3,007 county governments nationwide to earn the prestigious Triple-A bond rating.

By Jenny Wilson

Opinion

Jenny Wilson: We need leaders who understand how to fight COVID-19

As difficult as this year has been, I remain committed to the future, both in the challenging weeks and months ahead but also during the post-COVID-19 recovery.

By Jenny Wilson

Opinion

Mayor Jenny Wilson: Juneteenth compels us to honestly examine our biases

Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day, was first celebrated more than 150 years ago and is the oldest African American holiday observance in our country.

By Jenny Wilson