Politics

Does spraying pesticides to control mosquitoes near Great Salt Lake do more harm than good?

By Hannah Petersen April 17

‘It’s not a third-world problem’: Utah’s human trafficking survivors, experts bring attention to global issue

By Ashley Imlay April 17

Utah

Why is southern Utah like Disneyland? Despite long lines, high prices, people flock there

St. George, nestled at Utah’s southwest corner, is experiencing large growth despite the pandemic, creating housing market tension and infrastructure concerns.

By Ashley Imlay April 16

Changing policing models: Officers say they have to adapt to fears, needs of communities

By Annie Knox April 16

Salt Lake mayor picks councilman as city’s new homelessness director

By Katie McKellar April 16

COVID-19 vaccines safe for pregnant women, doctor says

By Lisa Riley Roche April 16

Democrats won’t let Utah cut taxes as part of their ‘COVID-19 relief’

By Chris Stewart April 16

Church leaders urge civility in politics and defense of constitutional principles

By Frank Pignanelli & LaVarr Webb, Contributors April 16

Why is this physicist challenging climate science?

By Amy Joi O'Donoghue April 15

How did national events like George Floyd’s death complicate Dixie State name change debate?

By Ashley Imlay April 15

Why Sen. Mike Lee is quoting President Joe Biden on ‘court packing’

By Dennis Romboy April 15

After 3 years in sanctuary, mother steps out of Utah church and into newfound freedom

By Annie Knox April 15

Why this state says it will sue the federal government if Biden acts ‘unilaterally’ on national monuments

By Katie McKellar April 15

Governor says COVID-19 vaccine pause may mean ‘more people will die’

By Lisa Riley Roche April 15

Why are so many Republicans looking to challenge Mike Lee?

By Andrea Himoff, Contributor April 15

What’s on the minds of Utah’s youth? Gov. Cox finds out in teen town hall

By Hannah Petersen April 15

Where trees and technology collide

By Blake Moore, Contributor and Bruce Westerman, Contributor April 15

Opinion

Is a $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan right for America?

The American Jobs Plan is turning heads across the spectrum, either for its ambition or for its price tag. These experts weigh in.

By Christian Sagers, Opinion writer April 14

Can a pasta machine protect the seeds to save the West’s wildlands?

By Hannah Petersen April 14

Equity and diversity among the keys to future economic success in Utah, panel says

By Jasen Lee April 14

Why Sen. Mike Lee wants to make gun silencers easier to buy

By Dennis Romboy April 14

High-tech surveillance company Banjo was never able to do what it claimed, audit finds

By Art Raymond April 14

Utah looking at small shortfall in COVID-19 doses due to Johnson & Johnson ‘pause,’ official says

By Lisa Riley Roche April 14

What Mitt Romney, John Curtis want to do after wildfires char the land

By Dennis Romboy April 14

Senators want to throw out Major League Baseball’s antitrust exemption for protesting Georgia voting law

By Dennis Romboy April 14

How is state doing with justice reforms nearly year after summer of protests?

By Annie Knox April 13

Utah will be the first to mandate prenatal child support. Does the law support those who need it most?

By Savannah Hopkinson, Opinion writer April 13

Governor hopes new homelessness chief can keep Legislature ‘involved’ in solving problem

By Katie McKellar April 13

New commission anxious to bring public into process of drawing new political boundaries

By Hannah Petersen April 13

Politics

Why some experts say Biden’s immigration policies are dragging him down

Polls say immigration is a weak spot as short-term issues cloud long-term fixes.

By Lois M. Collins April 12

Utah Rep. Burgess Owens says caring for migrant children will cost taxpayers $3 trillion, but will it?

By Dennis Romboy April 12

Police arrest man who they say threatened to shoot up Salt Lake store after refusing to wear mask

By Pat Reavy April 12

Utah state treasurer resigns to take helm of Utah Housing Corporation

By Katie McKellar April 12

Wrestling with America’s shortcomings should not include abandoning her principles

By Scott Rasmussen, Contributor April 12

Here’s why President Biden’s executive action on guns won’t stop gun violence

By Amy Swearer, Contributor April 11

How should federal COVID-19 relief money be spent in Utah?

By Katie McKellar April 11

Is massive federal spending destroying the concept of federalism?

By Frank Pignanelli & LaVarr Webb, Contributors April 11

What Utah’s former governor and former congressman have to say about America’s political divide

By Hannah Petersen April 10

Sean Reyes: Victims of crime need help, and here’s how

By Sean Reyes, Contributor April 10

Two Utah cases highlight pandemic’s grip on the criminal justice system

By Annie Knox April 9

Congress has a duty to offer ‘Dreamers’ a path to citizenship

By the Deseret News Editorial Board April 9

Health

Don’t forget COVID-19 long-haulers: ‘This isn’t going to just go away’

Utah Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson and others are still dealing with debilitating and difficult to treat long-term symptoms from COVID-19 as most Utahns look forward to the virus no longer dominating their daily lives.

By Lisa Riley Roche April 9

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox’s approval ratings still climbing — across party lines

By Katie McKellar April 9

Government mask mandates work, doctor says as Utah’s statewide requirement set to end

By Lisa Riley Roche April 9

Biden names former BYU general counsel to new Supreme Court commission

By Tad Walch April 9

Big Tech’s outsized footprint means it’s time to help save local journalism

By Burgess Owens, Contributor April 9

Utah leaders bid farewell to Interior Secretary Haaland — with warning

By Katie McKellar and Amy Joi O'Donoghue April 9

What pundits, politicians thought of Biden’s gun violence executive actions

By Samuel Benson, Opinion writer April 9