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The Utah State Capitol on Monday, Feb. 3, 2025. (Photo by Grace Maya | The Daily Utah Chronicle).

Opinion: Utah Must Foster Safe Homes for Queer Children

HB283 allows for unsafe conditions in Utah’s foster care system. This bill keeps queer children in dangerous homes and restricts them from entering safe ones.
By Shannon Akin, Opinion Writer | March 24, 2025

  HB283 focuses on amending Utah's child and family services. It addresses foster care and issues concerning action plans for queer children in at-risk homes. While HB283 aims to create...

A wheel loader moving gravel at the Kilgore Quarry in Parley's Canyon, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2023. (Photo by Marco Lozzi | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

Opinion: End Wasatch Front Gravel Mining

Our legislature must prioritize public health and the conservation of irreplaceable land instead of industry lobbying. As climate concerns continue to escalate, the only option that remains for humanity is sustainability.
By Elizabeth Griffee, Assistant Opinion Editor | March 4, 2025

  Utah mines and quarries produce 13,000 metric tons of crushed stone and 36,300 metric tons of sand and gravel. This aggregate produces 49,008 miles of public road across the U.S., sourced from...

Opinion: Firearms Are Not Regulated So Children Must Be Educated

Opinion: Firearms Are Not Regulated So Children Must Be Educated

HB104 requires firearm safety classes in public schools. This does not promote children to engage with firearms but instead teaches accident prevention.
By Shannon Akin, Opinion Writer | February 28, 2025

  Utahns are incredibly vocal about their Second Amendment right to bear arms, and children have been bearing the consequences. Utah HB104 calls for the state board to establish standards for...

Opinion: The Legislature Finally Destigmatizes Deportation

Opinion: The Legislature Finally Destigmatizes Deportation

A long-awaited focus on illegal immigration has prevailed in the Utah Legislature.
By Noah Wright, Opinion Writer | February 28, 2025

  Illegal immigration into the state of Utah has never been easier. Generations of lawmakers have enacted rules and laws permissive of rank illegality in immigrations and customs enforcement. However,...

The Family Promise Salt Lake Shelter for the homeless on Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017. (Rishi Deka | Daily Utah Chronicle)

Opinion: Prevent Homelessness, Don’t Criminalize It

Criminalizing homelessness is cruel and unsustainable. Homelessness is a manufactured societal burden. We must prevent homelessness by remedying the exploitative housing market conditions that harm everyone regardless of housing status.
By Elizabeth Griffee, Assistant Opinion Editor | February 26, 2025

  This legislative session, HB149 prohibits institutional investors from purchasing single-family homes. It requires any institutional investor who violates this restriction to sell the property...

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Opinion: HB152 Has the Power To Hurt Everyone

Rural, Native American and urban communities face inaccessibility to healthcare in different ways. While HB152 shows promising principles, it hurts more people than it helps.
By Peakalika Ichimura, Opinion Writer | February 26, 2025

  Healthcare is harder to access in rural areas. Although a smaller percentage of Americans live in rural places, they usually require more medical attention. This is due to older populations needing...

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Opinion: Reestablish The MMIW Task Force

Through HB15, Utah has the opportunity to save Indigenous lives.
By Charlotte Hansen, Opinion Writer | February 22, 2025

  H.B.15 reestablishes the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Task Force in Utah. Utah has the 9th highest number of crimes against Indigenous women in the country. These crimes are disproportionately...

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Opinion: It’s All Free Speech

In a university setting, free exchange of ideas must come first, no matter how distasteful the ideas may be.
By Samantha Reagan, Opinion Writer | February 12, 2025

  The political climate on campus is as red-hot as ever. As the culture war surges on, we are likely to see more of what happened last year — divisive speakers like Michael Knowles, screenings...

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Opinion: Defend the Humanities To Resist Propaganda

We must defend Utah's humanities programs from Gov. Cox's attempts to defund education. Media literacy is key to our defense against government propaganda in an era of insidious corporate agendas.
By Elizabeth Griffee, Assistant Opinion Editor | February 12, 2025

  In the weeks before Trump’s inauguration, American culture remained deeply divided yet extremely important. The public perception of our nation’s government feels like a ticking time bomb....