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The Utah State Capitol in Salt Lake City on Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024. (Photo by Sophie Felici | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

Nshangalume: Sustainability is the Way to Go

By Iragi Nshangalume, Opinion Writer February 22, 2024

  Due to climate change, Great Salt Lake and many other rivers are drying at unprecedented rates. Rep. Doug Owens is sponsoring H.B. 195 to modify provisions relating to local government land use...

The Utah State Capitol Building in Salt Lake City, Utah on Feb. 15, 2023. (Photo by Andrea Oltra | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

Hufford: Keep Utah’s Children Safe

By Olivia Hufford, Opinion Writer February 21, 2024

  The turbulent emotion brought on by parent custody battles often affects more than just the couple involved. Children caught in the middle of situations like these experience heavy impacts,...

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Nshangalume: The End of Public Schools

By Iragi Nshangalume, Opinion Writer February 16, 2024

  In January, the Salt Lake City School Board announced that it would be closing four of its elementary schools. After backlash from the community, Salt Lake City School District defended itself...

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Jarvis: Armed Educators, Incarcerated Students

By Caroline Jarvis, Opinion Writer February 15, 2024

  Through H.B. 119, Rep. Tim Jimenez (R-Tooele County) plans to incentivize teachers to carry firearms in schools after training with law enforcement. With other bills impacting education — making...

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Editorial: Gov. Cox’s Pandora’s Box

  According to Greek mythology, Pandora was a woman who had in her possession a box containing all misery and evil. Though warned not to, she succumbed to her curiosity and opened her box, releasing...

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Point of View — Episode 4: Students for the Wasatch’s Opinion on the Potential Little Cottonwood Canyon Gondola

By Stevie Shaughnessey, Home Stretch Producer, Host February 14, 2024

Transcript: Stevie Shaughnessey: Hi, and welcome back to Point of View, The Daily Utah Chronicle’s opinion podcast. My name is Stevie and I'll be your host. Today. I'm here with Students of...

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Jang: Utah Shouldn’t Require Parental Consent for Sex Ed

By Eseudel Jang, Opinion Writer February 13, 2024

  In H.B. 112, Rep. Tim Jimenez (R-Tooele) proposed amendments to sex education in Utah public schools, emphasizing a need for parental consent and ensuring students’ grades remain unaffected...

Outside view of the Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City on  Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024. (Photo by Mary Allen | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

Gordon: The Complex Dilemmas of Financial Aid

By Luke Gordon, Opinion Writer February 13, 2024

  At the University of Utah, scholarships play a crucial role in covering tuition costs for many students. Data from College Factual shows that about “72% of new students were offered scholarships,”...

People rallying at the Minnesota capitol building to support the Wisconsin unions that are against the attempt to reduced the collective bargaining rights of public unions by Wisconsin Governor Walker and Republicans in other states on February 26, 2011. (Courtesy of Fibonacci Blue via Flickr)

Hufford: Dear Legislature, Unionizing is a Constitutional Right

By Olivia Hufford, Opinion Writer February 12, 2024

  Utah lawmakers are pushing a bill that restricts public employee unions statewide. H.B. 285 requires unions to recertify every five years and block automatic deductions from paychecks. It prohibits...

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Nshangalume: Access to Justice is a Right

By Iragi Nshangalume, Opinion Writer February 11, 2024

  The Sixth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution guarantees legal assistance to all Americans, regardless of their financial status. Utah, however, needs to do a better job following directions. Utah...