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The Daily Utah Chronicle

The Utah Lake in Saratoga Springs, Utah on February on Feb. 22, 2024. (Photo by Sarah Karr | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

Great Salt Lake Gains ‘Symbolic’ Inflow of Water from Utah Lake

By Giovanni Radtke, News Writer April 14, 2024

  Utah Lake's floodgates were opened early this year as its reservoir reached full capacity. The water outflows into the Jordan River and will likely enter the Great Salt Lake. The Utah Division...

Utah State Capital In Salt Lake City, Utah on Wednesday, Feb.  21, 2018. (Photo by Cassandra Palor | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

DEI, Housing and Water Rights: Utah’s Lawmakers Are Back for the 2024 Legislative Session

By Anika Rao, News Writer January 16, 2024

  Utah’s state representatives and senators returned to the Capitol today for the 2024 legislative session. Last week, House and Senate Republicans released their priorities for this session,...

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U’s Long COVID Clinic: Two Years and 1800 Patients In

By Allison Stuart, News Writer June 28, 2023

  When Lisa O’Brien first contracted COVID-19 in March 2020, she had no idea the lasting effects it would have on her health. At the time, the nation was shutting down, and national cases of...

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Lezaic: Utah’s I-15 Expansion Sacrifices West-Siders

By Angela Lezaic, Opinion Writer March 22, 2023

  As we bear witness to Utah’s extreme population boom, we find ourselves at the whim of government officials' prioritization of economic growth. In an ill-devised attempt to reduce traffic,...

The Utah State Capitol Rotunda on Friday, Feb. 12, 2020.

Langley and Petters: Stop Taking Women’s Rights Away

By Jeffrey Langley Jr. and Keegan Petters March 10, 2023

  Since the overturning of Roe v. Wade in 2022, conservative legislators have saddled nearly half of the United States with limitations or outright bans on abortion. Utah’s Rep. Karianne Lisonbee...

A view of the Utah State Capitol Building in Salt Lake City on Aug. 21, 2021.

Cushman: Our Legislators Consistently Fail Sexual Assault Survivors

By KC Ellen Cushman, Opinion Writer March 2, 2023

  This legislative session, Rep. Carol Moss sponsored H.B. 334. If passed, it would teach middle and high school students about sexual coercion, grooming and resources for survivors. However, this...

Participants at Rally To Save Our Great Salt Lake at the Utah State Capitol in Salt Lake City on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2023.

‘Water is life’: Rally to Save Great Salt Lake Emphasizes Immediate Action

By Kayleigh Silverstein, Special Projects Managing Editor, News Writer January 14, 2023

  The Great Salt Lake is drying up, and the people are crying out. Often turning their bodies to face the lake, 12 speakers joined hundreds of community members at a rally to “Save Our Great...

Utah Women Run Joins the Hinckley Institute to Encourage Civic Engagement Among U Students

Utah Women Run Joins the Hinckley Institute to Encourage Civic Engagement Among U Students

By Stevie Shaughnessey, Home Stretch Producer, Host December 16, 2022

  Utah Women Run has recently partnered with the Hinckley Institute of Politics at the University of Utah. This collaboration was formed due to the alignment of each initiative's “nonpartisan”...

Antelope Island in Utah on Oct. 5, 2022.

How the University of Utah is Working to Protect the Great Salt Lake

By Josi Hinds, Arts Writer October 10, 2022

  What the New York Times called “Utah’s Environmental Nuclear Bomb,” and Outside Magazine called “desolate” yet “also divine,” the Great Salt Lake is a salinated body of water that...

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Conley: Politicians Fall Short in Supporting Better Drug Policy

By Andrew Conley, Opinion Writer October 10, 2022

  Since 1999, the rate of drug overdoses in the United States has quadrupled. Nearly a million have died as a result, and the trend has accelerated. Recent data shows a staggering 31% increase...