Commentary

Craig Paulson: Time is wasting for Regence BlueCross BlueShieldand UofU Health

| May 30, 2023, 11:49 a.m.

Joel Berger: What should our national petroglyph be?

By Joel Berger | May 30, 2023, 11:31 a.m.

FILE - In this Dec. 30, 2020 file photo, people run following an explosion at the airport in Aden, Yemen, shortly after a plane carrying the newly formed Cabinet landed. (AP Photo, File)

Peter Gilbert: Supporting our troops means no more blank checks

| May 29, 2023, 11:43 a.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Opponents of a bill to expand the use of rank choice voting, distribute stickers to people attending a hearing on the the measure at the Utah Capitol on Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022, before the bill was yanked from the agenda shortly before the meeting started.

Andrew Welhouse: For a first-rate democracy, pass on ranked-choice voting

| May 28, 2023, 12:31 p.m.

(Rick Bowmer | AP) A nurse gives a COVID-19 test outside the Salt Lake County Health Department Friday, July 22, 2022, in Salt Lake City.

Miranda Franz: Preparing future nurses means going beyond traditional training

| May 28, 2023, 12:00 p.m.

FILE - This Nov. 9, 2009, file photo shows the coal-fired San Juan Generating Station near Farmington, N.M. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan, File)

Dave Marston: A New Mexico town in need of a jolt

| May 28, 2023, 12:00 p.m.

(Neal Clark, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance) Harts Point, located northwest of Monticello just outside Bears Ears National Monument, is being eyed for uranium development by two Canadian companies that say they hold 324 mining claims and permits from the BLM to drill 25 exploratory wells here.

Kevin Proescholdt: Wilderness Needs Our Humility and Restraint, Not Our Poison

By Kevin Proescholdt | May 28, 2023, 5:28 p.m.

FILE - This March 27, 2008, file photo, shows the Pentagon in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Aaron Starks: Permitting reform will help Utah’s aerospace industry remain competitive

| May 27, 2023, 12:03 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Salt Lake Bees face the Reno Aces at Smith's Ballpark on Tuesday, April 18, 2023.

Stephen Maisch: Not all civic investments in sports are wise. This one would be.

By Stephen Maisch | Special to The Tribune | May 26, 2023, 11:51 a.m.

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Utah Rep. John Curtis addresses the delegates at the Utah Republican Party 2023 Organizing Convention at Utah Valley University's UCCU Center on Saturday, April 22, 2023.

Roger Terry: Why the debt crisis is manufactured

By Roger Terry | May 26, 2023, 11:49 a.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall gives her State of the City Address at Woodbine Food Hall in January 2023.

Erin Mendenhall: UDOT looks to expand I-15 and community is asking the right question, ‘Why?’

| May 25, 2023, 11:49 a.m.

Ben Burr is Executive Director of BlueRibbon Coalition

Burr: Bureau of Land Management has it wrong with new conservation rule

By Ben Burr | May 24, 2023, 11:57 a.m.

Dr. Catharine Krebs

Utah alum Bertagnolli could make big changes as next NIH leader, Catharine E. Krebs writes

| May 24, 2023, 11:50 a.m.

Annie Aguzzi: I’m studying fentanyl overdose risk in Utah. Here’s what I’m learning.

| May 23, 2023, 11:28 a.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) A view of farmland in Tooele County. Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020.

Ann Florence: Utah Inland Port Authority is passing out free money in form of water, power and infrastructure

By Ann Florence | Special to The Tribune | May 19, 2023, 11:51 a.m.

(Rick Egan | Tribune file photo) Wild flowers on the Willow Heights bench hike in Big Cottonwood Canyon.

Christopher Smart: Making the most of going to hell in a handbasket

By Christopher Smart | Special to The Tribune | May 18, 2023, 12:00 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune)
Birdwatchers stand watch at Farmington Bay on Saturday Feb. 2, 2019.

Deanna Foxley: My moment with a king — on the shores of the Jordan River

By Deanna Foxley | Special to The Tribune | May 18, 2023, 12:00 p.m.

BC-OPINION-RENKL-LETTER-GRADUATES-ART-NYTSF—Graduates, My Generation Wrecked So Much That’s Precious. How Can I Offer You Advice? (Ellen Hansen for The New York Times) — ONLY FOR USE WITH ARTICLE SLUGGED —BC-OPINION-RENKL-LETTER-GRADUATES-ART-NYTSF— OTHER USE PROHIBITED.

Margaret Renkl: Graduates, my generation wrecked so much that’s precious. How can I offer you advice?

By Margaret Renkl | The New York Times | May 18, 2023, 12:00 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) People pack the room as the Wasatch Front Regional Council meets at The Gateway in Salt Lake City on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023, as the council considered publishing a draft of the Regional Transportation Plan, which would include the proposed Little Cottonwood Canyon gondola.

Sophia Berrocal: If Patagonia wants to save Little Cottonwood Canyon, it and others must show up

By Sophia Berrocal | Special to The Tribune | May 18, 2023, 11:56 a.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Sen. Mike Lee speaks with media on election night at the Hyatt Regency in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022.

Colin Woodall: Sen. Mike Lee sides with animal rights activists over Utah ranchers

By Colin Woodall | Special to The Tribune | May 18, 2023, 11:49 a.m.