POSTED // Jul 23,2008 - With the high cost of food, many lower-income families are taking advantage of a Salt Lake City School District program offering children healthy free lunches in the city’s parks. Since the program doesn’t screen who takes part in it, a number...

POSTED // Jul 16,2008 - Law enforcement experts will speak next week at a U.S. Senate committee about FLDS communities. Critics wonder if the committee is justified in light of the legal failures surrounding recent Texas polygamy raids. City Weekly asked Joseph Amici, a University...

POSTED // Jul 9,2008 - The Utah County drug-court program, which keeps offenders out of jail by sending them to treatment, will now only be open to serious offenders. Program directors believe serious offenders are best suited for the program, while critics argue that excluding...

POSTED // Jun 25,2008 - With $20 million set aside for school districts who design pay systems for teachers based on merit, districts have rushed to create different merit-based pilot programs. Some teachers worry that this plan ignores the class-size issue, others however...

POSTED // Jun 18,2008 - Congress recently passed a bill extending unemployment benefits for another 13 weeks nationwide. While the bill in Utah may help more than 12,000 unemployed in the state, Republican congressmen Chris Cannon and Rob Bishop voted against the bill, agreeing...

POSTED // Jun 11,2008 - Rising fuel costs have pushed the Salt Lake City 2009 budget into the red by nearly $1 million, causing city leaders to consider reducing free meter parking nights and weekends. Local businesses, however, railed against this, saying it would scare business...

POSTED // Jun 4,2008 - From prefabricated, worm-colony composters to organic hemp shower curtains, the green movement is introducing Americans to environmentally friendly alternatives for everyday use. However, some feel that reducing consumption is the only way to achieve...

POSTED // May 28,2008 - Experts want to reduce investment in biofuels like ethanol which are made from corn, arguing that they’re hurting food prices too much. Biofuel proponents contend that the tradeoff is worth the savings in gas prices. City Weekly asked Anna Brozek...

POSTED // May 21,2008 - Newsweek magazine recently highlighted a new trend of Mormons appearing on reality TV shows, pointing out Todd Herzog of Survivor and Murray’s own David Archuleta as an American Idol finalist, to name a few. City Weekly asked Hillary Musgrove of...

POSTED // May 7,2008 - A Dan Jones poll found 69 percent of Utahns believe some sex crimes are worse than others and 54 percent opposed individuals on the sex offender registry from ever having their names stricken from the registry, as some offenders have recently requested....