Wire Woes

Salt Lake Tribune and Deseret News refuse to share their content locally through the Associated Press.

POSTED // Jan 18,2011 - As the Internet continues to spread news and information faster and wider, traditional media are trying to corral their own work.

Manager Reshuffling at Salt Lake City Library

Library War: Shakeup brings to light employees' lengthy dissatisfaction with director.

POSTED // Jan 12,2011 - In April 2010, some on the 31-member management team of the Salt Lake City Public Library system were itching to impeach their boss, Beth Elder, the system director since 2008 ...

Bending (Yoga) Over Backward

Yoganomics

Even as yoga goes corporate, some Utah gurus hope to keep it real.

POSTED // Jan 5,2011 - The windows are steamy and the air is strangely yeasty sweet, like a beer brewery. Another big snow has hit the valley...

Utah Attorney General may charge employer who owes workers $1.6 million

Unpaid Fury: Unpaid wage claims have increased 87 percent since 2005.

POSTED // Jan 5,2011 - The Utah Attorney General’s Office convicted the former owner of Utah video game design company Sensory Sweep Studios in December ...

Hating Your HOA

PETA Suing U of U Over Public-Records Dispute

PETA claims public documents were withheld, fee charged unreasonable.

POSTED // Dec 28,2010 - PETA is targeting the University of Utah, saying the school has refused for more than a year to turn over public documents related to research in which about 166,000 animals are laboratory test subjects.

Utah’s Immigration Meddling

So many need to go to rehab, but Gov. Herbert’s budget says no, no, no.

Governor's proposed budget sets aside no money for Drug Offender Reform Act

POSTED // Dec 21,2010 - Gerald Crawford is a methamphetamine addict—sober now for just three months—who recently passed through what he calls “the gates of hell.”

Dog Owners Refuse to Roll Over to Tanner Park Off-Leash Restrictions

The fight over Parley's Nature Park is only getting louder.

POSTED // Dec 15,2010 - When the Salt Lake Valley’s dog-owning community barks, politicians notice. The community’s most recent battle over new off-leash restrictions ...