POSTED // Oct 31,2012 - Salt Lake County government will have a brand-new bag, with County Mayor Peter Corroon and Councilwoman Jani Iwamoto, both Democrats, leaving office.

POSTED // Oct 25,2012 - This weekend, step out at the Communities United Pink Dress Fashion Show to help fight breast cancer. Later, drop in at Peaceful Uprising’s Climate Bold School and get a crash course in how to change the discussion

POSTED // Oct 24,2012 - Having a superhuman appetite, I’ve long clung to the illusion I could make it as a competitive eater.

POSTED // Oct 24,2012 - Under the pavilion, McAdams also unflinchingly takes one of his least-favorite campaign questions from a mother, with babe in arms, who admits she comes from a Republican family.

POSTED // Oct 18,2012 - Elections are coming and this year promises to be a big one, so don’t half-ass it—learn all you can about the candidates. This week, you can see one of the final Salt Lake County mayoral debates between Democrat Ben McAdams

POSTED // Oct 17,2012 - In 2011, the Utah Division of Water Quality green-lighted a water permit for what could be the first tar-sands mine not only in Utah but the country.

POSTED // Oct 11,2012 - Don't miss an interim day at the Legislature to check out a whole mess of bills and changes that might come out of the 2013 session.

POSTED // Oct 11,2012 - Even in Utah, where the (D) beside the name of a candidate is generally all it takes to lose an election, there remains a corner of Salt Lake City filled with unabashed, boisterous Democrats: the Latino Democrats of the new organization PACE Latino (Political Action & Civic Engagement)

POSTED // Oct 10,2012 - In running for Salt Lake County mayor, Republican Mark Crockett can bank on his years as a consultant, advising businesses away from the precipices of bankruptcy and back into the money.

POSTED // Oct 4,2012 - Zombie 5K, with proceeds going to help a local teen in need of a kidney transplant.