When Utah's Mormon politicians slip on a banana peel, the thud they make hitting the floor often can be felt to the earth's magnetic core. --- As God's chosen people, LDS lawmakers see themselves as ...

A good rule of thumb for writers: avoid using the word "ironic" because it's too easy to label something as ironic that is not actually ironic. The same rule should also be applied, now, to ...

Take a stand against smog tomorrow by joining in the Utah Sierra Club’s Ozone Action Day. With the EPA proposing federal rules to lower the ozone limit from 70 parts per billion, to 60-70 parts ...

Subject: Morale Yet again suicides at the base were in the headlines last week. You say in slide shows base employees matter, that preventing suicide is your no. 1 priority. But the workers wo...

The legislative session is now over. I wrote a lot on pending legislation in the run-up to this session, ranging from bills that would assess deadly schools that'll squash Johnny in an earthquake, to ...

He's so rich he buys silence with $150,000 checks. So who is this state representative, Republican Majority Leader Kevin Garn, the guy who resigned today after admitting he hot-tubbed naked with a 15-...

Cheryl Maher, the New Hampshire woman who says she had an affair with Layton Rep. Kevin Garn in 1985 and was paid $150,000 to keep her secret, says Garn is lying about a naked hot tub encounter betwee...

Taking the stage vying for the best band in your town has got to send the butterflies fluttering.--- The show progressed from rampage, to roots rock to acoustic-y, baseball hat Americana. Wha...

Seldom does the LDS Church return City Weekly's phone calls. But our intrepid freelancer Katharine Biele managed to charm a few answers out of church representatives for her forthcoming cover feature...

Disney enthusiasts and/or nostalgic tweakers have apparently stolen a statue of the Little Mermaid, worth an estimated $28,000, from the International Peace Gardens in Jordan Park (1000 W. 900 South)....