Education

In other news, Gov. Spencer Cox vetoed a bill that would rework how property taxes are used for education, arguing there were both technical and legal concerns.

Students are calling for greater support after reporting weeks of harassment and offensive posters.

In response to state budget cuts, the university plans to reduce programs, offer buyouts, and focus on strategic reinvestment.

In other news, the Salt Lake LDS Temple will welcome visitors in 2027 after years of renovations. And, mass firings were announced for the Bureau of Land Management and other federal departments.

Across my years of exploring the majestic outdoors with young children, I’ve experimented with nature journaling.

Evidence shows a national emergency in children's mental health, and students in Utah are among those who need more school-based mental health services.

USU and WSU are collaborating to explore a Space and Defense Research Institute. Together, they are equipped to propel research in the space and defense fields to the next level.

I've visited Blacksmith Fork Canyon with a thousand or so fifth and sixth graders — a few at a time — for a day with biologists and managers. Each time, we feed wintering elk about 5,000 pounds of hay.

Pico Iyer has visited a small, Benedictine hermitage in California more than 100 times in the last 30 years. He isn't religious, but his life has been transformed by these times spent in silence.

I continue to be astonished by how much there is to appreciate and to learn from our surroundings. It’s amazing to see how just a little preparatory investigation can turn fleeting everyday moments into lifelong learning memories.