Salt Lake Tribune Editorials

Yearly Archives: 2007, 2008

Time-out: NRC delays decision on Italian waste proposal

39 minutes ago

The clock was ticking on a disposal proposal that would bring 1,600 tons of foreign radioactive waste to EnergySolutions' dump in Tooele County. Officials at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission were set to rule on the …
Peer review: Lawmakers unfit to judge themselves

39 minutes ago

The Utah House Ethics Committee will hear evidence against a pair of state lawmakers this week. Rep. Greg Hughes, R-Draper, is accused of unethical behavior, including offering about $50,000 in campaign contributions …
South Davis City: Merging five cities is worth a good, hard look

24 hours ago

It's an intriguing idea: Merge five south Davis County cities into one. The new city would be a Utah top-10 metropolis in population, with a variety of retail and commercial businesses and a nice mix of housing types.
Play ball: Insurers should get real about health reform

24 hours ago

The Legislature's Health System Reform Task Force is pulling toward a November deadline, but there's one group that's deliberately rowing out of sync: the insurance companies.
Whoa!: Put brakes on Nine Mile Canyon truck traffic

Oct 6, 2008

Utah's Nine Mile Canyon is renowned as the world's longest art gallery - a 40-mile treasure trove of ancient Indian art chiseled in stone. From a layman's standpoint, the rock art isn't much to look at.