Marjorie Cortez

As another school year gets underway in Utah, the issue of school lunch debt has risen to the fore.

Emily Syphus, a member of the Tooele County School District Board of Education, concedes that in recent years, the Utah Legislature has appropriated education funding that “percentage wise is historically high.”

Board members decry unfunded mandates, inadequate funding and deepening concerns about rising student mental health needs.

The University of Utah took another significant step Tuesday to transition what has historically been a commuter campus to a residential campus.

The federal government is the primary source of research funding with $489 million of $691 million provided by federal sponsors.

Four years ago, the percentage of students at Northwest Middle School who were chronically absent was cringeworthy.

Leer en español Estimated read time: 3-4 minutes SALT LAKE CITY — University of Utah researchers received $691 million in funding

Pregnant rattlesnakes appear to babysit other rattlesnakes' offspring until their own babies are born. Researchers have also observed them tightly coiling their bodies in makeshift bowls to capture rain to drink.

Once again, there are lessons to unpack in the wake of a deadly school shooting.

Reported rapes at the University of Utah increased nearly sixfold from 2022 to 2023, with a single relationship university officials said was “plagued