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Lt. Governor Deidre Henderson visits COVID -19 experimental vaccination sites throughout the state of Utah, including the Dee Event Center in Weber County.  (Nikki Dorber / The Signpost)

Lt. Gov. visits campus as vaccines roll out to Weber and Morgan counties

Caitlyn Nichols January 20, 2021

Utah Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson visited the Weber-Morgan COVID-19 vaccination site in the Dee Events Center on the Weber State University campus on Jan. 20.The visit was part of Henderson’s tour of...

Lt. Gov. and Gov. Elect Spencer Cox tweeted about giving protestors on his property cookies and hot chocolate. Photo credit: twitter.com

COVID-19 doesn’t take a backseat just because you’re tired of it

Jennifer Greenlee November 30, 2020

Before Thanksgiving, I was working on a column about how we need to stay safe but change the narrative. I wanted to tell people to put COVID-19 further down in news stories and keep it out of the lead....

Current voter registration statistics. (Robert Lewis/The Signpost) Photo credit: Courtesy of voteinfo.utah.gov

How does the 2020 election compare to 2016? A side-by-side comparison

Catie Weimer November 5, 2020

These numbers are current as of 10:40 a.m. on Nov. 4.More Utah residents have officially voted in the 2020 general election than did in 2016. Utah State Elections reported at 5 p.m. on Nov. 3, 2020, that...

Spencer Cox will be Utah's next governor after a huge electoral win on Nov. 3 Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons

Spencer Cox is Utah’s next governor

Marisa Nelson November 3, 2020

Republican candidate Spencer Cox was elected as the new Utah governor on Nov. 3 at 8 p.m., according to the Associated Press. Cox received 69.5 percent of votes. Democratic candidate Chris Peterson took...

The state-wide primary elections for governor are on June 30.

Whose position is it anyway?

Jennifer Greenlee June 22, 2020

With the state-wide election primaries drawing near, many are looking at their ballot and wondering who to vote for. With a record four gubernatorial primary candidates on the Republican ballot for the...

Local activism led to the repeal of last year's controversial tax bill, which would have increased state tax on food. (Photo by Alexander Mils on Unsplash)

Controversial Utah tax bill repealed

Caitlyn Nichols January 30, 2020

The Utah Legislature voted to repeal a controversial tax bill on the second day of the Utah Legislative Session after a petition against the bill received 152,000 signatures. The tax change bill, which...

Lt. Gov. Spencer J. Cox sits down with The Signpost reporter Tyler Hoffman to speak about the STEM to STEAM education transition.

Lieutenant governor discusses STEM to STEAM: ‘We need policy’

Tyler Hoffman January 10, 2016

Education is a hot topic in politics in Utah, especially in relation to the growing push for STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) and art education in the state. Lieutenant...

Lt. Gov. Spencer J. Cox sits down with The Signpost reporter Tyler Hoffman to speak about the STEM to STEAM education transition.

Lieutenant governor discusses STEM to STEAM: ‘We need policy’

Tyler Hoffman December 18, 2015

Education is a hot topic in politics in Utah, especially in relation to the growing push for STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) and art education in the state. Lieutenant...

Poll finds millennials to be politically dubious

Nathan Cragun October 8, 2015

In a live poll asking why millennials don’t get involved with politics, a majority concluded that it is because the fighting between parties annoyed them. This poll, as well as many others, were the...

News Briefs: Parking tickets and diversity conference

Tina Milewski October 6, 2015

Weber State to host 17th Annual Diversity Conference This Thursday and Friday Weber State University's 17th Annual Diversity Conference will be taking place at both the Ogden campus and the Davis campus. This...

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