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The editorial board and opinion section staff are independent from the newsgathering side of our organization. Through our staff-written editorials, we take positions on important issues that affect our readers, from pension reform to protecting our region’s unique natural resources to transportation. Editorials are unsigned because, while written by one or more of our staff members, they represent the point of view of our news organization’s management. To take informed positions, we meet frequently with government, community and business leaders on important issues affecting our cities, region and state. During elections, we meet with candidates for office and proponents and…

In what was surely a case of unintended consequences, the Supreme Court’s landmark decision a year ago that overturned Roe v. Wade is putting abortion opponents increasingly out of step with public opinion and creating political dangers for candidates on his side. In a new USA TODAY/Suffolk University poll, one in four Americans say subsequent state efforts to impose strict limits on abortion access have made them more supportive of abortion rights. The Dobbs decision, which removed access to abortion as a constitutionally protected right, galvanized the anti-abortion movement, but its fallout is helping to boost support for legal abortion…

A new video showing a party at Conservative Party headquarters shows staff drinking and dancing during the Covid pandemic. One person is heard saying that it’s okay to film “as long as we don’t play it like we’re, like, following the rules.” The video, published by the Mirror, date of December 2020 when London was in level 2 restrictions. Home Secretary Michael Gove has apologized for the video, saying it was “indefensible”. The Conservative Party said four people were disciplined, but it is not clear who they are. BBC political correspondent Helen Catt breaks down the video. Video by Mattea…

There has always been a performative aspect to American politics. Politicians say or do things to attract attention, rather than to contribute to governance. But it has become widespread in recent years. Former President Donald Trump epitomizes the bombastic approach, saying anything to anger his supporters, even to the point of violence, and get the attention of the media, however detached from reality they may be. Unfortunately, however, Trump is not alone. Politicians of all ideological stripes now see attention-grabbing verbiage as an end in itself, making statements and issuing promises with little or no basis in reality, but can…

What would you do if grown men insisted on campaigning at your kid’s birthday party?! Many thanks to the City of Logan Police Department for stepping in and to the City of Logan Parks and Recreation Department for fielding my phone calls late into the night to repeatedly confirm that we were indeed the only ones authorized to use the pavilion at Lundstrum Park on Thursday. night in Logan, Utah (the city we live in) for my daughter’s 6th birthday party. It was unfortunate that we needed you, but we are very happy that the interaction was so peaceful and…

The Ministry of Mines and Energy of the Republic of Serbia published today (Wednesday, June 14, 2023) the public call for auctions for the award of market premiums (in the form of CfD) for wind and solar projects. According to a previous announcement, the total share of premiums amounts to 400 MW for wind power plants and 50 MW for solar plants. The maximum price is set at 105 EUR/MWh for wind and 90 EUR/MWh for solar plants. The fixed percentage balance that the winning projects will pay to EPS is set at 5.81% of the maximum price for wind…

SACRAMENT – Gov. Gavin Newsom took his feud with Gov. Ron DeSantis to new heights on Monday, apparently threatening him with kidnapping charges after California officials said South American migrants were sent to Sacramento by the state of Florida as a political gimmick. Newsom, a Democrat, cited state kidnapping laws in a tweet to the Florida governor and Republican presidential hopeful, whom he called a “pathetic little man.” “This isn’t Martha’s Vineyard. Kidnapping charges?” Newsom said in the tweet, referencing DeSantis’ action last year to send a group of Venezuelan migrants to the wealthy liberal vacation spot of Massachusetts. Sixteen…