Over the past year, the Deseret News has looked closely at the state of the American family, and much of the emerging picture is troubling. Read more »

It would be hard to find a bigger collision of interests that in the debate of the farm bill currently before Congress. Everything from Mike Bloomberg's war on soft drinks to market economics and... Read more »

The process of judicial appointment has been buffeted by the winds of contentious politics in Washington, and the Utah federal courts are among those most adversely affected. Salt Lake City's new... Read more »

A new study shows a sizeable number of children in Utah are spending nearly one out of five of their waking hours in front of a computer screen — most of the time engaged in social networking. Read more »

A state auditor's report for Springdale police found one-third of the 423 citations used for cash bail between January 2011 and January 2012 were missing. Read more »

A recent report from the Human Rights Campaign shows more teenagers feel harassed or unsafe in Utah because of their orientation than in other states. While these findings may be debatable, Utahn's... Read more »

Officials in Massachusetts are hoping a stiff sentence will do the trick. Last week a Haverhill District Court judge sentenced 18-year-old Aaron Deveau to serve one year in prison and 15 years of a... Read more »

Perhaps it seems intuitive, but it requires some fairly rigorous social science to show that the actual structure of families, and not just their processes, makes a significant difference for the... Read more »

Many Americans, it seems, are not big fans of recall elections. Read more »

In the immediate afterglow of the 2002 Winter Olympics, the question rose as to whether Utah should or could ever again host Olympic Games. Now, with the momentum of a downhill skier, what began as... Read more »

An executive order requiring state vehicles to shut down after idling for more than 30 seconds is a clear-headed effort to address a problem that has generated a discussion as murky as a winter... Read more »

If ever there were cases tailor-made for President Obama's new approach to "smart and effective immigration enforcement," it would be those of Barbara Tapia Avelar and her sisters Silvia Juarez... Read more »

The nation needs to take prison crimes, and the need for strong rehabilitative efforts, more seriously. The new standards are at least a step toward that. Read more »

After a whirlwind weekend of horse races, pageants, boat rides and concerts, the Diamond Jubilee celebration of Queen Elizabeth's 60 years as monarch will culminate tomorrow with a visit to St.... Read more »

As the so-called millennial generation launches into adulthood, the marketplace does not seem to be valuing 20-year-olds as highly as they would like to value themselves. The unemployment rate for... Read more »

Some time later this year, officials with college football's Bowl Championship Series are expected to announce a four-team playoff system to determine the national championship. It may be... Read more »

A recent study shows Utah fares slightly worse than average when it comes to the rate of fatalities from injuries due to preventable accidents. What should grab your attention about the study is... Read more »

Salt Lake City transportation planners are at a crossroads, and the directions they choose will have a profound effect on the future of the city's thriving downtown. Read more »

The Millennials cannot be the shortcut to move the economy forward because they simply cannot pay for what they buy. Their insecure spending behavior reinforces the national debt. Read more »

The U.S. economy will not recover as long as underwater mortgages drag down the real estate market. Read more »

As we enjoy the long weekend that marks the symbolic start of summer, it serves us to remember just how and why we came to set aside a specific holiday for the purpose of remembering. Memory, after... Read more »

As we head into the summer months, the headlines seem eerily similar to last summer's. A eurozone debt crisis threatens global economic recovery. A springtime stock market rally has retreated. And,... Read more »

A study from the University of Michigan Law School and Northwestern University School of Law's Center on Wrongful Convictions gives us a unique opportunity to identify patterns and correct mistakes... Read more »

License plate numbers may be scanned for those who travel down a stretch of I15; a known corridor for drug trafficking. Although this scanning provides an opportunity to aid in drug arrests, the... Read more »

The summer solstice still weeks away, the summer wildfire season has begun early and in earnest. Already, crews in Utah have battled at least three significant fires that have scorched thousands of... Read more »