http://www.ksl.com KSL / Editorials / Articles en-us 15 100 24 http://www.ksl.com http://media.bonnint.net/slc/544/54447/5444751.gif http://www.ksl.com?nid=238&sid=8553495 http://www.ksl.com?nid=238&sid=8553495 New research by the Utah Foundation reaches an alarming conclusion: "Utah is no longer a national leader in terms of the educational attainment of its young population." http://www.ksl.com?nid=238&sid=8491251 http://www.ksl.com?nid=238&sid=8491251 A new booklet produced by the Utah Department of Health ought to be mandatory reading for every teenager who is beginning to drive. http://www.ksl.com?nid=238&sid=8491231 http://www.ksl.com?nid=238&sid=8491231 Vote! That in a word is what KSL encourages Utahns to do tomorrow. http://www.ksl.com?nid=238&sid=8491219 http://www.ksl.com?nid=238&sid=8491219 When it comes to their income, a number of top local cops around Utah have a good thing going. http://www.ksl.com?nid=238&sid=8404840 http://www.ksl.com?nid=238&sid=8404840 Salt Lake City desperately needs a new public safety building. To get one, voters in the capital city should willingly approve Proposition 1 on November 3rd. http://www.ksl.com?nid=238&sid=8404822 http://www.ksl.com?nid=238&sid=8404822 Voters in Davis County should approve a $250 million building improvement and construction bond on November 3rd. http://www.ksl.com?nid=238&sid=8404810 http://www.ksl.com?nid=238&sid=8404810 We'd like to think . . . and frankly, we're certain . . . Heather Christensen is much more representative of the skill, dedication and overall goodness of Utah teachers than some of the other educators who have been in the news lately for disreputable reasons. http://www.ksl.com?nid=238&sid=8324255 http://www.ksl.com?nid=238&sid=8324255 As bond elections go, the one placed on the November 3 ballot by the Granite Board of Education should be a slam dunk. Indeed, voters in the state's largest school district should give the measure their overwhelming approval. http://www.ksl.com?nid=238&sid=8324238 http://www.ksl.com?nid=238&sid=8324238 What to do about panhandling in Utah's capital city? Indeed, how does society strike a balance between traditional Judeo-Christian values of reaching out to the truly needy, while getting a handle on a practice where compelling evidence reveals people are taking advantage of the citizenry's inherent generosity? http://www.ksl.com?nid=238&sid=8324214 http://www.ksl.com?nid=238&sid=8324214 In law enforcement circles, SADD seems an appropriate acronym to describe an ongoing problem with about one-percent of police officers in the state of Utah. http://www.ksl.com?nid=238&sid=8267981 http://www.ksl.com?nid=238&sid=8267981 The Utah Board of Education has done its job. Now it is up to local school districts and charter schools to implement a new policy designed to crack down on bullying and hazing in the public schools. http://www.ksl.com?nid=238&sid=8267967 http://www.ksl.com?nid=238&sid=8267967 It is a rather stunning figure when you think about it - since the 1960's more than a hundred murders in Salt Lake City have gone unresolved. People, literally, are getting away with murder. http://www.ksl.com?nid=238&sid=8267957 http://www.ksl.com?nid=238&sid=8267957 A message delivered by President Thomas S. Monson at last weekend's General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints needs to be heard beyond the scope of the organization he leads. http://www.ksl.com?nid=238&sid=8135978 http://www.ksl.com?nid=238&sid=8135978 Every time we turn around, it seems, another study somewhere is validating the health benefits of not smoking, as well as the value of taking societal steps to curb the use of tobacco. http://www.ksl.com?nid=238&sid=8135959 http://www.ksl.com?nid=238&sid=8135959 http://www.ksl.com?nid=238&sid=8135937 http://www.ksl.com?nid=238&sid=8135937 May we offer a word of advice today - don't equivocate when it comes to flu shots. Take the time to get vaccinated. http://www.ksl.com?nid=238&sid=8091250 http://www.ksl.com?nid=238&sid=8091250 It has been a long summer of intense national debate over an extraordinarily complex issue. Health care reform has divided the nation. http://www.ksl.com?nid=238&sid=8091238 http://www.ksl.com?nid=238&sid=8091238 It isn't at all surprising that many of those involved in the business of politics object strongly to any effort to place caps on the amount of money that can be given to a candidate for public office in Utah. http://www.ksl.com?nid=238&sid=8054583 http://www.ksl.com?nid=238&sid=8054583 Salt Lake City is host this week to the 63rd annual convention of the National Conference of Editorial Writers. http://www.ksl.com?nid=238&sid=7960151 http://www.ksl.com?nid=238&sid=7960151 Let it be said up front: there is absolutely no place in Utah schools for bullying and hazing.