Utah State Legislature update: abortion and transgender rights
Reading Time: 2 minutes Utah’s Legislative Session concludes its third week with failed passages during “water week,” but action in education reforms.
“The best days are yet to come,” Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks at UVU
Reading Time: 3 minutes The Herbert Institute of Public Policy hosted Former Vice President Mike Pence where he gave a speech on a variety of issues concerning the nation, and took student questions while protesters gathered outside the event.
Utah legislature passes controversial transgender athlete bill
Reading Time: 2 minutes Recently the Utah State Legislature passed House Bill 11 which, if signed by Governor Spencer Cox, will put in place a ban on transgender student-athletes from participating in women’s public school sports. H.B. 11, which passed in the Utah State House on March 4, is a part of a trend of bills that have passed […]
Upcoming Utah Diplomatic Conference
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Office for Global Engagement at Utah Valley University is hosting the Utah Diplomatic Conference on International Trade Relations. This conference welcomes diplomats from 30 different countries who will discuss lessons learned globally from COVID-19, along with other global topics. The conference will be on March 21, starting at 9 a.m. in the Grand Ballroom. […]
Water and growth to be high priorities in upcoming general session
Reading Time: 2 minutes Insights shared by lawmakers during a legislative information forum asserted water and growth as the highest priorities in the upcoming 2022 general session of the Utah Legislature. Hosted by the Herbert Institute for Public Policy, the legislative forum on Jan. 14 at Utah Valley University heard from Rep. Brad Wilson (R-H.D. 15), speaker of the […]
Students are concerned about US withdrawal from Afghanistan
Reading Time: 5 minutes After two decades in Afghanistan, the US has finally pulled out of the longest war in American history. On Monday, Aug. 30, the last plane with Americans and Afghans left the international airport in Kabul — only one day before the official extraction deadline (Aug. 31) set by President Joe Biden. When asked why he […]