Author: Mariah Wheeler

OGDEN, Utah – Eight people are hoping to represent House District 10 in the Utah Legislature. The seat is vacant after former Rep. LaWanna “Lou” Shurtliff, D-Ogden, died at the end of December. The representative from House District 10 is the only Democrat in the Utah Legislature who doesn’t live in Salt Lake County. Utah Democratic Party Chair Jeff Merchant said that’s one reason so many people want it. “I think there’s a lot of pent-up interest in Democrats being a representative of the people outside of Salt Lake County,” Merchant said. Shurtliff was in that seat for about a decade. Merchant…

OGDEN, Utah – There are not a lot of people who look like Kandyce Perry working in the environmental sector. She’s always recognized the disparity but it was a conference in which she was the only Black woman leader in the room where it became apparent that there’s a lot more that needs to happen to make working in the field more equitable. So as the director of stormwater management for Trenton-based nonprofit future, which advocates for sustainable policies and practices across multiple sectors, Perry will tell you her work covers multiple facets. “Basically, the theory of change or thinking…