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A study led by researchers at the University of Utah outlined new ways to prepare for wildfire evacuations, especially in dire situations where there isn’t much time to get out.

Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders (PMADs) are by far the biggest challenge for new and pregnant moms today. Even before the pandemic, at least about 1 in 7 new moms (15%) suffered from postpartum depression (PPD). In women of color and/or living in poverty, the number is much higher.

FBI data shows that in 2018, approximately 300,000 Utahns applied for a new gun background check. By 2020, it was more than 1.2 million. "Already in 2021, we are looking at about 422,000, and the year isn't even half over yet," said Sonia Solari, a professor at the University of Utah who's been researching the number of Utahns applying for gun background checks.

Experts discussed the pandemic, how it changed our economic systems and how the policy response will shape our recovery. The panelists included Juliette Tennert, chief economist for the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute; Rodi von Arnim, associate professor of economics at the University of Utah; and Phillip Singer, assistant professor of political science at the University of Utah

In order to head off more Prop 22s, there’s been talk recently from companies, researchers, and some within the labor movement of a sort of grand bargain with Lyft and Uber, whereby drivers would accept that third-category worker status and, in return, be granted what’s known as “sectoral bargaining.” Workers would be granted the right to organize and bargain with the companies — something that, legally, independent contractors cannot do.