“Police officers will always and forever be our lifeline in our communities. But we cannot continue to ask them to be everything to everyone,” Liddy Huntsman writes.

“I’m wondering whether fear and angst are going to be normal emotions attached to elections indefinitely,” @JayEvensen writes.

“When you have a good bakery, it brings such a neighborly community feel together,” Bonrue co-founder Chris Connors told the Deseret News. | By @JustGambles14

Can the state require public school students to read Bible passages? Should the Amish have to install electric lights on their horse-drawn buggies? Can missionaries go door-to-door to proselytize? Those are just some of the difficult questions posed by religious freedom conflicts past and present. Josh McDaniel, an assistant professor at Harvard Law School and an associated scholar with the Centre for Law and Religious Freedom at Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland, wrestles with these issues as director of the law school’s Religious Freedom Clinic. Swipe to read a conversation on religious liberty in the United States with McDaniel and Jane Clayson Johnson. Listen to the full conversation on the “Deseret Voices” podcast. ✏️: Jane Clayson Johnson, Deseret News 🎨: Eliza Anderson, Deseret News

“We spend so much time searching for the right partner on paper that we may just miss what actually builds a lasting relationship,” Ella Dawson writes.

“The men and women who design, build and test some of our nation’s most important defense systems live in Utah,” Dan Hemmert writes.

A new album tied to the 2027 youth theme and next year’s Salt Lake Temple open house and celebration has been released by the Church of Jesus Christ. | By Amy Ortiz

Viral headlines often distort how child safety policies actually work. Here are the facts behind Latter-day Saint youth protection guidelines. | By Jennifer Roach Lees

“We need a dramatic paradigm shift if we are going to save the lake,” David Bennett writes.