Stay updated with breaking news from பிரையன் ஆல்பர்ஸ். Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
/ iStockphoto Utah-based startup Degree Insurance wants to help students pay off their debt by insuring college degrees. Sierra Golding didn’t plan on going to college after graduating high school in 2015, mostly because she couldn’t afford it. Instead, she went abroad to teach English. A couple years later, her high school debate coach called and said the team at the University of Utah wanted to recruit her, and that it would pay for school. She accepted the offer, in part, because the coach pitched it to her as a done deal. “That summer rolled around and I reached out to him and I was like, ‘Hey, I don t see my scholarship on my financial aid page,” Golding said. “And he was like, ‘Well, you didn t apply.’ And I was like, whoa, whoa, whoa, what?’” ....
KUER Yes, 2020 was the year of COVID. But here’s a timeline of the other interesting stuff that happened in Utah last year, too. January: Impeachment, Sundance and Condomgate Jon Reed The Sundance Film Festival drew more than 100,000 people to Park City Utah. The year began with the end of the controversial Southern Red Sands Mine project in Kanab, and by the middle of January there was just one thing at the top of people’s minds: Impeachment. It was also this month that the Utah Department of Health faced its first crisis of the year: Condomgate. Gov. Gary Herbert quickly blocked the HIV prevention campaign that sent out thousands of condoms with sex-positive, Utah-themed packaging. But his plan to protect Utahns from such tastlessness wasn’t entirely effective full sets of the profalactics with messages like “Greatest Sex on Earth and “Explore Utah’s Caves” appeared on Ebay days later. ....