Marjorie Cortez
Deseret News Reporter
Award-winning journalist Marjorie Cortez has worked for news organizations in Utah and Colorado for more than three decades. Prior to her current role on the Utah InDepth team, she was an editorial writer, columnist and Sunday opinion section editor. Fun fact: “Hamilton” actor Daveed Diggs (a.k.a. Thomas Jefferson) once tweeted one of Marjorie’s stories.
Senate President Stuart Adams, R-Layton, left, shakes hand with University of Utah President Taylor Randall at the George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Wildlife Education Center in Farmington on Thursday, June 23, 2022, before a roundtable discussion on issues concerning the Great Salt Lake.Mengshin Lin, Deseret News
Senate President Stuart Adams, R-Layton, left, shakes hand with University of Utah President Taylor Randall at the George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Wildlife Education Center in Farmington on Thursday, June 23, 2022, before a roundtable discussion on issues concerning the Great Salt Lake.Mengshin Lin, Deseret News
With the picturesque Farmington Bay as a backdrop, state legislative leaders, the president of the state’s flagship university, academics, scientists and advocates shared ideas about the next steps to...