SALT LAKE CITY — A top Trump administration health official says our best hope for curbing the opioid crisis may lie in the concept of “prehab,” or helping people avoid addiction in the first place, rather than rehabilitation after the fact. Adm. Brett Giroir, Assistant Health Secretary, visited Utah’s Morning News on Friday to talk about what the White House is doing to fight the opioid epidemic. His visit coincides with a healthcare innovation symposium hosted by the Kem Gardner Policy Institute and the Hatch Center.

Limited housing supplies on the Wasatch Front are stifling sales of single-family homes and pushing prices to new highs. In keeping with trends seen in many parts of the country, home sales fell between April and June in Salt Lake County as a result of tight inventories, declining by 4.6 percent compared to the same quarter last year, according to new numbers released Thursday by the Salt Lake Board of Realtors.

SALT LAKE CITY — While national conversations about hacking attempts aimed at disrupting U.S. elections are ongoing, security experts raised red flags Monday about the 2020 Census and the U.S. Census Bureau's failure to share details about keeping the effort safe from digital intruders. The warnings carry extra heft with this version of the decennial effort as the population count is relying on technology at unprecedented levels, including allowing respondents to complete census forms online for the first time.

SALT LAKE CITY — When their family first moved to Bountiful, Yetlanecy Mendez’s daughter, who was 5 at the time, cried every day. "Please bring us back to Mexico," the girl said during prayers. Her mother at times felt the same way. The family had moved from the state of Puebla so Mendez’s husband could pursue a master’s degree in Utah.

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah is facing a potential housing crisis with more individuals and families looking for a place to live than is available statewide. The Salt Lake Chamber reported Thursday that for the first time in 40 years the Beehive State has more households than available housing units. The result is increasing prices for homeownership and rents, coupled with decreasing overall housing affordability.

If you want to live in a place where you get paid top-dollar, you may want to consider moving to Utah, where residents enjoy America's highest median annual income when taking into account cost of living, according to WalletHub. The financial website's 2018 Best & Worst States for Jobs rankings analyzed how the 50 U.S. states measure up. It looked at each state's job-market strength, opportunity and economic environment across 29 key metrics, including employment growth, median annual income and average commute time. Based on these findings, each state received a score out of 100.

Building a central shipping hub for international goods near the airport in Salt Lake City, known as the “inland port,” is an opportunity for this generation to contribute to the state’s legacy. That’s the view of Natalie Gochnour, the director of the University of Utah’s Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute, who spoke on a panel hosted by Envision Utah on Wednesday.

ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — A study indicates the demand for Utah housing is exceeding the supply, resulting in rising prices that could affect some households more than others. The Spectrum reports the University of Utah study made public Tuesday has found that the increase of housing prices is outpacing wage growth, which could place a severe cost burden on households below the median income.

Utah’s booming housing market is outpacing workers’ wages, threatening the state with an affordable-housing crisis, according to new research out of the University of Utah. Since 2010, Utah has been among the nation’s fastest-growing populations and fastest-growing economies, resulting in more demand than the supply of adequate housing can meet.

Utah Jazz executive Steve Starks doesn’t want his daughters to grow up and find they can’t afford a decent place to live around here because housing prices are steadily escalating faster than incomes. […]