During the pandemic, domestic violence cases and deaths have increased dramatically. “It certainly is a preventable situation that our society needs more help with, I think,” said Dr. Sonia Salari. Salari is a professor at the University of Utah and a board member with the Utah Domestic Violence Coalition.
May 2021
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
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