Also: Poll shows race among Republicans to replace Sen. Mitt Romney still up for grabs
Good morning! Here are today’s temperatures: Logan: 28 - 46° ⛅ | 30% 💧 Salt Lake City: 38 - 55° ⛅ | 30% 💧 St. George: 47 - 57° 🌧️ | 80% 💧 Taylor Swift and philosophy are two things I didn't know went together. But this semester, thirty BYU students enrolled in a class that will study Swift’s song lyrics through a philosophical lens. What other topics deserve a college course? Meg Walter has three other suggestions. Also on our mind: a Utah bill would protect ecclesiastical leaders who report child abuse, a "Pineapple Express" is expected to impact Utah over next week and an exercise that can prevent osteoporosis. |
| What will it take to attract, retain Utah educators? Is a $20,000 bonus the answer? |
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| | GOP lawmakers rolled out a suite of bills Wednesday they say will attract and keep Utah’s best teachers in the classroom: HB221 would help support new educators as they fulfill their full-time student teaching requirement. The bill would provide them a $6,000 stipend to help support their needs during a semester of full-time student teaching. HB431 would require school districts to provide at least three weeks of paid maternity leave. SB173 would make high-performing teachers eligible for “salary supplements” of $10,000, which would be doubled if they teach at a high poverty school. |
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| Among Republican candidates jockeying to replace Sen. Mitt Romney in the Senate, the race is still wide open. A new Deseret News/Hinckley Institute of Politics poll shows about half of all registered Utah Republicans haven’t decided who they will vote for in the party’s June 25 primary. Since Romney made his announcement in September last year, several candidates stepped up to run for the seat. The race is now fairly crowded — with 11 Republicans, three Democrats and two others — and the candidates have ramped up their campaigning and outreach efforts as they try to gain support and momentum. Read more about the candidates. More in Politics: Could Donald Trump be constitutionally barred from becoming President again? (Deseret News) What you need to know about Utah’s ‘sovereignty bill’ and what it does (Deseret News) Utah bill introduced to protect ecclesiastical leaders who report child abuse (Deseret News) Abuse reporting, gun sales and Om’s Law: Inside the new bills fighting domestic violence in Utah (Deseret News) Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson: The 2024 election is not an existential threat to democracy (Deseret News) | FROM OUR SPONSOR JON M. HUNTSMAN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS What Does it Mean to Dare Mighty Things? Dare Mighty Things: (v) the act of courageously attempting to do big and audacious things that make you uncomfortable, that stretch you, and allow you to grow, even as you experience failure and doubt along the way. Daring Mighty in little and big things is not an act but a habit toward excellence. | Health This exercise can prevent osteoporosis in women or help rebuild what’s been lost (Deseret News) FDA updates cosmetics regulations to focus on ‘serious adverse effects’(Deseret News) Faith We sent out 80,000 postcards to Latter-day Saints in the U.S. Here’s what we learned (Deseret News) Oregon lawmaker sparks backlash with comments comparing Christian leaders to Muslims and atheists (Deseret News) Family Why this Utah lawmaker wants kids to be potty trained to enroll in kindergarten (Deseret News) Deseret News Editorial Board: ‘More family-sized housing’: Why the mayor wants families to live downtown (Deseret News) Business Utah Gov. Cox shares Utah’s secret to economic and entrepreneurial success at MountainWest event (Deseret News) ‘Unfathomable sum’: Elon Musk loses record $56 billion Tesla pay package in court ruling (Deseret News) Environment Here's how 'Pineapple Express' is expected to impact Utah over next week (KSL) Utah explores split-season leases as a possible piece to Great Salt Lake solution (KSL) Tooele and Utah Counties Charges: Utahn found dead stole baby formula, CPAP masks to fund cars, trips, comic books (KSL) Sheriff's deputies find body while searching for missing woman in American Fork Canyon (KSL) Washington and Grand Counties Split verdict in case involving crash that killed 2 cyclists in Washington (St. George News) This crucial funding source for rural Utah is grappling with lower revenues (Times-Independent) The West What are the ‘atmospheric rivers’ that keep flooding California? (Deseret News) A massacre that killed 6 reveals the treacherous world of illegal pot in SoCal deserts (LA Times) The Nation Federal judge dismisses Disney’s lawsuit against Gov. Ron DeSantis (Deseret News) Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg apologises to families in fiery US Senate hearing (BBC) The World How much would it cost to go to the Paris Olympics? (Deseret News) World Court dismisses much of Ukraine's case against Russia (Reuters) Sports Ochai Agbaji’s defensive impact is keeping him on the floor through his offensive slump (Deseret News) 3 takeaways from The Athletic’s explosive report on Aaron Rodgers, Zach Wilson and the Jets (Deseret News) A night with Carlos Boozer (Deseret News) ‘Taking what the defense gives us’: No. 22 BYU reinventing itself with Fouss Traore back in the lineup (Deseret News) |
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