Utah Headlines

Legislative session

• Utah Foundation: Legislators must consider cost of living and political dysfunction (Deseret News)
• What a Trump White House means for Utah’s legislative session (Deseret News)
• Bill incentivizes gun owners to buy firearm safety device (KSL Newsradio)
• Meet Ralph, the Utah State Capitol's new bomb-sniffing dog (Fox13)

Business and Labor

• Utah legislative bill targets apps to protect minors online (KUTV)

Education

• How Utah’s college presidents, higher ed leaders are preparing for a historic legislative session (Deseret News)

Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice

• Utah firefighters face alarming cancer risk, push for legislative change to save lives (KUTV)
• Utah lawmaker takes action against sextortion with bill addressing counterfeit images (KUTV)

Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment

• Utah faces campground shortage as outdoor demand surges; Rep. Steve Eliason introducing bill to address shortages (KUTV)
  

Political Subdivisions

• Utah lawmakers seek collaboration with cities to create affordable housing (KSL Newsradio)

Other Utah News

Politics

• Opinion: We are Americans — we can build bridges to act in unity (Deseret News)
• Local reactions to President Trump’s executive orders on immigration (KSL TV)
• Utah delegates travel to attend Trump’s inauguration (KSL TV)
• ‘We’re so back.’ Utah Republicans celebrate Donald Trump’s return to power (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Ogden slashed its crime rate, but some still see it as rough Junction City (KUER)
• ‘Now is not the time to lose hope:’ Utahns protested Trump’s immigration, social policies at the Capitol (Salt Lake Tribune)

Utah news

• 'Living in fear;' What immigrants looking to legally come to Utah should know (Fox13)

Crime

• West Valley City police release body cam footage of man shot, accused of killing parents (KUTV)
• Man steals snowboards from Park City lodge, sells them to undercover police (KUTV)

Culture

• ‘A long way to go’: Utah civil rights advocates rally, march to mark MLK Day (KSL)

Education

• Voices: At the U. and USU, general education classes shape Utah’s future leaders (Salt Lake Tribune)

Health

• New research links plant-based diets to multiple health benefits (KUTV)

Housing

• Code Blue Alert triggers temporary warming stations to open in Salt Lake City (KSL TV)

National Headlines

General

• Migrants stranded when thousands of appointments to enter the US legally are canceled as Trump takes office (AP)
• ‘Everyone wants him out': How Musk helped boot Ramaswamy from DOGE (Politico)
• Ohio State wins 1st national title since 2014, outlasting Notre Dame 34-23 in championship (KUTV)

Political news

• As presidency expires, Biden pardons 5 family members for 10 years, Fauci, Cheney and others (Deseret News)
• Photo gallery: The second Trump presidency begins (Deseret News)
• ‘Golden age of America begins right now,’ Trump declares in inaugural address (Deseret News)
• Trump, in his inaugural address, rips into the country’s past leaders and makes sweeping promises (AP)
• 2 Latter-day Saint apostles attend second inauguration of President Trump (Deseret News)
• Trump’s first day: He pardons around 1,500 who were at Capitol on Jan. 6, signs executive order to end birthright citzenship and more (Deseret News)
• Inside Capital One Arena, where Trump supporters waited for hours to hear from the new president (Deseret News)
• US Senate confirms Marco Rubio as secretary of state (Reuters)
• Trump curtails protections around diversity, LGBTQ rights (Reuters)
• Trump says 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico coming on Feb. 1 as he signs several orders on economy (AP)
• Trump order seeks to change the name of North America’s tallest peak from Denali to Mount McKinley (AP)
• Trump declares U.S. will withdraw from the World Health Organization (NPR)
• Trump authorizes military deployment plan to border in executive order (The Hill)
• Putin congratulates Trump (Politico)

Ukraine and Russia

• What the North Koreans took into battle against Ukraine (Washington Post)

Israel and Gaza

• Hamas says next hostages will be released on Saturday as scheduled (Reuters)

Other world news

• President of Panama: ‘The canal is and will remain Panama’s’ (The Hill)
• Cattle Gallstones, Worth Twice as Much as Gold, Drive a Global Smuggling Frenzy (Wall Street Journal)

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News Releases

Utah Senate Democrats announce 2025 General Session priorities: Back to Basics

For years, the Utah Senate Democrats have championed the freedoms of Utahns and advocated for equity. In 2025, we reaffirm that commitment by returning to the basics. Our General Session priorities will focus on the theme: â€œBack to Basics—Ensuring Prosperity and Security for Every Utahn.”

As Utah experiences unprecedented growth and economic success, we challenge the state’s leaders to address a critical question: Who is Utah’s economic growth leaving behind?...

The Utah Senate Democrats believe that life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness are fundamental rights for all. This session, we will focus on solutions that address the essential needs of families, empowering them to pursue happiness with confidence and security. (Read More)

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Upcoming

• Jan. 21 â€” Utah legislative session begins
• Jan 21 â€” Prioritizing Life to Achieve Success at Work with UWLP, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm, Register here
• Jan 23 - Designing Corporate Women’s Networks, Initiatives, and Leadership Programs with UWLP, 12:00-3:00 pm, Register here
• Jan 23 â€” State of the State address, 6:30 pm
• Jan 27 â€” The Impact of Women’s Health on Work and Life with UWLP, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm, Register here
• Jan 29 â€” A Conversation with Pat Jones on Women's Leadership with UWLP, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm, Register here
• Feb 3 â€” Building Bridges: Leading as Women in Local Government with the Utah Women and Leadership Project, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm, Register here
• Feb 5 â€” Women and Policy, Strategy, Politics, and Change with UWLP, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm, Register here
• Feb 10 â€” Gail Miller: Making a Difference with UWLP, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm, Register here
• Feb 12 â€” Navigating the 2025 Tax Reconciliation Bill webinar with the Hatch Center, 10:00 am - 11:00 am, MST, Register here
• Feb 12 â€” Crossing the Divide: Making an Impact in Career and Community with UWLP, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm, Register here
• Feb 20 â€” BioHive Live, 9:00 am - 3:00 pm, Hale Centre Theater, Sandy, Register here
• Mar. 7 â€” Utah legislative session ends

On This Day In History 

• 1648 - Long before the suffrage movement, Margaret Brent asked the Maryland General Assembly to grant her voting privileges. While the assembly of men denied Brent her request for not one, but two votes, she proved to be a savvy attorney and landowner in her own right.
• 1738 - Ethan Allen, future Revolutionary War hero and key founder of the Republic of Vermont is born.
• 1793 - King Louis XVI executed by guillotine during the French Revolution.
• 1924 - Vladimir Lenin dies of a brain hemorrhage at age 54.
• 1935 - Raye Montague is born. the groundbreaking engineer and ship designer, smashed both gender and racial barriers to revolutionize Naval ship design and become the U.S. Navy's first female program manager of ships.
• 1950 - George Orwell dies at age 46.
• 1953 - Children’s author Richard Scarry is born and so is Paul Allen, who went on to start a little company in a garage, a company he and his partner Bill Gates called “Microsoft.”
• 1975 - Female journalists are allowed into men’s professional sports’ locker room for the first time, after the NHL All-Star Game in Montreal.
• 1977 - President Jimmy Carter pardons draft dodgers.
• 2008 - Black Monday for worldwide stock markets
• 2017 - The Women’s March in Washington D.C. and around the nation occurred on Donald Trump’s first full day in office to protest the perceived threats to civil and human rights. 
• 2020 - World’s oldest asteroid impact (2.2 billion years) found in Yarrabubba, Western Australia.
• 2020 - First case of COVID-19 diagnosed in the U.S. 

Quote of the Day

"My proudest legacy will be that of a peacemaker and unifier. That's what I want to be: a peacemaker and unifier."

—President Trump, 2nd inaugural speech

On the Punny Side

What is that one thing you can catch in winter while keeping your eyes closed?

A cold

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