Good morning. Today’s temperatures: Logan: 51 - 77° ⛈️ | 60% 💧 | ⚠️ Salt Lake City: 59 - 84° ⛈️ | 70% 💧 St. George: 63 - 93° 🌤️ ⚠️ Flood Watch The next time you drive past Walmart, Smith's or Costco, you should feel a burning sense of pride. Why? Because Utah did it first. The Beehive State became home to the nation's first department store in 1868, when Brigham Young founded the Zions Cooperative Mercantile Institution, or ZCMI, in Salt Lake City. The business was sold in 1999 to the Macy’s corporation. The only place to keep the ZCMI name is the ornate flagship store in downtown Salt Lake City. Tell me: Do you, or any of your relatives, have any memories of shopping at ZCMI? If so, what are we missing now that the store is no more? Also on our mind: A new book about the Mountain Meadows Massacre has insights for our current polarized moment, being around birds can boost your mental health and how Utes women's track used transfers to become a top-25 program.
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| California, Nevada and Arizona want a deal on proposed Colorado River cuts |
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| | Just over 100 years ago, representatives from the seven states that make up the Colorado River Basin — Utah, Colorado, Wyoming, New Mexico, Arizona, California and Nevada — gathered with federal officials to negotiate how to divide up the "lifeblood of the West." But last month, the Biden administration proposed a first-in-history drastic reduction in the amount of water that California, Nevada and Arizona receive from the Colorado River — threatening to upend the 100-year-old water sharing agreement amid ongoing drought conditions and rapid population growth. In a move to stave off this proposed reduction, the trio of Lower Basin states have now submitted a plan to the U.S. Department of Interior to voluntarily make their own cuts. Announced Monday, the three states say they will conserve 3 million acre-feet, or 977.5 billion gallons, of Colorado River water in Lake Mead by the end of 2026. Half those water savings, they say, will be achieved by the end of 2024. As a result of this new plan, the Interior Department said it is temporarily putting on hold the draft supplemental environmental impact statement published last month so that it can fully analyze the effects of the proposal. But many say the plan is a short-term fix to a problem that will only endure. |
Read more about why Upper Basin states, like Utah, have complained that Lower Basin states have over-developed their allocation of Colorado River water. |
| Congress passes a law, the president signs it and then its enforcement is set in stone, right? Not even close. Typically, the enforcement of laws passed by Congress is left up to one or more of the hundreds of federal agencies that make up the executive branch, allowing the exact interpretation and implementation of a given law to vary from department to department and to change over time. That is, unless the supreme court invents its own interpretation and declares it final, Alan Hurst writes. But even then, Hurst says, how a law — and its judicial interpretation — is perceived by conservatives and liberals can change dramatically over the course of just a few decades. Such is the convoluted history of Chevron U.S.A. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, a 1984 Supreme Court case initially written by a liberal Supreme Court justice, then later championed by conservative giant Justice Antonin Scalia and now being questioned by the most conservative Supreme Court in a hundred years. The takeaway? If you’re convinced a friend from the other party is out of their mind, on this issue or any other, just wait 15 years. What’s red and what’s blue can change faster than anybody expects, Hurst concludes. Read more about the Chevron case and how its partisan valence has changed over time. More in Politics The clock is ticking as McCarthy and Biden say no deal yet, but talks ‘productive’ (Deseret News) Sen. Tim Scott launches bid for 2024 — leads with a message of ‘hope and opportunity’ (Deseret News) Cox 'very optimistic' about Department of Corrections under new leadership (KSL) | FROM OUR SPONSOR UTAH SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL Believe in the Power of Theatre: Utah Shakespeare Festival's 2023 Season Discover captivating performances like A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Play that Goes Wrong, Jane Austen’s Emma The Musical, and more this season. Enhance your experience with backstage tours, seminars, orientations, and nightly free Greenshows. For tickets, visit bard.org or call 800-PLAYTIX. | Health Being around birds can boost mental health, studies say (Deseret News) Moving beyond ‘I’m sorry for your loss’ (Deseret News) Faith New book about Mountain Meadows Massacre has insights for current polarized moment, authors say (Deseret News) The gift of water: Church joins with organizations around the world (Church News) Education Clifton G. Sanders: Is community college a waste? Not in Utah (Deseret News) Male teachers are dying out in the education system. Here's why — and how to bring them back (KSL) Business and Economy Is Dollar Tree becoming the new Walmart? Big brands are coming to discount stores (Deseret News) FTC: Utah real estate company, celebrity realtors ordered to pay millions after promoting ‘deceptive’ investment workshops (Deseret News) Utah and Beaver Counties 'Weird-shaped house' turns into musical dream for Provo couple (KSL-TV) Animal activist appealing Pioneer Day trespassing guilty verdict in Beaver County (St. George News) The West Utah 'optimistic' to receive grants to study rail service from Salt Lake to Boise, Las Vegas (KSL) Top Nevada senator gives birth to baby boy during legislative session (Nevada Independent) The Nation NAACP issues travel advisory to Florida. Here’s what people are saying (Deseret News) This summer is likely going to be a hot one for most Americans (Deseret News) The World U.S., Papua New Guinea sign security agreement. What does it mean? (Deseret News) Ukrainian-Backed Troops Stage Cross-Border Incursion Into Russia (Wall Street Journal 🔒) Trending His ‘American Idol’ audition went viral. Now, this teen is the Season 21 winner (Deseret News) YouTube star and author Hank Green announces cancer diagnosis (Deseret News) Sports How Utes track used transfers to become a top-25 women’s program (Deseret News) Do any BYU or Utah quarterbacks rank among the top 75 QBs of the 2000s? (Deseret News) Former BYU signee Jake Wahlin returns from mission, signs with Utah (Deseret News) |
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