Plus, meet Utah football's head coach in waiting
Good morning! Here are today’s temperatures: ☀️ 48 – 82° in Logan ☀️ 63 – 84° in Salt Lake ☀️ 75 – 103° in St. George How do you renovate a democracy? Eboo Patel, the founder and president of Interfaith America, recently asked author and Harvard professor Danielle Allen about her thoughts on the matter. “The actual job ... is to rebuild the structure of our society so that we can achieve a full sharing of power and responsibility,” she said. “What I’m looking for by 2050 is that in our political institutions, we are seeing full participation across social segments.” Read more about how our nation can pull together instead of apart. Also on our minds: Meet the women dominating roller derby in Utah Ways to celebrate the Fourth of July in Utah What the Supreme Court ruling on Trump’s presidential immunity claims means for the 2024 election |
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| Close call: 2nd District nail-biter comes down to challenged votes |
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A week — maybe a month. That’s how long it could take to find out the end result of Utah’s nail-biting primary season finale in the 2nd Congressional District.
The race to decide Rep. Celeste Maloy’s fate in Congress remained up in the air on Monday as updated vote totals continued to eat away at the congresswoman’s narrow lead over her opponent, Colby Jenkins, and inched the race closer to a potential recount.
An update of just under 400 ballots from Sevier County on Monday morning left the margin separating the candidates unchanged, with 197 votes each going to both Maloy and Jenkins despite Maloy leading in previous ballot counts from the county.
Maloy is fighting for reelection to her first full term after winning November’s special election propelled by Washington County support. Read more about the latest updates on the race. |
| It’s been the unofficial plan for a while, but now it’s official. Utah defensive coordinator Morgan Scalley will be the Utes’ new head coach when Kyle Whittingham retires, athletic director Mark Harlan announced Monday morning. “Coach Whittingham has built Utah football into one of the nation’s elite programs through a strong culture, tradition and exceptional student-athletes, and he has been clear about his intentions of continuing to lead this incredible Utah football program as we move into the Big 12 Conference and into the new expanded College Football Playoff,” Harlan said in a released statement. Scalley, who played safety for Utah from 2001-04 and was a captain of the Utes’ undefeated 2004 team, has coached under Whittingham for nearly two decades, getting his start in the coaching world as an administrative assistant before rising to safeties coach in 2008 — Utah’s next undefeated season. Read more about Scalley’s experience with football and the details of his contract with the Utes. More in Sports Doug Robinson: Naming Scalley as Whittingham’s successor was an easy — and smart — choice (Deseret News) How social media reacted to BYU football’s new throwback uniforms (Deseret News) Utah Royals fired head coach Amy Rodriguez. Who will replace her? (Deseret News) The reason you should care who Cody Williams’ older brother is (Deseret News) Did the Utah Hockey Club ace its first NHL draft? How experts graded their picks (Deseret News) |
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