Utah Headlines

Political news

• Utah’s newest political party has a new chair: Michelle Quist (Deseret News)
• Curtis silent on whether Hegseth should remain on the job (KSL TV)
• Union referendum live updates: Labor groups meet signature threshold in first of 15 senate districts (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Now banned in Utah: placing kindergarteners in a secluded room (Fox13)
• A special session is incoming. Here’s what Utah lawmakers can and can’t do (KUER)
• Utah Gov. Cox signs executive order for wildfire preparedness (Daily Herald)

Municipal news

• 'Now is the time to define our town on our own terms': Springdale grapples with its identity (St. George News)
• Worries precede Provo's proposed three-tier water system (Fox13)

Utah

• Utah fire community mourns South Jordan firefighter who unexpectedly died while on duty (Deseret News)
• 72 veterans travel to U.S. Capitol for 50th Utah Honor Flight (KSL TV)
• SLCPD urges community to for prepare road closures during Saturday marathon (KSL TV)
• Utah churches, DMVs, homes caught in online trend targeting suspected immigrants (KUTV)
• Immigration attorneys worry Utah driving privilege cardholders could be targeted (KUER)

Biz/Tech

• Biz launch pad: How the University of Utah’s Master of Business Creation is fostering scores of student-entrepreneurs (Deseret News)
• Deseret Book to phase out Seagull Book stores by end of year, leaders announce (Deseret News)
• Apple fined $570 million and Meta $228 million for breach of EU law (Reuters)

Crime/Courts

• Head of Utah charter school arrested on several counts of child sexual exploitation (KUTV)

Culture/Community

• Kids can eat for free at Disney World starting next year (Deseret News)

Economy

• Why is Donald Trump at war with the Fed? (Deseret News)
• Americans sour on Trump's handling of the economy, poll finds (Reuters)

Education - Higher

• Conner Mantz inspired his wife, Kylie, to take up running. Then, she walked on to the BYU track team (Deseret News)
• Weber State University announces degree program cuts (KSL Newsradio)
• 'Is this actually real?' Utah State students cope with majors being cut (Fox13)
• US college presidents unite against Trump's higher education policies (Reuters)

Environment

• Opinion: Faith communities unite to save the Great Salt Lake this Earth Day (Deseret News)
• Plan to pay farmers not to grow crops could help the Colorado River and Utah politically (Fox13)
• UCLA says Utah lags on recycling wastewater. That’s not how the state sees it (KUER)
• Environmentalists warn: Changing ‘waters of the U.S.’ definition could damage Great Salt Lake (St. George News)

Family

• U.S. births rose less than 1% in 2024 (Deseret News)
• White House pondering ideas on how to get more babies (Deseret News)
• Sisters take extreme measure to avoid painful disease (Deseret News)
• Silver linings: My retired parents failure to launch (Deseret News)

Health

• How an equine therapy program has become a 'place of healing' for women and girls in need of help (KSL)
• FDA suspends milk quality tests amid workforce cuts (KSL)

Housing

• As Utah’s winter warming centers close for season, homeless advocates share these resources (KSL)

National Headlines

General

• Arizona jury finds Lori Vallow Daybell guilty of conspiring to murder husband (KSL)
• Archaeologists stumble onto site with 317 skeletons and ancient church beneath campus in England (Deseret News)
• Steep travel costs are keeping prospective vacationers home this year, survey says (Fox13)
• '60 Minutes' chief resigns, saying show's independence was compromised (NPR)
• Oscar voters actually need to watch the nominated movies now (NPR)

Political news

• The religious freedom case stuck in Supreme Court limbo (Deseret News)
• Harvard University sues federal government over funding cuts (Deseret News)
• The Trump administration launched an anti-Christian bias task force. Here’s what it will do (Deseret News)
• Congress explores limiting cellphones in classrooms as states like Utah issue bans (Deseret News)
• Trump administration releases first plans to downsize the State Department (Deseret News)
• What the Supreme Court said Tuesday about LGBTQ rights, public schools and a children’s book on same-sex marriage (Deseret News)
• Law firms fighting Trump to ask judges to permanently block executive orders (AP)
• Judge blocks Trump administration plans to dismantle Voice of America (NPR)
• Trump sparks lobbying battle on daylight saving time (Politico)

Immigration/Deportation

• New Mexico judge resigns after immigrant with alleged criminal connections arrested at his home (Deseret News)
• Can Trump actually deport American prisoners? (Deseret News)
• Judge scorches Trump admin for stonewalling in Abrego Garcia deportation case (Politico)

Tariffs

• US Treasury secretary says trade war with China is not ‘sustainable’ (AP)
• Trump says tariff on China will ‘come down substantially’ from 145 percent (The Hill)

DOGE/Musk

• Musk, facing criticism and falling Tesla sales, to cut back DOGE work (Reuters)

Ukraine/Russia

• London talks on ending Russia-Ukraine war pared down as Russian drone attack on bus kills 9 (AP)
• Trump envoy heads to Moscow for more Ukraine peace talks with Putin (Reuters)

Israel, Gaza, Syria

• New report says that Hamas is running out of money (Deseret News)
• Mediators work on proposal for long-term truce as Israeli strike on Gaza kills 23 (AP)

World news

• Attack on tourists in India's Kashmir kills 26, injures 17, police say (Reuters)
• Trump was once seen as an asset to right-wing populists abroad. No more (NPR)

Number of the Day 

News Releases

Former Speaker of the House Brad Wilson named 47G Board Chair

47G has announced Brad Wilson, will serve as board chair for the organization. Wilson will replace outgoing chair, former Congressman Chris Stewart. Stewart will continue to serve on the board as the immediate past chair. In addition, 47G announced Joe Kaiser, CEO at Mercato Partners, will also serve on the board. Both Wilson and Kaiser have played prominent roles helping to advance Utah’s aerospace and defense ecosystem throughout their distinguished careers. (Read More)

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Upcoming

• Apr 24 â€” Giant in Our City with the Salt Lake Chamber, 6:00-9:00 pm, Register here
• Apr 26 â€” Utah Forward Party/United Utah Party Organizing Convention, 9:00 am –2:30 pm, Salt Lake Community College, Taylorsville Campus Thayne Center, RSVP here
• May 1 — Utah Foundation's annual luncheon and 80th birthday celebration, 11:30 am - 1:30 pm, Grand America Hotel, Register Here
• May 6 â€” "State AG Offices and the New Administration" webinar hosted by the Orrin G. Hatch Foundation, 10:00 am MDT, Register here
• May 12 â€” Utah Taxes Now Conference with the Utah Taxpayers Association, Grand America Hotel, 9:00 am - 1:00 pm, Register here
• May 17 — Utah GOP Organizing Convention, at UVU’s UCCU Center.
• May 31 — Utah Democratic Party Organizing Convention, Ogden High School
• Aug 7 â€”  Titan of Public Service gala with Sen. Tom Cotton hosted by the Orrin G. Hatch Foundation at the Grand America Hotel. More Information Here

On This Day In History

• 1564 - William Shakespeare is born.
• 1616 - William Shakespeare dies at age 52
• 1635 - The first public school in what will become the United States is opened.
• 1791 - James Buchanan (15th president) is born.
• 1872 - Charlotte E. Ray became the first Black female lawyer in the United States.
• 1928 - Shirley Temple Black is born. The cheerful and curly-haired child actor, singer and dancer was later appointed U.S. Ambassador to Ghana (1974) and Czechoslovakia (1988).
• 1933 - Annie Easley is born. She became a computer scientist, mathematician, and rocket scientist and one of the first Black Americans to work as a computer scientist at NASA
• 1988 - Federal ban on smoking during domestic airline flights goes into effect
• 2005 - First YouTube video gets uploaded.
• 2007 - Barbara Hillary became the first Black woman and the oldest person (at age 76) to reach the North Pole.
• 2024 - Widespread flooding across southern China forces the evacuation of 110,000 people with warning of a "once in a century" flood on the Bei River

Quote of the Day

"Be brave and clear. Follow your heart and don't be overly influenced by outside factors. Be true to yourself."

—Shirley Temple

On the Punny Side

Fun fact: koi fish always travel in groups of three, with one phony.

If attacked, koi A, B and C will scatter, leaving behind the D koi.

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