Utah Headlines

Political news

• Facing the loss of a half-million dollars, Cache County leaders promise changes to end misuse of taxpayer money (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Utah County Commission amends budget amid revenue drops, higher spending (KSL)
• Which presidential candidate impressed Utah Gov. Spencer Cox? (Deseret News)
• When it comes to criminal justice reform, Rep. Burgess Owens says ‘this is the place’ (Deseret News)
• Civility? In this economy? (Deseret News)
• Utah voucher program awards more than allowed for private school tuition and overspends on other costs, review finds (Salt Lake Tribune)

Election news

• Mendenhall gets unanimous City Council endorsement for reelection; Anderson fights back (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Meet the 24-year-old BYU student running for Provo City Council (KSL)
• 2nd Congressional District candidate Celeste Maloy in 8 questions (KSL Newsradio)
• 2nd Congressional District candidate Bruce Hough in 8 questions (KSL Newsradio)
• Opinion: As a mother and business owner, I endorse Becky Edwards (Deseret News)

General Utah news

• Mother told to leave after breastfeeding at elementary school, speaks out (Fox13)
• HomeAid Utah annual diaper drive to benefit Utah Diaper Bank (ABC4)
• Bat tests positive for rabies at Arches National Park (KUTV)
• Hundreds of bats discovered and removed from Highland High (KSL Newsradio)
• Small Nevada town near Utah state line expecting big crowds for eclipse in October (KSL TV)

Business

• More than 9,000 to receive compensation from Vivint Smart Home company settlement (ABC4)
• Deer Valley Resort announces 3,700 acre expansion complete with new ski village (KUTV)

Culture

• 'Utah's most exclusive club': Honoring the state's 145 centenarians (KSL)
• Utah's new license plate is so popular, there's a waitlist for it (Fox13)
• How to make friends as an adult: An actually realistic and practical guide (Deseret News)

Education

• Less than half of Utah’s third graders read at grade level (KSL Newsradio)
• Tuition-free online public schools ready to welcome K-12 students (Fox13)
• LDS Church Educational System makes updates and changes to Honor Code (ABC4)
• Shorts allowed on all BYU campuses, beards still prohibited in updated educational guidelines (KSL)
• Students, faculty fight to stay cool in an older school (KSL TV)
• Cache County School year to emphasize confidence in students (KSL TV)
• Meet the Africans pioneering a unique approach to higher ed with BYU’s Pathway program (Deseret News)

Environment

• Brine shrimp forecast for Great Salt Lake looks good, state officials say (Fox13)
• Some want Lake Powell drained, others worry about potential impact (Fox13)
• GOP bill would require the BLM to manage Grand Staircase by Trump’s rules (Salt Lake Tribune)
• An 8,500-acre cattle ranch near Park City will be turned into open space (Salt Lake Tribune)

Family

• Valerie Hudson: The scandal of ‘parental alienation.' When parental alienation is accused, mothers are twice as likely to lose custody as fathers — even when the father is a child abuser (Deseret News)
• Why are Utahns having fewer children? Experts point to economy, culture (Salt Lake Tribune)

Health

• Higher dosage opioid reversal medicine up to 25 times recommended dosage (KUTV)
• Youth mental health declines as Utah system needs improvement (KUTV)
• ‘Don’t kiss, snuggle’ small turtles: Salmonella outbreak linked (Deseret News)
• How risky is Pirola, the highly mutated new COVID-19 variant? Here’s what the CDC says (Deseret News)
• 4 months for an OB-GYN appointment. 6 months for a sleep study. Why does it take so long to see a doctor in Utah? (Salt Lake Tribune)
• New flame retardants found in breast milk years after similar chemicals were banned (NPR)
• Weight-loss drug Wegovy also works against heart failure (Wall Street Journal)

Housing

• Housing mandate brings tax hike risk for Utah city (KUTV)
• Housing affordability is now worse than before 2006 bubble popped. Where does Utah stand? (Deseret News)

National Headlines

General

• Maui County sues power company, saying utility did not turn off electricity during deadly wildfires (AP)
• Starbucks’ Pumpkin Spice Latte turns 20, whether you like it or not (AP)
• 'All we want is revenge': How social media fuels gun violence among teens (NPR)

Politics

• What the polls are getting wrong about Trump (Deseret News)
• Lock him up? A new poll has some bad news for Trump. A new POLITICO Magazine/Ipsos poll punctures some prevailing political narratives about the Trump indictments. (Politico)
• McCarthy says House could launch impeachment inquiry as soon as next month (Deseret News)
• Who was the most likable person in the GOP debate? (And does it matter?) (Deseret News)
• Body language told me everything I needed to know about the GOP debate (Politico)
• GOP talk of military action in Mexico sparks dire warnings (The Hill)
• Biden and Harris will meet with the King family on the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington (AP)
• Vivek Ramaswamy’s challenge: Embrace Trump and take his supporters (Wall Street Journal)
• Trump suggests in Carlson interview that U.S. could see more political violence (Washington Post)
• Trump recounts ‘terrible experience’ of being booked in Georgia (The Hill)
• Hogan ‘disgusted’ most GOP candidates ‘would put a convicted felon in the White House’ (The Hill)

Ukraine 🇺🇦

• Ukraine marks Independence Day and vows to keep fighting Russia as it remembers the fallen (AP)
• US sanctions 11 Russians and 2 re-education facilities involved in forced transfer of Ukrainian kids (AP)
• Ukrainian pilots to receive F-16 training in US (Reuters)

World

• The last days of Wagner’s Prigozhin (Wall Street Journal)
• US intelligence assessment shows intentionally caused explosion crashed Wagner chief's plane (KSL)
• Kremlin denies role in plane crash believed to have killed Russian mercenary leader Prigozhin (AP)
• Nerve agents, poison and window falls. Over the years, Kremlin foes have been attacked or killed (AP)
• With Prigozhin's death, Putin projects a message of power (New York Times)
• Millions of children need aid a year after Pakistan's devastating floods, UNICEF says (NPR)
• Nearly 2 million excess deaths followed China's sudden end of COVID curbs - study (Reuters)

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News Releases

Utah Congressional District 2 candidates weigh in on federal priorities

In preparation for the upcoming Utah Congressional District 2 Republican Primary on September 5, 2023, and General Election on November 21, 2023, the Salt Lake Chamber asked candidates to provide their stances regarding federal priorities important to the business community. Topics were permitting reform, immigration reform, fiscal stability, market freedom and corporate governance and EPA regulation. (Read More)

USBE: Feedback sought on waiver request

The Utah State Board of Education is seeking public feedback on a Tydings Waiver Request that it plans to submit to the Department of Education. If approved, the request would extend the period of availability for the remaining Fiscal Year 2020 State Assessment Formula Grant Funds (Title 1, Part B) until March 30, 2024. The public feedback period will run for 10 days, through September 3, 2024. Direct link to waiver request draft and public feedback form 

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Upcoming

• Sutherland Institute Congressional Series with Rep. Blake Moore — Aug 29, 10:00-11:30 am, Olene S. Walker Institute of Politics & Public Service, Lindquist Hall, Weber State
• Sutherland Institute Congressional Series with Rep. Burgess Owens — Aug 30, 12:00-1:30 pm, Hinckley Institute, U of U
• Municipal/Special election primary — Sept. 5
• 2nd Annual Conservative Climate Summit with Rep. John Curtis — Sept. 8, 8:00 am-3:00 pm, UVU, Register here
• Interim Day — Sept. 18, Utah Tech University, le.utah.gov
• A Bolder Way Forward with the Utah Women and Leadership Project — Sept. 20, 12:00 - 1:15 pm, Virtual, Register here
• Interim Day — Oct 10-11, le.utah.gov
• Interim Day — Nov 14-15, le.utah.gov
• General election — Nov. 21

On This Day In History 

• 325 - Council of Nicaea concludes with the adoption of the Nicene Creed
• 1900 - Friedrich Nietzsche, German philosopher and philologist, dies at 55
• 1916 - National Park Service is founded.
• 1944 - Paris is liberated after four years of Nazi occupation
• 1945 - John Birch, an American missionary to China before the war and a captain in the Army during the war, is killed by Chinese communists
• 1950 - Truman orders army to seize control of the railroads
• 1952 - Puerto Rico becomes a US commonwealth
• 1985 - Samantha Smith, the 13-year-old “ambassador” to the Soviet Union, dies in a plane crash
• 1990 - UN security council authorizes military action against Iraq
• 2005 - Hurricane Katrina forms
• 2009 - Ted Kennedy, “liberal lion of the Senate,” dies at 77.
• 2018 - John McCain dies of brain cancer at age 81
• 2020 - The World Health Organization announces that Africa has eradicated polio (defined as four years since its last case)

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"He who has a why to live can bear almost any how."

—Friedrich Nietzsche

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