Plus: Sen. Mike Lee wants to restrain the administrative state — aka ‘the swamp.’ He explained how at a Sutherland Institute event Tuesday.
Good morning. Today’s temperatures: Logan: 53 - 85° ⛅ | 10% 💧 Salt Lake City: 66 - 88° 🌦️ | 30% 💧 St. George: 69 - 91° 🌦️ | 50% 💧 | ⚠️ Nothing is lost on our 2-year-old. He hears and repeats everything. (He especially loves how we react when he says, "What the heck!") So, my wife and I have had to be extra careful about our choice of vocabulary. In a time when social mores regarding expletives are being thrown out the window, there seems to be little to no way to reverse the trend — that is unless parents step up their game, according to Deseret News ideas and culture editor Jennifer Graham. Read her latest piece, "Is the battle over profanity lost?" here. Also on our mind: Rep. John Curtis lists 10 reasons for government dysfunction, Salt Lake City offers big bonus to new crossing guards and Runnin’ Utes coach says it's "our most complete team ever."
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| As remnants of Hurricane Hilary linger, Utah could see rain from another tropical storm later this week |
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| | This will go down in history as the year that kept on giving ... water. As Utah continues to see rain in the wake of Hurricane Hilary, another storm that made landfall in Texas Tuesday could dump even more moisture on the Beehive State later this week. If you're thinking it's strange that two tropical storms might overlap in the nation's second driest state, you're not the only one. “It’s extremely uncommon. It’s not entirely uncommon to be dealing with remnants of tropical moisture. ... But to have impacts in a matter of days from two separate tropical systems from two separate basins is quite rare,” said Monica Traphagen, senior meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Salt Lake City. By Tuesday afternoon, Harold resulted in over 3 inches of rain, 60 mph wind gusts and coastal flooding that rose roughly 3 feet above normal tides in the Corpus Christi area, according to the National Weather Service. It will weaken as it moves inland, but the National Weather Service says it will likely dump rain on parts of Colorado and possibly Utah. “Where it will go remains uncertain, but that would be Thursday, and the greatest impacts will be over southern Utah,” Traphagen said. That means the unusually rainy August will continue. The Salt Lake City International Airport has seen 2.42 inches of rain so far this month — the average for that same timeframe is .37 inches. August 2022, which many will remember as abnormally cold and wet, had about 1.13 inches by this time. |
Read more about warnings that have been issued for flooding in southern Utah. |
| Sen. Mike Lee says he has two stacks of papers in his office — a short stack, from a few 100 up to 1,000 pages high, of the laws passed by Congress in a given year. The second stack reaches upward of 13 feet tall, and is the Federal Register, or, as Lee said, “the annual cumulative index of federal regulations.” Speaking at the Hinckley Institute of Politics at the University of Utah, where he participated in a Q&A with Sutherland Institute President Rick Larsen, Lee said the two stacks provide a visual representation of what he considers one of the most serious problems plaguing Washington, D.C. — Congress has ceded its power to write laws to “unelected bureaucrats,” or what some Republicans have come to refer to as “the swamp.” To be clear, Lee didn’t use the word “swamp,” which, in addition to the bureaucracy, can refer to lobbyists and other power brokers in the nation’s capital. Lee said — twice — that he did not blame federal employees for the power delegated to them. Instead he placed the blame squarely on Congress, and said it was a “bipartisan” problem. “This is about accountability, and it’s about liberty in the purest sense — what it means to live in a free country. What it means to live in a system in which your government operates pursuant to democratic principles, (which) means that those who make your laws should be elected and accountable through an election,” said Lee, a Republican who represents Utah. Read what Lee said about his REINS Act, which would try to shift lawmaking power back to Congress. More in Politics How is Congress dysfunctional? Let Rep. John Curtis count the ways (Deseret News) Mitch McConnell and Elaine Chao honored as Titans of Service in Salt Lake City (Deseret News) Trump says he will turn himself in over Georgia election interference charges (Deseret News) UDOT to election candidates: Keep your signs from blocking Utah roadways, visibility (KSL) | FROM OUR SPONSOR GUIDING OUR GROWTH What does a holistic transportation system look like for Utah? Share input on reducing population growth impacts, like increasing traffic congestion. Take the survey and be heard. | Health RSV vaccine approved for use by pregnant women (Deseret News) Malaria has spread in a 3rd state. Here’s what Utahns should know (Deseret News) Faith Elder Christofferson concludes Utah Area conference sharing how YSAs can be ‘armed with righteousness’ (Church News) Calling all Latter-day Saint singers — how to apply and be a part of the new hymnbook (Deseret News) Business and Economy Sweet new rides for under $20K about to go the way of the dodo (Deseret News) Justin Trudeau responds to Meta’s Canadian social media news ban (Deseret News) Salt Lake and Washington Counties Wanted: ‘Personable’ people to help Salt Lake kids safely cross the street to their schools (Deseret News) Southern Utah business growth leads the state as aging workforce nears retirement (St. George News) Sanpete County 'It's far past due,' Gov. Cox says at groundbreaking for new Manti courthouse (KSL) 5 prison inmates hospitalized after fight in Gunnison facility; Utah prisons on lockdown (KSL) The West Open floodgates at Arizona border allow thousands of migrants to walk into the country (New York Post) Colorado River moves back to Tier 1 water restrictions; here’s what it means for Arizona (CBS 5) The Nation Criticism over Biden’s response to wildfires follows him to Maui (Deseret News) New York City is cutting back on Airbnb offerings. Will other cities follow? (Deseret News) The World Reports say Saudi Arabian security forces shot down hundreds of Ethiopian refugees trying to seek asylum (Deseret News) Japan will begin releasing radioactive water into the sea. What does that mean? (Deseret News) Sports ‘Our most complete team ever’: Q&A with third-year Runnin’ Utes coach Craig Smith (Deseret News) Patrick Kinahan: Utah coach shows BYU respect in roundabout way (KSL) What’s a Gasparilla? Bowl projections for BYU, Utah and Utah State before the seasons kicks off (Deseret News) How to weigh in on Utah’s effort to land a Major League Baseball team (Deseret News) |
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