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Situational Analysis | July 25, 2022 It's Monday and National Hot Fudge Sundae Day. Or, if you wait outside a few minutes, you can enjoy your chocolate milk.... Also, happy Pioneer Day to those still celebrating. 𥳠Be in the Know Utahâs Tony Finau wins PGA Tourâs 3M Championship with a tournament-record five-shot comeback. Finau made four birdies on the back nine at TPC Twin Cities in Blaine, Minn., to overtake former BYU golfer Scott Piercy for his third tour win Russian military forces launched missiles at the southern Ukrainian port of Odessa over the weekend, just one day after Russia and Ukraine signed an agreementâbrokered by Turkey and the United Nationsâto alleviate global food shortages by reopening blockaded Ukrainian ports and allowing grain exports to flow again. âThatâs all you need to know about deals with Russia,â Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas said. Rapid Roundup Holly Mullen returns to journalism as the Salt Lake Tribune's Innovation Lab editor, a federal move to make daylight savings time permanent hits a brick wall in the House ð, a neighbor's firework catches Magna home on fire, missing Layton manâs truck found by Ariz. border, family fears foul play, motorcyclist on I-15 dies after being rear-ended by Tesla reportedly on autopilot, and those unusual lights in Utah's night sky? Not UFOs. Probably. | | |
Utah Headlines Pioneer Day Celebration reminds Utahns of the stateâs Indigenous roots during Pioneer Day weekend (KSL) Utahns celebrate Days of â47 Parade, embrace state traditions (Salt Lake Tribune) Pioneer Day special report (Fox13) Apostles share examples, anecdotes of their personal âpioneersâ (Deseret News) Want to research your pioneer ancestors for Pioneer Day? Hereâs how
Celebrate Pioneer Day by learning about and writing about your pioneer ancestors (Deseret News) Descendants of Utah pioneers reflect on family history (Fox13) Why America needs Pioneer Day this year more than ever (Deseret News) The broader Utah narrative Pioneer Day needs to tell (Deseret News) Utahâs Days of â47: Itâs a place for Latter-day Saints, of course, but Catholics, too (Salt Lake Tribune) Story of Catholic Fathers Escalante and Dominguez trekking through Utah before Mormon pioneers (Fox13) Pioneer Day celebrates the Mormon trek, but thereâs more to LDS migration (Salt Lake Tribune) Latter-day Saint leader dedicates new monument honoring Utahâs Black pioneers (Deseret News) View photos of monumental day for Utahâs Black pioneers as their story is celebrated in stone (Salt Lake Tribune) Celebrating pioneers of color and their legacy in Utah (Fox13) People celebrate 'heart of Utah' over Pioneer Day weekend (KUTV) The most correct guide to making funeral potatoes for Pioneer Day (Deseret News) General Tired of the Utah cookie wars? Try a donut (Deseret News) Teens are going back to work. Hereâs what theyâre learning (Deseret News) Utah woman breaks record at Death Valley race, wins Deseret News Marathon 11 days later (KSL) Still feeling pain at the pump? Hereâs why Utah lags the nation in falling gas prices (KUER) Politics Tired of politics? Why Evan McMullin is the candidate you need (Deseret News) I endorse Sen. Mike Lee â Evan McMullinâs strategy could lose Utah power (Deseret News) Judge tosses lawsuit from Utah election conspiracy duo seeking 2020 voting data (Salt Lake Tribune) The IUP Panel on expanding SCOTUS, marriage equality and abortion (ABC4) St. George leaders propose property tax hike to bolster public safety (Salt Lake Tribune) Economic Development How cheap gas is fueling economic development for the Shivwits Band of Paiutes in southern Utah (Salt Lake Tribune) Utahâs 2% unemployment feels good but it means businesses are still scrambling for workers (KUER) Education 72% of the U.S. public educator workforce is female, but just 13% of superintendents are women. Why? (Deseret News) Environment Is this the Wasatch Frontâs windiest summer? The data blew us away (Deseret News) Las Vegas limits size of home swimming pools amid extreme drought conditions (Deseret News) Wildfire near Yosemite National Park explodes in size (KSL) The Dust Bowl was hotter than this heat wave, despite global warming (Washington Post) Family The abortion ruling reopened the same-sex marriage debate. What will happen next? (Deseret News) Health Parents play crucial role in youth substance use disorder treatment. Addiction resources for youth substance use disorders are available across the state and nation. Hereâs what parents need to know to offer support (Deseret News) Are pulse oximeters less accurate for people of color? New studies suggest pulse oximeters are not calibrated to account for darker skin, resulting in overestimation of Black and Hispanic patientsâ blood oxygen levels, raising the possibility they may not receive treatments they need (Deseret News) She survived a forced sterilization. She fears more could occur post-Roe. (Washington Post) Housing Is the housing market frenzy over? Buyer competition drops to lowest level in 2 years (Deseret News) Utah/Ukraine connection Heâs a pacifist, but heâs doing all he can to keep Ukraine combat ready. Utahn Jason Stout had to leave his home in Ukraine and flee with his family ahead of the Russian invasion; now heâs collecting combat gear to send to those fighting back home (Deseret News) National Headlines General How an AP reporter broke the Tuskegee syphilis story (AP) Pope lands in Canada, set for apologies to Indigenous groups (AP) Myanmar executes ex-lawmaker, 3 other political prisoners (AP) 5 economic forces behind the Fedâs next rate-hike decision. The Fed is expected to increase its benchmark rate by three-quarters of a percentage point as it faces enormous pressure to avoid causing a recession (Washington Post) The U.S. middle class is getting squeezed in 2022 (Wall Street Journal) Elon Muskâs friendship with Sergey Brin ruptured by alleged affair. Tesla chiefâs liaison with Google co-founderâs wife led to coupleâs divorce filing (Wall Street Journal) Politics In a blow to Biden, Supreme Court blocks rollback of Trump-era deportation policies (Deseret News) House birth control bill a âTrojan horseâ and election ploy (Deseret News) Did the Jan. 6 hearings change anyoneâs mind? (Deseret News) The president who stood still on Jan. 6. Even as the riot raged at the Capitol, Trump wouldnât tell his supporters to stop. (Wall Street Journal) Trumpâs silence on Jan. 6 is damning (New York Post Editorial Board) Nearly one in three Americans say it may soon be necessary to take up arms against the government (The Hill) Cheney says Jan. 6 committee prepared to consider subpoena of Ginni Thomas (The Hill) Trump returns to D.C. this week. These former advisers are plotting the comeback. The former president is going to appear at his allied think tank, America First Policy Institute, which is outlining a vision that could, if all goes to plan, serve as a platform for a future administration. (Politico) Ukraine ðºð¦ âThe money is goneâ: Evacuated Ukrainians forced to return (AP) Russia hits Ukraineâs Black Sea port despite grain deal (AP) The Ukrainian nationalists standing in Russiaâs way on eastern front (Reuters) Last stand at Azovstal: Inside the siege that shaped the Ukraine war. For 80 days, at a sprawling steelworks, a relentless Russian assault met unyielding Ukrainian resistance. This is how it was for those who fought, and for those trapped beneath the battlefield. (New York Times) Lavrov says Russian goal to oust Ukraineâs president (The Hill) | | |
News Releases Mayor Jenny Wilson joins National Association of Countiesâ Familiar Faces Leadership Network to expand data-sharing efforts across behavioral health and justice systems Announced this week, Salt Lake County Mayor Jenny Wilson is joining a select group of local officials as the inaugural cohort of the National Association of Countiesâ Familiar Faces Leadership Network for their commitment to improving life outcomes for high-needs residents with complex behavioral health conditions. (Read More) Number of the Day | | |
Upcoming Women in the Money with Utah State Treasurer's Office â Sept. 15-16, Salt Lake Sheraton + online, Register here ULCT Annual Convention â Oct 5-7, Salt Palace Convention Center, Register here General election â Nov 8 | | |
On This Day In History 1775 - Anna Tuthill Symmes is born. The 9th First Lady of the United States is one of many firsts. She is the only First Lady to be both the wife of a president (William Henry Harrison) and the grandmother of one (Benjamin Harrison), too. She never lived in the White House, either. Exactly one month after President Harrisonâs inauguration, he died making her the first First Lady to be widowed during her tenure and the one with the shortest tenure. 1917 - Dancer and spy Mata Hari is sentenced to death by a French court for spying on Germanyâs behalf during WWI. 1920 - Rosalind Franklin is born. She was an English chemist who was the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA. 1941 - Emmett Till is born. 1972 - AP reporter Jean Heller breaks the news about Tuskegee syphilis experiments the US government conducted on Black men over 40 years 1978 - Louise Joy Brown is born. She is the first person born who was conceived through in vitro fertilization. 1984 - From the Russian spacecraft Salyut 7, Cosmonaut Svetlana Savisskaya performs the first spacewalk by a woman. 1985 - Rock Hudson announces he has AIDS. He died a few months later, having brought awareness to a mostly unknown, highly stigmatized disease. 2007 - Pratibha Patil becomes the first female president of India. Wise Words "Science and everyday life cannot and should not be separated." â Rosalind Franklin | | |
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