Plus, how Utah leaders responded to Gov. Cox endorsing Trump
Good morning! Here are today’s temperatures: 🌤️ 60 – 98° in Logan 🌤️ 75 – 101° in Salt Lake 🌦️ 81 – 106° in St. George | 💧⚡ 40% It’s been a tumultuous July so far, especially for those paying attention to the 2024 presidential election. But Meg Walter says we would be remiss if we didn’t pause for a moment, exhale, momentarily forget our woes and celebrate Utah’s best holiday — Pioneer Day. “Pioneer Day is special not just because it’s a time to reflect on our heritage, for those of us from pioneer stock, and remember our state’s history, but also because it’s one of those low-stakes holidays that asks very little of us,” Meg writes. “Meaning there is no right or wrong way to celebrate.” Read more about what makes Pioneer Day so much fun. Also on our minds: Utah delegates and athletes head to 2024 Paris Olympics A gun importer and social worker are working to reduce firearm suicides Secret Service director tells Congress assassination attempt was a historic ‘failure’ |
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| Utah’s decade of opportunity: The ripple effect of hosting the 2034 Winter Olympics |
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With all the hoopla surrounding the Pioneer Day vote that’s expected to bring the Winter Games back to Utah, it might be easy to forget that another Olympics would be nearly a decade away.
The International Olympic Committee is set to award the 2034 Winter Games on July 24, at a meeting in Paris ahead of the start of this summer’s Olympics. A delegation that includes Fraser Bullock, the bid committee’s president and leader of the Olympic effort, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall and other elected leaders, is traveling to the French capital for the long-awaited decision.
But what happens once the bid first launched in 2012 becomes a reality?
Read more about what Utahns want from another Olympics, the projects we would need to complete and how another Games would affect the state. |
| Utah Gov. Spencer Cox reversed his longtime position on Donald Trump in the wake of the July 13 assassination attempt, publicly endorsing the former president and expressing the belief that he would be a more unifying figure than in the past.
Cox’s about-face arrived one month after a contentious GOP primary contest that saw state Rep. Phil Lyman repeatedly attack him for criticizing Trump and refusing to offer Trump his support. And it came just one week after Cox said in a CNN interview he would not vote for Trump.
While Cox says his decision to support Trump was not made out of political expediency, the U-turn elicited strong reactions from Utah’s political leaders, ranging from excitement and relief to disappointment and condemnation. Read more about why Gov. Cox endorsed Trump and how Utahns have responded to the news. More in Utah From Salt Lake to Paris: Utah athletes and delegates rally for 2024 Olympics and eye 2034 Games (Deseret News) Gov. Cox expresses sympathy for Biden as he drops out (Deseret News) Cox urges Utahns to celebrate Pioneer Day safely after near ‘catastrophes’ (KSL) Salt Lake County unveils ‘game-changing’ criminal justice, homelessness reform plan (KSL) |
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