Also: Sen. Mitt Romney has a plan to tackle the $33 trillion national debt, and it doesn't cut benefits
Good morning. Today’s temperatures: Logan: 20 - 38° ⛅ Salt Lake City: 28 - 38° ⛅ | 10% 💧 St. George: 36 - 54° ⛅ Have you ever thought Utah is boring? Think again. This is the state where you can see a spiral jetty, petroglyphs, coral pink sand dunes, salt flats, red rock, the best snow on Earth and a hundred other things. Check out the list of 102 things to do in Utah. Also on our mind: Why gas prices have been chilling for the last 10 weeks, how a new project to save Utah’s water supply features divers and why wolverines are now threatened by a federal decision.
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| Salt Lake City named preferred host for 2034 Olympics |
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| | Salt Lake City is closer than ever to hosting another Olympics. Utah is the only contender to host the 2034 Winter Games after the International Olympic Committee Executive Board advanced the bid to the next stage of the new, less formal selection process. A final vote on the hosts of the 2030 and 2034 Winter Games is expected next year, when the full membership of the Switzerland-based IOC meets ahead of the 2024 Summer Games in Paris. “We know how to do this. We know how to welcome people who are different than us,” Gov. Spencer Cox said during a celebration of the announcement on the steps of the Salt Lake City-County Building. |
Read more about Salt Lake City's bidding process to host the 2034 Olympics. |
| Sen. Mitt Romney insisted on solving the climbing U.S. national debt urgently and backed his proposal of creating a commission to tackle this problem in his testimony at the House Budget Committee hearing on Wednesday. His latest legislation, the Fiscal Stability Act, which was cosponsored by Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.V., a close friend of Romney’s, would take on the national debt which now exceeds $33.8 trillion, more than double the amount it was a decade ago. Manchin: “We must reverse this catastrophic financial demise of our own making before it is too late. We here in Congress have an obligation to get our finances in order so our children have the same shot at the American Dream that we did.” Romney: “This is a decision we have, we’re either going to be known as a generation that took on tough challenges and solved them, or one that didn’t. We all lived in the shadow of the greatest generation.” Read more about Romney's plan to tackle the national debt. More in Politics: Holiday decor brings storybooks to life in the Utah Governor’s Mansion (Deseret News) Hunter Biden offers to testify to Congress (Deseret News) Rep. Celeste Maloy announces chief of staff (Deseret News) Gov. Cox invites Kevin Bacon to the Beehive State for 40th anniversary of ‘Footloose’ (Deseret News) | Health Consumers should check freezers for peaches, nectarines and plums tied to listeria outbreak (Deseret News) 1 in 5 children use melatonin — but a recent study warns of discrepancy between actual content and product labels (Deseret News) Faith Mike Pence on faith, family and the ‘Billy Graham Rule’ (Deseret News) Your guide to sharing the Nativity story with your family (Deseret News) Family How to combat loneliness during the holidays (Deseret News) 5 tips every first-time homebuyer should consider (Deseret News) Business The pump abides: Here’s why gas prices have been chilling for the last 10 weeks (Deseret News) Salt Lake City International Airport ranked one of America’s most reliable large airports in new report (Deseret News) Wasatch Front Dozens of scooters have been stolen, reprogrammed, Salt Lake police say (KSL) 2 sent to prison for 'coldblooded' murder of teen outside his Sandy home (KSL) Deseret News Editorial Board: A Statue of Responsibility fits Utah (Deseret News) The West What you may not know about wolverines and why they are now threatened (Deseret News) A first of its kind project to save Utah’s water supply features divers (Deseret News) The Nation The latest bad optic for Joe Biden? A falling Christmas tree (Deseret News) The disturbing rise of antisemitic and Islamophobic hate crimes (Deseret News) The World Fossil fuel-free flight crosses Atlantic Ocean for first time ever (Deseret News) France to crack down on smoking on public beaches and parks (Deseret News) More hostages released as Israel-Hamas truce deadline approaches (CNN) UUS says it foiled alleged plot to assassinate Sikh activist in New York (BBC) Sports Is BYU’s national basketball ranking sustainable? (Deseret News) Conference realignment hasn’t always been kind to Utah State. Is that about to change? (Deseret News) How did the Jazz fare against the Memphis Grizzlies? (Deseret News) Before the transfer portal opens Monday, here are our picks for BYU’s top 10 additions in 2023 season (Deseret News) | Anisa Alamgir holds her daughter Zenattunlsa while waiting for food as Mosaic Inter-Faith Ministries hands out Thanksgiving meals in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023. | Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News Read more about Mosaic Inter-Faith Ministries. |
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