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Utah Headlines

Political news

• Utah attorney general appeals dismissal of lawsuit contesting Biden's restoration of national monuments (KUTV) 
• Opinion: How do we make progress? Combine disagreement with respect (Deseret News)
• Utah Department of Agriculture and Food awarded over $3M to help 'build resilience' in the food supply chain (ABC4)

Election news

• Lawmakers consider harsher penalties to protect harassed government workers in Salt Lake County (KUTV)
• St. George residents hear from city council candidates at forum event (St. George News)

General Utah news

• Holly Richardson: Utahns are helping refugee school children belong (Deseret News)
• 'This is a big deal': UDOT begins new lane striping strategy after years of complaints (KSL)
• Man kills newly-wed wife from Utah, hides her body in drainpipe in Alaska (KSL TV)
• Crews in American Fork spend night battling 3-structure fire (KUTV)
• Utah fake doctor who was selling unproven COVID-19 cures arrested after 3-year manhunt (ABC4)
• Utah Farm Bureau president arrested, under investigation from the state (UPR)

Hawaii wildfires

•  Actor Jason Momoa speaks out about the Maui wildfires. ‘Maui is not the place to have your vacation right now,’ Momoa wrote in an Instagram post (Deseret News)
• Utah couple heartbroken over community, church loses in Lahaina (KSL TV)
• ‘No safe place’: Utahn says Hawaii relatives rushed to escape deadly Maui fire with no warning (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Ogden police officer loses loved one in Hawaii fires; spearheads donation drive to help others (ABC4)
• Hawaii works to identify 99 confirmed dead after Maui wildfires as teams intensify search (KSL TV)
• They were alone in a fight to survive. Maui residents had moments to make life-or-death choices (AP)
• How fire turned Lahaina into a death trap (New York Times)

Business

• FOX 13 Investigates: State says suspended title agent’s new construction business has no contractor license 

Culture

• David Brooks: How America got mean. In a culture devoid of moral education, generations are growing up in a morally inarticulate, self-referential world. (The Atlantic)
• Native Market Days in Lehi offers chance to support Indigenous students, vendors (KSL)
• The science of baking the perfect chocolate chip cookie (Deseret News)

Education

• Sydnee Dickson: Finding common ground is crucial as we start the new school year (Deseret News)
• The new superintendent for Provo schools might surprise you with her plans for embracing diversity (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Utahns eat bugs, learn about bees at Natural History Museum of Utah BUGfest. Margaret Chamberlain, museum public relations coordinator, said Bugfest is the only time of the year that curators bring out a special entomology collection (KSL)
• How to help kids cope with anxiety as a new school year begins (KSL TV)
• Granite School District explores AI-powered weapons detection system for student safety (KUTV)
• Volunteering in the classroom provides needed relief for Utah teachers (Fox13)
• Brand new St. George technical school prepares high school students for careers (Fox13)

Environment

• Young environmental activists prevail in first-of-its-kind climate change trial in Montana (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Utah officers shut down animal rights activists. Now their county is paying the protesters thousands. (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Water-short cities in the West want to use every last drop, even when it comes from sewage (KUER)

Health

• Drs. Sarah Bernstein and Shetal Shah: Utah’s proposal to extend postpartum Medicaid falls short (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Study: Water bottle filling stations could impact children’s health, weight (Deseret News)

National Headlines

General

• Police raid local newspaper office in Kansas, raising First Amendment questions (Deseret News)
• A 'mob of criminals' stole more than $300,000 worth of goods from an LA Nordstrom (NPR)
• More workers are getting hurt on the tarmac. ‘It was really frightening.’ As travel rebounds, understaffed ground crews are getting injured and even killed. (Wall Street Journal)
• She wasn't able to get an abortion after she was raped. Now she's a mom. Soon, she'll start 7th grade (Time)

Politics

• Meet the evangelical pastors who could choose the next president (Deseret News)
• Sen. Mike Lee, AOC want to deregulate ... sunscreen? (Deseret News)
• Trump slams latest indictment as a politically motivated 'witch hunt' (NPR)
• Christie pulls ahead of DeSantis in New Hampshire GOP primary (The Hill)

Ukraine 🇺🇦

• As the Black Sea becomes a battleground, one Ukrainian farmer doesn’t know how he’ll sell his grain (AP)
• The GOP’s man in Kyiv has a message for Ukraine skeptics (Politico)

World

• Political leader in Ecuador is killed less than a week after presidential candidate’s assassination (AP)
• China slashes rate, halts youth jobless data as economy signals sharper downturn (Wall Street Journal)

Number of the Day 

News Releases

Utah’s economy steady as consumer sentiment bounces back

The Salt Lake Chamber, in partnership with the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute at the University of Utah, has released the July 2023 Roadmap to Prosperity Economic Dashboard to provide insights to business leaders on Utah’s economy. “Utah’s economy remains steady despite high interest rates and repeated warnings of an impending recession,” said Derek Miller, president and CEO of the Salt Lake Chamber. “A strong job market and increasing wages continues to fuel consumption and increase consumer sentiment. In addition, the U.S. credit-rating downgrade signals the impact of high interest rates and the country’s long-term fiscal ability to meet obligations. Comparatively, Utah remains one of the highest-rated states for credit and business.” (Read More)

Salt Lake Rotary Club recipient of $2.9 million grant to expand housing for young adults experiencing homelessness

The Salt Lake Rotary Club is excited to announce they have been awarded $2.9 million through the Utah Office of Homeless Services Deeply Affordable Housing Grant. This funding allows Salt Lake Rotary to immediately purchase housing to expand the Salt Lake County Youth Services Milestone Transitional Living Program (TLP). (Read More)

Dean of UVU’s Business School honored for serving as president of the American Accounting Association

Robert D. Allen, the new dean of UVU’s Woodbury School of Business, was honored by the American Accounting Association (AAA) on August 9th for his leadership service at the association’s national convention in Denver, Colorado. (Read More)

WSU Board of Trustees appoints new chair, 4 new members

Ogden native and former corporate executive and legal counsel for Citigroup Karla Bergeson was elected as chair of Weber State University’s Board of Trustees at its annual orientation meeting Monday. New board members are Lori Belnap Pehrson, Casey Hill, Monet Maggelet, and Tammy Gallegos. (Read More)

RMU welcomes new Vice President of Technology and Innovation

Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions (RMU) has announced the hiring of a new Vice President of Technology & Innovation/Chief Information Officer (CIO), Daniel Harmuth. Harmuth will begin his role on August 14, 2023. (Read More)

Tweet of the Day

Upcoming

• Municipal election filing period for cities using ranked choice voting — Aug. 8-15
• Sutherland Institute Congressional Series with Sen. Mitt Romney — Aug 21, 10:00-11:30 am, Hinckley Institute, U of U
• Sutherland Institute Congressional Series with Rep. John Curtis — Aug 22, 9:00-10:30 am, Center for Constitutional Studies, UVU
• Sutherland Institute Congressional Series with Sen. Mike Lee — Aug 22, 3:00-4:30 pm, Hinckley Institute, U of U
• 'Titan of Public Service' gala recognizing Senator Mitch McConnell and former Transportation and Labor Secretary Elaine Chao, hosted by the Orrin G. Hatch Foundation — Aug. 22, 7 p.m., Register here
• Legislative Education and Mental Health Coordinating Council — Aug 23, le.utah.gov
• 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
• 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 

• 1057 - The real Macbeth, King of Scots, slain in battle by the son of King Duncan who was slain by Macbeth 17 years previously
• 1876 - US law removes Indians from Black Hills after gold is found
• 1890 - Elizabeth Bolden is born. When Lizzie Bolden died at the age of 116 years and 118 days, she had lived through 21 U.S. Presidents. At the age of 30, the passage of the 19th Amendment would provide Bolden with her first opportunity to vote in a Presidential election. The supercentenarian was the oldest living person in the world at the time of her death.
• 1909 - Cathedral of the Madeleine is dedicated in Salt Lake City.
• 1914 - The Panama Canal opens
• 1961 - The Berlin Wall is built
• 1969 - Woodstock begins
• 1971 - US President Richard Nixon announces a 90-day freeze on wages, prices & rents
• 1973 - The National Black Feminist Organization is formed.
• 2021 - Afghan President Ashraf Ghani flees the country as Taliban forces enter the capital Kabul and take control

Quote of the Day

"Disagreement,...if done correctly, leads to new insights, progress and solutions. If done incorrectly, it leads to division, othering and anger."

—Adam Johnson, writing in the Deseret News

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