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Situational Analysis | May 24, 2024 It's Friday and National Escargot Day! Mmmm. ð No newsletter on Monday, Memorial Day, but we'll be back in your inbox on Tuesday morning. Happy birthday to Rep. Steve Eliason on Sunday and to Sen. Heidi Balderree on Monday! ð ð ð What you need to know - Case Lawrence wants to disrupt Congress with...optimism. In his campaign to win Utahâs open 3rd District seat, the founder of the largest trampoline park company in the world, based in Provo, has leveraged his start-up track record to embrace an increasingly hard-to-find theme in todayâs political climate: optimism. âIâm concerned about the dysfunction in D.C., in our own party and in our own caucus â thatâs part of my motivation for running,â Lawrence said. âMore than ever, itâs important to send serious people who know how to get things done, who can work with others, build relationships and accomplish things.
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.png?width=1200&upscale=true&name=SUWA%20ad%20(1).png) | Looking for balance in Utahâs redrock country: the motorized vehicle dilemma Much of what makes Utahâs redrock country so special is at risk from a dramatic increase in off-road vehicles. There is work underway to strike a balance between ensuring access to trailheads, overlooks, and recreation opportunities, while protecting our wildest places. Learn more. | | |
Utah Headlines Political news - Learning to love diversity (Deseret News)
- NHL sports district will be a boon to Salt Lake, backers say. But is $221 per home too high a price? (Salt Lake Tribune)
Election news - Celeste Maloy challenged by GOP opponent to 13 primary debates â just as she dared Republicans last year (Salt Lake Tribune)
Utah news - Memorial Day is an opportunity to connect veterans to their benefits (Deseret News)
- Honoring Veterans: 3,000 flags placed by youth volunteers (KSL TV)
- The Refuge Utah rape crisis center accepts volunteers (Daily Universe)
Business/Tech - Is a 4-day workweek coming? (Deseret News)
- Migrant workers at Delta egg plant decry abrupt loss of jobs; advocates defend labor force (KSL)
Culture - âI wonât have a bad day for the rest of my lifeâ: Jeremy Renner on how snow plow accident changed his outlook on life (Deseret News)
Education - Robert OâBrien announces BYU Jerusalem Center scholarship during visit with Israel president (Deseret News)
- âWe are a resilient nationâ: Mitt Romneyâs commencement speech at Johns Hopkins briefly interrupted by protesters (Deseret News)
- Is college worth it? Hereâs what this national study says (Deseret News)
- Lehi teacher âresponding wellâ after class welding accident causes severe injuries (Salt Lake Tribune)
Environment - Navajo Nation approves proposed settlement to secure Colorado River water (KUER)
- âBe aware of the challenges of being out hereâ: Boating at Lake Mead (St. George News)
Health - CDC estimates 7.1 million U.S. children have been diagnosed with ADHD (Deseret News)
Housing - What if Utah opened state land to housing? Ivins sees it as a path to affordability (KUER)
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National Headlines General - Amb. Jeff Flake: America âneeds friendships,â and so do our allies (Deseret News)
- Memorial Day travel could be busiest âin almost 20 years,â AAA says (Deseret News)
- In major change, college athletes set to be paid directly by schools (Washington Post)
Political news - Supreme Court rules in favor of South Carolina Republicans in congressional district map dispute (Deseret News)
- Political consultant faces $6 million fine for AI robocalls (Deseret News)
- Trump claims of FBI threat 'extremely dangerous,' US attorney general says (KSL)
- Obama Is a Surprise Guest Among Allies at Bidenâs State Dinner for Kenya (New York Times)
- Congressional Black Caucus condemns Speaker Johnsonâs treatment of Kenyaâs president (The Hill)
Election news - Trump-RFK Jr. feud comes to a head at Libertarian convention (The Hill)
- Trump, without evidence, claims migrants in U.S. illegally 'building army' to attack Americans (Reuters)
- What polling can't tell you (Reuters)
Ukraine ðºð¦ - Outgunned and short on shells: Inside a Ukrainian front-line artillery unit (Wall Street Journal)
- Russia, in new push, increasingly disrupts Ukraineâs Starlink service (New York Times)
- In Russia at war, kids swap classroom for shooting range (Reuters)
Israel and Gaza - U.S. Military Faces Reality in Gaza as Aid Project Struggles (New York Times)
World news - Mexicoâs howler monkeys are dying and falling from the trees (Deseret News)
- China stages mock missile strikes on Taiwan, jets with live missiles used in drills (Reuters)
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 | News Releases Utah State Auditor John âFrugalâ Dougall rejects MAGA antics and its culture of grievance Utah State Auditor John âFrugalâ Dougall, Republican candidate for Utahâs 3rd Congressional District, celebrates a Reaganesque vision for American greatness. Dougall notes, âRonald Reaganâs strength was his bold ideas for the future, his sunny optimism in the American people, and his faith in free markets, entrepreneurship, and innovation. The mainstream conservative movement, once led by Reagan, is yielding to persistent, vicious attacks from extreme MAGA populism.â Dougall says he is the mainstream conservative choice in this crowded race. (Read More)
Romney, colleagues urge Prime Minster Trudeau to increase NATO defense spending U.S. Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, joined Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Thom Tillis (R-NC), co-chairs of the Senate NATO Observers Group, and a bipartisan group of colleagues in sending a letter to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau urging Canada to immediately develop a plan to increase its defense spending to meet the two percent of GDP spending threshold that was agreed to by all NATO Allies at the Vilnius Summit in 2023. Canadaâs most recent projection showed it will not meet the two percent commitment, which was established as only a minimum baseline, this decade. Without immediate and meaningful action to increase defense spending, Canada will fail to meet its NATO obligationsâputting at risk the collective security of NATO members. (Read More)
Sponsors announced for Utah Summer Meals for Children Program The Utah State Board of Educationâs Child Nutrition Programs announced sponsors of the Summer Food Service Program or Seamless Summer Option. Sponsors are school districts, charter schools, or other community organizations throughout the state that host summer meals sites. Please contact them directly for additional information on meal types and service times. The information on this list is current as of May 22, 2024. Summer meals site information can also be found online via the Summer Site Finder at https://www.fns.usda.gov/meals4kids, which is updated throughout the summer. Utah will update information on the Summer Site Finder in mid-May and mid-June. (Read More) | | |
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Upcoming - May 29 â Northern Utah Conference to End Violence, USU Logan campus, 8:30 am-4:30 pm, Register here
- June 6 â Bolder Way Forward 2nd Annual Summit, Zions Technology Campus, 9:00 am-2:00 pm, Register here
- June 18-19 â Interim Days
- June 25 â Primary Election Day
- August 14 â Hatch Foundation "Titan of Public Service" recognizing Sen. John Thune, Grand America
- August 20-21 â Interim Days
- September 17-18 â Interim Days
- October 15-16 â Interim Day
- November 19-20 â Interim Days
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On This Day In History - 1775 - John Hancock is unanimously elected President of the Continental Congress.
- 1844 - Samuel Morse taps out "What hath God wrought" in the world's first telegraph message.
- 1878 - Lillian Moller (Gilbreth) is born. She completed a doctoral degree at Brown University with 4 young children at home. Her dissertation, Psychology of Management, was foundational to the field of organizational psychology. She is remembered as the âmother of modern management,â who balanced a trailblazing professional career while raising twelve children.
- 1883 - Brooklyn Bridge is opened.
- 1898 - Helen Taussig is born. A pediatric cardiologist and first woman full professor at Johns Hopkins (1959), she helped create the Blalock-Taussig shunt, a surgical technique which corrected âblue babyâ syndrome, and contributed to the ban on thalidomide in the 1960s.
- 1943 - Final entry in the Stroop Report, detailing the destruction of the Jewish Warsaw Ghetto, compiled by Nazi officers, later used as evidence in the Nuremberg trials
- 2022 - Mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas.
Quote of the Day âThereâs a market for doom and gloom. And so itâs going to take leaders to push against that in order to change the culture.â âCase Lawrence, candidate for CD3
On the Punny Side The 3 stages of life: Wanting stuff. Accumulating stuff. Getting rid of stuff. | | |
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