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Situational Analysis | July 9, 2024 It's Tuesday and National Sugar Cookie Day. Today is the final canvas for the primary election. What you need to know - A judge denied Colby Jenkins access to ballot info in close 2nd Congressional District primary. He was asking for names and addresses of voters so he could "encourage them to respond" to the county clerk. He is now considering another lawsuit because of ballots postmarked after June 24, the last day to mail in ballots. He is behind Celeste Maloy by 314 votes.
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Utah Headlines Political news - Utahâs new Office of Artificial Intelligence will first focus on mental health care and AI (KUER)
Election news - Judge denies Colby Jenkins access to ballot info in close 2nd Congressional District primary (Deseret News)
- Lyman and Clawson sue for information on Utah voters who signed candidatesâ petitions (Deseret News)
- Phil Lyman tried to obtain Utah's voter rolls citing his position as state lawmaker (Deseret News)
- Jenkins considering another lawsuit over late postmarked ballots as Rep. Maloy still leads in 2nd Congressional race (Deseret News)
Utah news - Utah family argues discrimination at local waterpark (KSL TV)
- Rate decrease coming for natural gas customers in Utah (KSL Newsradio)
- Prego Cafe a âhidden gemâ inside Roy library (Standard-Examiner)
Olympics - Hereâs how to celebrate a 2034 Winter Games coming to Utah (Deseret News)
- âBest pajama party everâ: 2034 Olympic organizers encourage early morning revelry across Utah (Salt Lake Tribune)
- These BYU athletes will be competing in the Olympics (Deseret News)
- When and where to watch the 2024 Olympics (Deseret News)
- The improbable journey from small-town Idaho to Utah State to Olympian (Deseret News)
- From 2002 to 2034, the man who brought the Olympics back to Utah (Deseret News)
- 6 sports you might not know are in the Summer 2024 Olympics (Deseret News)
- Former KSL TV anchor reflects back on day Utah was awarded 2002 Winter Olympics (KSL TV)
Business - Meet the couple trying to revitalize Salt Lake City: Ashley and Ryan Smith (KSL TV)
Crime/Courts - Utah Supreme Court rejects Honie petition to halt execution (Fox13)
- Utah Crime Lab found Tim Ballard's DNA on his assistant's skirt, plaintiffs say (Fox13)
Education - Opinion: A spiritual mandate for educational innovation (Deseret News)
- Utah State University dismisses executive associate athletics director Amy Crosbie (ABC4)
- Is college worth it? Poll finds only 36% of Americans have confidence in higher education (AP)
Environment - Fatal heat wave singes West as temperatures shatter records (Deseret News)
- Deer Springs Fire balloons to 15,000 acres near Bryce Canyon (ABC4)
- US Forest Service halts logging in Utah national forest (ABC4)
- Lake-effect drought? New study shows a shrinking Great Salt Lake may exacerbate Utah's drought conditions (Fox13)
- Utah, Arizona officers inspect 18K boats for quagga mussels during Fourth of July weekend (St. George News)
Family - Opinion: Utahâs support of families who have children with disabilities is largely lip service (Salt Lake Tribune)
- A Utah nonprofit wants to put its money into child care. Instead, itâs paying legal bills. (UPR)
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National Headlines General - Millions without power, several dead after Beryl pummels Texas (Wall Street Journal)
- To Arthur Brooks, the Biden question is about all of us. We write our own stories, the Harvard professor and happiness expert says. But we seldom consider the ending. (Deseret News)
- Tourists still flock to Death Valley amid searing US heat wave blamed for several deaths (AP)
- Columbia puts deans on leave after texts evoking âantisemitic tropesâ (Washington Post)
Political news - Support for legal abortion has risen since Supreme Court eliminated protections, AP-NORC poll finds (AP)
- GOP adopts platform that softens language on abortion, same-sex marriage (Washington Post)
- Johnson focuses on threats from China, support for NATO, Taiwan in major speech (The Hill)
Election news - Clamor growing for cognitive testing of presidential candidates (Deseret News)
- Biden says he wonât step aside. But if he does, hereâs why Harris is the favorite to replace him (AP)
- Trumpâs VP search enters homestretch (The Hill)
Ukraine ðºð¦ - Donations pour in as Ukraine mourns dozens killed in Russian air attack (Reuters)
- Kyiv mourns as rescuers sift piles of rubble at a childrenâs hospital hit by a Russian missile (AP)
- Zelenskyy: Modi is a âhuge disappointmentâ for hugging Putin (Politico)
- Ukrainian boxer sacrifices Olympic dreams and life to fight against Russiaâs invasion (AP)
Israel and Gaza - How Hezbollah is trying to counter Israel's high-tech surveillance (Reuters)
- Hospitals stop functioning as Israeli forces pound Gaza City (Washington Post)
World news - French cyclist fined for stopping to kiss his wife during Tour de France (Deseret News)
- Brazilâs police say Bolsonaro embezzled $1.2 million in undeclared jewelry from Saudi Arabia (AP)
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 | News Releases Sutherland announces new statement of principles to combat political and policy division in 2024 Sutherland Institute announced today a new statement of principles, along with a renewed mission and vision statement, that will guide the think tankâs work in the coming months and years. The statement calls for a renewed application of Americaâs founding ideals and a strong defense of our nationâs institutions of civil society that have been eroded by both internal and external forces. (Read More)
Prominent Utah business leaders join 47G board of directors 47G Utah Aerospace & Defense announced today that Amanda Covington, chief corporate affairs officer for the Larry H. Miller Company and Nate Walkingshaw, founder and chief executive officer for Torus have joined the organizationâs board of directors. Both Covington and Walkingshaw have played prominent roles helping to advance Utahâs aerospace and defense ecosystem throughout their distinguished careers. (Read More)
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox announces Rich Nye as senior advisor of education Today Gov. Spencer Cox appointed Dr. Rich Nye to be his senior advisor of education. Nye will join the Cox administration on July 29. Nye has been the superintendent of Granite School District since 2021, where heâs developed and implemented educational policies and programs as well as ensured compliance with state and federal educational requirements. Under his leadership, graduation rates, student proficiency, and personalized learning opportunities have increased. Nye previously served as superintendent of Ogden School District as well as deputy superintendent of student achievement at the Utah State Board of Education. As a career educator, he occasionally provides adjunct faculty services for the University of Utah and Utah State University, teaching courses in educational policy and leadership. (Read More) | | |
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On This Day In History - 1846 - US takes San Francisco from Mexico
- 1850 - US President Zachary Taylor dies unexpectedly of cholera
- 1877 - The first Wimbledon tournament begins
- 1893 - Dorothy Thompson is born. She became an outspoken advocate for womenâs suffrage and journalist.
- 1954 - Debra Sledge is born. She was part of the Sister Sledge group, which consisted of Debra and her 3 sisters. They are most well known for their classic hit "We Are Family.â
- 1971 - The US turns over responsibility for the DMZ in Vietnam
- 1977 - Alice Paul, American suffragist (National Woman's Party), dies at 92
- 2018 - President Donald Trump chooses Brett Kavanaugh to fill a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court
- 2019 - Ross Perot, American businessman, billionaire and presidential candidate (1992, 1996), dies of leukemia at 89
Quote of the Day "To me, it was shocking that a government of men could look with such extreme contempt on a movement that was asking nothing except such a simple little thing as the right to vote."
âAlice Paul
On the Punny Side My bank recently called me to let me know I had an outstanding balance.
I said, âThanks, I used to do gymnasticsâ and hung up the phone.
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