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Situational Analysis | Sept. 2, 2024 It's Monday and Labor Day. It's also World Coconut Day! 𥥠What you need to know - Vice President Kamala Harris said sheâd appoint a Republican to her Cabinet if elected. Could she pick Mitt Romney or Jeff Flake? Including members of the other party in presidentsâ Cabinets was a longstanding American tradition, Washington Monthly politics editor Bill Scher wrote. âEvery president from Franklin D. Roosevelt to Barack Obama had at least one cross-over Cabinet member for part of his administration,â Scher noted, until former president Donald Trump nixed the tradition. President Joe Biden, like Trump, also did not appoint a member of the opposite party.
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 | Let Utah Manage Utah Land Utah has filed a landmark lawsuit over control of unappropriated federal lands. State statute prohibits the privatization of public lands except in rare circumstances, underscoring Utahâs commitment to keeping public lands in public hands and locally controlled. Learn more: standforourland.utah.gov. | | |
Utah Headlines Political news - Being stonecatchers in an era of (figurative) stonings (Deseret News)
- Rep. John Curtis describes difficult visit to the Middle East (Deseret News)
- Cox, other western governors lobby Congress for more funding and coordination to fight wildfires (Daily Herald)
- Utah's political parties still trading accusations over chaotic Mar. 5 GOP presidential caucus (Cache Valley Daily)
Utah legislature - Voices: The Utah Legislatureâs proposed constitutional amendment is based on misleading arguments (Salt Lake Tribune)
- UEA wants judge to declare school choice program unconstitutional (Fox13)
- Draft Utah ethnic studies recommendations lack specifics, conform to anti-DEI law (KUER)
Municipal news - Salt Lake City sends NHL arena deal to Utah State Legislature (Fox13)
- FOX 13 Investigates: A Utah mayor went to D.C. to help crime victims. It didnât go as planned (Fox13)
Election news - Feeling anxious about the upcoming election? Hereâs help (Deseret News)
- Why is Governor Spencer Cox supporting Donald Trump, with McKay Coppins (RadioWest)
- Arlington cemetery controversy shines spotlight on Utah Gov. Spencer Coxâs sudden embrace of Trump (AP)
Utah - This Utahn lost his leg 7 years ago. Now heâs fencing in the Paralympics (Deseret News)
- 'No idea off the table,' UDOT says about safety improvements to Ogden Canyon (KSL)
Education - Faith-based universities are growing for a reason (Deseret News)
- Ten people making higher education more affordable, accessible and effective (Deseret News)
- How innovative higher education models can benefit students (Deseret News)
- Utah schools will soon have armed security. But what about the daycares inside? (KUER)
Environment - Much of western Utah under red flag warning on Labor Day (KSL)
- Little Cottonwood Canyon climbing loop makes history, but it probably wonât stop the gondola from coming (Salt Lake Tribune)
- Major habitat restoration is coming to the Jordan River. Hereâs where. (Salt Lake Tribune)
- How deep is the Great Salt Lake? See how it compares to other Utah landmarks. (Salt Lake Tribune)
- Drip irrigation grows crops with a lot less water, so why aren't more Utah farmers using it? (Fox13)
- Opinion: Utah needs to take advantage of recent historic investments in drought resilience (Deseret News)
Family - Dads providing more personal help to kids than in previous generations (Deseret News)
- When your child yells, 'You're not my real mom,' know you're not alone (Deseret News)
- âA Womanâs View:â Taking on the the challenges of parenting (KSL Newsradio)
Health - Could snail venom help treat diabetes? (Deseret News)
- 'Together we can': Hundreds gather at Utah State Capitol for Overdose Awareness Day (Fox13)
- Young girls are using anti-aging products they see on social media. The harm is more than skin deep (AP)
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National Headlines General - Youth football safety debate is rekindled by the same-day deaths of 2 young players (AP)
- Over 17 million airline passengers head out for the busiest Labor Day weekend ever (NPR)
- Hunter Woodhall cheered his Olympian wife. Now itâs his turn to compete. (Washington Post)
- Wells Fargo employee found dead in cubicle four days after clocking in (Washington Post)
- Hotel workers strike during Labor Day weekend (Wall Street Journal)
Political news - Hard drugs illegal again in Oregon as first-in-nation experiment ends (Washington Post)
- Child tax credit: Harris and Vance have both floated proposals (Deseret News)
- What does âfar rightâ and âfar leftâ mean, anyway? (Deseret News)
- Federal workers around nationâs capital worry over Trumpâs plans to send some of them elsewhere (AP)
- Political opponents Harris and Vance show Americans modern, interfaith marriages (NPR)
Election news - Can Trump salvage the pro-life vote? (Deseret News)
- Is Usha Vanceâs Hindu identity an asset or a liability to the Trump-Vance campaign? (AP)
- Trump aims to drag down Harris as he scrambles to keep up in tight race (Washington Post)
- Trump: The way Harris treated Pence was âhorribleâ (The Hill)
- Trump: âIâd like to think that God thinks that Iâm going to straighten out our countryâ (The Hill)
- Trump says he had âevery rightâ to interfere in election (The Hill)
- Former GOP officials sound the alarm over Trumpâs Orbán embrace (Politico)
- Harris holds 4-point lead over Trump, unchanged from before Dem convention: Poll (The Hill)
- Harris says Trump âdisrespected sacred groundâ after Arlington Cemetery incident (Politico)
Ukraine ðºð¦ - Russia fires a barrage of drones, cruise and ballistic missiles at Kyiv as children return to school (AP)
- Ukrainian front-line students celebrate back-to-school despite ever-present air raid alarms (AP)
Israel and Gaza - Bodies of 6 hostages, including Israeli-American Hersh Goldberg-Polin, recovered in Gaza (Deseret News)
- Israelis strike and protest to demand Gaza hostage deal (Reuters)
- Israeli fire kills dozens in Gaza, polio vaccinations in full swing (Reuters)
World news - Russian 'spy whale' Hvaldimir found dead near Norway (Reuters)
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 | News Releases Alliance for a Better Utah calls for justice for GOP voters The depth of the chaotic mess that was the Utah GOP Caucus in March was revealed, including a suspicious cover up that has robbed Utah Republicans of their voice in national politics. In March, less than 10% of registered Republicans in Utah had a say in who Utah GOP delegates would nominate for president. Then the hearing scheduled to review that mismanagement was canceled by Republican leaders. Jeff Merchant, executive director for Alliance for a Better Utah, issued the following statement: âRemoving the hearing from the agenda is an insult to Utah voters generally, and Republicans specifically. Legislative leaders have shown again and again that they feel accountable to no oneâespecially the voters. Governments have no more sacred responsibility than ensuring the voice of the people is ensured. Republican leadershipâin the party and at the state houseâfailed Utah. âIt could have just been a catastrophic error in user experienceâ said Elizabeth Hutchings, Alliance for a Better Utah Communications Director âand if voters had received a thoughtful response it might have been viewed as just that. Now youâve robbed voters of their voice, and accountability from politicians who are sworn to represent that voice.â | | |
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Upcoming - Sept. 4 â Sutherland Institute Congressional Series with Rep. Celeste Maloy, 6:00 - 7:00 pm, Hinckley Institute of Politics, Register here
- Sept. 5 â Sutherland Institute Congressional Series with Rep. John Curtis, 12:00 - 1:00 pm, Hinckley Institute of Politics, Register here
- September 17-18 â Interim Days
- October 4 â Conservative Climate Summit, 7:30 am - 3:00 pm, UVU, Register here
- October 4 â Hatch Foundation hosts Civil Dialogue Symposium with Dana Perino, 2:00 pm, USU, Register here
- October 7-9 â One Utah Summit, SUU, Register here
- October 15-16 â Interim Days
- November 15 â Women & Business Conference & ATHENA Awards Luncheon with the Salt Lake Chamber, Grand America Hotel, Register here
- November 19-20 â Interim Days
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On This Day In History - 1666 - The Great Fire of London begins. By the end, 80% of London had been destroyed.
- 1789 - Congress founds the US Treasury, with Alexander Hamilton at its head
- 1883 - Rudolf Weigl is born. He was a Polish biologist, physician and inventor, known for creating the first effective vaccine against epidemic typhus.
- 1885 - Chinese miners are massacred in Wyoming Territory by a mob of 150 white miners. No effective legal action was ever taken against any of the mobsters.
- 1901 - Theodore Roosevelt advises "Speak softly & carry a big stick"
- 1945 - Japan surrenders, ending WWII
- 1948 - Christa McAuliffe is born. The New Hampshire teacher, selected in 1985 to be the first teacher in space, died in 1986 when the space shuttle Challenger exploded.
- 1973 - J.R.R Tolkien dies.
- 1974 - President Gerald Ford signs the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). The law guarantees pension rights and creates tax rules for employee benefits and contributions.
- 2013 - Diana Nyad, 64, makes record swim from Cuba to Florida, the first person to swim the 110 miles without a shark cage
Quote of the Day âI wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.â
â J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
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