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Utah Headlines

Political news

• Utah lawmaker Rep. Judy Weeks Rohner hospitalized with COVID-19 (KUTV)
• Special election and summer headlines (Hinckley Report)
• Former Gov. Herbert to open Utah Tech University’s community lecture series (St. George News)
• Spencer Cox and other U.S. governors gather to brainstorm ‘Disagree Better’ initiative (Cache Valley Daily)
• What does abolishing the U.S. Dept. of Education mean? Expert weighs in (Inside Sources)

General Utah news

• New data reveals critical need for resources in Utah domestic violence responses, especially on Sundays (KUTV)
• Niece breaks silence on alleged decade-old abuse under therapist Jodi Hildebrandt (KUTV)
• The website of Connexions Classroom remains operational and is still accepting appointments, despite the fact that the women at the helm of the organization are in jail, facing charges of felony child abuse. (KUTV)
• Ruby Franke of ‘8 Passengers’ requests expedited hearing as co-defendant Jodi Hildebrandt claims ‘life threatening’ health issue (Deseret News)
• Many cases, few prosecutions: KSL Investigators examine Utah’s ‘second look’ review of rape cases (KSL)
• Judge approves discovery in lawsuit over Utah's transgender athlete ban (KSL)
• Thousands of dollars worth of opioids stolen from Utah pharmacies (KSL TV)
• Team at Hill Air Force Base helps fix massive long-range radar in Nevada (KSL)
• Utah State Fair: Butter airplane sculpture, arts, farm animals and ‘deep-fried anything’ (KSL)

Business

• Solitude brings downhill mountain biking to the Cottonwood Canyons (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Utah-based tour operator files for bankruptcy: what’s next for those owed money for cancelled tours? (KSL TV)
• New Elon Musk biography lets reader decide if he’s a villain or superhero (Deseret News)

Culture

• ‘Stranger Becomes Neighbor’: Utahns help refugees with food, but mostly connection (KSL Newsradio)
• ‘The money wasn’t worth the degradation’ — how lives are being ruined in real time on OnlyFans (Deseret News)

Education

• Utah Tech women’s basketball coach under investigation after players allege misconduct (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Take a look inside Canyons School District’s $62M new school (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Miseducating the American mind. Why college teaching is so bad. And how to fix it (Deseret News)
• UVU President Astrid Tuminez on a more accessible higher education (KSL Newsradio)

Environment

• Lehi officials: No new E. coli cases; outbreak not a threat to animals, farm produce (Daily Herald)
• St. George breaks rainfall record set nearly a century ago (Fox13)
• Utah's 14th wettest August on record propels state to above-average summer (KSL)
• US sets record for number of billion-dollar weather disasters in a year (23) — and there are still 4 months to go (AP)

Family

• Arrest of ‘8 Passengers’ vlogger sparks questions of where the line is between discipline and abuse (Deseret News)
• My husband and I have different political views. It’s not a deal breaker (Deseret News)
• Perspective: How 9/11 changed our international adoptions (Deseret News)

Health

• Utah’s sewage shows a rise in COVID virus in the Beehive State (ABC4)
• Staying up late may lead to type 2 diabetes, study says (KSL)
• 5 foods that may cause inflammation (Deseret News)
• New COVID vaccines get FDA approval (NPR)
• Too many Americans are dying of pregnancy. It could still get worse (New York Times)

Housing

• Housing affordability in Utah hits worst level since 1986 as experts warn of tough road ahead for prospective buyers. (KUTV)
• Unmarried couples are buying more homes together than ever, report says (KSL Newsradio)
• When will housing market crash? Investor says ‘Black Swan’ event imminent (Deseret News)

National Headlines

General

• It’s Google versus the US in the biggest antitrust trial in decades (AP)
• American researcher stuck deep in a Turkish cave is rescued after falling ill (NPR)
• 8 of the easiest countries to relocate to as an American (Deseret News)
• Try hard, but not that hard. 85% is the magic number for productivity (Wall Street Journal)

Politics

• Alabama files emergency appeal with Supreme Court in redistricting case (The Hill)
• McCarthy juggles a government shutdown and a Biden impeachment inquiry as the House returns for fall (AP)
• Putin calls Trump charges political ‘persecution’ (Wall Street Journal)
• Here’s who has qualified for the second Republican presidential debate so far. (New York Times)
• Senate GOP says House lacks evidence for impeachment (The Hill)

Ukraine 🇺🇦

• With European countries hungry for workers, more Ukrainians are choosing Germany over Poland (AP)
• Putin signals he expects long war in Ukraine, is not betting on Trump (Reuters)
• Ukraine collects Russian bodies on 'road of death' in retaken southeast (Reuters)

World

• Death toll in Libya flooding could reach or even pass 10,000. Both Libyan governments call for international aid (Deseret News)
• Libya floods wipe out quarter of city, 10,000 feared missing (Reuters)
• Holocaust survivor Eva Fahidi-Pusztai, who warned of far-right populism in Europe, dies at age 97 (AP)
• North Korea’s leader is in Russia to meet Putin, with both locked in standoffs with the West (AP)
• US-Mexico border is world's deadliest land migration route, IOM finds (Reuters)
• Morocco’s reluctance to accept quake aid baffles foreign governments (Washington Post)

Number of the Day 

News Releases

The Policy Project launches its 2024 legislative priority: Child abuse prevention

The Policy Project, home of “The Utah Period Project” and “The Teen Center Project,” is launching their 2024 legislative initiative–”The Safe Child Project,” an effort to get legislation and public-private funding to expand in-classroom child sexual abuse prevention education for all of Utah’s students in kindergarten through sixth grade. (Read More)

Nominees announced for Fourth District Juvenile Court vacancy

The Fourth District Judicial Nominating Commission has selected nominees for a vacancy on the Fourth District Juvenile Court. The nominees for the vacancy are: Jared Anderson, Attorney/Owner, Anderson Law; Erik Jacobson, Attorney, Moody Brown Law; J. Edward Jones, Attorney, Law Office of J. Edward Jones PLLC; Ryan Peters, County Attorney, Juab County; Alan Sevison, Director, Southern Section, Utah Office of the Attorney General.

Written comments can be submitted to the Fourth District Judicial Nominating Commission at judicialvacancies@utah.gov or Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice, P.O. Box 142330, Salt Lake City, UT 84114-2330. The deadline for written comments is noon on Sept. 21, 2023. (Read More)

UVU schedules 33rd annual President’s Scholarship Ball

Utah Valley University’s (UVU) 33^rd President’s Scholarship Ball, the annual black-tie gala that raises funds for student scholarships, will be held Oct. 7 in the UCCU Center on UVU’s Orem Campus. The reception begins at 5:30 p.m., with the program and dinner at 7 p.m. (Read More)

USBE announces policy for free and reduced-price meals in 2023/2024

Utah State Board of Education announced their policy for free and reduced-price meals and free milk for children unable to pay the full price of meals/milk served under the National School Lunch, School Breakfast, After School Snack, and/or Special Milk programs. (Read More)

Treasurer Oaks announces new statewide investment challenge for Utah students

Utah Treasurer Marlo M. Oaks has launched a new statewide investment challenge for Utah students in grades 4-12. The Utah Treasurer’s Investment Challenge is a 10-week simulation of Wall Street investing on the StockTrak platform. The program provides a framework for Utah students to learn about the U.S. economy and financial markets. During the simulation, teams of 3-5 students invest a hypothetical $100,000 in common stocks and diversified investment funds traded on major exchanges. Teams are ranked based on the ending value of their investment portfolios. (Read More)

Tweet of the Day 

Upcoming

• 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
• Understanding Sexism in Utah with the Utah Women and Leadership Project— Oct. 10, 12:00-1:15 pm, 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 

• 490 BC - Traditional date of the Battle of Marathon, where a small Athenian force defeats the Persian Empire
• 1846 - Poets Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning elope
• 1910 - Alice Stebbins Wells, a former social worker, becomes the first woman police officer with arrest powers in the U.S. (Los Angeles, CA)
• 1940 - 17,000+-year-old Lascaux Cave Paintings discovered
• 1953 - John F. Kennedy marries Jacqueline Bouvier in Newport, Rhode Island
• 1964 - Canyonlands National Park established
• 1992 - Dr. Mae C. Jemison becomes the first African American woman to travel in space

Quote of the Day

"I like to think of ideas as potential energy. They're really wonderful, but nothing will happen until we risk putting them into action."

—Dr. Mae Jemison

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