Situational Analysis | August 12, 2022

It's Friday and for many Utah students, the last weekend of summer vacation. Make it a good one! 

Also, can you believe it's already been a year since Britney Spear's father said he would step down as her conservator? Time flies.

Be in the Know

• The FBI searched Trump’s home to look for nuclear documents and other items, sources told the Washington Post. Attorney General Merrick Garland said he could not discuss the investigation on Thursday. However, in a public statement at the Justice Department, he announced he had personally authorized the decision to seek court permission for a search warrant. He asked a judge to unseal the search warrant for former president Trump's Mar-a-Lago home. Trump said he will not oppose the release of documents related to the search and in fact, called for their immediate release.

Rapid Roundup

• $20,000 prize in next Utah treasure hunt, the NBA has retired Bill Russell's #6 league-wide, a first, high school football season is here and Desert Hills beat Brighton in the opener, and Salt Lake County unveils newly renovated building for runaway, homeless youth.

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Utah Headlines

General

• BYU Education Week celebrates 100 years of instruction and learning (Deseret News)
• Tithing settlement becomes ‘tithing declaration’ for Latter-day Saints (Deseret News)
• Black Menaces announce expansion to other college campuses. The group of Brigham Young University students are known for posting videos asking their white classmates questions about race, identity and politics. (NBC News)
• Nearly half of all teens say they use the internet ‘almost constantly,’ survey finds (KSL TV)

Politics

• AG seeks Utah Supreme Court’s OK to appeal injunction of abortion trigger law (Deseret News)
• Who is least likely to vote? BYU study finds it’s minorities, young people, Democrats (Deseret News)
• Jenny Wilson: New program helps released inmates adjust to freedom. Salt Lake County Jail Resource Reentry Program should save taxpayers money. (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Judy Weeks Rohner: Utah should cut the tax on food, not the income tax. Income tax cuts benefit the rich while sales tax on food hurts the poor. (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Rep. Moore blasts Inflation Reduction Act, takes aim at IRS funding provision (Standard-Examiner)
• ‘Gooseneck’ holds, assault and unnecessary seclusion: Why 3 Utah teen treatment programs have come under scrutiny of state regulators. It’s unusual for state regulators to take disciplinary measures against multiple licenses in such a short time period. (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Longtime Colorado City Mayor Joseph Allred steps down after 9 years at the helm of former polygamous town. Allred refused to elaborate further about his resignation or his future plans, other than to say he was “going into some private industry stuff.” (Salt Lake Tribune)

Business

• Intermountain Healthcare CEO to step down. Dr. Marc Harrison has served as president and CEO since 2016. (Salt Lake Tribune)
• United Airlines puts $10 million into plan to shuttle customers by electric aircraft (KSL Newsradio)
• Newly remodeled Walmart celebrates grand opening in West Valley City (ABC4)

Economy

• Gas dips below $4 in most of the country but Utah prices are still high (Deseret News)
• Economists: Wage growth remains strong but can’t match inflation (KSL TV)
• William E. Fisher: Time to pull the plug on the Utah inland port. Focus on building a clean and modern Point of the Mountain instead. (Salt Lake Tribune)

Education

• Teachers preparing for the first day of school (Fox13)
• School districts across Utah report critical shortage of employees in advance of return (KUTV)
• How you can help Utah’s refugee children with school supplies (KSL TV)
• Utahns donate more than 5,000 school backpacks to local refugee families (Fox13)
• The push for full-day kindergarten in Utah (KSL TV)
• Students go back to school in Washington County (KSL TV)
• ‘We’re back at it’: Students, teachers, admin return to classrooms with safety, learning in mind (St. George News)
• ‘We want to give back to this community’: Volunteers, donors fill Backpacks for Kids in Washington County (St. George News)
• 25K UTA passes given out to K-12 students, teachers, staff (KUTV)

Environment

• Proposals sought to address transportation stress in Big Cottonwood Canyon. But is it enough to address the canyon’s issues? (Salt Lake Tribune)
• What does science say we can do to protect our wildlife? It’s something Utah did first (Deseret News)
• Heavy rain causes mud to flow over roads in Summit County (KUTV)
• Afternoon storm drenches St. George; Sunset Boulevard reopens after downpour (St. George Utah)
• Utah's top cash crop is consuming most of our water (Fox13)
• European drought dries up rivers, kills fish, shrivels crops (AP)

Family

• Utah ranks 4th among states in survey on children's well-being (UPR)

Health

• The CDC has eased COVID-19 guidelines. Here’s what you should do now (Deseret News)
• Utah COVID-19 positivity rates, hospitalizations down as state reports 12 deaths (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Will you get insulin-cost relief from the inflation bill? Not if you have private insurance (Deseret News)

National Headlines

General

• Man accused of trying to break into FBI office is killed in standoff (New York Times)
• Johnson & Johnson will discontinue talc-based baby powder globally in 2023 (New York Times)
• Anne Heche on life support, ‘not expected’ to survive (AP)

Politics

• Mike Pompeo target of a $1 million, second assassination plot (Deseret News)
• Garland asks court to unseal warrant for Mar-a-Lago search (AP)
• U.S. House set to give Biden new win with $430 billion bill on climate, drug prices (Reuters)
• Ex-Va. police officer gets more than 7 years for role in Jan. 6 riot (Washington Post)

Ukraine 🇺🇦 

• Bet Putin didn’t see that coming — how Russia unintentionally strengthened NATO (Deseret News)
• Why a Ukrainian sports official wants Russian athletes banned from competition until ‘the end of this bloody war’ (Deseret News)
• Strikes at Ukraine nuclear plant prompt UN chief to call for demilitarised zone (Reuters)
• Zaporizhzhia nuclear workers: We're kept at gunpoint by Russians (BBC)
• Heavy losses leave Russia short of its goal, U.S. officials say (New York Times)
• Kazakhstan to start oil sales via Azeri pipeline to bypass Russia (Reuters)
• US lawmakers are heading to Ukraine with or without White House’s approval (The Hill)
• Western funding promised to Ukraine is arriving slowly - particularly from the EU - forcing Ukraine to print money to pay soldiers' salaries and keep the government operating. (Wall Street Journal)

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• General election â€“ Nov 8

On This Day In History

• 30 BC - Cleopatra dies
• 1851 - Isaac Singer’s first patent for a commercial sewing machine is granted.
• 1898 - Hawaii is formally annexed to the US
• 1908 - Henry Ford’s company builds the first Model T car
• 1922 - Frederick Douglass’ home in Washington, D.C. is dedicated as a national shrine.
• 1939 - “The Wizard of Oz” movie premieres.
• 1955 - US President Eisenhower raises minimum wage from 75 cents to $1 an hour
• 1972 - Wendy Rue founds the National Association for Female Executives (NAFE), the largest businesswomen’s organization in the United States.
• 1981 - The personal computer (PC) comes to market for the first time when IBM releases its Model 5150.
• 1990 - Sue Hendrickson discovers Tyrannosaurus rex remains in South Dakota. One of the most complete skeletons in the world, it was named Sue in honor of Hendrickson.
• 1994 - Professional baseball players strike, bringing Major League Baseball’s season to an end. The World Series is canceled.
• 2014 - Hollywood icon Lauren Bacall dies at age 89.
• 2021 - Britney Spear's father says he will step down as her conservator after the singer called his conservatorship abusive, amid a #FreeBritney campaign

Wise Words

"Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.”
― Frederick Douglass

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