Utah Headlines

Political news

• Stuart Reid: I warned Utah about our nominating system 10 years ago. Now the chickens are coming home to roost. (Salt Lake Tribune)

Election news

• Civic engagement event featuring Ogden-area candidates to be held Thursday (Standard-Examiner)

Utah news

• Editorial Board: How Utah is becoming the crossroads of the world (Deseret News)
• Will Salt Lake City host the 2034 Winter Games? The latest step in the bid process (Deseret News)
• Honor Flight sends 73 Utah veterans to war memorials in D.C. (KSL TV)
• Utah youth soccer league making changes after 25 reports of racism (KSL TV)
• Investigators say remains found of missing woman Courtney Townsend (KSL Newsradio)
• Snow leopard expecting first cub at Utah's Hogle Zoo (KUTV)

Business/Tech

• Elon Musks’ xAI, now worth $24B, pursuing ‘true nature of the universe’ (Deseret News)
• Utah magazine apologizes after including an OB-GYN repeatedly accused of sexual assault in its ‘Best Of’ issue (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Blacklisted Chinese companies rebrand as American to dodge crackdown (Wall Street Journal)

Crime/Courts

• Utah ‘troubled teen’ facility sued by parents who allege poor supervision led to girl being sexually assaulted (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Woman's trailer stolen from Salt Lake hotel while passing through Utah, son goes missing (KUTV)
• Closing arguments to begin in Chad Daybell murder trial (ABC4)
• Utah’s tribal reentry court is a success that Arizona and Wyoming want to model (KUER)

Culture

• Sculptor of Precious Moments figurines dies at 85 (Deseret News)
• Everything we know about ‘The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim’ (Deseret News)

Education

• Amid a youth mental health crisis, one Utah teen is working to get a counselor in every school (Salt Lake Tribune)

Health

• Can cats and dogs get bird flu? What to know to keep pets safe (Deseret News)

Housing

• Despite residents’ reservations, this southern Utah city wants to add more affordable housing (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Americans see disparities in mental and physical care, survey finds (Washington Post)
• Patients with pricey meds experience insurance companies 'double dipping' (Fox13)

National Headlines

General

• Nevada roadways slick with crushed Mormon crickets, causing crashes (Deseret News)
• Killer whales apparently just want to have fun (Deseret News)
• Who is getting part of Melinda French Gates’ $1 billion in donations to support women and girls? (AP)
• Bette Nash, the world's longest-serving flight attendant, dies at 88 (NPR)
• Storms again strike Texas, leaving hundreds of thousands without power (Wall Street Journal)

Political news

• Cohen’s credibility, campaigning at court and other takeaways from Trump trial’s closing arguments (AP)
• Menendez jurors hear audio and see texts from seized phones (New York Times)
• Former South Dakota mayor charged in triple-murder shooting (The Hill)
• Former Trump attorney, Jenna Ellis, has Colorado law license suspended for attempting to overturn 2020 election results (The Hill)
• Does religious freedom give you a right to have dreads? (Deseret News)

Election news

• Trump endorses challenger to Freedom Caucus chair Bob Good ahead of closely watched Virginia primary (AP)
• Skyrocketing rents and home prices may be pivotal in the 2024 election (Washington Post)
• Cook Political Report shifts North Carolina governor’s race to ‘toss up’ (The Hill)
• Dems in full-blown ‘freakout’ over Biden (Politico)
• Why Hispanics will be ‘the deciding factor’ in 2024 (Deseret News)

Ukraine 🇺🇦

• Putin warns West not to let Ukraine use its missiles to hit Russia (Reuters)

Israel and Gaza

• US condemns loss of life, but says no policy changes after civilian deaths in Israeli strike (AP)
• US-built pier will be removed from Gaza coast and repaired after damage from rough seas (AP)

World news

• Netherlands’ hard-right coalition chooses former spy chief as PM (Washington Post)
• Haiti names new Prime Minister to try to lead country out of crisis (New York Times)

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News Releases

Rep. Maloy congratulates Washington County for $20.5 million drought resiliency grant

Today, Representative Celeste Maloy (UT-02) congratulated Washington County and the Washington County Water Conservancy District for receiving a $20.5 million grant from the Bureau of Reclamation. The funds will support the district’s Regional Reuse System, a $1 billion system that includes new and expanded treatment facilities, reservoirs, pipelines and other infrastructure needed to provide water to more than 200,000 county residents. (Read More)

Governing Group PAC announces full slate success and 7 new endorsements

Governing Group PAC, established in 2023 tov advocate for principled leadership and civil discourse in Utah, announces its inaugural endorsement success. All 12 of its initially endorsed candidates have secured positions on the primary ballot, showcasing the impactful support and strategic effectiveness of its endorsements. Additionally, Governing Group PAC is excited to announce the endorsement of seven new candidates, further expanding its support across the state. (Read More)

New director plans to take Weber State’s Community Education Center to greater heights

Weber State University’s new director of the Community Education Center knows exactly what kind of impact continued education can have on families.

“My mother was illiterate for half her life and learned the alphabet as an adult,” said Yesenia Quintana. “The impact that community education had on her, and through extension the rest of our family, was transformational.” Quintana, a Weber State alum and experienced staff member, recently started in her role as the CEC director and said she can’t wait to showcase its programs to the larger community. (Read More)

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On This Day In History 

• 1739 - Patrick Henry is born
• 1851 - Sojourner Truth's spontaneous "Ain't I a Woman?" speech electrifies the woman's rights convention in Akron, Ohio.
• 1886 - American chemist John Pemberton begins to advertise Coca-Cola.
• 1917 - JFK is born.
• 1942 - Bing Crosby records "White Christmas", the world's best-selling single (estimated 100 million copies sold)
• 1943 - Norman Rockwell’s Rosie the Riveter appears on the cover of the  Saturday Evening Post.
• 1953 - Sir Edmund Hillary becomes the first Westerner to ascend Mount Everest.
• 2005 - Danica Patrick becomes the first woman to lead the Indy 500.

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"I feel safe in the midst of my enemies; for the truth is powerful and will prevail."

—Sojourner Truth

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