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Good morning, Utah Today readers! Here’s today’s forecast:

🌦️ 60 – 88° in Logan |💧 40% chance

⛈️ 772 – 92° in Salt Lake City |💧 50% chance

⛈️ 76 – 93° in St. George | 💧 60% chance ⚠️ Flood watch

It’s that time of the week! Here are some of the most popular stories we published this week in case you missed them:

☎️ Church responds to AP story on abuse of a child and reporting hotline: Early in the week, Tad Walch reported on Associated Press’ story about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ abuse hotline. He also covered the church’s response to the story.

🐘 What Rusty Bowers said about the future of Arizona Republicans: According to Hunter Schwarz’s story, Arizona House Speaker Rusty Bowers take is that the “Arizona Republican Party has fallen.”

💔 Kate Taylor Lauck: I survived abuse. I worked for the church’s help line. The AP story broke my heart: Investigative attorney Kate Taylor Lauck opens up about her experiences as an abuse survivor who worked for the church’s help line advocating for victims of abuse.

🏈 Marc Wilson recounts how LaVell Edwards avoided a mutiny after ’78 season: It seems everyone always has a story about how amazing LaVell Edwards was, and his legacy lives on in BYU football to this very day!

🚗 Hey! That jerk flying by in the closing lane isn’t hurting, he’s helping: As someone who prefers to merge at the last minute, I can’t tell you how delighted I was to see that “zipper merging” is now the law.

🌴 Jennifer Graham: The Mar-a-Lago raid is a risky move on Trump and a sobering moment for the country: In the midst of the chaos and uncertainty of Monday night’s raid on Mar-a-Lago, Ideas and Culture Editor Jennifer Graham wrote an insightful opinion piece on the possible downwind effects of this event.

🏡 The dark side of Utah’s surging home values: An ‘unprecedented’ tax burden: If you’ve sold your home this year, you might be delighted in the increased home value you experienced, but for those who are staying put, be prepared for sticker shock come tax season!

Also on our minds: Community leaders call on elected officials to help address rising food insecurity, the James Webb Space Telescope photos strengthen a scientist’s faith and the NBA’s tampering rules are a joke (but not the funny kind).

Gas dips below $4 in most of the country but Utah prices are still high

Great news! Gas prices are down below $4 per gallon… in places that aren’t Utah. Gas prices have dropped slightly due to a change in driver behavior and other factors. Gas prices also have an impact on inflation overall. So why are gas prices so high in Utah and what is the current outlook?

Read the full story here.

Should the U.S. get rid of the Electoral College?

In addition to reducing inflation, The Inflation Reduction Act also set out to put a $35 copay cap for the millions of Americans who use insulin. Unfortunately, this only applies to Medicare recipients. Congress has made efforts to extend the insulin cap to people with private insurance, but there are considerable obstacles in the way.

What are the challenges, what’s the history of the drug and is there a way out of this? Read Lois Collins’ full story.

More in Politics:

Mike Pompeo target of a $1 million, second assassination plot (Deseret News)
Who is least likely to vote? BYU study finds it’s minorities, young people, Democrats (Deseret News)
Trump pled the 5th nearly 450 times — will it help or hurt him? (Deseret News)

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Healthcare:

Valerie Hudson: The tide has turned in the UK on gender-affirming treatment for children (Deseret News)
Utah reports 4,688 new COVID-19 cases; 12 additional deaths over past week (KSL)

The Courts:

Judge finds Walgreens is liable for contributing to San Francisco’s opioid crisis (Deseret News)
Lawsuit against Utah’s transgender bill to proceed in court (ABC4)

Faith:

How should Christians feel about the new images of outer space? (Deseret News)
Changes to tithing settlement announced for Latter-day Saints (Deseret News)

The Economy:

Advocates call on elected officials, community to meet rising need for Utah food assistance (KSL)

Southern Utah:

For two remote Utah communities, the only warning of wildfire is often a knock at the door (🔒Salt Lake Tribune)

The Nation:

AG Merrick Garland: Justice Department files motion to unseal Mar-a-Lago search warrant (USA Today)

The World:

Why a Ukrainian sports official wants Russian athletes banned from competition until ‘the end of this bloody war’ (Deseret News)

Sports:

Sarah Todd: The NBA’s tampering rules are a joke, and everyone knows it (Deseret News)
‘Deadly in the red zone:’ What two former BYU greats say about this year’s tight ends (Deseret News)