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Utah Headlines

Legislative session

• What changes will the Trump Administration and Utah Legislature make? (Hinckley Report) 

Business and Labor

• Off to the races: New Utah plan could allow horse betting (KUTV) 

Criminal Justice

• Utah mom urges passage of Ashley's Law after rape of severely disabled daughter (KUTV)
• A gun law change to lower Utah’s open carry age to 18 is on the table (KUER)

Education

• Bill restricting transgender housing advances from House committee (Deseret News)
• Utah Republicans take aim at teachers unions amid political clash over education (KSL Newsradio)

Government Operations

• More than a home: How a ‘human first’ approach could reinvent Utah homeless policy (Deseret News)

Health and Human Services

• Utah lawmakers might drop health insurance eligibility for children without legal status (KUER) 

Revenue and Taxation

• Opinion: Should initiatives that affect taxes be harder to pass? (Deseret News)

Other Utah News

Politics

• Pro-life rally held at Utah Capitol building (KSL Newsradio) 

Utah news

• ‘You shouldn’t have to trade off’: Former New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern on navigating motherhood and a career in 'Prime Minister' at the Sundance Film Festival (Deseret News)
• Strength in diversity — how immigration benefits Utah (Deseret News)
• Trust in news media is down. KSL.com launches news survey to get your feedback (KSL)
• ‘Unflappable’ journalist who helped The Salt Lake Tribune win a Pulitzer dies (Salt Lake Tribune)

Culture

• Video: The surprising hope this gay atheist sees in the Church of Jesus Christ (Deseret News)
• Non-profit supports Navajo Nation amid ICE raids (ABC4)

Education

• These seniors hope school never ends (Deseret News)
• BYU quarterback Jake Retzlaff gets candid and draws laughter at Jewish comedy night (Deseret News)
• The remarkable message a Brookings senior fellow gave to BYU students about the civic theology America needs (Deseret News)
• University of Utah spends $6M on controversial consulting firm it hopes will help save money (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Utah students speak out about their experiences in seclusion (Fox13)
• BYU grad students design and build productive, safe robots (Daily Herald)

Environment

• President Trump’s executive order protects a small Idaho community from a major wind energy project — at least temporarily (Deseret News)
• Brian Steed, Joel Ferry, & Craig Buttars: Uniting communities to save the Great Salt Lake (Deseret News)

Housing

•  What is ‘missing middle’ housing, and could it solve Utah’s housing crisis? (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Utah officials rally to double construction of starter homes amid current market downturn (KUTV)

National Headlines

General

• After 80 years, not many Auschwitz survivors remain. One makes telling the stories his mission (AP)
• Silence pervades Auschwitz on the eve of the 80th anniversary of the camp’s liberation (AP)
• The Chiefs advance to 3rd straight Super Bowl, beating the Bills (AP)

Political news

• US Catholic leaders respond to criticism from Vice President JD Vance (Deseret News)
• Immigration arrests inside churches? The Trump administration says yes (Deseret News)
• Can states fund religious charter schools? The Supreme Court will decide (Deseret News)
• More DEI fallout: Air Force scraps course that used videos of Tuskegee Airmen and female WWII pilots (AP)
• Trump says inflation isn’t his No. 1 issue. So what will happen to consumer prices? (AP)
• Trump made an example of Springfield during the campaign. Immigrants there are bracing for the worst. (Politico)

Ukraine and Russia

• Ukraine replaces commander of eastern front after Russia captures another town (Reuters)

Israel and Gaza

• Gaza hostages were held in tunnels for months, Israeli medical officer says (Reuters)

Other world news

• Rebels Backed by Rwanda Announce Capture of Key City in Eastern Congo (New York Times)
• About 70 people killed in attack on hospital in Sudan’s Darfur region, WHO chief says (AP)

Number of the Day 

News Releases

Lee introduces pro life legislation for March for Life

Bills would ban federal tax dollars from subsidizing abortion at home and abroad, repeal law used to target Pro Life activists  

Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) has introduced a trio of bills to prevent federal tax dollars from funding or subsidizing abortions in the United States and across the world, in honor of the 2025 March for Life in Washington, DC and state capitals around the country: the Abortion is not Health Care Act, the Protecting Life in Health Savings Accounts Act, the Protecting Life in Foreign Assistance Act, and a repeal of the FACE Act. (Read More)

Maloy and colleagues reintroduce FREE Act to streamline federal permitting

Rep. Celeste Maloy (UT-02) reintroduced the Full Responsibility and Expedited Enforcement (FREE) Act in the 119^th Congress to streamline the federal permitting process. This legislation would establish a permit-by-rule system. U.S. Senators Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) and Ted Budd (R-NC) are leading this legislation in the Senate. (Read More)

Tweet of the Day

Upcoming

• Jan 27 â€” The Impact of Women’s Health on Work and Life with UWLP, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm, Register here
• Jan 29 â€” A Conversation with Pat Jones on Women's Leadership with UWLP, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm, Register here
• Feb 3 â€” Building Bridges: Leading as Women in Local Government with the Utah Women and Leadership Project, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm, Register here
• Feb 5 â€” Women and Policy, Strategy, Politics, and Change with UWLP, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm, Register here
• Feb 10 â€” Gail Miller: Making a Difference with UWLP, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm, Register here
• Feb 11 — "Heart on the Hill" Day with the American Heart Association, 9:30 am - 12:00 pm, Copper Room in the Senate Building
• Feb 12 â€” Navigating the 2025 Tax Reconciliation Bill webinar with the Hatch Center, 10:00 am - 11:00 am, MST, Register here
• Feb 12 â€” Crossing the Divide: Making an Impact in Career and Community with UWLP, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm, Register here
• Feb 20 â€” BioHive Live, 9:00 am - 3:00 pm, Hale Centre Theater, Sandy, Register here
• Mar. 7 â€” Utah legislative session ends

On This Day In History 

• 1820 - Antartica is discovered by a Russian expedition
• 1825 - Congress approves Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma), clearing the way for the forced relocation of the Eastern Indian tribes via the "Trail of Tears"
• 1880 - Thomas Edison patents electric incandescent lamp.
• 1888 - National Geographic Society is founded in Washington, D.C.
• 1898 - Georgia Neese Clark is born. In 1949, President Harry S. Truman nominated her to head the United States Treasury. She was the first woman to hold the position.
• 1924 - Lenin placed in the Mausoleum in Red Square.
• 1944 - Siege of Leningrad lifted by the Soviets after 880 days and more than 2 million Russians killed.
• 1945 - Auschwitz liberated by the Russian army.
• 1951 - The first atomic detonation at the Nevada test site
• 1967 - 3 astronauts die in launch pad fire.
• 1973 - Paris Peace Accords are signed, ending the war in Vietnam. 
• 2008 - Gordon B. Hinckley dies
• 2017 - Donald Trump issues executive order banning travel to the US from 7 mostly Muslim countries and suspending admission for refugees. 

Quote of the Day

"If we laugh and sing a little as we fight the good fight of freedom, it makes it all go easier. I will not allow my life's light to be determined by the darkness around me."

—Sojourner Truth

On the Punny Side

A truckload of Vick's Vaporub was spilled on the highway today…

There was no congestion for eight hours. 

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