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The Intermountain Power Project's transformational “IPP Renewed” project is under construction and on track for mid-2025 start-up. The project includes new natural gas-fueled electricity generating units that will also utilize "green" hydrogen for long-term, dispatchable storage of renewable energy. There are currently 600 workers on site in Milliard County, with 1200 expected during peak construction. Click here to watch construction unfold. 

Utah Headlines

Political news

• Sen. Mitt Romney’s approval rating among Utah Republicans jumps higher as he considers a second run for Senate (Deseret News)
• American Fork park to be renamed Monarch Park after the monarch butterfly because a group of third graders approached the City Council (KSL Newsradio)
• Residents are on both sides of the fence as Utah City springs up in booming Vineyard (KUER)

Election news

• Gary Herbert: Don’t underestimate the importance of an off-year election (Deseret News)
• IUP: What you need to know about the primary election with Lt. Gov. Henderson (ABC4)
• Utah voters prepare for oddly-timed primary election day (KUTV)
• IUP: Hinckley Institute’s Jason Perry on the GOP special primary (ABC4)
• Utah election officials remind public it's not too late to register for upcoming primary (Fox13)
• Where to drop off your ballot for the primary election (ABC4)
• How Salt Lake City’s mayoral candidates want to make your life better (Salt Lake Tribune)

General Utah news

• Video: Here’s why Utah is at an inflection point, and other insights from economist Natalie Gochnour (Deseret News)
• George Will to speak at Weber State for Constitution Day festivities (Standard-Examiner)
• Sunday Edition: Camille N. Johnson and Ganel-Lyn Condie (KSL TV)

Business

• More businesses, even schools, moving to four-day workweeks (Fox13)
• NFL? MLB? NHL? Here are the pro sports teams Utahns most want to see in the Beehive State (Deseret News)
• Emotional labor at work is work. It should be paid that way. (Washington Post)
• Bosses mean it this time: Return to the office or get a new job! (Washington Post)

Culture

• ‘War against the children’: The US government, Native American children and boarding schools (Deseret News)
• Forced labor by Ute students included “the most distasteful drudgery." Boarding schools’ reliance on child labor left students with “irrelevant” skills, federal officials now concede, “further disrupting tribal economies. (Salt Lake Tribune)
• What happens to the group when the individual tops all? (RadioWest) 

Education

• Utah teachers, mental health professionals report rising anxiety among students as new school year begins (KUTV)
• A 3-year college degree? BYU-Pathway Worldwide wins approval to launch revolution in higher education (Deseret News)
• Why 23 Utah schools have moved to 4-day weeks (Deseret News)
• The ‘God-sized hole’ in the American university (Deseret News)
• Higher ed doesn’t need to devolve into cultural battles (Deseret News)
• College students are still struggling with basic math. Professors blame the pandemic (AP)
• What do home-school educators think about ChatGPT? (Deseret News)

Environment

• U.S. power sector, states say Biden’s carbon rule is unrealistic (Deseret News)
• Utah lands trust joins effort to downsize small town near Bears Ears (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Recycled sewage could stretch St. George’s water, if it has a place to store it (KUER)

Family

• Meet the ‘Photo Angel’ — how one woman’s dedication is reuniting families with lost family photos (Deseret News)
• ‘It’s different when it’s your little girl’: Comeback king Alex Smith struggles with daughter’s brain tumor (New York Times)
• Who is Ruby Franke? What to know about the mommy vlogger accused of child abuse (NPR)
• New study findings your family needs to know (Deseret News)

Health

• 5 superfoods that benefit your brain and mental health (Deseret News)
• 8 lower carb alternatives to bread (Deseret News)
• Are superfood powders superheroes? (Deseret News)
• The benefits of morning meditation (Deseret News)

Housing

• Are we in a housing crisis? Just look at the carpenter index (Deseret News)
• How the housing market is exposing an ‘unpredictable’ tax problem for Utah homeowners (Deseret News)

National Headlines

General

• Burning Man revelers begin exodus after flooding left tens of thousands stranded in Nevada desert (AP)
• A huge threat to the US budget has receded. No one is sure why. (New York Times)
• Cats and dogs get dementia. Here’s how to spot signs and support pets. (Washington Post)

Politics

• 9 things to watch as the 2024 presidential campaign heats up (Washington Post)
• Trump’s advice to Vivek Ramaswamy: ‘Be a little bit careful’ (Deseret News)
• McCarthy faces political minefield on Biden impeachment (The Hill)
• Biden bashes Trump’s jobs record to mark Labor Day (The Hill)
• Trump’s co-defendants are starting to turn against him (Politico)
• Jill Biden tests positive for COVID-19 (Politico)

Ukraine 🇺🇦

• Putin says he won’t renew the grain deal until the West meets his demands. The West says it has (AP)
• Upward of 20,000 Ukrainian amputees face trauma on a scale unseen since WWI (AP)
• 3 bullets, 2 wars and 1 village in Ukraine (New York Times)
• Zelensky ousts defense chief as ministry grapples with corruption claims (Washington Post)

World

• Kim Jong-un will visit Vladimir Putin in Russia to discuss supplying weapons (New York Times)

Number of the Day 

News Release

Nine Utah cities celebrate “No Primary Day”

Utahns in nine cities have been given the gift of time and reduced taxpayer costs, and that is reason to celebrate. Voters of Genola, Heber, Midvale, Millcreek, Payson, Salt Lake City, South Salt Lake, Woodland Hills and Vineyard were spared the added time and costs of running an entire Primary election because they chose to use Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) in the November 21 general election. Already used in 15 states, RCV has been used successfully in a multitude of elections nationwide since 2018 with both Republican and Democrat winners. For more on RCV benefits, go here. (Read More)

Tweet of the Day 

Upcoming

• Municipal/Special election primary — Sept. 5 
• 2nd Annual Conservative Climate Summit with Rep. John Curtis — Sept. 8, 8:00 am-3:00 pm, UVU, Register here
• 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 

• 1666 - The Great Fire of London ends, leaving 13,200 houses destroyed and 8 dead
• 1774 - The first Continental Congress convenes
• 1836 - Sam Houston elected as president of Texas
• 1877 - Sioux military leader Crazy Horse is fatally bayoneted by a US soldier
• 1882 - 10,000 workers march in the first Labor Day parade in New York City
• 1939 - FDR declares US neutrality at start of WWII in Europe
• 1972 - Massacre of Israeli athletes begins at the Munich Olympics
• 1975 - Gerald Ford survives the first assassination attempt on his life
• 1976 - Jim Henson's "The Muppet Show" premieres on television 
• 1994 - UN releases program to support women’s reproductive health
• 1997 - Mother Teresa dies
• 2016 - Phyllis Schlafly, Eagle Forum President, dies at 92
• 2017 - Hurricane Irma becomes the most powerful hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic Basin region with winds of 185mph

Quote of the Day

“The greatest disease in the West today is not TB or leprosy; it is being unwanted, unloved, and uncared for."

—Mother Tereza

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