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Utah Headlines

Political news

• Utah’s governor wants to talk about getting rid of the state income tax. Here’s what lawmakers say (Deseret News)
• Inside Gov. Cox’s service symposium where he called service, community ‘defining features of the state’ (Deseret News)
• South Salt Lake council member concerned over sudden proposal for new police chief (KUTV)
• Take 2 Podcast: Utah Election filings closing, legislative session soon underway (KUTV)
• Utah representative proposes gender reassignment surgery benefits for state employees (KUTV)
• Policy, not funding, is the way out of Utah’s housing crisis, says Speaker Schultz (KUER)

Election news

• More candidates file to run for attorney general to replace Sean Reyes (KUTV)
• An overview of candidates for Utah Attorney General (Deseret News)
• Election tracker: With Curtis seeking Senate seat, who’s running for his spot in the House? (Deseret News)
• Utah candidates for U.S. Senate, House and statewide races finalized (Deseret News)
• Democratic Senate candidate Caroline Gleich has summited Mount Everest, now she hopes to replace Mitt Romney (Deseret News)
• Sen. Curt Bramble, seeking 7th term, faces 3 GOP challengers (KUTV)
• The race for Romney’s seat is a fight about climate (Politico)

Utah news

• New academy aims to strengthen Utah’s foreign relations efforts (ABC4)
• Here’s how a technology deployed in Somalia and Kolkata helps people on the Navajo Nation (Salt Lake Tribune)
• New Davis County highway already facing skepticism following grand opening (Fox13)
• Utah to receive $1.1 million grant promoting volunteerism from Carnegie Corporation (Cache Valley Daily)

Business/Tech

• After successful launch, private mission to the moon imperiled (Deseret News)
• A new report says the tech industry is growing in Utah (UPR)
• JetBlue's CEO to step down, will be replaced by 1st woman to lead a big U.S. airline (NPR)

Crime/Courts

• Ensign Peak monument vandalized, investigation underway (Fox13)

Culture

• Brandon Flowers talks about his decision to commit to faith in new docuseries about ‘The Chosen’ actor Jonathan Roumie (Deseret News)
• Feeling climate dread? Utah’s Natural History Museum wants to give you hope instead (KUER)

Education

• Do University of Utah students, faculty, staff feel free to express their points of view? (Deseret News)
• Salt Lake City parents question how district chose schools ahead of potential campus closure vote (Salt Lake Tribune)

Environment

• How new Utah program can provide furnace filter for free, study indoor air quality (KSL)

Health

• New hope for those facing winter blues and seasonal depression: hygge (Deseret News)
• Salmonella risk leads to charcuterie meat recall (Deseret News)
• Over 10k overdoses, the leading cause of injury death in Utah, reversed through Naloxone (ABC4)
• The F.D.A. warned an asthma drug could indue despair. Many were never told (New York Times)

National Headlines

General

• A veteran went missing in 2013. A YouTuber took on the cold case. (Washington Post)
• Michigan stymies Michael Penix Jr., Washington to claim first national championship since 1997 season (The Athletic)
• Downtown Fort Worth explosion leaves at least 21 injured, likely caused by gas leak (NPR)
• Airlines say they found loose parts in door panels during inspections of Boeing Max 9 jets (AP)

Political news

• Violent political threats surge as 2024 begins, haunting American democracy (Washington Post)
• Utah Sens. Mike Lee, Mitt Romney respond to President Biden’s Valley Forge speech (Deseret News)
• Trump returns to court in pivotal immunity showdown (Politico)
• Christian Ziegler ousted as chair of the Florida GOP amid rape accusation (Politico)
• Pentagon didn’t inform Biden, White House for days about Austin’s hospitalization (Politico)
• Trump says he hopes economy crashes in next 12 months: ‘I don’t want to be Herbert Hoover’ (The Hill)
• Trump trades Iowa rallies for day in court in preview of campaign to come (Washington Post)

Election news

• Q&A: Fox’s Bret Baier on going head-to-head with Trump, DeSantis and Haley this week (Deseret News)
• Will AI threaten U.S. elections in November? (Deseret News)
• Iowa pastors denounce ‘God Made Trump’ video (Deseret News)
• Trump’s return to anti-immigration message takes hold among Republicans (Roll Call)
• Defying Trump, Reps. Chip Roy and Thomas Massie hit the road for DeSantis (New York Times)
• Biden denounces 'poison' of white supremacy in South Carolina Black church (Reuters)

Ukraine 🇺🇦

• More than 1,000 Ukrainian towns lose power due to extreme winter weather (Reuters)

Israel 🇮🇱

•  Israel’s Gaza war leads to a massacre of journalists (Washington Post)

World news

• Gabriel Attal becomes France's youngest prime minister as Macron seeks reset (Reuters)

Number of the Day 

News Releases

New furnace filter exchange program launched

Senator Luz Escamilla, Representative Angela Romero, Dr. Daniel Mendoza, and Dr. Shana Godfred-Cato are thrilled to announce the launch of the Furnace Filter Exchange Program. This program, generously funded by the Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit: Rocky Mountain Region, aims to substantially improve indoor air quality and enhance the health of Westside families with children affected by respiratory illnesses. (Read More)

Tweet of the Day

Upcoming

• Jan. 12 — Utah economic outlook & public policy summit, 8:30 am - 1:30 pm, Grand America Hotel. Register here
• Jan. 16 — Legislative session begins
• Mar. 1 — Legislative session ends 
• Mar. 5 — Caucus night

On This Day In History 

• 1793 - First successful balloon flight completed in the U.S.
• 1811 - The first women’s golf tournament is held at Musselburgh Links Golf Club in Scotland. The first-place winner received a fishing basket and the 2nd and 3rd winners got handkerchiefs. 
• 1859 - Carrie Chapman Catt is born. She was the president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association when the 19th Amendment was ratified in 1920
• 1897 - Felisa Rincon De Gautier is born. She was appointed Mayor of San Juan in 1946 where she served for more than 20 years. 
• 1913 - Richard M. Nixon is born
• 2007 - Steve Jobs unveils the first iPhone
• 2022 - Bob Saget dies of head trauma at 65

Quote of the Day

“Most people argue over who’s right, not about what the truth is.”
— Bob Saget

On the Punny Side

I keep trying to forget about 80s music.

But there is always something there to remind me.

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