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Situational Analysis | May 20, 2024 It's Monday and National Quiche Lorraine Day. What you need to know - John âFrugalâ Dougall is running for Congress to make the GOP the party of ideas again. Utahâs state auditor wants to overhaul entitlement programs if elected to represent the 3rd Congressional District. âThe Republican Party used to be the party of big ideas,â Dougall said. âWe have nothing but infighting, squabbling, performative politics.â Dougall will face his four primary opponents on June 25.
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Utah Headlines Political news - Utah leaders back how sports arenas and other projects are being funded. Concerns about eroding the stateâs tax base were raised by Utah State Tax Commission chairman and former legislator, John Valentine (Deseret News)
- Inside Utah Politics: Brian King, Randy Shumway (ABC4)
- Utahâs new homeless board is warned of major mental health bed shortage (Daily Herald)
Election news - Michelle Quist: Why a third-party candidate is best for Utah attorney general (Deseret News)
Utah news - Utahâs higher ed boss was accused of sexual misconduct. Officials sued The Tribune to keep investigation secret. (Salt Lake Tribune)
- Utah police spent thousands of taxpayer dollars on company cited for 'unconstitutional' training (Fox13)
Crime/Courts - Kouri Richins' attorneys ask to withdraw from representing her in murder case (KSL)
- Police investigating apparent murder-suicide of 6-year-old and his father in Salt Lake City (Salt Lake Tribune)
Culture - Opinion: A deeper meaning to the northern lights (Deseret News)
- Dear Katherine Heigl, you can find amazing Indian food in Utah (Deseret News)
- Shoshone-Bingham Fort Monument unveiled in Ogden (Fox13)
Education - As she retires, SLCCâs Deneece Huftalin still rises to defend the value of higher ed (KUER)
- American Association of University Women, an organization with a long history of advocacy, meet in St. George (St. George News)
Environment - Hammer or money? How water providers are pushing change (Deseret News)
- Utahâs water system poses a unique, but avoidable risk â if we understand it (Salt Lake Tribune)
- Southwest Utahâs horde of tourists and snowbirds are a stealthy demand on its water (KUER)
Health - Theyâre healing the blind, the lame and the maimed ⦠and seeking more aid to further the cause (Deseret News)
- This University of Utah medical school alum runs the largest biomedical research institute in the world (Deseret News)
- US drowning death rates have increased, reversing decades of decline (KSL)
- Iâve seen the rise in colon cancer cases. As doctors, we must take young people more seriously. (Salt Lake Tribune)
- Pacific Islander, Asian communities raise awareness on health disparities (Fox13)
- Study suggests waiting longer before withdrawing life support (New York Times)
Housing - Advocates urge that new SLC sports and entertainment district include lots of affordable housing (Salt Lake Tribune)
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National Headlines General - Dabney Coleman, actor who specialized in curmudgeons, dies at 92 (AP)
- Ancient Chesapeake site challenges timeline of humans in the Americas (Washington Post)
- With Paris Olympics approaching, Simone Biles is holding nothing back (Washington Post)
Political news - Wondering why Trump won? Hereâs what you donât know about Americans in the middle (Deseret News)
- U.S. House passes legislation banning the sale of a poison. Utah Rep. Celeste Maloy was co-sponsor (Deseret News)
- Weâll see you at your houseâ: How fear and menace are transforming politics (New York Times)
Election news - Can the Arizona Republican Party stop fighting long enough to win? (Deseret News)
- Nevada is âon the verge of going red,â top pollster says (Deseret News)
- US Senator Rubio says he won't accept election results if 'unfair' (Reuters)
- North Idaho has drifted to the extreme right. One Republican thinks itâs hit its limit. (Politico)
- Trump at NRA convention floats 3-term presidency (Politico)
Ukraine ðºð¦ - Russia and Ukraine engage in dueling air assaults behind the front lines (New York Times)
- âWe need it to be faster,â says Ukraineâs ambassador about arms shipments (The Hill)
Israel and Gaza - Airstrike kills 27 in central Gaza and fighting rages as Israelâs leaders are increasingly divided (AP)
- Israel's army says three hostages' bodies recovered (BBC)
World news - Slovak prime ministerâs condition remains serious but prognosis positive after assassination bid (AP)
- A brilliant flash of blue, green and white on Saturday night came from a shard of an as yet unidentified comet that was moving around 100,000 miles per hour, over Spain and Portugal (New York Times)
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 | News Releases Gov. Spencer Cox appoints Angela Adams to Fifth District Juvenile Court Utah Gov. Spencer J. Cox has appointed Angela Adams to Utahâs Fifth District Juvenile Court, filling a position created by the retirement of Judge Paul Dame. Judicial appointments are subject to confirmation by the Utah Senate. Adams is currently a deputy county attorney in the Washington County Attorneyâs Office and a Guardian ad Litem attorney in the Office of the Guardian ad Litem. She also has been an adoption attorney in private practice since 2004. She currently serves as a board member on the Statewide Association of Prosecutors and Public Attorneys (SWAP), on the executive committee of the Juvenile Justice Oversight Committee (JJOC) and is a board member for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Utah. Adams is also a founding member and chairperson of Reading For Life-Southern Utah. She earned a bachelorâs degree from Utah State University and a juris doctorate from the J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University. (Read More)
Romney commemorates National Police Week, honors fallen Santaquin Sergeant Bill Hooser The U.S. Senate yesterday unanimously adopted a resolution marking National Police Week and reiterating support for the men and women in law enforcement. Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) cosponsored the bipartisan resolution, led by Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Chair Dick Durbin (D-IL), with 75 of his Senate colleagues. (Read/Watch More)
Utah has largest share of religious adherents of any state A new summary analysis from the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute shows that Utah has the largest share of religious adherents of any state, with an estimated 76% of the population. Between 2010 and 2020, the number of adherents of the largest religions of the state increased, while the number of congregations in the state also increased by 8.3%, from 5,557 in 2010 to 6,018 in 2020. âUtahâs religious adherents as a share of the population, 76.1%, ranks 12 percentage points higher than the next highest state of Alabama,â said Natalie Gochnour, director of the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute. âFrom 2010 to 2020, Hindu (traditional temples), Muslims, and the National Baptist Convention experienced the highest growth rates of adherents, while the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the largest religious body in Utah, grew 11.3% during that same period.â
Ogden Salvation Army breaks ground on senior living residence The Salvation Army Ogden Corps has broken ground on a new Silvercrest Senior Residence to provide low-income, subsidized housing for seniors 62 years and older. The project, located at 2655 Grant Avenue in Ogden, will consist of 52 one-bedroom apartments, each with a kitchen, bath, and comfortable living quarters to encourage independent living. The senior residence fills a critical need for housing for low-income seniors. Residents pay only 30 percent of their income for housing, and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) pays the difference. (Read More) | | |
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On This Day In History - 325 - First Council of Nicaea
- 1506 - Christopher Columbus dies
- 1806 - John Stuart Mill, English philosopher, political economist and utilitarian, is born in London
- 1834 - Marquis de Lafayette, American patriot and French revolutionary, dies at 76
- 1862 - US President Abraham Lincoln signs into law the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for the settlement of the American West
- 1867 - British parliament rejects John Stuart Millsâ proposals on womenâs suffrage
- 1873 - Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive patent for blue jeans
- 1927 - Charles Lindbergh takes off across the Atlantic in the Spirit of St. Louis
- 1932 - Amelia Earhart leaves Newfoundland on her journey to become the 1st woman to fly solo and nonstop across the Atlantic
- 1956 - United States drops hydrogen bomb over Bikini Atoll
Quote of the Day "The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do."
âAmelia Earhart
On the Punny Side Marvin Gaye used to keep a sheep in his vineyard. He'd herd it through the grapevine. | | |
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