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Situational Analysis | April 3, 2024

It's Wednesday and Fish Fingers and Custard Day. Thank you, Dr. Who.

What you need to know

  • Utah Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson was named vice chairwoman of the Republican Lieutenant Governors Association, the organization announced last week. The association is part of the Republican State Leadership Committee and works to help Republicans get elected to lieutenant governor positions across the country. Henderson will work alongside South Carolina Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette, who was named chairwoman, and Nevada Lt. Gov. Stavros Anthony, the finance chairman.

Rapid relevance

 
 

Utah Headlines

Political news

  • Rep. Owens tackles child trafficking (Deseret News)
  • The nation's problems demand solutions that take hard work (Deseret News)

Election news

  • Democratic state lawmaker loses at county convention; will finish out current term (KSL)

Utah news

  • ‘A civic duty’: Firefighters, nonprofits urge Utahns to become organ donors (KSL TV)
  • 3 dogs in Weber County animal shelter die from parvovirus outbreak (Fox13)
  • Hauling lumber or a big family? Then you’re extra sensitive to Utah’s gas prices (KUER)

Business/Tech

  • The rise of the ‘woke-free’ job board (Deseret News)
  • Boeing wins $405M to test nuclear missile systems in 'extreme environments' in Utah (KSL)
  • US job openings rise modestly to 8.8 million in February in strong labor market (AP)
  • Business schools are going all in on AI (Wall Street Journal)

Crime/Court

  • Justice Department sues Utah, alleging Utah Department of Corrections discriminated against transgender woman (Deseret News)
  • Polygamist leader Samuel Bateman will get dozens of charges dropped — if followers admit helping him take child ‘brides’ (Salt Lake Tribune)
  • Judge rules against Draper in city's fight to limit Geneva Rock mine expansion (KUTV)

Culture

  • Angel Moroni statue returns to the top of the Salt Lake Temple (Deseret News)

Education

  • Longtime charter school, the Salt Lake School for the Performing Arts, will close unless it finds a new sponsor quickly (Salt Lake Tribune)
  • Program at Wasatch High School gives students opportunity to build homes for a good cause (Fox13)

Environment

  • Going green with artificial grass? Not so fast. (Deseret News)
  • Astrotourism: Dark sky at night a Utah delight (Deseret News)

Family

  • This province is defying Italy's demographic winter by investing in families. Could we learn from them? (Deseret News)

Health

  • Studies show men experience high rates of loneliness (KSL Newsradio)
  • How health care shortages affect rural Utahns — and what the state is doing to help (Salt Lake Tribune)

Housing

  • Utah tops both the most and least affordable home ownership lists (Deseret News)
  • Sandy City debates allowing detached housing on some existing residential properties (KUTV)
  • The next piece of the puzzle for Salt Lake City’s affordable housing is where to put it (KUER)
  • Mental health care is hard to find, especially for people with Medicare or Medicaid (NPR)
 

National Headlines

General

  • Video shows California deputies fatally shooting abducted teen as she surrenders (AP)
  • José Andrés' moment of crisis and grief (Politico)

Political news

  • Report: Biden administration has expanded temporary protected status protections for immigrants (KSL)
  • Trump calls migrants 'animals,' intensifying focus on illegal immigration (Reuters)
  • Most Americans say criminalizing abortion is wrong — and are divided on deportation (NPR)
  • How a California billionaire known for auto loans provided Trump’s bond (Washington Post)
  • William Delahunt, congressman who eased international adoption, dies at 82 (Washington Post)
  • Trump social media company sues co-founders, alleging ‘reckless and wasteful’ decisions (The Hill)

Election news

  • Trump’s return to ‘The Apprentice.’ The VP sweepstakes are taking on a reality TV show-like feel (Deseret News)
  • Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy launches campaign to unseat lawmakers who removed him (Deseret News)
  • Trump said he spoke to murder victim’s family. The victim’s sister said it never happened. (Washington Post)

Ukraine 🇺🇦

  • NATO weighs a plan to provide long-term military help to Ukraine as Russian troops assert control (AP)
  • Extortion, threats, fear, traitors: How Russia recruits Ukrainian spies (Washington Post)
  • Ukraine is at great risk of its front lines collapsing (Politico)
  • From the foreign ministers of Germany, France and Poland: This moment may define our children’s future (Politico)

Israel and Gaza

  • Who were the seven aid workers killed in Gaza by Israel? (Reuters)
  • How Israeli strikes on a World Central Kitchen convoy in Gaza unfolded (Washington Post)
  • Israel is determined to invade Rafah. The U.S. is still waiting for its plan. (Washington Post)
 

Number of the Day 

Number of the Day, April 3, 2024

 

News Releases

Leigh Veillette appointed as Director of the Utah Division of Real Estate

The Utah Department of Commerce has appointed Leigh Veillette as the new Director of the Utah Division of Real Estate (DRE). Veillette, who has an impressive background in regulatory oversight and legal analysis, brings a wealth of experience to her new role. Veillette previously served as the Division of Corporations and Commercial Code (DCCC) director, as well as worked as an investigator and legal analyst at the Division of Consumer Protection. (Read More)

 

Tweet of the Day

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Upcoming

  • April 10 — Utah Valley Chamber Pillar of the Valley recognizing Gail Miller, 7:00-9:00 pm, Register here
  • April 18 — Utahns’ Perceptions of the Challenges Facing Women and Girls, 12:00-1:15 pm, Register here
  • April 20 — United Utah Partyconvention
  • April 27 — State GOP and Democratic Conventions
 

On This Day In History 

  • 1776 - Congress authorizes privateers to attack British vessels
  • 1860 - Pony Express debuts
  • 1948 - President Truman signs the “Economic Assistance Act,” commonly known as the Marshall Plan.
  • 1964 - Malcolm X gives “The Ballot or the Bullet” speech
  • 1968 - Martin Luther King, Jr delivers his final address - “I’ve been to the mountaintop.” He was dead 20 hours later.
  • 1996 - U.S. Secretary of Commerce, Ron Brown and 32 other Americans are killed in a plane crash in Croatia

Quote of the Day

"I've seen the promised land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people will get to the promised land."

—Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on the eve of his assassination

On the Punny Side

How does a bee get to school?

On the school buzz!

 

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