Honoring Healthcare Heroes

Utah Business and Roseman University of Health Sciences are proud to honor those who have made it their mission to improve the state of health in our state.
Do you know a Healthcare Hero who deserves to be recognized for their contributions to the community? Nominate them here before nominations close on August 14.

Utah Headlines

Political news

• President Joe Biden visiting Utah veterans hospital to mark one year since PACT Act legislation (KUTV)
• The IUP panel on President Biden's expected visit (ABC4)
• How Utahns are working to bridge political divide (ABC4)
• Rick Larsen: America is almost 250 years old. Will we see celebrations or a funeral wake? (Deseret News)
• Paul Edwards: Can the American experiment survive? (Deseret News)
• Sen. Mike Lee says prosecuting Trump is ‘dangerous’ (Deseret News)

Election news

• Increased tension at 2nd GOP primary debate (Deseret News)
• Trump indictment emerges as central GOP concern at Utah special election debate (AP)
• Celeste Maloy and Bruce Hough respond to concerns about Trump’s indictment, Ukraine spending in mild GOP debate (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Celeste Maloy supporter says GOP candidate will ‘hit the ground running’ if elected to Congress (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Bruce Hough, a longtime Republican leader, wants fiscal accountability in Congress (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Becky Edwards wants to take fiscal responsibility and women’s empowerment to Congress (Salt Lake Tribune)

General Utah news

• What Utah president Taylor Randall, BYU AD Tom Holmoe and others said about the Utes’ move to the Big 12 (Deseret News)
• The Big 12 snaps up Utah, Arizona and Arizona State as the Pac-12 crumbles (KUER)
• Will major renovation project finally solve Salt Lake City Library’s infamous leaking roof? (KSL)
• Researcher discovers 500-million-year-old sea worm in northern Utah, shows off nerdy side while naming it (KSL)
• Judge sends predator and swindler Nathanael "Nate" Reid Holzapfel to prison, rejecting a plea deal that would have kept his name off the sex offenders list (KSL)
• NAACP responds to possible hate crime committed outside historic Salt Lake church (KUTV)
• WATCH: Woman boldly steals wallet right in front of victim at Layton Winco (ABC4)

Business

• Businesses banding together: How the Maven District survived the 900 South construction (KSL)
• Demand is high from immigrant professionals looking to become licensed in Utah (KSL)
• 'We are on track to a full recovery': Salt Lake airport on pace for record-breaking year (KSL)
• U.S. companies are buying less from China as relations remain tense (Washington Post)

Culture

• Valerie Hudson: The ‘Barbie’ movie is the new ‘Velveteen Rabbit.’ It's not anti-male - it's anti-fake. (Deseret News)
• Thousands flock to local Utah YSA Area Conference (ABC4)
• Cancel culture keeps coming for Candace Cameron Bure. But she’s still putting faith and family first (Deseret News)
• An East Coast native finds his inner Utahn: What a Deseret News intern learned living 2,500 miles from home (Deseret News)
• Is Donny Osmond’s son on ‘Claim to Fame’? Fans say ‘yes’ (Deseret News)
• 'Taylor-nomics': Some Utahns saving up to see Taylor Swift's record-breaking Era's tour (KSL)

Education

• Utah Board of Education awards $3M contract to company for AI gun detection tech (KSL)
• Utah State Board of Ed won’t require disclaimers on board member social media anymore (KUER)
• Free dental work offered to Utah kids ahead of new school year (Fox13)
• Washington County School District set to open newest high school with tech-based facility (St. George News)

Environment

• This ‘Western water guy’ made a case for the Great Salt Lake in congressional hearing (Deseret News)
• Nevada shows states how to build workforce for solar energy boom (KUER)
• Biden expected to permanently block Grand Canyon mining with new national monument. Monument would protect about 1 million acres. (Salt Lake Tribune)

Family

• The case for the 'Utah Family Miracle' (Deseret News Editorial Board)
• Pioneering mothers are breaking down barriers to breastfeeding in Olympic sports (AP)

Health

• This pediatrician’s prescription: Food is medicine (Deseret News)
• The first pill to treat postpartum depression has been approved by US health officials (AP)
• 'Unwavering faith': Addiction treatment center uplifts Utah women, communities (KSL)
• Seriously Utah, you need to wear sunscreen when you head outdoors. Utah leads the nation for rates of melanoma of the skin. (KUER)
• Ozempic and Wegovy maker courts prominent Black leaders to get Medicare's favor (NPR)

Housing

• Don't fall victim to rental scams, Provo police warn (KSL)
• At the moment, Utah’s first-time homebuyers assistance has a narrow fit in the market (KUER)

National Headlines

General

• Charles Ogletree, longtime legal and civil rights scholar at Harvard Law School, dies at 70 (Politico)
• Do good moods make you more generous? Researchers say yes and charities should take note (AP)
• Is there a limit to Americans' self-storage addiction? Billions of dollars say nope (Wall Street Journal)
• Record glacial flooding swept away two homes in Alaska’s capital (Washington Post)
• He visited all 195 countries without flying. It nearly broke him. (Washington Post)
• Simone Biles dazzles in her return from a 2-year break to dominate the US Classic (AP)

Politics

• Trump boasts at Alabama fundraiser that he needs ‘one more indictment to close out this election’ (AP)
• Indictment ignored and Trump barely mentioned as GOP candidates pitch Iowa voters to challenge him (AP)
• Prosecutors ask judge to issue protective order after Trump post appearing to promise revenge (AP)
• Trump knocks ‘woke’ US women’s soccer team after World Cup departure (The Hill)
• Trump: Pence has ‘gone to the Dark Side’ (Politico)
• Some state Republican parties are struggling and seeing deep divisions (NPR)
• DeSantis: Florida Black history standards ‘not political’ (The Hill)

Ukraine 🇺🇦

• Russia blasts Saudi Arabia talks on ending war in Ukraine after Moscow gets no invitation to attend (AP)
• Ukraine says U.S and German air defence systems 'highly effective' (Reuters)
• Putin's forever war (New York Times)
• 'It's not a sprint,' Ukraine's Marines insist. 'It's a marathon.' (New York Times)

World

• North Korean hackers breached top Russian missile maker (Reuters)

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Upcoming

• Interim Days — Aug 7-10, le.utah.gov
• Municipal election filing period for cities using ranked choice voting — Aug. 8-15
• Sutherland Institute Congressional Series with Sen. Mitt Romney — Aug 21, 10:00-11:30 am, Hinckley Institute, U of U
• Sutherland Institute Congressional Series with Rep. John Curtis — Aug 22, 9:00-10:30 am, Center for Constitutional Studies, UVU
• Sutherland Institute Congressional Series with Sen. Mike Lee — Aug 22, 3:00-4:30 pm, Hinckley Institute, U of U
• 'Titan of Public Service' gala recognizing Senator Mitch McConnell and former Transportation and Labor Secretary Elaine Chao, hosted by the Orrin G. Hatch Foundation — Aug. 22, 7 p.m., Register here
• Legislative Education and Mental Health Coordinating Council — Aug 23, le.utah.gov
• Sutherland Institute Congressional Series with Rep. Blake Moore — Aug 29, 10:00-11:30 am, Olene S. Walker Institute of Politics & Public Service, Lindquist Hall, Weber State
• Sutherland Institute Congressional Series with Rep. Burgess Owens — Aug 30, 12:00-1:30 pm, Hinckley Institute, U of U
• Municipal/Special election primary — Sept. 5
• Interim Day — Sept. 18, Utah Tech University, le.utah.gov
• 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 

• 1782 - George Washington creates the Purple Heart. It was awarded to three soldiers, then largely forgotten. On Feb 22, 1932, Washington’s 200th birthday, the U.S. War Department announced the creation of the “Order of the Purple Heart.”
• 1789 - The first U.S. Congress created the United States Lighthouse Establishment bringing all lighthouses under the responsibility of the federal government. It was the first public works law passed.
• 1882 - An election day battle between the Hatfields and McCoys leads to the death of Ellison McCoy.
• 1948 - Alice Coachman was born today. She was the first African American woman to win an Olympic gold medal, in the high jump during the 1948 Olympic Games.
• 1959 - The first US satellite to photograph the Earth is launched.
• 1964 - Congress approves the Gulf of Tonkin resolution, granting Pres. Lyndon Johnson authority to assist any Southeast Asian facing "communist aggression"; he uses it to bring the US into the Vietnam conflict
• 1990 - President George HW Bush orders Operation Desert Shield in response to Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait on August 2. 
• 1993 - Ada Deer is sworn in as the Assistant Secretary of the Interior and the first woman to hold the position of head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. The day of her swearing-in was also her birthday.
• 1998 - Two US embassies bombed in Kenya and Tanzania, killing 224 and injuring more than 4500.
• 2022 - US Senate passes Inflation Reduction Act, an economic package designed to combat climate change, address health care costs and tax large corporations

Quote of the Day

“I speak up. I speak out. It’s not like I plotted and planned. I just had this general goal. I want to do and I want to be and I want to help. And I’ve been able to do it.”

—Ada Deer

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