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Utah Headlines

Political news

• Sen. Mike Lee, House conservatives demand changes to Trump’s tax bill (Deseret News)
• More opposition than support, but Senate advances Utah’s first records officer (Fox13)
• The cost to access court records in Utah is about to go up (KSL TV)

Municipal news

• Growing pains: Inside St. George’s surge (KSL TV)

Utah

• KSL NewsRadio launches all-new ‘Inside Sources’ with Greg Skordas and Holly Richardson (KSL Newsradio)
• Community mourns Vineyard man who died during youth camping trip (Deseret News)
• Explore Southern Utah: Your ultimate summer staycation guide (Deseret News)
• Family of 4-year-old with rare disorder hopes her fight helps others (Deseret News)
• Voices: We work with Utah’s neediest populations. Here’s how the state’s GRIT initiative could make a real change. (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Bolder Way Forward Summit empowers Utah's women, girls to thrive (Fox13)

Crime/Courts

• St. George mom pleads guilty to aggravated child abuse after infant found with skull fracture (KSL)
• Elizabeth Smart’s kidnapper Wanda Barzee is back in court, but not in custody (KSL)
• Customers beware: St. George businesses hacked by digital crooks (Fox13)
• Man arrested at Salt Lake Int’l Airport after attempting to steal backpack and officer’s weapon (KSL Newsradio)
• Kouri Richins murder case to resume since Utah Supreme Court won’t hear second appeal (Salt Lake Tribune)

Culture/Community

• Photo gallery: Popular Utah Asian Festival celebrates diverse heritages (Deseret News)

Education K - 12

• Opinion: Bringing students back — chronic absenteeism is a crisis Utah can’t ignore (Deseret News)
• Here’s how Utah parents are spending their kids’ school vouchers, The Tribune found (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Survey: So how do Americans feel about math? The answer — like calculus and algebraic geometry — is complicated (Deseret News)
• Survey: Utah universities could do more to foster free speech on campus (St. George News)

Environment

• Wasatch Front water managers concerned by new usage trends (KSL)
• A parched Utah community has asked the feds to resume review of a contentious pipeline project (Salt Lake Tribune)
• St. George is exploring an unconventional solution to water scarcity: sewage (KUER)
• 'It's wild': 14 wildfires started over the weekend in already active season (Fox13)

Faith

• The faith-related surprise in a new survey on famous quotes (Deseret News)

Family

• Utah No. 4 for childhood well-being, but there are rocky spots (Deseret News)
• Davis County Library’s new reading program open to the whole family (KSL Newsradio)
• Utah Gov. Cox wants you and your family to unplug this week. Here’s why (Daily Herald)

Health

• If books could kill: New tool identifies poisonous books (Deseret News)
• Tooele County’s informational dementia workshops, support groups open to all (Deseret News)
• Kennedy dismisses entire CDC vaccine panel, replacing all 17 members (Reuters)

Housing

• Sellers outpace buyers nationally in housing market for first time since 2013 (KUTV) 

National Headlines

General

• The Federalist Society and America’s conservative legal schism (Deseret News)
• TSA: Costco cards are not valid forms of ID at airport security (Fox13)

Political news - Trump

• Does President Trump have the authority to deploy the National Guard? (Fox13)
• California sues Trump for sending National Guard troops into LA after ICE protests (NPR)
• Trump vows to ‘HIT’ any protester who spits on police. He pardoned those who did far worse on Jan. 6 (AP)
• Trump pivots from Musk to Newsom (New York Times)
• Trump’s troop deployment is a warning sign for what comes next, legal scholars fear (Politico)

Other political news

• Congress renames press gallery in U.S. Capitol after Frederick Douglass (Deseret News)
• State and federal power struggle plays out in LA protests (Deseret News)
• Can $1,000 at birth change a child's future? A Republican proposal aims to find out (Cache Valley Daily)
• Hegseth faces Congress for first time since Signal leaks and Marine deployment to Los Angeles (AP)
• Democratic senator seeks guardrails as Trump deploys troops to LA (Politico)

Immigration/deportation

• Some migrants detained in L.A. ICE raids have already been deported (Washington Post) 

Trade/Tariffs

• U.S.-China trade war on hold as talks reboot in London (Deseret News)

Ukraine/Russia

• Russia's latest drone strikes hit Kyiv, maternity ward in Odesa, Ukraine says (Reuters)
• Russia launches one of war's largest air attacks on Kyiv (Reuters)
• NATO chief calls for ‘quantum leap’ in defense and says Russia could attack in 5 years (AP)

Middle East

• Palestinians' dangerous ordeal to reach aid (Reuters)

World news

• Colombian senator Uribe shows little response to treatment after shooting (Reuters)

Number of the Day 

News Releases

Former Rep. Marsha Judkins running for Provo mayor

With Provo at a pivotal point in its growth, former Utah  State Representative and longtime community leader Marsha Judkins has officially filed to  run for Mayor of Provo. Judkins—an applied mathematics instructor in the Mathematical  and Quantitative Reasoning Department at Utah Valley University—is running on a platform  of transparent government, responsible planning, and genuine community engagement. (Read More)

Salt Lake City Councilwoman Victoria Petro announces campaign launch

Victoria Petro, Salt Lake City Councilwoman representing District 1, is officially launching her re-election campaign with a community kick-off event on Saturday, June 14th at Switchpoint Coffee (2080 North Temple) from 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM. Speaking program to start at 11 AM. (Read More)

Hatch Foundation welcomes Thomas Wright to Board of Directors

Today, the Orrin G. Hatch Foundation announced the addition of Thomas Wright to its Board of Directors. Wright is the CEO and Principal Broker of Summit Sotheby’s International Realty and the President and COO of Majestic Realty Collective, a leading affiliate group within the Sotheby’s International Realty network. Under his leadership, these companies have generated billions in real estate sales across major markets, including Salt Lake City, Denver, Las Vegas, and Palm Springs. (Read More)

Curtis, Cortez Masto introduce bill to reduce wildfire risk through strategic grazing

U.S. Senators John Curtis (R-UT) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) introduced the Strategic Grazing to Reduce the Risk of Wildfire Act, bipartisan legislation to direct the Department of the Interior (DOI) and the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) to collaborate with grazing allotment holders, States, Tribes, and local fire departments to create a strategy to use targeted grazing to manage hazardous fuels and reduce risks from wildfires. (Read More)

Tweet of the Day

Upcoming

• June 17-19 â€” Interim Days
• Aug 7 â€”  Titan of Public Service gala with Sen. Tom Cotton hosted by the Orrin G. Hatch Foundation at the Grand America Hotel. More Information Here
• Aug 12 â€” Municipal primary
• Aug 19-21 â€” Interim Days
• Nov 4 â€” General election

On This Day In History

• 1692 - Bridget Bishop is the first to be hung as a witch in Salem, Massachusetts
• 1752 - Benjamin Franklin flies a kite during a thunderstorm, collecting ambient electrical charge in a Leyden jar.
• 1935 - Alcoholics Anonymous is founded
• 1953 - President Eisenhower rejects calls for US isolationism 
• 1963 - The Equal Pay Act is enacted: “To prohibit discrimination on account of sex in the payment of wages by employers engaged in commerce or in the production of goods for commerce.” 
• 1963 - Black students Vivian Malone and James Hood, accompanied by U.S. Deputy Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach attempted to register at the University of Alabama today in 1963. Governor George Wallace bodily blocked their entrance. Vivian Malone became the first black graduate of the University.
• 1967 - Six-Day War ends
• 1977 - The Jazz draft Lusia Harris, the only woman ever drafted into the NBA
• 2007 -  Novelty dance song "I'm a Gummy Bear" by German band Gummibär released. I know you started singing it in your head…

Quote of the Day

“Always try to associate yourself with and learn as much as you can from those who know more than you do, who do better than you, who see more clearly than you.”

—Dwight D. Eisenhower

On the Punny Side

How do you stay warm in any room?

Go to the corner — it’s always 90 degrees.

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