The small southern Utah town of Enoch was reeling Thursday after finding out that 42-year-old Michael Haight shot and killed his wife, their five children and his mother-in-law, before turning the gun on himself, police say.

Michael Haight, his wife Tausha Haight, 40, Tausha’s mother Gail Earl, 78, and the couple’s five children — a 17-year-old daughter, 12-year-old daughter, 7-year-old daughter, 7-year-old son and a 4-year-old son — were all found deceased Wednesday afternoon at about 4 p.m.

Tax cuts, water, housing ... and transgender surgeries on minors: What to expect from Utah Legislature in 2023

The general legislative session starts Jan. 17, and the GOP-controlled House and Senate have a long list of items they want to accomplish. Senate President Stuart Adams and House Speaker Brad Wilson spoke with Deseret News about their priorities. Here’s what they have planned.

Tax cuts:

• Drop the income tax rate from 4.85% to 4.75%.
• Give a total $400 million rebate to taxpayers.
• Provide a new tax credit allowing parents to double the dependent tax exemption in one year covering both a newborn and unborn child.

Education:

• The Governor’s recommendation of a pay raise for teachers is likely to resurrect a “school choice” voucher system debate.
• Lawmakers are likely to revisit removing a constitutional earmark which uses income tax to pay for education in order to correct a “structural imbalance.”

Water:

• Speaker Wilson expects to invest a similar amount into water management as last year’s budget: $500 million.
• Passage of a bill to educate people about water conservation.

Hot button issues:

• At least two bills have already been filed focusing on surgical transitions for transgender youth.
• Lawmakers are expected to make changes to the state’s abortion ban.

See what else is on the docket here.

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Culture:

• Jazz jersey meltdowns, a humpback civil war, a housewife in handcuffs. 2022, by the month (Deseret News)
• Is the content on Hulu too adult? Parents council says yes (Deseret News)

Technology:

• The world’s first-ever honeybee vaccine could provide a solution to rapidly declining bee populations (Deseret News)
• Want to drive an electric vehicle? This new project could help (Deseret News)

Police and Courts:

• Roommate sees masked man in apartment night of University of Idaho homicides (Deseret News)
• Mastermind of ‘Varsity Blues’ gets longest prison sentence in college admissions scandal (Deseret News)
• 'Not acceptable': Utah traffic deaths surpassed 300 again in 2022 (KSL)

Business:

• Amazon announces layoffs of at least 18,000 jobs (Deseret News)
• What do experts say about raising the minimum wage? (Deseret News)
• Bed Bath & Beyond may be on the brink of bankruptcy (Deseret News)
• Don’t ignore labor unions … even in Utah (Utah Business)

Faith:

• The former pope has been laid to rest (Deseret News)
• Lessons learned from building a chicken farm in Malawi, Africa (Church News)

Northern Utah:

• U-2 spy plane joins Hill Air Force Base museum (FOX13)

Wasatch Front:

• Wasatch Search and Rescue helps 21-year-old man severely injured in snowmobile crash (KSL)

Southern Utah:

• Fatal crash reported in St. George Thursday (KSL)

The West:

• What to expect from Arizona’s new governor Katie Hobbs (Deseret News)
• California fears flooding among a myriad of weather disasters (Deseret News)

The Nation:

• ‘Democracy in decline,’ Chinese state media says about U.S. House speaker fight (Deseret News)

The World:

• How bad is COVID-19 in China right now? World health experts say they’re not getting answers (Deseret News)

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Sports:

• This Rose Bowl stat may add insult to injury for Utah football (Deseret News)
• This soccer legend’s latest move brought him to Saudi Arabia (Deseret News)
• Could a chest blow at a precise ‘millisecond’ in heart’s rhythm have caused Damar Hamlin’s cardiac arrest? (Deseret News)