Utah Headlines

Political news

• Sunday Edition with guests Megan McArdle and Moe Egan (KSL TV)
• Mitt Romney's political journey reaches a crossroads (Wall Street Journal)
• Can Utah’s political figures ‘disagree better’ on social media? (Deseret News)
• Opinion: Do 16-year-olds deserve the right to vote? (Deseret News)
• Perspective: How the government is failing citizens in the digital age (Deseret News)

Election news

• 2CD Candidate Profile: Becky Edwards (ABC4)
• 2CD Candidate Profile: Bruce Hough (ABC4)
• Jason Chaffetz says he’s eyeing an office other than Mitt Romney’s Senate seat (Deseret News)
• Kathleen Riebe, who ‘fell in love’ with Utah decades ago, now says she’s ready to speak for Utahns in Congress (Salt Lake Tribune)
• UDOT warns political candidates about sign placement (Fox13)

General Utah news

• Rocky Mountain Power announces preparations for storm impact in Utah from Hilary (KUTV)
• E. coli detected in pressurized irrigation water after reported infections in Lehi (KUTV)
• Ogden’s YCC Family Crisis Center breaks ground on new facility (Fox13)
• Don’t swim in Scofield Reservoir, officials say (ABC4)

Business

• OmniTeq, Gabb Wireless to bring thousands of new jobs to Utah (KSL)
• Salt Lake City business gets $10K grant to improve lives of stay-at-home parents (KSL)
• These Utah restaurants are serving up Utah Jazz-themed culinary creations (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Utah refugees and immigrants to launch new café, market (Fox13)
• SIM cards are phasing out. So what's next? (Fox13)

Culture

• Why former ‘Studio C’ cast says new movie is the ‘Monty Python of the Oregon Trail’ (Deseret News)
• Eboo Patel: Want to solve polarization? Encourage more people to volunteer (The Chronicle of Philanthropy)

Education

• Utah governor welcomes Magna students back to school, talks career goals, teacher pay (KSL)
• Emails suggest Noelle Cockett faced pressure to resign as president of Utah State University (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Backpacks could be causing ‘brain pain’ in some young students (Fox13)
• Utah Tech University to offer free courses on artificial intelligence (ABC4)

Environment

• What is Pando? A guide to one of Utah’s most unassuming natural wonders. (Salt Lake Tribune)

Family

• As a first-time grandparent, here’s what you need to know (Deseret News)

Health

• Medals, meals and mirrors: body dysmorphia in young athletes (Deseret News)
• So, what is the sound of silence? New study explores how humans perceive silence (Deseret News)
• “The state of maternal health in the United States is abysmal,” said Dr. Rebekah Gee, an obstetrician-gynecologist in Louisiana. “In the developed world, Louisiana has the worst outcomes for women having babies.” (60 Minutes)
• More obituaries acknowledge suicide as openness on mental health grows (Washington Post)

Housing

• SLC businessman says homeless problems in his neighborhood worst since Operation Rio Grande (KSL)
• Forget bed space. There is another problem plaguing Utah’s homeless shelters. (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Salt Lake Court receives funding to help renters with housing stability (Fox13)

National Headlines

General

• Firearms killed a record number of children in 2021, study finds. U.S. children and teens are more likely to die because of guns than car crashes, drug overdoses and cancer. (NBC News)
• She hung a Pride flag at her shop. She was killed over it, officials say. (Washington Post)
• Theresa Dear: What I learned from Robert Kraft at the NAACP convention. We need each other. Partnerships help us to thrive and overcome adversity (Deseret News)
• George Yancey: A better way to work through racial tension (Deseret News)
• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announces $1 million donation to American Red Cross for Maui (Deseret News)
• Lizzo backlash — and support — continues amid sexual harassment and body-shaming allegations. Here’s the latest (Deseret News)

Politics

• Arizona Democrats are outraising Republicans (Deseret News)
• The grandson of former President Jimmy Carter and first lady Rosalynn Carter says it's clear the couple is in the “final chapter” of their lives as the former president receives hospice care and the former first lady grapples with dementia. (The Hill)
• Trump holds 23-point lead over DeSantis among Iowa Republican caucusgoers: survey (The Hill)
• Most in Iowa GOP poll say minds aren’t made up on 2024 candidate (The Hill)
• Senate Republican says Trump should drop out of presidential race (The Hill)
• Where is Joe Exotic now? Exotic runs for president and taunts Trump from prison (Deseret News)
• What the polls may be getting wrong about Trump. New research says pollsters are asking the wrong questions. (The Atlantic)

Ukraine 🇺🇦

• The smartphone game that Ukrainian soldiers play on the front line (New York Times)
• How Ukraine is exploiting Biden’s cluster bomb gamble (Washington Post)
• Ukrainian children brought to camps in Belarus, exposed to pro-Kremlin propaganda (Wall Street Journal)

World

• Olga Carmona scored the only goal in Spain's Women's World Cup final win over England. Then she learned her father had died. (AP)
• Saudi security forces have killed hundreds of Ethiopian migrants and asylum seekers attempting to cross the country’s border with Yemen, in what could amount to crimes against humanity, Human Rights Watch said. (Washington Post)

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News Releases

Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson accepts NLGA leadership role

Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson formally accepted a leadership role with the nonpartisan National Lieutenant Governors Association on Friday. Nominated and approved by her peers, Lt. Gov. Henderson began service immediately as an at-large member of the NLGA Executive Committee. The committee is responsible for guiding the association as its members work to address issues and advance solutions for states and territories. (Read More)

UVU opens new alumni building

The Utah Valley University (UVU) campus community came together today to officially open its newest building, the Young Living Alumni Center on the school’s Orem Campus, at 1062 W. 800 South. The building will serve as a gathering place and central hub for hundreds of thousands of UVU alumni, who will use the building to network, expand careers, and map out their futures. The larger, new, facility was needed to accommodate the rapid growth of UVU alumni, knowing that most of them stay and live in Utah long term. It was made possible in part by a generous gift from Young Living Essential Oils, LC. (Read More)

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Upcoming

• Sutherland Institute Congressional Series with Sen. Mitt Romney — Aug 21, 12:30-2:00 pm, 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
• Brown bag lunch with Dr. Logan Mitchell, Utah Clean Energy — Aug. 23, noon, RSVP here
• 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
• 2nd Annual Conservative Climate Summit with Rep. John Curtis — Sept. 8, 8:00 am-3:00 pm, UVU, Register here
• Interim Day — Sept. 18, Utah Tech University, le.utah.gov
• A Bolder Way Forward with the Utah Women and Leadership Project — Sept. 20, 12:00 - 1:15 pm, Virtual, Register here
• 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 

• 1614 - Elizabeth Báthory, the world's most prolific female serial killer, dies at 54
• 1831 - Former slave Nat Turner leads uprising against slavery.
• 1858 - The Lincoln-Douglas debates begin
• 1920 -Christopher Robin’s birthday.
• 1959 - Hawaii becomes the 50th state.
• 1974 - The Equal Educational Opportunities Act takes effect
• 1980 - People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is founded
• 1986 - An eruption of lethal gas from Lake Nyos in Cameroon kills nearly 2,000 people and wipes out four villages.
• 2015 - First female soldiers graduate from US Army Ranger School

Quote of the Day

"We never really grow up, we only learn how to act in public."

—Bryan White

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