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Utah Headlines

Political news

• Holly Richardson: Americans think Biden’s too old, Trump’s too corrupt, according to a new poll (Deseret News)
• Millions of dollars approved to give several Salt Lake City parks a facelift (KSL)
• Utah Division of Multicultural Affairs director to emcee TEDx event (KSL Newsradio)
• Ogden police answer lawmaker questions about officer 'incentive' program for tickets (KUTV)
• DPS appoints Darin Bushman Division Director for Bureau of Emergency Medical Services (ABC4)
• Lawmakers want to step in to solve school lunch debt for Utah students (Fox13)

Election news

• Morgan County lawmaker wants opt-in requirement to vote by mail (KSL Newsradio)
• Trump, DeSantis lose some support in new poll of Utah GOP voters (Deseret News)
• Kathleen Riebe, the moderate Democrat who wants to turn the 2nd District blue (Deseret News)
• Utah Rep. Blake Moore says 2024 presidential election should be about ‘energy and tax policy’ (Salt Lake Tribune)

General Utah news

• Davis school counselor admits sharing info about student her husband later raped (KSL)
• Former University of Utah gymnast reflects on allegations against program during investigation (KUTV)
• ‘Hang from the gallows’: Arizona man threatens Utah judge (ABC4)
• Crossing Arrows Ranch raises money to provide equine therapy to veterans and first responders (ABC4)
• Multiple lawsuits seeking millions continue to hound Utah golfer Tony Finau, family (Deseret News)
• Drug testing doubt: Utah’s child welfare agency shares results of internal audit (KSL TV)

Business

• The Great Gloom? U.S. worker happiness is eroding at a record pace. And health care pros most dire of all (Deseret News)
• Utahns question large increases in natural gas bills (KSL TV)
• Labor Rights Week brings safe, fair work awareness to Utah (Fox13)
• Burger King must face lawsuit claiming its Whoppers are too small (Reuters)

Culture

• The best time to buy Christmas flights, according to Google (Washington Post)
• New Mojo Dojo Casa House-inspired Ken doll is on the market (Deseret News)
• Aging Utahns are dissatisfied with how Utah is getting ready for an older future (KUER)

Education

•  Bullying in school: Red flags teachers should spot (KSL Newsradio)

Environment

• EPA reveals new wetland protection rule after Supreme Court limits federal power. The new decision removes federal protection from 63% of the nation’s previously protected wetlands (Deseret News)
• Why this Salt Lake group is trying to bring county's creeks back to surface (KSL)
• Paradise lost: California city, Lahaina wildfires proof of new reality (Deseret News)
• Permanent repairs at Bridal Veil Falls won’t begin until next spring (KSL TV)

Family

• 2023 Mrs. American and Utah resident Hannah Neeleman goes viral saying motherhood makes her feel empowered (Deseret News)
• Protesters seek to ‘normalize’ public breastfeeding; school district voices support, provides accommodations (St. George News)
• Pass or fail. The angst of parenting without a report card (Deseret News)
• At what age should kids become financially independent? (Reuters)

Health

• How fruit and veggie prescriptions could help lower blood pressure (Deseret News)
• Donated brains of young athletes often show early signs of CTE (Deseret News)
• Dr. ChatGPT? Chatbot’s AI hits 77% for correct medical diagnosis in Boston study (Deseret News)
• A quick and easy guide to the Mediterranean diet (Deseret News)
• 10 longstanding nutrition myths, debunked by experts (Deseret News)
• Understanding protein: How much do you really need a day? (Deseret News)

Housing

• U.S. home prices are rebounding — almost all the way back to record highs last year (Deseret News)
• Will Utah do anything to help struggling renters now that emergency federal money has dried up? (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Little known option could save Utah home buyers $1K a month (KUTV)

National Headlines

General

• Hurricane heads for state still recovering from 2022 storm (Politico)
• Chicago TV news crew robbed at gunpoint while reporting on a string of robberies (AP)
• A new Titanic expedition is planned. The US is fighting it, says wreck is a grave site (AP)
• On Maui, a desperate plea to tourists: Please return (NPR)
• Biden administration pledges $95 million for Hawaii's electric grid post Maui fire (Reuters)
• Mark Thompson, previous chief executive of the New York Times, tapped to lead CNN (Politico)

Politics

• We talked to Asa Hutchinson after the GOP primary debate. Here’s what he said (Deseret News)
• As Trump and Republicans target Georgia’s Fani Willis for retribution, the state’s governor opts out (AP)
• Republicans target the nonpartisan election chief in Wisconsin for removal, fueled by falsehoods (New York Times)
• No Labels preps playbook to select presidential candidates, broaden support (Washington Post)
• A 6-figure Donald Trump donor is now a No Labels adviser (Politico)
• House conservatives flirt with shutdown: ‘So be it’ (The Hill)
• Ex-Proud Boys leader stares down decades in prison for Jan. 6 case  (The Hill)

Ukraine 🇺🇦

• Ukraine launches biggest drone attack on Russian soil in 18 months: state media (Politico)
• Russia earns less from oil and spends more on war. So far, sanctions are working like a slow poison (AP)
• Kremlin says Prigozhin plane may have been downed on purpose (Reuters)
• Ukrainian drones strike deep into Russia, hitting military airfield (Wall Street Journal)
• Ukraine's elite snipers fight Russians, bullet by bullet (Wall Street Journal)

World

• Sudan’s war has no end in sight, as atrocities and abuses mount (Washington Post)
• Gabon army claims overthrow of 56-year-old political dynasty (Washington Post)

Number of the Day 

News Releases

Final demolition efforts signal new beginning for The Point

The Point of the Mountain State Land Authority (Land Authority) has announced that demolition of the decades-old prison facilities is nearly complete. State and local leaders will mark the momentous occasion this morning at 8 am with the toppling of one of the last guard towers. (Read More)

Tweet of the Day 

Upcoming

• 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 

• 1682 - William Penn leaves England to sail to the New World
• 1862 - Second Battle of Bull Run in Manassas, Virginia ends with a Confederate victory over Union forces
• 1890 - President Benjamin Harrison signed the first U.S. law requiring inspection of meat products
• 1957 - US senator Strom Thurmond speaks 24hrs 27m against civil rights
• 1966 - Constance Baker Motley is confirmed as U.S. district judge, becoming the first Black woman on the federal bench. She was also the first African American woman elected to the New York State Senate in 1964. 
• 1967 - Thurgood Marshall becomes 1st Black Supreme Court Justice
• 1983 - The astronaut, Guion S. Bluford, Jr., makes history when he became the African American to fly in space.
• 1984 - Judith A. Resnick is the second U.S. woman in space, traveling on the first flight of the space shuttle Discovery
• 2017 - Hurricane Irma forms near Cape Verde Islands, will go on to become category 5 hurricane and kill at least 102
• 2021 - America ends its longest-ever war of 20 years in Afghanistan as the last military evacuation plane flies out of Kabul

Quote of the Day

"The measure of a country's greatness is its ability to retain compassion in times of crisis."

—Justice Thurgood Marshall

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