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Utah Headlines

Political news

• Editorial Board: Here’s why the cost of inflation continues to hurt (Deseret News)
• Democrats, Republicans agree on several key Utah issues, Utah Foundation finds (KSL)
• Utah dad, lawmaker call for permanent solution to rising student lunch debt (KUTV)
• Utah Supreme Court considers reviving teens' lawsuit on climate change (Fox13)
• Gov. Cox calls on federal government to help tame overcrowding at national parks in Utah, the West (Salt Lake Tribune)

Election news

• Opponents say the language of Utah’s Constitutional Amendment D is ‘deceptive’ (KSL TV)
• ‘Deceptive’ and ‘misleading’: Ballot language to limit voters’ initiative power thrashed by critics — including Republicans (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Republicans worry about political fallout of amendment allowing Legislature to ignore voters’ initiatives (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Opinion: Polls, polls, polls! (Deseret News) 
• Could Utah be the next swing state? Polling shows it's unlikely (UPR)

Utah legislature

• Legislative Ethnic Studies commission looks at how to mitigate fears of ‘DEI police’ (Daily Herald)

Municipal news

• Salt Lake City Council to review compensation plan, drawing concern from residents (KSL)
• Salt Lake City considers setting new standards for future gas stations (KSL)
• Downtown hotel next to revitalization project gets its own glow-up (KSL)

Utah

• Here’s why a U.S. Olympic leader says Utah shouldn’t be concerned about losing the 2034 Winter Games (Deseret News)
• Former resident, advocates push for more oversight of Utah troubled teen industry (KSL TV)

Biz/Tech

• NASA expects safe Starliner return in spite of decision to fly crewless (Deseret News)

Crime/Courts

• Three Utah-based real estate coaches barred from teaching, ordered to refund $2.8M (ABC4)

Education

• College students active in their faith have better mental health, including sexual minorities (Deseret News)
• How to restore trust in American higher education (Deseret Magazine)
• Utah's new $80M school voucher program benefits fraction of applicants (KUTV)
• Utah Valley University film professor highlights low children's literacy rates in documentary (Fox13)
• Cool School of the Week: Ogden High School programs empower students to succeed (Fox13)
• Weber State students, professor studying impact of cuts to diversity programming (KSL)

Environment

• This Utah wonder made a travel writer's list of most beautiful places on Earth (Deseret News)
• Unrelenting heat grips the West this week as wildfire smoke settles in Utah (Deseret News)
• Zion National Park introduces new fleet of all-electric shuttles (KUTV)

Family

• BYU study finds full-day kindergartners spend only 57 fewer minutes with moms each day compared to peers attending half day (Deseret News)
• Disillusioned with dating apps, some single people are turning to more creative dating methods (Deseret News)
• Ogden-based nonprofit supports grandparents raising their grandchildren (Standard-Examiner)

Health

• Cellphones don’t cause brain cancer: WHO study (Deseret News)
• Fake Ozempic: How batch numbers help criminal groups spread dangerous drugs (Reuters)
• Arthur Brooks: How to be manifestly happier (The Atlantic)

Housing

•  New study connects housing affordability with health (KSL Newsradio)
• See which SLC office buildings are going to become apartments (Salt Lake Tribune)

National Headlines

General

• Teen charged with killing 4 at Georgia high school had been focus of earlier tips about threats (AP)
• Mother, daughters exchange frantic texts during Georgia school shooting (Washington Post)
• Domestic violence hits elite athletes, too. Rebecca Cheptegei, an Olympic marathoner, died earlier today after her boyfriend doused her in gasoline and set her on fire. (Deseret News)
• Gambling is expanding in America and making poor people poorer, according to new data (Deseret News)
• To beat the heat, an Arizona man offers free water. His HOA is fining him. (Washington Post)

Political news

• A lawsuit claimed that teaching evolution promotes atheism. Here’s what a federal court said (Deseret News)
• Trump election subversion case back in court as judge holds hearing that could set its path forward (AP)
• Right-wing influencers were duped to work for covert Russian influence operation, US says (AP)
• The arrest of a former aide to NY governors highlights efforts to root out Chinese agents in the US (AP)
• Speaker Johnson’s opening salvo on spending draws GOP doubts (The Hill)

Election news

• Republican Liz Cheney endorses Kamala Harris (AP)
• Harris on Georgia school shooting: ‘It doesn’t have to be this way.’ (Politico)
• The fear factor is now hurting Trump (Washington Post)
• Anti-abortion groups blast Trump’s recent appointments: ‘Totally concerning’ (Politico)
• The Democrat who’s not that worried about Trump (The Atlantic)

Ukraine 🇺🇦

• In Ukraine, turning air raid sirens into a piece of music (NPR)

Israel and Gaza

• Israel’s Netanyahu demands open-ended control of Gaza’s border with Egypt (AP)
• What to know about the deadliest West Bank operation since the war began (AP)
• Hostage killings and irreconcilable demands complicate cease-fire talks (Washington Post)

World news

• A Māori king who urged racial unity in New Zealand is laid to rest and a new queen rises (AP)
• 'Like Jesus' presence': Over 80,000 attend Pope's mass in Indonesia (Reuters)

Number of the Day 

News Releases

U.S. Senate candidate Caroline Gleich’s request for Special Advisory Opinion unanimously approved by FEC

Last week, the Federal Elections Committee voted unanimously to approve the draft opinion submitted by Caroline Gleich, professional athlete and content creator. A candidate for U.S. Senate in Utah, Gleich filed a “Request for Advisory Opinion” with the Federal Election Commission on July 11th. This was the final step in the FEC’s official process to seek clarification about campaign finance regulations. The decision by the FEC today opens the door for what could be a significant ruling clearing the way for future content creators to run for office. (Read More)

Utah secures $42.5 million landmark victory in real estate investment fraud case

The Utah Division of Consumer Protection (Division), through the Utah Attorney General’s Office, won a landmark case yesterday against Real Estate Workshop (REW) and its principals Troy Stevens, Cory Wadsworth, and MJ Augie Bove. The REW Defendants deceptively enticed thousands of customers to attend free seminars with promises of generating high passive income through real estate investing techniques. Rather than provide training, they pressured attendees into purchasing increasingly expensive training packages. This often involved encouraging buyers to use credit cards, take out home loans, or deplete their retirement funds to pay for the packages, resulting in significant debt and damage to credit. Adding to this unconscionable misconduct, the Division demonstrated that the REW Defendants never delivered on the expensive training, leaving many purchasers insolvent or filing for bankruptcy. (Read More)

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Upcoming

• Sept. 5 — Sutherland Institute Congressional Series with Rep. John Curtis, 12:00 - 1:00 pm, Hinckley Institute of Politics, Register here
• September 17-18 — Interim Days
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• October 4 — Hatch Foundation hosts Civil Dialogue Symposium with Dana Perino, 2:00 pm, USU, Register here
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• October 15-16 — Interim Days
• November 15 â€” Women & Business Conference & ATHENA Awards Luncheon with the Salt Lake Chamber, Grand America Hotel, Register here
• November 19-20 — Interim Days

On This Day In History

• 1666 - The Great Fire of London ends, leaving 13,200 houses destroyed and 8 dead
• 1774 - The first Continental Congress convenes
• 1836 - Sam Houston elected as president of Texas
• 1877 - Sioux military leader Crazy Horse is fatally bayoneted by a US soldier
• 1882 - 10,000 workers march in the first Labor Day parade in New York City
• 1939 - FDR declares US neutrality at start of WWII in Europe
• 1972 - Massacre of Israeli athletes begins at the Munich Olympics
• 1975 - Gerald Ford survives the first assassination attempt on his life
• 1976 - Jim Henson's "The Muppet Show" premieres on television
• 1994 - UN releases program to support women’s reproductive health
• 1997 - Mother Teresa dies
• 2016 - Phyllis Schlafly, American right-wing crusader, Eagle Forum President, dies at 92
• 2017 - Hurricane Irma becomes the most powerful hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic Basin region with winds of 185mph

Quote of the Day

"My hope still is to leave the world a bit better than when I got here."

—Jim Henson

On the Punny Side

Doing pretty good so far on my 1500 calorie a day diet…

As long as I don't eat anything else today or tomorrow.

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