Good morning! Here's today’s forecast: ⛅ 59 – 93° in Logan | 💧 10% chance 🌦️ 75 – 98° in Salt Lake City | 💧 10% chance ⛈️ 67 – 96° in St. George | 💧 50% chance ⚠️ Flash Flood Warnings ——— Happy Friday, everyone! Here’s a recap of some of the articles you enjoyed the most over the last week. 🇺🇦 I was amazed and inspired by this profile of Jason Stout. Although he had to leave his home in Ukraine and return with his family to Utah, this self-described pacifist felt inspired to help the fight in Ukraine. 🏡 According to some estimates, Utah is short 40,000 affordable housing units, but there are about 20,000 short term units being used for services like Airbnb and VRBO. Lee Sands analyzes whether or not converting those units would make an impact on the housing market. 🐄 This book excerpt by Ali Noorani talks about the dairy industry in the Magic Valley region of Idaho how they welcomed refugees, their unique responses to immigration and the humanity of migrant workers. 💬 Have you noticed that Utahns have delightful little “Utahisms”? A BYU professor wrote a book on how our unique Beehive State dialect trace back to our pioneer roots and beyond. 🤷♂️ The January 6th hearings have certainly been gripping, but have they changed anyone’s minds? Bridger Beal-Cvetko wrote about Rep. Adam Kinzinger and Vice Chair Liz Cheney’s involvement in the hearings, the major takeaways and how this plays out in the court of public opinion. 🙍🏻♀️ In recent years, women have felt more politically homeless as both major parties fail to address their needs. Valerie Hudson writes her perspective on it here. 📸 What’s the coolest think you’ve ever found rifling through old family heirlooms? Lachlan Mackay may have found an old daguerreotype of Joseph Smith! Historians need to verify its veracity, but that hasn’t stopped people from buzzing about it online. 🥔 You’ve been making funeral potatoes wrong this whole time. Thanks to Hanna Seariac — who has dedicated her life to the precise science of funeral potatoes — here is the authoritative recipe. You’re welcome. ——— Also on our minds: "Jeopardy!" has finally decided who will host the show, arrests made in vandalism of Latter-day Saint meetinghouses and will students be wearing masks this coming school year? | .png?width=1200&upscale=true&name=Utah%20Today%20Banner%20(v2).png)
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