Plus, is Utah too developer friendly? No, Gov. Cox says. "We need development. There is no other way."
Good morning! Here is today's forecast: 🌥️ 24 – 39° in Logan | 💧 40% 🌥️ 36 – 48° in Salt Lake City | 💧 40% 🌥️ 39 – 54° in St. George | 💧 30% The NFL playoffs are here! And it will be a showcase of young quarterbacks. Six of the 12 starting quarterbacks will be making their playoff debuts. One of those might be Utah's Tyler Huntley, depending on his injury status. Most of those young quarterbacks come from the AFC. I saw that Patrick Mahomes will be the oldest starting quarterback representing the AFC in the playoffs this year. While we'll see a lot of young quarterbacks this weekend, we'll also see Tom Brady of course. Whether you love him or hate him, Steve Young is pleased with Tom Brady still playing after all these years. How will the young guns fare in their debuts? Also on our minds: the new additions coming to Disneyland this year, a new Pentagon UFO report and the return of "Phineas and Ferb." |
| Seven caskets in southern Utah: Murdered Enoch family laid to rest as community mourns |
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| | On Friday, almost 850 people gathered at a chapel belonging to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in La Verkin for the funeral of Tausha Haight, her five children and her mother Gail Earl. Those in attendance filled the chapel, gymnasium and three overflow rooms. Elder Kevin Pearson, a General Authority Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, spoke at the service. “My heart goes out to you people in this community whose hearts have also been broken and worlds rocked by the possibility of this kind of trauma,” he said. Michael Haight, who shot his wife Tausha, his children and mother-in-law, will have a private funeral, according to his obituary, and was not mentioned during the service. | Gov. Spencer Cox has his sights set on a new priority, he told Deseret News: lowering housing costs. Cox is asking Utah legislators for $150 million to fund housing initiatives. The governor has voiced his support for policy changes that make “cheaper and more available.” “Government plays a big role in that piece, in that we tend to make it harder. Every regulation that we put on building housing adds to the cost of housing,” he said. While some critics believe the state could become too developer friendly, Cox says development is the only way to reduce housing prices. “I ask people that say that, ‘Then you come and tell me how to reduce the price of housing,’ because the only way anybody has been able to tell me is we have to increase supply,” Cox said. “I don’t know how you increase supply without making it easier for development to happen.” Read more of the governor's thoughts here. More in Politics: Frank Pignanelli & LaVarr Webb: Can fewer Democrats still be effective? What forces influence lawmakers? Your legislative questions, answered (Deseret News) Move Halloween celebration date? Utah resolution proposes permanent Friday designation (KSL) Opinion: How the filibuster protects Americans (Deseret News) | Culture: Here’s what’s coming to Disneyland in 2023 (Deseret News) Octavia Spencer, Leah Remini, Nicolas Cage and others pay tribute to Lisa Marie Presley (Deseret News) Television: James Holzhauer is returning to ‘Jeopardy!’ for a big tournament — with Ken Jennings as host (Deseret News) Disney Channel fans, ‘Phineas and Ferb’ is coming back with new episodes (Deseret News) Health: Is COVID over? (Deseret News) Cancer deaths down 33% since 1991, says American Cancer Society (Deseret News) Why Germany is ending a mask mandate on trains and buses (Deseret News) Business: Apple’s Tim Cook took a huge pay cut (Deseret News) Tesla cuts prices for its EVs (Deseret News) A woman is ordered to repay $2,000 after her employer used software to track her time (NPR) Faith: New year, new neighbor, new leaders for the New Zealand Missionary Training Center (Church News) Northern Utah: US Rep. Moore named to Ways and Means Committee, off Armed Forces (Standard-Examiner) Wasatch Front: Kaysville firefighter arrested, accused of enticing minor while at work (KSL) Number of 100 mph speeders cited in Utah nearly doubles in 4 years (KSL) 2030 Winter Olympics bid timeline: Countdown to a choice that’s not coming anytime soon (Deseret News) Southern Utah: Southern Utah vet shortage leaves pet owners with limited options (St. George News) The Nation: New Pentagon UFO report: a flight safety hazard but no evidence of alien pilots (Deseret News) What makes the tornadoes in Alabama and Georgia unusual?(Deseret News) Inflation down again as red-hot economy finally showing signs of chilling (Deseret News) The World: 2022 was either the 5th- or 6th-hottest year on record, NASA and NOAA say (Deseret News) Russia said it took Soledar, but Ukraine disputes it (Deseret News) | Fans of social media star and LSU gymnast Olivia Dunne in attendance at the school's gymnastics meet at the University of Utah have caused LSU to implement new security measures. After the meet ended, a large group of young men waited for Dunne to get on the team's bus. A video shows the young men shouting, “We want Livvy! Give us Livvy!” “We will have security detail with us now when we go on the road and we will be working to create a perimeter around where we get on the bus, where we load,” LSU coach Jay Clark told ESPN. Read the story here. New With The: BYU Cougars: In the wild NIL marketplace, who makes sure promises are kept? (Deseret News) Utah Jazz: What are the most points the Jazz have ever scored in a game? (Deseret News) Utah Utes: The reason behind No. 10 Utah women’s basketball’s ‘Utes Beyond the Paint’ program (Deseret News) |
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