NUEX to Bring Higher Ed & Industries Together, Tackle Employer Problems

Spurred by a desire for higher ed to collaborate more with employers, Weber State University will host the Northern Utah Employer Exchange later this year. The hands-on, strategic exchange will pair industry leaders with WSU to help solve tough issues such as retention, generational differences, training, and hiring. Learn more here.

Utah Headlines

Political news

• 'Day of deep gratitude': Lt. Gov. Henderson celebrates sacrifices during Memorial Day service (KSL)
• Here’s what Utah leaders said in celebration of Memorial Day (KSL TV)
• Rep. Blake Moore introduces bipartisan bill to strengthen domestic electronics manufacturing (Cache Valley Daily)
• He once worked for Big Tech. Now this Utah lawmaker is leading efforts to regulate it (KSL)

Municipal news

• Southern Utah developers pick new route to create cities due to roadblocks with county leaders (KSL)

Utah

• Utah native author's vivid account of war in Ukraine (KSL)
• Utah's military officers ensure no veteran is forgotten — in life or death (KSL)
• Off-duty nurse performs CPR on 12-year-old who nearly drowned at party (KSL)
• Murders and mystery: The dark history behind Camp Floyd (ABC4)

Biz/Tech

• How this Utah Diné woman turned her ‘favorite hobby’ into a thriving online trading post (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Final boarding call for free bags at Southwest as airline abandons a cherished perk (AP)
• Perspective: The best career advice I’ve ever heard (Deseret News)
• Nearly half of Utah’s foreign tourism comes from Canada, and they’re not coming this year (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Looking for a STEM job in Utah? Try these 3 cities, WalletHub says (ABC4)

Community/Culture

• UDOT social media team receives national award (KSL Newsradio)

Crime/Courts

• Man shot and killed by Salt Lake City Police during response to domestic violence call (ABC4)

Education - K-12

• Olympus High softball pitcher breaks state career strikeout record (KSL TV)
• West High could drop a key language program from its celebrated IB program (Salt Lake Tribune)
• No school, no problem: Utah's summer meal programs address student food insecurity (KSL)

Education - Higher

• Over a dozen Utah students receive appointments to service academies, here's what they say guided them (Fox13)
• From great books to cattle ranching, these universities offer more than a degree (Deseret News)

Environment

• Utah wants less money from companies starting controversial mining projects. Here’s why. (Salt Lake Tribune)
• With Zion’s peak season here, search and rescue teams could be stretched thin (KUER)
• Does forest thinning lead to increased wildfire danger, community risk? (St. George News)

Family

• Not just more babies: These Republicans want more parents at home (Salt Lake Tribune/New York Times)

Health

• Many Latter-day Saints turn to yoga for its physical, spiritual benefits (AP)
• Utah has the worst nursing shortage in the country, according to recent study (ABC4)

Housing

• Utah lawmakers start process designed to more effectively address housing crisis (KSL)
• Utahns remain concerned about housing affordability despite signs of stabilization (KUTV)
• With homelessness rising in Logan, a nonprofit wants a year-round resource center (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Low-income homeowners in Kearns concerned about increase in HOA fees (KUTV)

National Headlines

General

• Former police chief, serving murder and rape sentences, escapes from Arkansas prison (AP)
• Two dead, nine injured in Memorial Day shooting in Philadelphia, police say (Reuters)
• Need a refresher on kids' water safety? Take this quiz (NPR)

Political news - Trump

• Trump slams Biden, praises ‘tough cookie’ Hegseth and talks upcoming army parade in Memorial Day address (Politico)
• Trump considers redirecting $3 billion in Harvard grants to US trade schools (Reuters)
• Trump intends to cancel all federal funds directed at Harvard (New York Times)
• Trump pardons former sheriff convicted of bribery (Reuters)
• The CFPB wanted medical debt to be left off credit reports. That's changed under Trump (NPR)
• ‘Terrifying’: Trump cuts CDC’s drowning-prevention team (Politico)
• The Digital Equity Act tried to close the digital divide. Trump calls it racist and acts to end it (AP)

Other federal political news

• Former US Rep. Charles Rangel, who spent nearly 50 years representing New York, has died (AP)
• The 2028 podcast primary is underway as Democrats try to reshape their image (AP)
• Within Pete Hegseth’s divided inner circle, a ‘cold war’ endures (Washington Post)
• GOP declares war on the Government Accountability Office (Politico)
• Could ‘Blue MAGA’ revitalize the Democratic Party? (Deseret News)

Immigration/deportation

• Trump’s border czar earned consulting fees from immigrant detention firm (Washington Post)
• Republican crackdown on aid to immigrants would hit US citizens (New York Times)

DOGE/Musk

• Tesla’s monthly sales in Europe plunge by half, signaling backlash against Musk runs deep (AP)

Tariffs

• Trump's China tariffs are having a 'massive impact' on small business (New York Times)

Ukraine/Russia

• Exclusive: Russia does not see Vatican as a serious arena for peace talks, sources say (Reuters)
• Germany’s Merz says there are no more range restrictions on the weapons supplied to Ukraine (AP)
• Ukraine's new way of war (The Atlantic)
• As Ukrainian POWs die in Russian prisons, autopsies point to a system of brutality (AP)
• Russian forces seize villages in push into northeast Ukraine (Reuters)

Middle East

• A family digs through trash for bits of food, showing Gaza’s growing desperation (AP)
• Exclusive: Syria and Israel in direct talks focused on security, sources say (Reuters)

World news

• 45 injured as van plows into Liverpool fans celebrating title. Police rule out terrorism (AP)
• Egyptian archaeologists discover three tombs in Luxor (AP)
• Unraveling the secrets of the Inca Empire (The Atlantic)

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Upcoming

• May 31 â€” Utah Democratic Party Organizing Convention, Ogden High School
• June 17-19 â€” Interim Days
• Aug 7 â€”  Titan of Public Service gala with Sen. Tom Cotton hosted by the Orrin G. Hatch Foundation at the Grand America Hotel. More Information Here
• Aug 19-21 â€” Interim Days

On This Day In History

• 1819 - Julia Ward Howe is born. She was an abolitionist, a suffragist, a supporter of prison reform and the author of The Battle Hymn of the Republic.
• 1850 - LDS temple in Nauvoo, Illinois destroyed by tornado.
• 1887 - Chinese gold miners are slaughtered in the Hells Canyon Massacre, in what is now Idaho. The mass slaughter of Chinese gold miners by a gang of white horse thieves was one of many hate crimes perpetrated against Asian immigrants in the American West during this period.
• 1907 - Rachel Carson is born. A scientist and environmentalist, she wrote Silent Spring which became a cornerstone of the modern environmental protection movement
• 1916 - President Woodrow Wilson addresses the League to Enforce Peace, founded in 1915, and gives public support to the idea of a league of nations
• 1935 - Supreme Court declares FDR's National Recovery Act unconstitutional
• 1937 - Golden Gate Bridge opens.
• 1939 - Ship carrying 937 Jewish refugees, fleeing Nazi Germany, is turned away in Cuba. After appeals to the United States and Canada for entry are denied, the rest are forced to sail back to Europe.
• 1995 - Actor Christopher Reeve is paralyzed from the neck down after falling from his horse in a riding competition in Culpeper, Virginia
• 1999 - The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia indicts Slobodan MiloÅ¡ević and four others for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Kosovo.

Quote of the Day

“We all have many more abilities and internal resources than we know. My advice is that you don't need to break your neck to find out about them.”
― Christopher Reeve

On the Punny Side

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