Five lawmakers — the only Black Republicans in Congress — are disrupting the status quo of identity politics. Their new YouTube series, “America’s Starting Five,” discusses “politics, race and the 2024 election” and attempts to draw Black voters to the other side of the aisle.
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“This is the beginning of a new era that will generate exciting opportunities for our communities, amplify pride and unlock new potential in our downtown core,” Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall said in a statement Thursday.
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A group of excited elementary students fell into silence as they listened to the extremely loud chorus of singing frogs. Eagerly, they strained to see them, but alas, the performers are quite tiny and hard to spot.
This is some of the fun that is offered at the Great Salt Lake Shorelands Preserve on the eastern shore of the Great Salt Lake. Spanning 4,500 sprawling acres of bogs, birds and frogs, its mostly untouched nature is an increasingly rare occurrence along the rapidly growing Wasatch Front.
The preserve is operated and under the stewardship of The Nature Conservancy, a nonprofit organization that seeks to set aside land for people to enjoy now and for their descendants to enjoy later. It has forged a partnership with the USU Botanical Center to promote and operate the program.