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Utah Headlines

Political news

• Judge blocks Utah social media law (Deseret News)
• Utah congressman Blake Moore has conservation proposal (Deseret News)
• Rep. Maloy says Utah public lands lawsuit could spark change (KSL Newsradio)
• Utah political experts discuss 2024 presidential debate (ABC4)
• Why Mike Lee folded (The Atlantic)

Election news

• Guilt-laden and ‘unfair’: Education officials slam ballot language to change how Utahns’ income tax dollars are spent (Salt Lake Tribune)

Utah

• 10-year-old girl in critical condition after getting hit by car while she was in a crosswalk, walking to school (KUTV)
• Neighbors of West Haven mother accused of murder-suicide question police conclusions (KUTV)

Biz/Tech

• Utah regulators warn all car dealers they’ll enforce state law against deceptive acts (KSL TV)
• Utah tech company wins six-year legal battle — for now. The startup says they defeated ‘Goliath.’ (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Campbell drops soup from its name, not its plans (Wall Street Journal)

Crime/Courts

• Sandy man damaged more than 50 vehicles at University of Utah with crowbar, police say (KSL)
• Why gangs are using kids and teens to commit crimes for them (KUTV)
• Sandy man sentenced after defrauding Social Security Administration for years (KUTV)

Education

• University of Utah trustees greenlight public-private student housing project (Deseret News)
• USU responds to Department of Justice's 'notice of noncompliance' (KSL)
• 3 Utah school districts awarded $1.49M to purchase clean school buses (KSL)
• Marking a decade since 43 students disappeared in Mexico: Utah Tech to host memorial event (St. George News)

Environment

• Snack attack: How a dropped Cheetos bag attacked the Carlsbad Caverns ecosystem (Deseret News)
• CNN called Grand Staircase-Escalante an underrated destination. What makes the monument special? (Deseret News)
• More than 100 animals poached in Utah since Aug. 1, wildlife officials say (KSL Newsradio)

Family

• Why dorm room mamas — and dorm room blessings — matter (Deseret News)
• Surgeon general’s dour picture of parenthood misses the mark (Deseret News)
• Millennials and Gen Z expect an inheritance from their parents, but they might not get one (Deseret News)

Health

• Apple juice recalled over arsenic concerns (Deseret News)
• Boar’s Head plant posed an ‘imminent threat’ years before listeria outbreak (Washington Post)

Housing

• Rising home prices push Utah to the top of mortgage debt rankings (Deseret News)

National Headlines

General

• Miami Dolphins call police treatment of players ‘maddening and heartbreaking’ in new statement (Deseret News)
• U.S. to commemorate 9/11 victims and heroes 23 years after tragic day (Fox13)
• ‘Hellish’ scene unfolds as wildfire races toward California mountain community (AP)
• Hurricane Francine expected to make landfall on Louisiana’s coast (Washington Post)

Political news

• Tim Tebow, federal lawmakers unveil Renewed Hope Act to combat online child exploitation (Deseret News)
• Biden, Harris and Trump to visit Sept. 11 sites as US pays tribute to victims (Reuters)
• Johnson forges ahead on spending plan as GOP support crumbles (Politico)

Election news

• 5 takeaways from the Trump-Harris debate (Deseret News)
• These religious voters like Harris more than Biden (Deseret News)
• Trump Media slumps as bets on Harris victory rise after presidential debate (Reuters)
• Facial expressions spoke volumes when mics were muted in the presidential debate (NPR)
• Who won the Harris-Trump debate? We asked swing-state voters. (Washington Post)
• 'The end of our country': Trump paints dark picture at debate (New York Times)
• House Republicans bemoan Trump debate performance: ‘Not good’ (The Hill)
• Europe’s media crowns Harris winner of debate against Trump (Politico)

Ukraine 🇺🇦

• Secretary of State Antony Blinken is visiting Ukraine during a precarious moment in the war and U.S. politics. (New York Times)

Israel and Gaza

• Israel shares video of cramped, bloody tunnel where hostages were held and killed (Reuters)

World news

• Exclusive: Wagner lost veteran fighters in Mali ambush, in setback to Russia's Africa campaign (Reuters)
• U.S. forces try to regroup as al Qaeda, Islamic State sow terror in West Africa (Wall Street Journal)
• Mexico's Senate just approved changing the constitution, completely remaking Mexico's judiciary. One side says it will end corruption, the other that it will end judicial independence. (NPR)

Number of the Day 

News Releases

Gov. Cox orders flags to fly at half-staff on Sept. 11, 2024

Utah Gov. Spencer J. Cox has issued an order for the flags of the United States of America and the great state of Utah to be flown at half-staff on all state facilities in recognition of Patriot Day and National Day of Service and Remembrance. 

“In remembrance of the brave first responders, military members and all lives lost, we reaffirm our commitment to always defend the freedoms and ideals upon which our country was founded,” Gov Cox said. 

The flags should be lowered to the half-staff position at sunrise on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024, and remain at half-staff until sunset on the same day. 

The governor extends an invitation to all private citizens, businesses, and organizations to participate in this recognition.

Gov. Spencer Cox appoints Michael Mathie to the Sixth District Court

Utah Gov. Spencer J. Cox has appointed Michael Mathie to the Sixth District Court, filling a vacancy created by Judge Marvin D. Bagley’s departure. Judicial appointments are subject to confirmation by the Utah Senate.

Mathie is currently associate general counsel at TaxHawk, Inc. Michael also maintains a private practice in estate planning, small business advisement, contracts, water law, real estate and civil litigation with Mathie Law and Mediation. Previously, Mathie was a contract deputy Sevier County attorney handling prosecution of felony and misdemeanor criminal cases in the Sixth District Court and Sevier County Justice Court. Mathie also previously worked as the managing attorney at the Utah Office of Guardian ad Litem in Richfield, Utah. (Read More)

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Upcoming

• Sept. 11 — Gubernatorial Debate, UT Debate Commission, 6:00 pm
• Sep. 17-18 — Interim Days
• Oct. 1 — Attorney General Debate, UT Debate Commission, 6:00 pm
• Oct. 4 — Conservative Climate Summit, 7:30 am - 3:00 pm, UVU, Register here
• Oct. 4 — Hatch Foundation hosts Civil Dialogue Symposium with Dana Perino, 2:00 pm, USU, Register here
• Oct. 7-9 — One Utah Summit, SUU, Register here
• Oct. 8 â€” CD1 Debate, UT Debate Commission, 6:00 pm
• Oct. 10 — US Senate Debate, UT Debate Commission, 6:00 pm
• Oct. 14 â€” CD2 Debate, UT Debate Commission, 6:00 pm
• Oct. 15-16 — Interim Days
• Oct. 17 — CD3 Debate, UT Debate Commission, 6:00 pm
• Oct. 24 — CD4 Debate, UT Debate Commission, 6:00 pm
• Nov. 5 — Election Day!
• Nov. 15 — Women & Business Conference & ATHENA Awards Luncheon with the Salt Lake Chamber, Grand America Hotel, Register here
• Nov. 19-20 — Interim Days

On This Day In History

• 1789 - Alexander Hamilton appointed 1st Secretary of the US Treasury
• 1850 - Opera singer Jenny Lind - "The Swedish Nightingale", gives 1st US concert, in New York City, promoted by P.T. Barnum
• 1857 - 120 emigrants murdered at the Mountain Meadows massacre
• 1895 - Annie Londonderry becomes the first woman to bicycle around the world.
• 1942 - Topaz Internment Camp opens in Utah
• 1959 - Congress passes a bill authorizing food stamps for poor Americans
• 1977 - The Atari 2600 is released in North America, revolutionizing the video game industry
• 1978 - The last known person dies of smallpox - medical photographer Janet Parker through infection in a laboratory, in Birmingham, England
• 2001 - The US is attacked on its own soil as planes are flown into the twin towers and the Pentagon
• 2019 - Water detected for first time on planet outside our solar system

Quote of the Day

"Terrorists can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of America."

—President George W. Bush, Sept. 11. 2001

On the Punny Side

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