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Utah Lake Authority

By Sarah Gambles

Thursday October 10, 2024

☀️ 43 – 83° Logan | ⛅ 58 – 86° Salt Lake

⛅ 43 – 82° Manti | ☀️ 54 – 89° Moab

⛅ 46 – 84° Cedar City | ☀️ 62 – 94° St. George

🌅 Good morning!

Tell me: Do you like the soda drinks from one of the many soda shops in Utah? If you do, what's your go-to drink?

⛹️‍♀️ Caitlin Clark is in her first off-season as a professional athlete and used the break to try her very first Swig drink.

Clark’s Indiana Fever teammate Lexie Hull shared a video of her and Clark trying Swig for the first time on her TikTok Tuesday, and the video went viral.

Clark ordered a Spring Fling and Beach Babe. Hull ordered a Raspberry Dream and Summer Splash.

🥤 This isn't the first time this Utah original has been on the minds of the American public. Here are some other examples:

Olivia Rodrigo Made 'Dirty Soda' Trendy on TikTok — and We Tried It (People) You think you can do dirty soda better than us? Please (Deseret News) Utah’s ‘dirty soda’ war may give way to a revolution (Deseret News) What is dirty soda? MomTok’s favorite drink is bubbling up across the country (Today) People Across Utah Are Obsessed With "Dirty" Sodas. Here's Everything You Need To Know (Buzzfeed) Why Is Everyone Suddenly Obsessed With Dirty Sodas? (Bon Appetite)

Turning pages at the prison book club

Our resident culture writer, Meg Walter, recently attended a unique book club — one held in the Salt Lake City prison.

What is the book club?: It's a part of the University of Utah Prison Education Project — a group led to help provide education and opportunities for those who are currently incarcerated.

Here's what Andy Eisin, the director of the University of Utah Prison Education Project told Deseret News:

"I wish there was a better understanding of the human potential that exists inside of a prison. I wish there was a better understanding of the desire that so many people inside have to turn around their lives." The research behind the group: According to a study conducted by RAND, inmates who participate in educational programs behind bars are 43% less likely to commit another crime and end up back in prison. They are also more likely to find employment upon release. “People are better than the worst thing they’ve ever done,” Elliot Morris, the volunteer who leads the group, said. “These are people who can change and they should be afforded opportunities to grow and embrace new ideas.”

Read more about how the University of Utah’s Prison Education Project brings literature — and authors — to readers behind bars.

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Amendment A voided, court rules

Amendment A on Utah’s general election ballot is voided and any votes cast won’t count.

🏫 What is Amendment A?

Amendment A would have lifted the restrictions in the Utah Constitution that limit the use of state income tax revenues to schools and some human services needs, as well as triggered a law removing the state’s 1.75% share of sales tax on food purchases. The amendment was widely anticipated.

How will this impact the other amendments on the ballot that are still under consideration?

The ruling also spells out that the remaining two amendments (Amendment B and Amendment C) on the ballot are not affected, stating the “injunction affects only Constitutional Amendment A proposed for the November 2024 general election ballot and has no effect on any other constitutional amendment proposed for a general election ballot after 2024.”

👩‍⚖️ What does the decision mean for Amendment A?

Votes won’t count on proposed constitutional change to the use of state income taxes for public education.

Read more about Amendment A and what this means for Utahns.

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🗓️ Events Calendar

We put together a calendar list of events and activities going on around the state of Utah the next month. Check it out and let us know if we are missing anything!

Here are some highlights for events in Utah today:

Gibson’s Green Acres Corn Maze & Pumpkin Patch | Green Acres Family Dairy, Ogden “Funny Girl” | The Eccles Theater, Salt Lake City Utah Hockey at NYI | 5:30 p.m. Utah Jazz at Dallas Mavericks | 6 p.m. BYU women’s volleyball vs. Baylor at home | 7 p.m. U of U women’s volleyball vs. TCU at home | 7 p.m. USU women’s volleyball vs. New Mexico at home | 7 p.m. UVU softball vs. College of Southern Idaho at home | 6 p.m. SUU women’s volleyball vs. California Baptist University at home | 6:30 p.m. Utah Tech women’s volleyball vs. Grand Canyon at home | 6 p.m.

We are trying some new things with Utah Today and would love your feedback! You're welcome to email me at sgambles@deseretnews.com with thoughts, ideas and suggestions.

I might not answer right away, but I promise we are reading your feedback and considering your valuable opinions.

✨ Cheers ✨

— Gambles

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