The Hinckley Report, PBS Utah’s weekly political roundtable, airs Fridays at 7PM. Hosted by Jason Perry and produced in partnership with the Hinckley Institute of Politics on the University of Utah campus, the program provides insight and analysis of the most pressing political issues facing our state.

Utah Headlines

General

• Haunted by Topaz: A last note for the trumpeter’s father (Deseret News)
• Tourism is sucking Utah dry. Now it faces a choice - growth or survival? (The Guardian)
• ‘You’d feel better,’ says Utah’s top cop if the public knew all the ways Utah is battling terrorism
  When the subject is protection from terrorism, Jess Anderson, director of the Utah Department of Public Safety, is the state’s watchdog (Deseret News)
• BYU investigation finds no racial slurs against Duke player (AP)

Politics

• Historic summer for politics (Hinkley Report)
• Rep. Blake Moore on loan forgiveness, federal spending and the Great Salt Lake (ABC4)
• The IUP Panel on the midterm election (ABC4)

Business

• Scientist sues Utah startup, alleging she endured years of sexual banter and discrimination (Salt Lake Tribune)
• As small businesses raise prices, some customers push back (KUTV/AP)

Education

• Has exploring life’s meaning been lost in higher education? (Deseret News)
• Utah bus driver tells kids she'll 'shoot them' for asking 'where are we going' (Fox13)

Environment

• Utah trees' leaves are dying early due to extreme heat, local arborist says (Fox13)
• The 'triple-dip La Niña' explained – and how it affects the weather in your area (NPR)

Family

• How cleaning helps young adults launch. In an era when parents focus on academics and sports, emerging adults often don’t know how how to do their laundry or handle a mop (Deseret News)
• Finding love online: Is it worth the mental burnout? (Deseret News)

Health

• In a nod to JFK, Biden pushing ‘moonshot’ to fight cancer (AP)

Housing

• U.S. housing slump is here to stay. What does that mean for Utah, the West? (Deseret News)
• Have questions about SLC’s planned village of tiny homes? We have answers. (Salt Lake Tribune)
• For Utah mobile home residents, rezoning and redevelopment are often unstoppable forces (KUER)

National Headlines

General

• Perspective: What Big Tech companies — and all of us — owe America (Deseret News)
• US markets point higher ahead of a week of inflation data (AP)
• Sliding earnings forecasts pose next test for markets (Wall Street Journal)

Politics

• Georgia's rural Black voters helped propel Democrats before. Will they do it again? (NPR)
• GOP senators led by Graham slam Trump Jan. 6 pardon promise (The Hill)
• Trump supported ‘coup’ to oust Kushner from overseeing 2020 campaign (The Hill)
• McCarthy mows down GOP detractors ahead of speaker bid — but the job isn’t done (Politico)

Ukraine 🇺🇦 

• Ukraine pushes big counteroffensive as war marks 200 days (AP)
• Ukraine keeps up momentum, claims it reached Russian border (AP)
• Joy in northeast Ukraine as residents return following Russian rout (Reuters)
• Ukraine's gains deal Russian forces a heavy setback (Wall Street Journal)
• Amid Ukraine’s startling gains, liberated villages describe Russian troops dropping rifles and fleeing (Washington Post)
• Ukraine’s rapid advance rattles the Kremlin’s cheerleaders. (New York Times)
• Ukrainian Offensive Seen as Reshaping the War’s Contours. The fall of the strategically important city of Izium, in Ukraine’s east, is the most devastating blow to Russia since its humiliating retreat from Kyiv. (New York Times)

World News

• King Charles III addresses Parliament for the first time as monarch (Washington Post)
• ‘You are already sorely missed’: Prince Harry pays tribute to beloved ‘granny’ (Washington Post)

News Releases

Congressman Blake Moore introduces the Connecting Forever Families Act of 2022

On Friday, Congressman Blake Moore introduced the Connecting Forever Families Act of 2022 to improve America’s child welfare system and expedite the process to placing foster care children in supportive homes. The opioid epidemic has strained the ability of child welfare courts to place children in a timely manner, and new court training and hearing requirements have caused additional delays. The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated these challenges as courts reduced or stopped in-person proceedings. Already overwhelmed, courts struggled to adopt new procedures and technology quickly enough to deploy virtual proceedings, and children experienced significant delays.

As a response to these challenges, this bill would improve and provide resources to the Court Improvement Program (CIP), which supports the judicial processes for child welfare proceedings across the United States. This program equips courts for training, legal representation, and technological modernization to improve outcomes and timeliness of placement for children in foster care and in need of adoption. (Read More)

Utah consumer confidence rises in August

Utah’s consumer sentiment increased from 62.9 in July 2022 to 66.0 in August 2022, according to the Kem C. Gardner Institute’s Consumer Sentiment Survey, after three consecutive months of decline. A similar survey by the University of Michigan during the same period found an increase in sentiment among Americans as a whole, rising from 51.5 to 58.2. (Read More)

EDCUtah announces FY 22 economic development successes and award winners

During its annual meeting held in Salt Lake City on September 8, the Economic Development Corporation of Utah (EDCUtah) celebrated significant successes of the past fiscal year. In addition, the organization recognized community members Mel Lavitt and Daniel Stewart, as well as the Dominion Energy Loaned Executive Program, for their outstanding leadership in economic development.

In Fiscal Year 2021-2022 (FY 22), in collaboration with partners such as the Governor’s Office of Economic Opportunity and local economic development offices, EDCUtah won multiple expansion and relocation projects for high-profile companies such as Jabil, Cytiva, and American Packaging Corporation. (Read More)

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Upcoming

• Women in the Money with Utah State Treasurer's Office — Sept. 15-16, Salt Lake Sheraton + online, Register here
• United Utah Party Issue Summit on Water Conservation — Sept. 17, 11-12:30, Gardner Rm of the American Fork Public Library
• Interim Days — Sept. 20-22, le.utah.gov
• ULCT Annual Convention — Oct 5-7, Salt Palace Convention Center, Register here
• One Utah Summit — Oct 11-13, Southern Utah University, Register here
• Breakfast Briefing: The New Look of Transportation in the 2020s with the Utah Foundation — Oct. 13, 8:30 am, Zions Bank Founders' Room, Register here
• Senate debate between Mike Lee and Evan McMullin — Oct. 17, 6 pm, at UVU
• Interim Days — Oct 18-20, le.utah.gov
• General election â€“ Nov 8
• Utah Foundation’s 2022 Annual Luncheon â€” Nov. 16, noon, Salt Lake Marriott Downtown at City Creek, Register here
• Utah Economic Outlook and Public Policy Summit with the Salt Lake Chamber — Jan. 12, 2023, Salt Lake City Marriott, 8 am - noon, Register here

On This Day In History

• 490 BC - Traditional date of the Battle of Marathon, where a small Athenian force defeats the Persian Empire
• 1846 - Poets Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning elope
• 1910 - Alice Stebbins Wells, a former social worker, becomes the first woman police officer with arrest powers in the U.S. (Los Angeles, CA)
• 1940 - 17,000+-year-old Lascaux Cave Paintings discovered
• 1953 - John F. Kennedy marries Jacqueline Bouvier in Newport, Rhode Island
• 1964 - Canyonlands National Park established
• 1992 - Dr. Mae C. Jemison becomes the first African American woman to travel in space

Wise Words

"All actual heroes are essential men, 

And all men possible heroes."

—Elizabeth Barrett Browning

The Punny Side

What did the spaghetti say to the other spaghetti?

Pasta la vista, baby!

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