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Utah Headlines

Political news

• Rep. Burgess Owens criticizes ‘record spending’ while questioning DOT chief Pete Buttigieg (Deseret News)
• Rep. Burgess Owens appointed to help draft final defense authorization bill (Deseret News)
• Editorial Board: Will the Senate perform as well in gym clothes? (Deseret News)
• Nationalism — the counterfeit patriotism (Deseret News)
• The virtues of the Constitution expand the meaning of patriotism (Deseret News)
• Reporter’s daughter arrested for alleged assault of Orem mayor after council meeting (Daily Herald)

Election News

• House candidate entangled in lawsuit involving state of Utah (KUTV)
• Former Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker picks favorite in heated mayoral race: Erin Mendenhall (Deseret News)
• Why Lehi recounted its primary election results (KSL)

General Utah news

• Utah non-profit’s goal is to make menstrual products available for free at work (KSL TV)
• Tim Ballard compares himself to Abraham Lincoln, says negative stories were timed to be politically damaging (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Exitus survivor advocate devastated by alleged fraud charges against anti-trafficking non-profit leader (KUTV)
• Utah is set to accept space-to-land delivery of NASA’s biggest asteroid sample yet (KUER)

Business

• Derek Miller: Prioritizing federal policy for Utah businesses (Utah Business)
• Fed pauses rates at 22-year high but another hike is likely in store this year (Deseret News)

Crime

• ‘They used cayenne pepper and honey to dress the wounds’: Warrant sheds new light on Ruby Franke, Jodi Hildebrandt child abuse case (Deseret News)
• Assault charge refiled against former Utah Farm Bureau president (KSL)

Culture

• ‘It was quite a shock’: Ashley Hatch gets candid about World Cup snub (Deseret News)
• How much is a Bob Ross painting worth? This one could go for millions (Deseret News)
• Gen Z has little trust in the news, Congress and the presidency (Deseret News)
• Taylor Swift partners with Google, but Swifties crashed the site (Deseret News)
• Utah Eats: Mitt Romney’s unusual food habits — hot dogs, Twinkies, and salmon with ketchup (Salt Lake Tribune)
• This is The Place Heritage Park honors one of the first female doctors in Utah with a statue (KSL)

Education

• ‘We’ll continue to evolve’: Utah Tech president touts steady growth in state of university address (St. George News)
• High schoolers feel unprepared to choose a career or major, report says (UPR)

Environment

• Dude! Your illegal stash of weed is a buzzkill for the environment (Deseret News)
• Major repair beginning soon for landslide-damaged Zion National Park road (KSL)
• Leonardo DiCaprio speaks up for Great Salt Lake (KSL TV)
• Crews thin out thousands of acres of forest in Utah to reduce wildfire danger (KSL)
• Millcreek Canyon now has human-made beaver dams to help protect wildlife (Fox13)

Family

• Why intact family might matter more now than ever before for children (Deseret News)

Health

•  Why the FDA said no to needle-free EpiPen injection alternative (Deseret News)

Housing

• Housing market predictions: Mild recession ‘likeliest outcome’ in 2024, Fannie Mae says (Deseret News)
• Even with prices dipping, Utah’s housing markets remain unaffordable for most residents. Rising mortgage rates are pushing Wasatch Front home sales to a nine-year low, and 9 in 10 Utah renters cannot afford the median home price. (Salt Lake Tribune)

National Headlines

General

• Nightmare: Man moving bag of potting soil dies after being stung by swarm of yellow jackets and bees (NBC News)
• An Ohio father called the police at 6 p.m. Sunday to have them talk to his 11-year-old daughter who had been targeted and manipulated by a child predator online. The police didn’t come until midnight and then told the father his daughter could face child pornography charges (Deseret News)
• U.S. will expand Temporary Protected Status to hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans (NPR)
• Zelensky meets with Wall Street CEOs and business leaders to discuss rebuilding Ukraine (KSL Newsradio)
• First private US passenger rail line in 100 years is about to link Miami and Orlando at high speed (AP)
• Census shows 3.5 million Middle Eastern residents in US, Venezuelans fastest growing Hispanic group (AP)

Politics

• Senate confirms Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff, sidestepping Tuberville blockade (New York Times)
• Sen. Marco Rubio wants an expanded child tax credit - with work requirements (NPR)
• Senate dress code spat continues: Avoid a shutdown and I’ll wear a suit, Fetterman says (Roll Call)
• Republican anger grows at GOP holdouts (The Hill)
• Trump says if elected again he will send troops to US-Mexico border (Reuters)
• Trump, who paved way for Roe repeal, faces abortion blowback from right (Washington Post)
• Trump blasts ‘nasty’ Megyn Kelly after interview (The Hill)
• ‘Weak,’ ‘Lying like a dead dog': McCarthy faces Republican attacks amid looming shutdown (Politico)
• DeSantis ‘on life support’ in N.H., plummets in new poll (Politico)

Ukraine 🇺🇦

• Zelenskyy calls out the U.N. for being ineffective in preventing war. ‘Ukrainian soldiers now are doing at the expense of their blood what the U.N. Security Council should be doing with its votes’ (Deseret News)
• US philanthropist Buffett warns against Ukraine 'fatigue' (Reuters)
• As the U.S. mulls more aid to Ukraine, Zelenskyy says 'we have the same values' (NPR)
• Inside a Ukrainian brigade’s battle ‘through hell’ to reclaim a village on the way to Bakhmut (AP)

World

• Behind all the speechmaking at the UN lies a basic, unspoken question: Is the world governable? (AP)
• UNGA Briefing: Permanent observers, more Security Council and what else is going on at the UN (AP)
• Haitian gangs call for armed overthrow of PM Henry as chaos escalates (Reuters)
• King Charles’s first state visit to France includes Versailles dinner (Washington Post)

Number of the Day 

News Releases

Rep. Owens named conferee and negotiator on NDAA

Rep. Burgess Owens (UT-04) was selected by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (CA-20) to serve as a conferee and negotiator on the House-Senate Conference Committee to reconcile bicameral differences in the Fiscal Year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). (Read More)

UVU breaking ground on new Engineering and Technology Building

Utah Valley University (UVU) will break ground today, Sept. 21 at 1 p.m. on the Scott M. Smith College of Engineering and Technology Building on the university’s Orem Campus at 500 W. 1200 S. The four-story building, supported by Qualtrics co-founder Scott M. Smith, will be the highest point on the campus and will provide much-needed space for the university’s engineering and technology programs. (Read More)

Tweet of the Day 

Upcoming

• Launching the Dan Jones Center for Public Service — Sept. 27, 6:00-8:00 pm, Hinckley Institute of Politics, RSVP here
• Understanding Sexism in Utah with the Utah Women and Leadership Project— Oct. 10, 12:00-1:15 pm, Register here
• Civics Educator Conference with "Sharon Says So" — Oct. 10, UVU, More information and registration here
• Interim Day — Oct 10-11, le.utah.gov
• Martha Hughes Cannon Award with Utah Women Run — Nov 2, 6:00-8:00 pm, Nominate someone here
• Interim Day — Nov 14-15, le.utah.gov
• General election — Nov. 21

On This Day In History 

• 1776 - Nathan Hale is arrested by the British and is hung as a spy the next day. "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." 
• 1780 - Benedict Arnold commits treason when he gives British Major John André plans to West Point
• 1823 - Moroni first appears to Joseph Smith
• 1897 - The NY Sun runs the famous "Yes, Virginia there is a Santa Claus" editorial
• 1907 - Helen Foster Snow is born in Cedar City, UT. She was an American journalist who reported from China in the 1930’s. 
• 1922 - US President Warren G. Harding signs a joint resolution of approval to establish a Jewish homeland in Palestine.
• 1937 - J. R. R. Tolkien's 'The Hobbit' is published
• 1950 - George Marshall sworn in as the 3rd Secretary of Defense of the United States
• 1970 - “Monday Night Football” premieres on ABC

Quote of the Day

“Where there's life there's hope.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit

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