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Utah Headlines

Political news

• Governor's monthly news conference (PBS Utah)
• Large national monuments are a ‘direct violation of the Antiquities Act,’ Gov. Cox says (Deseret News)
• Cox stresses migrant workers deserve dignity amid investigation into farmer for human trafficking (KSL)
• Private funds should help pay for Little Cottonwood gondola, Utah governor says (Deseret News)
• Does Utah’s ‘relatively lax supervision’ of mental health care trainees pose risks for patients? Legislators told ‘Utah has a safety problem,’ new licensing requirements proposed (Deseret News)
• Utah Attorney General urges Congress to protect veteran benefits (KSL)
• Ryan Smith: Congress should listen to Utah Sens. Mike Lee and Mitt Romney on drug pricing (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Ann Marie Buerkle: Affordable prescriptions aren’t impossible. This is how we get them (Deseret News)

Election news

• GOP-dominated Utah embraces mail voting despite party rhetoric (Roll Call)
• Utah GOP will hold caucus votes in place of next year's presidential primary (KSL)
• Trump 2024? Cox says he wants a Republican presidential candidate who can win (KSL)
• Ogden Mayoral Primary: 7 candidates vying to replace outgoing Mayor Caldwell (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Bruce Hough sees his business and political experience as a winning combination (KUER)

General Utah news

• Afternoon thunderstorm pounds Cedar City, causes flood damage in several areas, including county jail (St. George News)
• Ex-wife of former Utah tech executive charged in his 2022 murder (KSL)
• Utahns have threatened to kill every U.S. president in the last 20 years. Before the FBI shooting in Provo last week, at least five Utahns had been arrested for threatening Presidents of the United States in the last 20 years. (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Moab police chief to step down for new job at embattled Utah Department of Corrections (KUTV)
• Former elected official suspected of misusing money says he did nothing wrong (Fox13)

Business

• Falling from grace: What happens when founders lose their own companies? (Utah Business)
• New online system 'huge win' for Utah businesses managing alcohol licensing (KSL)

Culture

• This Irish organization is tackling racism with storytelling (UPR)

Education

• As kids go back to school, here’s some slang parents should know (Deseret News)
• Some Davis County students return to school with broken air conditioning (KSL TV)
• What’s the lure for new teachers in Utah? (KSL Newsradio)
• Free vision center opened in Parkview Elementary School (KSL Newsradio)
• BYU ‘is undoubtedly a leading institution’ when it comes to tech talent, study says (Deseret News)

Environment

• Will green energy kill coal mining? Why these industry leaders say it won’t (Deseret News)
• 'A terrible idea': Groups worry new inland port will harm Great Salt Lake refuge (KSL)
• Why do so many inland port projects include Great Salt Lake wetlands? (Salt Lake Tribune)
• It’s oil boom time again in Utah’s Uinta Basin. How long can it last? (Salt Lake Tribune)

Health

• Research casting doubt on idea that depression and anxiety cause cancer (Deseret News)
• Adderall shortages continue to cause issues as school starts (Deseret News)
• Pig kidney works in a human for over a month (Deseret News)

Housing

• Homelessness surges by 11% nationwide largely due to cost of living, evictions, report says (KUTV)
• Mortgage rates hit 7.095, the highest in more than 20 years (Wall Street Journal)

National Headlines

General

• A mother raced to save her son from the Maui fires. She couldn't reach him (NPR)
• Maui residents fill philanthropic gaps while aid makes the long journey to the fire-stricken island (AP)
• Emergency services chief on Maui resigns. He faced criticism for not activating sirens during fire (AP)
• Tourists and locals recount vastly different paths out of Maui’s deadly fires (NBC News)
• Pentagon review calls for reforms to reverse spike in sexual misconduct at military academies (AP)
• Ada Deer, influential Native American leader, dies 9 days after her 88th birthday (Politico)
• Buffalo shooting survivors say social media companies enabled the killer (Politico)
• Judge who signed Kansas newspaper search warrant had 2 DUI arrests, reports say (NPR)

Politics

• Perspective: When it comes to Jewish voters, social and cultural issues matter most. Historically, Jewish voters have been interested in economic issues. Now gun control, abortion and the environment are most important, a new survey finds (Deseret News)
• The hard-tweeting defense lawyer GOP candidates have learned to fear: Ron Filipkowski (Politico)
• Georgia’s peculiar pardon system is bad news for Trump. Unlike with the federal prosecutions, Trump has no power to shut down the case if he’s reelected. (Politico)
• Impeachment filing details new abuse of power claims against Texas AG Paxton (The Hill)
• Haley on VP speculation: ‘I don’t run for second’ (The Hill)
• Trump slams Biden over comments he made during Utah visit (Deseret News)
• How States Are Threading the Needle on Flag Design. Utah had a state flag that didn't stand out from the crowd. The state embarked on a redesign, and found the process was far from simple. (New York Times)

Ukraine 🇺🇦

• Russia fines Google for failing to delete ‘false content’ about Ukraine war (Politico)
• Ukrainian children’s war diaries are displayed in Amsterdam, where Anne Frank wrote in hiding (AP)
• The ghost fleet helping Russia evade sanctions (Wall Street Journal)
• Russia recruited operatives online to target weapons crossing Poland (Washington Post)

World

• Church donates $10 million to UNICEF to help mothers and children (Church News)
• British nurse Lucy Letby found guilty of murdering seven newborn babies (Reuters)
• Haiti aid groups halt operations as thousands flee gang warfare (Reuters)

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News Releases

Gov. Spencer Cox issues statement on Utah National Guard adjutant general

Gov. Spencer Cox issued the following statement regarding the employment status of Utah National Guard Adjutant Maj. Gen. Michael J. Turley: “Utah National Guard Adjutant Maj. Gen. Michael J. Turley has been under investigation by the Department of the Army Inspector General. We have not received a copy of their report, but based on the information conveyed by the DAIG, Maj. Gen. Turley was put on paid administrative leave. 

“I’ve asked Brig. Gen. Daniel D. Boyack, a seasoned and trusted professional, to step in as Interim Adjutant General and immediately assume command of the Utah National Guard. I appreciate the ongoing commitment and service of Utah National Guard service members during this transition.”

Parkview Vision Clinic grand opening

Excitement was high at the Parkview Vision Clinic ribbon cutting. The clinic is located within Parkview Elementary School and is a result of the collaboration between the Salt Lake City School District, Salt Lake Education Foundation, Friends for Sight, and Rocky Mountain University. The aim is to provide essential vision services to students and the local community. 

The Parkview Vision Clinic represents a groundbreaking initiative that goes beyond traditional and will profoundly impact the lives of countless children and families in the Salt Lake City area. As the first clinic of its kind in Utah, it will reduce barriers by providing clinical care in a trusted space, providing reliable interpretation services, ensuring students can access care during the school day, and glasses will be provided at no cost to the family. (Read More)

Tweet of the Day

Upcoming

• Sutherland Institute Congressional Series with Sen. Mitt Romney — Aug 21, 10:00-11:30 am, Hinckley Institute, U of U
• Sutherland Institute Congressional Series with Rep. John Curtis — Aug 22, 9:00-10:30 am, Center for Constitutional Studies, UVU
• Sutherland Institute Congressional Series with Sen. Mike Lee — Aug 22, 3:00-4:30 pm, Hinckley Institute, U of U
• 'Titan of Public Service' gala recognizing Senator Mitch McConnell and former Transportation and Labor Secretary Elaine Chao, hosted by the Orrin G. Hatch Foundation — Aug. 22, 7 p.m., Register here
• Brown bag lunch with Dr. Logan Mitchell, Utah Clean Energy — Aug. 23, noon, RSVP here
• Sutherland Institute Congressional Series with Rep. Blake Moore — Aug 29, 10:00-11:30 am, Olene S. Walker Institute of Politics & Public Service, Lindquist Hall, Weber State
• Sutherland Institute Congressional Series with Rep. Burgess Owens — Aug 30, 12:00-1:30 pm, Hinckley Institute, U of U
• Municipal/Special election primary — Sept. 5
• 2nd Annual Conservative Climate Summit with Rep. John Curtis — Sept. 8, 8:00 am-3:00 pm, UVU, Register here
• Interim Day — Sept. 18, Utah Tech University, le.utah.gov
• A Bolder Way Forward with the Utah Women and Leadership Project — Sept. 20, 12:00 - 1:15 pm, Virtual, Register here
• Interim Day — Oct 10-11, le.utah.gov
• Interim Day — Nov 14-15, le.utah.gov
• General election — Nov. 21

On This Day In History 

• 1587 - Just days after landing at Roanoke Island, Virginia, Eleanor Dare gives birth to the first English child born in the Americas. She and her husband, Ananias, name the baby girl Virginia.
• 1590 - The Roanoke Colony is found deserted. John White, the governor of the Roanoke Island colony returns from a supply-trip to England to find no trace of the 100 or so colonists he left behind, and no sign of violence. Among the missing were Ellinor Dare, White’s daughter; and Virginia Dare, White’s granddaughter.
• 1872 - Aaron Montgomery Ward produces a mail-order catalog that would launch a growing era of mail-order publications that would last more than 100 years.
• 1914 - US President Woodrow Wilson issues "Proclamation of Neutrality"
• 1920 - With Tennessee’s one-vote victory cast by Harry T. Burn, women's suffrage is ratified by 2/3 of states. It will be officially certified on August 26.
• 1927 - Rosalynn Smith Carter is born. She was the U.S. First Lady from 1977 to 1981, politically active while in the White House, focused on mental health, senior citizens, and community voluntarism, and co-founded the Carter Center with her husband in 1982.
• 1936 - Robert Redford is born.
• 1963 - James Meredith becomes the first Black graduate from the University of Mississippi.
• 1991 - Soviet hard-liners launch coup against Gorbachev
• 2017 - Civilian researchers led by Paul Allen re-discover the USS Indianapolis 18,000 feet below the Pacific surface, 72 years after it was sunk by Japanese torpedoes
• 2019 - 1.7 million take part in pro-democracy protest peacefully in Hong Kong, a quarter of the population

Quote of the Day

"I think the biggest worry was when we have bodies in that ocean that still had not been discovered, and for us to see them snorkeling when we still haven’t retrieved all our dead — that was hard."

—Pakalana Phillips, Native Hawaiian resident of Lahaina

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