Our Jazz reporter Sarah Todd asked Jazz owner Ryan Smith what he thought of the fan response: “There’s probably a fair argument that we went a little too clean, OK. But it will evolve and it will go on.”
Tell us: What do you think of the rebranding?
Also on our minds today: What’s in the bipartisan gun safety proposal, how The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is combating drought and Beyoncé’s new song.
Utah opens its new prison. What’s next? Moving inmates out of Draper
A new Deseret News/Hinckley Institute of Politics poll shows 41% of Utahns would vote for Lee and 35% for McMullin if the general election were held today.
Senate votes to debate bipartisan gun safety proposal. What’s in the bill? (Deseret News)
Would a gas tax holiday help? Romney says the problem’s not 18¢ per gallon, it’s the $2 price hike (Deseret News)
Who’s ahead in Utah’s 1st and 3rd congressional district GOP races? New poll has answers (Deseret News)
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Health
Utah kids as young as 6 months old are getting COVID-19 shots. Why one parent says that’s a relief (Deseret News)
New omicron variants target lungs and escape antibodies (Deseret News)
This county in Utah is one of the healthiest in America (Deseret News)
How a new tool can track sources of pollution in Salt Lake Valley (Deseret News)
Faith
Drought response: Latter-day Saint leaders reduce watering at temples, meetinghouses in American West (Deseret News)
Hong Kong Temple — a sacred place of hope, faith and family — to reopen (Church News)
Southern Utah
Smoke chokes Bryce Canyon National Park as Utah wildfire scorches 3,000 acres (Salt Lake Tribune)
Northern Utah
Brigham City salon loses $10K in equipment after burglary (Fox 13)
Wasatch
Thermo Fisher’s new facility in Ogden signals Utah’s status as a hub for bioprocessing (Utah Business)
How busy is the Salt Lake airport? New report has answers (Deseret News)
Man drowns trying to rescue relative at Deer Creek (KSL.com)
Arts
Minerva Teichert: A pioneer in painting (Deseret News)
Three local exhibits to look for at the Utah Arts Festival (Axios)
Housing
Homelessness on the rise as housing crisis, pandemic fallout catches up to Utah (Deseret News)
Report: FDA to ban Juul e-cigarettes in U.S. (Deseret News)
The World
Two steps forward, one step back: Pollution, emissions progress slowed by war in Ukraine (Deseret News)
Will Utah host another Olympics? Chances ‘extremely high,’ bid leader says, but it may not be until 2034 (Deseret News)
More than 1,000 people killed after magnitude 5.9 earthquake hits eastern Afghanistan (CNN)
Trending
Civil jury finds Bill Cosby liable of sexually assaulting a teenager (Deseret News)
Is Beyoncé’s new song anti-capitalistic? (Deseret News)
Sports
What could happen to the Jazz before, during or after the NBA draft (Deseret News)
Cougars vow to keep chip on their shoulder — insist they haven’t arrived with Big 12 play still a year away (Deseret News)
There are few women in college sports more marketable right now than Shaylee Gonzales and Grace McCallum (Deseret News)
Deseret News Mr. Lacrosse, players of the year and all-state teams revealed (Deseret News)
Thanks for spending time with us this morning! You can let us know what you think by replying to this newsletter or sending an email to newsletters@deseretnews.com.
Signing off with my latest earworm, Kate Bush’s “Running Up That Hill.” (I was late to the party and just finished watching “Stranger Things” earlier this week.)
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