Also on our mind today: The CDC's new COVID-19 masking recommendations, what Utah's senators had to say about President Biden's Supreme Court Justice nomination and could the Russia-Ukraine conflict trigger a refugee crisis in Europe?
How do Utahns rate the national and state economies? New poll has answers
The grass isn't always greener on the other side of the fence. But when it comes to the state of Utah's economy, residents have optimistic outlooks about the Beehive State when comparing it to the broader scale of the nation's economy.
A new Deseret News/Hinckley Institute of Politics poll, conducted by Dan Jones & Associates, explores just how optimistic Utahns are about their local economy versus their country's.
Fulfilling his campaign promise, President Joe Biden made the historic decision in selecting the first Black woman for the position of the next United States Supreme Court Justice. Though her nomination still needs to be confirmed by the Senate, prominent politicians throughout the nation are weighing in on Biden's pick.
During his 2020 successful presidential campaign, Biden also stated that his nominee would have "extraordinary qualifications, character, experience and integrity." His nominee, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, is a graduate of Harvard Law School and is an experienced attorney and jurist.
Utah Republican Senators Mitt Romney and Mike Lee have expressed differing reactions to Jackson's nomination.
At the beginning of BYU's 2021 season, Keenan Ellis collided with Arizona receiver Jaden Mitchell, resulting in a neck injury. Though he had hoped to rejoin his team, BYU football coach Kalani Sitake confirmed that Ellis will be taking a medical retirement from the sport after receiving a recommendation from medical experts.
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