Plus: Utah’s youngest lawmaker, what Donovan Mitchell said about All-Star 2023 and why work doesn’t keep you warm at night.
Good morning! Here’s today’s forecast: 🌨️ 27 – 34° in Logan | ❄️ 100% chance ⚠️ 🌨️ 32 – 43° in Salt Lake City | ❄️ 90% chance ⚠️ 🌤️ 34 – 61° in St. George | 💧 10% chance❗ ⚠️ Winter weather alert. ❗ High wind watch. One year ago Sunday was an important anniversary. Deseret News writer Meg Walter got kicked out of Alpha Con — a business conference whose logo was the Greek lambda symbol. The result was this story, which I think about at least once a week. I pull it up any time I need a good laugh. That is all. Looking for something? Anything related to the 2023 legislative session will have a bee emoji next to it. 👉 🐝 Also on our minds: Utah’s youngest lawmaker, what Donovan Mitchell said about All-Star 2023 and Biden makes a historic visit to Ukraine. |
| Perspective: Work is important, but it’s not family |
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| | According to a recent New York Times article, Marc Benioff, the CEO of Salesforce, uses the word “Ohana” or “family” in Hawaiian to describe his workforce. But can work be a kind of family? If you ask Naomi Schaefer Riley, the answer is “no.” “Saying that your company is not your family is not to demean the importance of work in life … But we also must recognize that our parents and children and siblings and cousins and friends are the ones who will always be there for us,” she writes. “Companies are temporary. Family is forever.” | Across the country, state legislatures have taken Big Tech to task by passing new laws aimed at regulating issues like data privacy, children’s safety and content moderation. A new Deseret News/Hinckley Institute of Politics poll discovered how Utahns feel about the issues. By the numbers: When asked whether the government should increase or decrease its regulation of tech companies, 43% wanted to see an increase while 12% wanted to see a decrease. 61% of respondents said the federal government should be in charge of regulating tech companies. 18% believe tech should be regulated at the state level. 11% say the government shouldn’t determine the laws governing tech companies. Read the story here. More in Politics: Opinion: George Washington anticipated our partisan doom — here’s how we avoid it (Deseret News) At 25, Utah’s youngest lawmaker is looking to make change (Deseret News) 🐝 Lawmakers honor more than 20 fallen soldiers from Utah in the past year (KSL) 🐝 GOP governor says Greene’s call for ‘a national divorce’ is ‘evil’ (The Hill) | FROM DESERET NEWS MARATHON This is the race: Join us on July 24 Don’t give up on your New Year’s resolutions! Sign up for the Deseret News Marathon, Half Marathon, 10K or 5K. Register now for the 4th oldest marathon west of the continental divide. | All-Star Weekend: What Donovan Mitchell said about his full-circle moment at All-Star 2023 (Deseret News) Putting a bow on All-Star Weekend (Deseret News) Culture: 'Hamilton' is returning to Salt Lake City in 2024 (KSL) 'We've been here': Utah Black Museum launches preview exhibit (KSL) Exhibit centered on Western perspectives is in Salt Lake before heading to Smithsonian (KSL) Health: Nintendonitis: America’s digital addiction (Deseret Magazine) COVID long-haulers push lawmakers to approve funding for treatment research (KSL) Utah is sorting out its dark legacy from a 49-year program of forced sterilization (KUER) Northern Utah: Dog dies in motorhome fire started by space heater (FOX13) Wasatch Front: Charles Barkley and Shaquille O’Neal call Salt Lake City ‘boring’ city during NBA All-Star Game (ABC4) Salt Lake City’s flooding in 1983 followed a year of rain and snow. Here’s what this year’s deep snowpack could mean (Salt Lake Tribune) Man arrested after allegedly sexually assaulting BYU student on the street (ABC4) Southern Utah: 17 pounds of meth found in bus in Utah (KSL) Snow in St. George? Another winter storm to hit southern Utah this week (The Spectrum) The West: Lake Powell is officially the lowest it has ever been since being filled in the 1960s — again (KSL) 2021's park surge spurs record $10.6B in Utah tourism economy, report finds (KSL) The World: Biden makes historic surprise visit to Ukraine (Deseret News) 6.3-magnitude earthquake hits Turkey following massive Feb. 6 earthquake (Deseret News) Sports: Former BYU runner turns in another dazzling performance (Deseret News) Once again, BYU was close, but unable to close out in setback at No. 17 Saint Mary’s (Deseret News) Mark Pope needs to borrow a page from Kalani Sitake’s playbook — and fast (Deseret News) |
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