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Good morning. Today's temperatures:

Salt Lake City: 62 - 80°

St. George: 59 - 92°
Logan: 52 - 75°

Summer heat is here, which means it's the best time of the year to cool down with some ice cream.

My colleague Lindsey Harper put together a list of some of the best ice cream shops in Utah.

The list features some classics like the BYU Creamery and Nielsen’s Frozen Custard. It also highlights some you may not have heard about. Check them out here.

Also on our minds today: best NFL quarterback runs, the cryptocurrency crash and what a prostate cancer survivor learned.

Would ripping out grass save water in Utah?

A Salt Lake County plan could save 11 million gallons of water a year.

On Tuesday, the County Council will vote on a plan that would convert three county-owned playing fields in Murray from grass to artificial turf

They will also vote an a separate measure to remove grass from over 100 parking strips and parking lot islands across the county and replace them with water-efficient landscaping.

The plan would be paid for by using around $8.4 million in federal funds allocated under the American Rescue Plan Act.

“Salt Lake County is doing this to both save water and raise awareness,” Salt Lake County Mayor Jenny Wilson said in a statement.

Additionally, Wilson hopes businesses and residents will also join the water-efficient landscaping trend.

Why Mitt Romney says this is the way to promote families and marriage

In an opinion piece, Sen. Mitt Romney explained why he, along with Senators Richard Burr and Steve Daines, put forward the Family Security Act 2.0.

The Family Security Act 2.0 is "the pro-work, pro-marriage, pro-life sequel to welfare reform for the 21st century," Romney writes.

According to Romney, the act would:

Replace multiple complex federal programs with one straightforward monthly benefit.
Give families $350 a month for each young child, and $250 a month for each school-aged child.
Removes existing marriage penalties in the earned income tax credit and head of household filing status.

More in Politics

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Faith

Religious leaders on how DACA is a 'band-aid on an open wound' for 'Dreamers' (Deseret News)
How a 2004 refueling visit to Cabo Verde by then-current and future Church presidents ties into a new temple in Praia (Church News)

Wasatch Front

Fire closes I-80 in both directions in Salt Lake City (KSL.com)
Orem receives backlash after stopping LGBTQ+ displays (ABC4)

The West

Montana governor under fire for keeping public in the dark about vacation during flood (KSL.com)

The Nation

Perspective: The rise of the joyless university (Deseret News)
Opinion: 9 things you could buy with $70 instead of paying for gas (Deseret News)

The World

Macron loses majority as French vote fragments (BBC News )

Sports

Best NFL quarterback runs ever? Steve Young owns 1st, 4th (Deseret News)
What Utah Jazz coaching candidate Jason Terry recently said about the team’s search (Deseret News)

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