Utah Headlines

Political news

• Sen. John Curtis places hold on Trump nominees over green energy tax credits (Deseret News)
• Utahns skeptical of Trump’s decision on National Guard deployment (Deseret News)
• Derek Monson: Utah – and every other state – should protect elections by saying ‘no’ to the Trump DOJ (Utah News Dispatch)

Municipal

• 'Your voice matters': Provo to host town hall gathering geared to Spanish-speaking residents (KSL)

Utah

• Driver attempting speed record crashes, dies at Bonneville Salt Flats (Deseret News)
• Evacuations ordered after Mill Canyon fire breaks out near Tibble Fork Reservoir (KSL Newsradio)
• Utah nonprofit loses $1.2M grant after Trump’s DEI orders, while other agencies face confusion and ‘chaos’ (Salt Lake Tribune)

Biz/Tech

• Utahns lost $32 million to contractor fraud since 2022, new state task force aims to stop it (KSL TV)

Crime/Courts

• Woman dies after Murray crash. Police searching for drivers who left the scene (KSL)
• Owner of burned ATV arrested in connection to Sand Hollow fire (KSL)
• Driver arrested for nearly doubling freeway speed limit (KSL)
• Police identify woman killed in rollover crash near Kyhv Peak on Friday (KSL)
• Man facing felony attempted murder charges, accused of shooting at driver in road rage (KUTV)
• Salt Lake City man accused of kidnapping child, striking him after being pranked at home (FOX 13)
• Utah woman arrested, accused of stalking Post Malone repeatedly after prior conviction (KSL TV)

Culture/Community

• Opinion: Custodians, the unsung heroes of menstrual equity (Deseret News)
• Salt Lake City's 9th & 9th whale is about to look very different (KSL)
• 'Just be kind': Enoch mother shares story of daughter with Down syndrome in new children's book (St. George News)

Economy

• Republicans fear Trump tariffs are cutting into economy (The Hill)
• US economy on ‘precipice of recession,’ Moody’s chief economist warns (The Hill)

Education

• 'Confidence and compassion': BYU introduces immigration law course for nonlawyers (KSL)
• Gen Z’s back-to-school shopping in 2025 (Deseret News)
• Find out where you can find the best deals on school supplies this year (KSL TV)
• Utah ranks #2 for math test scores, 11th overall for best school systems in U.S.: WalletHub (ABC4)
• Dodging one bullet, Utah schools look ahead to possible funding cuts next year (Fox13)

Environment/Energy

• Meet the woman helping people understand Utah’s nuclear energy pursuit: Dr. Laura Nelson (Deseret News)
• Great Salt Lake dust makes it all the way to Utah County (Fox13)

Faith

• How caring for those in need has helped Latter-day Saints connect with sacred covenants (Deseret News)
• It’s no human bishop, but LDSBot is here to chat about faith (KUER)

Family

• Earning more but in worse shape: Hardship overwhelms many American families (Wall Street Journal)
• What kids told us about how to get them off their phones (The Atlantic)

Health

• Utah is second in the nation for kindergarten vaccine exemptions (KSL Newsradio)
• Weight loss drugs available for adolescents over 12, but doctors have questions about long-term use (KSL Newsradio)

Housing

• How Utah is addressing a new threat to affordable housing (Salt Lake Tribune)

National Headlines

General

• Strength through purpose: U.S. Army releases ‘spiritual fitness’ guide for soldiers (Deseret News)
• A 100,000-year-old burial site in Israel is changing what we know about early humans (AP)
• Public schools are closing as Arizona’s school voucher program soars (Washington Post)

Political news 

• Trump threatens to raise tariffs on goods from India over Russian oil purchases (Reuters)
• Bipartisan push to crack down on TSA facial recognition hits unexpected turbulence (Deseret News)
• Trump administration weighs in on its IVF plans (Deseret News)
• US could require up to $15,000 bonds for some tourist visas under pilot program (Reuters)
• Young adults are less likely to follow politics or say voting is important: AP-NORC poll (AP)
• White House preps order to punish banks that discriminate against conservatives (Wall Street Journal)
• Top Hegseth aide tried to oust senior White House liaison from Pentagon (Washington Post)
• Duffy to announce nuclear reactor on the moon (Politico)
• Vast supplies of U.S. aid remain stranded, despite State Department promises (Washington Post)

Immigration/deportation

• Rwanda accepts up to 250 deportees from the US under Trump’s third-country plan (AP)

Ukraine/Russia

• Exclusive: Putin doubts potency of Trump's ultimatum to end the war (Reuters)
• Ukraine bets big on interceptor drones as low-cost air shield (Reuters)

Middle East

• More Gazans die seeking aid and from hunger, as burial shrouds in short supply (Reuters)
• Netanyahu vows to occupy Gaza as U.S. touts ‘all or nothing’ hostage plan (Washington Post)

World news

• Faced with hardships at home, Ethiopians risk dangerous seas for a better life elsewhere (AP News)
• Opinion: What happens when tariffs increase? Look to Bangladesh (Deseret News)
• Thousands join Bangladesh rallies, concerts one year after Hasina's ouster (Reuters)
• Hong Kong reels from heaviest August rain since 1884 (Reuters)

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Upcoming

• Aug 7 —  Titan of Public Service gala with Sen. Tom Cotton hosted by the Orrin G. Hatch Foundation at the Grand America Hotel. More Information Here
• Aug 12 — Municipal primary
• Aug 18-20 — Interim Days
• Sept 11-12 — Women in the Money Conference, Sheraton Hotel and online, Register here
• Sept 15-17 — Interim Days
• Oct 6-8 — One Utah Summit, Cedar City, More information here
• Oct 13-15 — Interim Days
• Nov 4 — General election
• Nov 17-19 — Interim Days
• February 4-7, 2026 — Summit, with Silicon Slopes and Visit Salt Lake

On This Day In History

• 1624 - William Tucker, 1st child of African descent to be born in an English colony in America, is born in Jamestown, Virginia
• 1858 - First transatlantic telegraph cable completed
• 1861 - Abraham Lincoln imposes the first federal income tax
• 1864 - Battle of Mobile Bay, won by the Union Army led by Rear Admiral David Farragut with the cry "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!" 
• 1936 - Jesse Owens wins the 200-meter dash at the Berlin Olympics
• 1962 - Marilyn Monroe is found dead
• 1963 - The US, Great Britain and the Soviet Union sign the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, which prohibited the testing of nuclear weapons in outer space, underwater or in the atmosphere. 
• 1981 - Ronald Reagan fires 11,359 air-traffic controllers
• 2011 - Hazel Johnson dies. She was the first Black woman to become a general in the U.S. Army. She was appointed the Chief of the Army Nurse Corps in 1979. Johnson held a doctorate in education administration.
• 2014 - Obama signs The Iron Dome Bill providing $225 million in additional funding for Israel's Iron Dome defense.
• 2019 - Toni Morrison, writer and first African American woman to win a Nobel Prize, dies at age 88.

Quote of the Day

“I tell my students, 'When you get these jobs that you have been so brilliantly trained for, just remember that your real job is that if you are free, you need to free somebody else. If you have some power, then your job is to empower somebody else. This is not just a grab-bag candy game.”

— Toni Morrison

On the Punny Side

What do you call a shoe made out of a banana?
A slipper.

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