Utah Headlines

Political news

• Utah on path to end automatic mail ballots after wave of misinformation (Washington Post)
• Access denied: How Utah lawmakers made it harder to get government records (Deseret News)
• Protect Utah Workers coalition launches signature collecting effort for referendum against HB267 (Deseret News, Salt Lake Tribune, Fox13)
• My tax money went where? State auditor Tina Cannon wants to open the door on Utah transparency (Deseret News)
• Gov. Cox tells Condoleezza Rice why he thinks civics education is key to reducing polarization in America (KSL)
• Rep. Romero plans to keep focus on missing, murdered Indigenous people after bill fizzles (KSL)
• Utah’s ban on pride flags in schools, government buildings will be first in nation if Gov. Cox signs bill (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Lawmaker not giving up after failed child welfare bill (KUTV)
• 2025 legislative season recap (Hinckley Report)
• A women’s equality commission’s work to bolster Utah child care is left incomplete (KUER)
• Orem City Council provides ‘State of the City’ report (Daily Herald)

Utah

• Iron County attorney fires Children's Justice Center director; reasons in dispute (St. George News) 

Biz/Tech

• Ryan Starks: Utah Tech Week fuels the startup state (Deseret News) 
• Cybersecurity officials warn against potentially costly Medusa ransomware attacks (AP)

Crime/Courts

• Box Elder County judge resigns after being charged with enticing minors (KSL) 
• Registered sex offender arrested on 22 new charges related to child pornography, sexual abuse (ABC4)

Culture/Community

• 5 years after the COVID-19 lockdowns, we’re less connected to each other, more connected to technology. This scholar wants that to change (Deseret News)
• The Interfaith America Vote is Sacred Fellows: We have faith in pluralism over polarization (Deseret News)
• Opinion: American society needs a return to kindness (Deseret News)
• Curtain set to rise on Lagoon Amusement Park’s 2025 season this Saturday (Standard-Examiner)

Economy

• What Utahns had to say about where the economy and their personal finances are headed (Deseret News)
• ‘Stagflation’ risk puts Federal Reserve in tricky spot as it meets this week (AP)
• Trade war with Europe puts $9.5 trillion at risk, U.S. firms say (Wall Street Journal)

Education - K-12

• Cellphones out in classroom, real world in (Deseret News)
• Did culture at Grantsville High and the community hinder sexual abuse reporting from students? (KSL)
• Education Department staff cuts could limit options for families of kids with disabilities (AP)

Education - Higher

• Morehouse’s Lawrence Carter calls for ‘a new generation of Christians’ at BYU (Deseret News)
• University of Utah among 45 colleges under federal investigation (Deseret News)
• Weber State University is eliminating administrative positions to respond to state-imposed budget cuts (Salt Lake Tribune)

Environment

• Could USDA funding freeze, trade wars spell trouble for Utah farmers? (St. George News)

Family

• Perspective: Progressives are starting to come around on the importance of marriage and fatherhood (Deseret News) 

Health

•  Outbreak spreading as measles cases surpass 2024 total (Deseret News)
• As AI nurses reshape hospital care, human nurses are pushing back (AP)
• Her research grant mentioned ‘hesitancy.’ Now her funding is gone. (Washington Post)

Housing

• Tariffs on lumber and appliances set stage for higher costs on new homes and remodeling projects (AP)

National Headlines

General

• NASA's stuck astronauts welcome their newly arrived replacements to the space station (AP)
• Severe weather moves east after tornadoes, winds and wildfires killed at least 39 people (AP)

Political news

• Alan K. Simpson, 3-term Wyoming senator, dies at 93 (Deseret News)
• 2026 reset: How Democrats are plotting to regain power (Deseret News)
• ‘Scum,’ ‘crooked’ elections and ‘corrupt’ media. What Trump said inside the Justice Department (AP)
• Trump says no exemptions on US steel and aluminum tariffs (Reuters)
• Doctor at Brown University on legal H1B visa deported to Lebanon despite US judge's order (Reuters)
• Trump administration deports hundreds of immigrants despite a judge’s ruling to stop (AP)
• Trump administration revives detention of immigrant families (New York Times)
• 'Bloody Saturday' at Voice of America and other U.S.-funded networks (NPR)
• From veterans hospitals to national parks, rapid cuts to federal workers are eating into services (Wall Street Journal)
• Trump signs order to dismantle 7 federal agencies focused on media, libraries, homelessness (The Hill)
• Democratic Party’s favorability hits record low: Poll (The Hill)
• ‘Full of despair’: Senate Dems look to regroup after losing shutdown fight (Politico)
• 'Beyond my wildest dreams': The architect of Project 2025 is ready for his victory lap (Politico)
• Musk said no one has died since aid was cut. That isn't true (New York Times)

DOGE/Musk

• Where are federal jobs affected by DOGE cuts? A look at congressional districts across the US (AP)
• DOGE cuts reach key nuclear scientists, bomb engineers and safety experts (New York Times)

Ukraine/Russia

• The Ukrainian artist fighting destruction with creation (Deseret News)
• Trump to speak with Putin on Tuesday about ending war in Ukraine (AP)
• US to withdraw from group investigating responsibility for Ukraine invasion (New York Times)

Israel, Gaza, Syria

• Netanyahu seeks to dismiss Israel’s internal security chief as power struggle boils over (AP)
• Witkoff says administration is ‘exploring’ alternatives for Gaza relocation (The Hill)

World news

• Give back the Statue of Liberty, French MEP tells US (Politico)
• US and Iran-backed Houthis both vow escalation after US airstrikes target rebels in Yemen (AP)
• New Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney seeks alliances in Europe as he deals with Trump (AP)

Number of the Day 

Guest opinion: Utah advanced parent-driven education but left reforms on the table

Tweet of the Day

Upcoming

• Mar 22 — MWEG annual conference with plenary speaker Sharon Eubank, UVU, Register here
• Apr 7 —Pillars of the Valley Elder Matthew S. and Paige Holland, with the Utah Valley Chamber of Commerce, 7:00-9:00 pm, Register here
• Apr 24 — Giant in Our City with the Salt Lake Chamber, 6:00-9:00 pm, Register here
• May 1 — High school writing contest deadline with The Rostra: Applying the wisdom of the past to the problems of today. More info here
• Aug 7 — Titan of Public Service, Sen. Tom Cotton, with the Orrin G. Hatch Foundation, Grand America Hotel

On This Day In History

• 461 - Saint Patrick, Christian missionary, bishop and apostle of Ireland, dies.
• 1601 - The first recorded St. Patrick’s Day parade is held in what is now St. Augustine, Florida.
• 1842 - LDS Relief Society formed
• 1910 - Camp Fire Girls is established as the first interracial, non-sectarian American organization for girls.
• 1917 - Loretta Perfectus Walsh became the first woman to join the navy and the first woman to officially join the military in a role other than a nurse
• 1902 - Alice Greenough Orr is born. She carried mail at age 15, joined a Wild West show, became a professional rodeo rider in 1921 and earned about $12,000 yearly.
• 1921 - Vladimir Lenin proclaims New Economic Politics
• 1969 - Golda Meir elected as Israel’s first female prime minister. She is still the only woman to have held this post.
• 1990 - Lithuania rejects Soviet demand to renounce its independence
• 1992 - White South Africans vote to end over 40 years of apartheid

Quote of the Day

"We don't celebrate these women because they are women. We celebrate them because of who they were, what they did, what they overcame and what they mean to us. We see ourselves in them. They shouldn't be deleted simply because they are women."

—Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson

On the Punny Side

If you ever think English is not a weird language just remember that read and lead rhyme and read and lead rhyme.

But read and lead don't rhyme, and neither do read and lead.

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