Utah Headlines

Political news

• Gov. Cox returns ‘home’ to sign bill boosting support for Utah’s rural schools (Deseret News)
• Cox vetoes bill changing how property tax revenues are collected (KSL)
• Utah college courses will focus on Western civilization and ‘rise of Christianity’ after Gov. Cox signs controversial bill (Salt Lake Tribune)
• New laws are changing how adoption works in Utah — What you should know (ABC4)

Utah

• End to humanitarian parole program could impact 'thousands' of Utah immigrants, lawyer says (KSL)
• Community Action Services and Food Bank worried about possible federal fund cuts (KSL TV) 
• Multiple vehicles involved in crash as cows wander onto I-15 in Utah County (KUTV)

Biz/Tech

• 23andMe begins bankruptcy process — it may be time to delete your data (Deseret News)
• Company to pay, apologize to sexually harassed Utah workers (Fox13)

Crime/Courts

• Good Samaritan 'vital' in finding AMBER Alert suspect in Utah County (KUTV)

Economy

• Trade war explodes across world at pace not seen in decades (Wall Street Journal)

Education - Higher

• Women at BYU’s Marriott business school feel the drag of sexism, LDS norms (KUER)

Energy

• 'Major step forward': Utah company granted commercial energy storage approval (KSL)

Environment

• Do you know how dirty your air is? It depends on where you live (Deseret News)

Family

• What cuts to Medicaid could mean for many Utahns with disabilities (KSL TV)

Health

• Jay Evensen: Marijuana’s newfound health problems (Deseret News) 
• What is glioblastoma, the aggressive brain cancer that killed former US Rep. Mia Love? (AP)

National Headlines

General

• Columbia student protester who’s lived in the US since age 7 sues to stop deportation order (AP)
• USC star JuJu Watkins carried off the court as NCAA tournament reaches the Sweet 16 (NPR)

Political news

• Report: U.S. could default on loans in next few months if Congress doesn’t act (Deseret News)
• How Trump’s funding freeze is affecting American farmers (PBS)
• Lawmakers irate after Trump officials accidentally include journalist on group chat detailing war plans (Deseret News)
• What is Signal, the messaging app Trump team used to share war plans? (Reuters)
• Senate will question US intelligence officials on national security threats after war plans exposed (AP)
• Hillary Clinton on war plans leak: ‘You’ve got to be kidding me’ (The Hill)
• House GOP to begin hearings on judges blocking Trump’s agenda (Deseret News)
• Greenlanders unite to fend off the US as Trump seeks control of the Arctic island (AP)
• Trump’s portrait to be taken down at Colorado Capitol after president claimed it was ‘distorted’ (AP)
• UNAIDS director proposes that President Trump make an ‘amazing deal’ to end HIV (AP)

DOGE/Musk

• DOGE cuts are testing some conservative voters’ faith in special election for Matt Gaetz’s old seat (AP)

Ukraine/Russia

• Negotiations on a Ukraine ceasefire enter third day in Saudi Arabia with renewed US-Ukraine talks (AP)

Israel, Gaza, Syria

• Wife of Oscar-winning Palestinian director says he was savagely beaten outside his home in the West Bank (AP)

World news

• Sudan's RSF squeezing relief supplies as famine spreads, aid workers say (Reuters)

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News Releases

Gov. Cox vetoes S.B. 37 and signs 75 bills in the 2025 General Legislative Session

Today, Gov. Cox vetoed S.B. 37, Minimum Basic Tax Rate Amendments and signed 75 bills in the 2025 General Legislative Session. 

On S.B. 334 and H.B. 381, Gov. Cox issued the following statement:

“H.B. 381, Civics Education Amendments (Rep. Welton) and S.B. 334, Center for Civics Excellence at Utah State (Sen. Johnson) are two of the most important bills of the 2025 legislative session. I’m excited to sign both today. Since our founding, our civic responsibilities have been a fundamental part of education, however in recent decades we have strayed from these basic education requirements. Foundational civic education in our high schools will aid our students with a better understanding of our government institutions and their critical role in American society. Additionally, I’m thrilled Utah State University is taking the lead to pilot a redesign of general education through the new center for civics excellence. This center will be tasked with building out a general education curriculum focused on viewpoint diversity, civil discourse and helping our students develop the analytical skills necessary to contribute in the public square. This curriculum will be a model for all our public institutions in Utah and nationally.” (Read More)

Lee introduces the Restraining Judicial Insurrectionists Act of 2025

Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) today introduced the Restraining Judicial Insurrectionists Act of 2025, which establishes a three-judge panel to swiftly review injunctions or declaratory relief against the President of the United States and the Executive Branch, with quick appeal to the Supreme Court. This legislation comes in the wake of several decisions by district court judges usurping the role of the Chief Executive from President Donald Trump and attempting to thwart the will of the American people who elected him. (Read More)

Consumer advisory for Utahns: Protect your genetic data amid 23andMe bankruptcy

The Utah Department of Commerce’s Division of Consumer Protection (DCP) and Office of the Utah Attorney General (OAG) are issuing a consumer alert regarding the recent bankruptcy filing by 23andMe, a direct-to-consumer genetic testing company.  Utah residents should be aware of their rights and the protections afforded to their genetic data under the Utah Consumer Privacy Act (UCPA) and the Genetic Information Privacy Act (GIPA). (Read More)

Representative Sandra Hollins on the passing of former Congresswoman Mia Love 

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On This Day In History

• 1634 - The first colonists arrive at Maryland’s western shore and establish the first settlement of St. Mary’s. In March 2021, archeologists announced that they had found the ruins of St. Mary’s.
• 1807 - The British Parliament passed the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act making the slave trade illegal in the British colonies. Watch the 2007 movie Amazing Grace for a look at William Wilberforce’s work.
• 1862 - George Sutherland is born. He was a Utah Senator, a U.S. Senator and the only Supreme Court Justice to come from Utah. He was a strong proponent of women’s political rights for his entire life. “To my mind the right of women to vote is as obvious as my own right.” Conservative Utah think tank Sutherland Institute is named for George.
• 1911 - The Triangle Shirtwaist Company factory sweatshop in New York City burns down, killing 146 workers, almost all of them women. 
• 1919 - Woodrow Wilson's dream of a League of Nations becomes a reality after the League Covenant is adopted at the Paris Peace Conference
• 1931 - Ida B. Wells Barnett dies of kidney failure at age 68.
• 1949 - Lillian E. Fishburne is born. She became the first African-American female to hold the rank of Rear Admiral (RDML) in the United States Navy (1998).
• 1967 - Debi Thomas is born. In 1988, she became the first Black athlete to ever win a medal in the Olympic Winter Games when she won the bronze in figure skating.
• 2019 - NASA cancels a planned historic all-female spacewalk because it doesn't have enough spacesuits to fit women

Quote of the Day

"A free press stands as one of the great interpreters between the government and the people. To allow it to be fettered is to fetter ourselves."

—George Sutherland, US Supreme Court Justice

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