Utah Headlines

Political news

• Video: Can the U.S. and Europe find fair trade in a time of tariffs? A conversation with the EU ambassador (Deseret News)
• Utah Rep. Burgess Owens spearheads efforts to codify Trump executive orders on education (Deseret News)
• Jeanetta Williams: Rep. Burgess Owens' comments on education miss the mark for Utah families (Deseret News)
• Sen. Curtis: Support Ukraine to deter China (Deseret News)
• Sens. Mike Lee and John Curtis have different approaches to green energy tax credits (Deseret News)
• What's next for Utah's school choice scholarship program? (Hinckley Report)

Municipal news

• Small San Juan County community of Westwater finally gets running water in its houses (KSL)
• Cache County finalizes land deal protecting nearly 800 acres of open space near Sherwood Hills (Cache Valley Daily)

Utah

• Photo gallery: A hero’s salute. South Jordan honors firefighter who died Monday with events focused on faith, family and service (Deseret News)
• Why did dozens of burros die in a holding facility in Utah? (Deseret News)
• Saying goodbye to Dearest Deserae (Cache Valley Daily)

Biz/Tech

• Well before Trump's new executive order, this Utah company was working to build student competency in AI (Deseret News)
• Pete Codella, Tim Cooley: How empowering women in business benefits Utah (Deseret News)
• ‘I’m still licking my wounds’: Utah-based director of ‘A Minecraft Movie’ on Sundance Film Festival’s big move (Deseret News)
• Voices: Utah’s representatives have abandoned free market principles that help small business owners like me (Salt Lake Tribune)

Crime/Courts

• Man arrested after police discover 71 homemade bombs in Orem apartment (KSL)
• Jury finds man who killed Eagle Mountain boys guilty of murder (KSL)
• Human remains discovered in Alpine, police say (KSL)
• State auditor: Employee stole more than $100,000 from a Salt Lake County liquor store over more than three years (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Utah man accused of hiring hitman to kill ex-wife, mother-in-law (KUTV)

Culture/Community

• Japanese culture in Salt Lake City spotlight for Nihon Matsuri festival (KUTV)
• Perspective: Peacemaking and listening at the Iowa religious freedom conference (Deseret News)
• Perspective: Kindness should not be special (Deseret News)
• First Latter-day Saint gold medalist’s story hits the big screen (Deseret News)

Economy

• Perspective: Economic tumult is a real threat to American non-profits (Deseret News)
• Risk of global economic recession surges on US tariff shockwaves (Reuters)

Education - K-12

• Opinion: Legislation is needed for equitable school district modifications (Deseret News)
• The most common reasons Utah educators were disciplined over the past 9 years: USBE data (ABC4)

Education - Higher

• Growth and memories: BYU class of 2025 graduates tell their stories (Daily Herald)
• Weber State: Dozens of jobs and programs being cut as part of school’s strategic reinvestment plan (Deseret News)
• International college students in Utah celebrate after Trump reverses course (Deseret News)
• Utah Tech eyes business investments rather than programs like language or theater (KUER)
• University of Utah researcher explores long dormant Yellowstone volcano (Deseret News)
• USU professors are the first to fight bird window collisions with ultraviolet light (UPR)
• Elite universities form private collective to resist Trump administration (Wall Street Journal)

Environment

• Conservation doesn’t have to be controversial — just ask this man (Deseret News)
• Opinion: Utahns must think carefully about becoming the nation’s nuclear hub (Deseret News)
• Central Utah town could be home to small nuclear reactor (Deseret News)
• ‘A nightmare situation’: Ranchers plan for tough choices as Utah’s drought worsens (KUER)
• Campgrounds and visitor centers at federal lakes are closing amid Trump’s budget cuts (KSL Newsradio)

Family

• Perspective: The case for early parenthood (Deseret News)
• Why AI companions shouldn’t be the future of dating (Deseret News)
• Caregiving: Why you can’t do it all alone (Deseret News)
• What to do if you think your child has ADHD (Deseret News)

Health

• Tips for aging well, staying healthy (Deseret News)
• New findings from the quest to understand dementia (Deseret News)

National Headlines

General

• What stood out during the pope’s funeral (Deseret News)
• Conclave to elect new pope starts on May 7, Vatican says (Reuters)
• FBI targets global sextortion rings amid teen suicide (Deseret News)
• Real ID deadline is less than 2 weeks away. What to do if you don’t have one (Deseret News)

Political news

• Trump made big promises and moved at frenetic speed. 100 days in, here’s what he’s done and not done (AP)
• How the Supreme Court could respect religious families without undermining public education (Deseret News)
• Hispanics helped Trump retake the White House. Now their support is waning. (Reuters)
• Trump says Columbus Day will just be Columbus Day, and will no longer recognize Indigenous Peoples Day (AP)

Immigration/Deportation

• Three U.S. citizens, ages 2, 4 and 7, swiftly deported from Louisiana (Washington Post)

Tariffs

• US aviation industry slammed by tariffs, seeks exemptions (Reuters)
• How much will your next Stanley cup cost with the tariffs? (Deseret News) 

DOGE/Musk

•  What has DOGE done in Trump's first 100 days? (NPR)

Ukraine/Russia

• Shocked by US peace proposal, Ukrainians say they will not accept any formal surrender of Crimea (AP)

Israel, Gaza, Syria

• Israel flattens Rafah ruins; Gazans fear plan to herd them there (Reuters)
• Takeaways from AP’s report on the growing dangers for pregnant women in Gaza’s ruins (AP)

World news

• Vancouver ramming attack suspect charged with murder as hundreds attend vigils for 11 dead (AP)
• Canadians vote in election dominated by concerns about Trump (Reuters)
• Suspected U.S. airstrike hits Yemen migrant centre; Houthi TV says 68 killed (Reuters)

Number of the Day 

News Releases

Federal housing assistance to Utah

Federal housing programs provided $482.6 million in financial assistance to Utah in FY2022. “Federal housing assistance provides, in many cases, the only housing assistance for very low-income renters,” said Jim Wood, Ivory-Boyer Senior Fellow at the Gardner Institute.  “For the first time since the Section 8 voucher and low-income tax credit programs were established, over 40 years ago, the programs face a serious threat of reduced federal funding. Federal housing programs provide an economic lifeline for thousands of low-income Utah renters and are the most effective programs preventing homelessness.” (Read More)

Tweet of the Day

Upcoming

• May 1 — Utah Foundation's annual luncheon and 80th birthday celebration, 11:30 am - 1:30 pm, Grand America Hotel, Register Here
• May 6 — "State AG Offices and the New Administration" webinar hosted by the Orrin G. Hatch Foundation, 10:00 am MDT, Register here
• May 12 — Utah Taxes Now Conference with the Utah Taxpayers Association, Grand America Hotel, 9:00 am - 1:00 pm, Register here
• May 17 — Utah GOP Organizing Convention, at UVU’s UCCU Center.
• May 31 — Utah Democratic Party Organizing Convention, Ogden High School
• 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

On This Day In History

• 1759 - Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin is born. She was an English writer and feminist who wrote “A Vindication of the Rights of Woman”
• 1822 - Ulysses S. Grant is born (18th US president)
• 1861 - President Abraham Lincoln suspends writ of habeas corpus during the Civil War
• 1906 - Alice Dunnigan is born. She became the first African-American journalist accredited to cover Congress and the White House, the Supreme Court, and State Department. She documented Klan actions when no “white” newspaper covered them, and was the first journalist of color to travel with President Truman on his train.
• 1940 - Himmler orders establishment of Auschwitz Concentration Camp
• 2004 - Abu Ghraib torture images made public
• 2015 - Loretta Lynch is sworn in as the 83rd US Attorney General and the first Black woman to hold that position.

Quote of the Day

"The answer is never violence. Rather, the answer, our answer, all our answer must be action. Calm, peaceful, collaborative and determined action."
—Loretta Lynch

On the Punny Side

Baldwin is a cool name. it is the opposite of hairloss.

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