Utah Headlines

Political news

• Mike Lee urges Senate to cancel August recess. Here’s why (Deseret News)
• Delta's AI pricing prompting consumer protection bill from Utah lawmaker (KSL)
• Utah County’s ‘fast cast voting’ system on hold for municipal primary elections (Deseret News)
• Salt Lake City school board member accused of trying to bribe election opponent to resign in plea deal (Salt Lake Tribune)

Municipal

• Opinion: Keeping municipal elections non-partisan (Deseret News)
• Utah vote-by-mail tightens deadline this municipal election (KSL TV)
• New pipeline gives Southern Utah town access to clean water for first time in years (KUTV)
• Utah County residents demand action after seeing hurtful, racist graffiti (Fox13)

Utah

• The state’s 140-year-old mental health hospital is now on coveted Utah County land. Here’s who wants a piece of it. (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Salt Lake mobile crisis teams to distribute gun safes in response to suicide hotline calls (KUTV)

Biz/Tech

• How recent BYU graduates are using AI tools in their job search (Deseret News)
• AI Is Wrecking an Already Fragile Job Market for College Graduates (Wall Street Journal)

Crime/Courts

• Cedar City man arrested, charged with burning down his home (KSL)
• Minnesota man accused of abusing teens at religious event in Murray (KSL)
• Police identify father, toddler and grandmother found dead in Millard County (KSL)
• Former elementary school janitor arrested a third time for alleged sexual abuse of a child (ABC4)

Culture/Community

• Adaptive Arena: Where smiles and sports unite all abilities in Bluffdale (FOX 13)
• Crews lay foundation on 'The Point,' the largest redevelopment in state history (KSL)

Economy

• Utah Lake is already driving tourism dollars. Could it bring in $1 billion? (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Study: What is Utah Lake’s economic contribution to the state? (Deseret News)
• Beef price spike driven by cattle decrease nationwide, even higher prices could be coming (KUTV)

Education

• Report: Utah just misses making ‘Best School Systems in U.S.’ top 10 list (Deseret News)
• Updated guidance on banned books in Utah schools: you own it, you can bring it (KUER)

Environment/Energy

• Utah has a lot of great hikes. Where does it rank nationally? (KSL TV)
• Firefighters focus on protecting structures after Monroe Canyon Fire doubles in size (KSL)

Faith

• ‘Welcome home’: Deaf Saints return to first chapel built for accessibility (Deseret News)

Family

• It’s a boy. And another boy. And yet another. Harvard study finds that larger families tend to have all boys or all girls in anything but coin-toss fashion (Deseret News)

Health

• The little understood malady that makes cancer survivors miserable (Deseret News)
• The 10,000-steps myth: Here’s what you really need (Deseret News)
• Parents concerned over access to children’s vaccine program (KSL Newsradio)
• Trying to keep your brain young? A big new study finds these lifestyle changes help (NPR)

Housing

• U.S. homes are getting cheaper for some foreign buyers. Here’s why (Deseret News)
• Salt Lake City commission OKs plan to turn former Village Inn site into new townhomes (KSL)

National Headlines

General

• Shooter opens fire outside Reno casino, killing 3 and injuring several others (AP)
• Gunman kills four, including police officer, in Manhattan skyscraper, then takes own life (Reuters)
• Analysis: How America lost faith in its institutions — and what it will take to rebuild (Deseret News)
• Investigation continues into motive behind Michigan Walmart stabbing spree (Deseret News)
• Cheyenne to host massive AI data center using more electricity than all Wyoming homes combined (AP)

Political news 

• US, China hold new talks on tariff truce, easing path for Trump-Xi meeting (Reuters)
• Trump sets global tariff rate on heels of EU deal (Deseret News)
• Federal judge blocks Medicaid defunding of Planned Parenthood (Deseret News)
• US to allow federal workers to promote religion in workplaces (Reuters)
• The U.S. is destroying $9.7 million in contraceptives. Is there another option? (NPR)
• Ghislaine Maxwell urges Supreme Court to hear appeal, says DOJ wants to distract (Washington Post)
• Trump reiterates that he has the authority to pardon Ghislaine Maxwell (Politico)
• Most Americans support releasing Epstein files, poll finds (Washington Post)
• Trump lawsuit against Murdoch and 'Wall Street Journal' turns personal (NPR)
• States sue USDA over efforts to gather food stamp data on tens of millions of people (NPR)

Immigration/deportation

• U.S. citizen told "you have no rights" during immigration arrest speaks out: "It hurts me" (CBS News)

Ukraine/Russia

• Trump sets new deadline of 10 or 12 days for Russia to act on Ukraine (Reuters)
• Freed from Russian prisons, Ukrainian soldiers lean into counseling to rebuild their lives (AP)

Middle East

• Two rights groups are first Israeli voices to accuse Israel of genocide (Reuters)
• Trump says many are starving in Gaza, vows to set up food centres (Reuters)
• Israel’s leader claims no one in Gaza is starving. Data and witnesses disagree (AP)
• Israeli fire kills dozens in Gaza, officials say, as aid delivery remains chaotic after new measures (AP)

World news

• Turkey faces a ‘very risky week’ for wildfires as flames also scorch parts of southeast Europe (AP) 

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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
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• Nov 4 — General election
• Nov 17-19 — Interim Days
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On This Day In History

• 1833 - William Wilberforce, English abolitionist, dies at 73
• 1885 - The first National Convention of Black Women is held in Boston, MA.
• 1905 - Mary Roebling is born. She became the first woman president of a major bank (1937), first woman governor of the American Stock Exchange (1958-1962), and helped establish the first nationally-chartered bank founded by women (1978).
• 1907 - Sir Robert Baden-Powell forms the Boy Scouts in England
• 1921 - Adolf Hitler becomes the leader of the National Socialist German Workers (Nazi) Party.
• 1932 - Nancy Kassebaum Baker is born. She became the first female US Senator from Kansas, serving from 1978-1997.
• 1936 - Elizabeth H. Dole is born. A US Senator from North Carolina (2003-2009), she was the first woman to serve as U.S. Secretary of Transportation (1983-1987), and also served as U.S. Secretary of Labor (1989-1990), becoming the first woman to hold two different cabinet positions under two different presidents. She was also president of the American Red Cross (1991-1999).
• 1954 - “Fellowship of the Ring” first published.
• 1958 - NASA is founded.
• 1974 - The Philadelphia Eleven are ordained as the first female priests in the Episcopal Church.
• 1975 - Ford became 1st US President to visit Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz
• 1981 - Prince Charles married Lady Diana - yes, I watched
• 1987 - Ben & Jerry's and Jerry Garcia agree on a new flavor: Cherry Garcia

Quote of the Day

“A fisherman does not bait his hook with food he likes. He uses food the fish likes. So with boys.”

— Sir Robert Baden-Powell

On the Punny Side

What do you call people who sleep in their socks?

Tiny.

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