Utah Headlines

Political news

• Democrats see opening in Utah after judge orders new maps to be drawn (Deseret News)
• Trump criticizes Utah redistricting ruling as unconstitutional (Deseret News)
• As Utah lawmakers react to the redistricting ruling, some hope for 'compromise' (Fox13)
• Analysis: How serious is the widening redistricting war compared with earlier battles? (Deseret News)
• Lawmakers still unsure how to respond to public union bill referendum (KSL)
• Utah House speaker defends public union bill as lawmakers look for path forward (KSL Newsradio)
• Utah legislators could revisit new law requiring licenses at 30 wildlife management areas (KSL)
• Federal government reinstates RECA, doubling compensation to $100K for qualifying downwinders (St. George News)
• Fighter jets, lake preservation, law enforcement: The earmarks Utah’s congressional delegation asked for (Deseret News)

Municipal

• Weber County rainfall floods basements, inundates streets, spurs worries about sewer backups (KSL)

Utah

• Utahns, law enforcement pay respects to slain officers at public viewing in Tremonton (KSL, KUTV, ABC4, 
• Utahns called to honor fallen officers Sorenson and Estrada: ‘You become part of the family forever’ (KSL TV)
• St. George police officers travel to honor fallen colleagues at Tremonton funerals (KUTV)
• Utah State football team to honor fallen police officers with helmet stickers (Fox13)
• Colorado man plans 140-mile swim across Lake Powell (KSL)
• Intermountain Health investigators still don’t know what caused Murray hospital campus power outage (Salt Lake Tribune)

Biz/Tech/AI

• Utah schools, businesses and government collab for fresh ideas (Deseret News)
• Late payments spike for U.S. consumers with top credit scores (Deseret News)

Crime/Courts

• Utah driving deaths down significantly, crashes currently at 10-year low, UDOT says. Motorcycle deaths on the rise, however (Fox13)

Culture/Community

• ‘25 years in the slow lane’: Celebrating Roadblock the tortoise (Deseret News)
• Foliage for the whole family: 10 easy fall hikes in Utah (KSL)
• International film festival is coming to Utah, picking Ogden as it’s home (KSL TV)
• 4 Utahns awarded for culinary talent and academic achievements (KSL TV)
• Utah’s NOMAS says legal help for immigrants strengthens the whole community (KUER)
• The lesson Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova just taught the world (Deseret News)

Economy

• Late payments spike for U.S. consumers with top credit scores (Deseret News)

Education

• Experts say as kids go back to school, parents shouldn’t skip talking about underage drinking (KSL TV)
• The spending of every Utah public university and college president will now be audited. Here’s why. (Salt Lake Tribune)
• 'Thank you for caring about us;' Teen centers focus on Utah students in need (Fox13)
• No women’s cross-country program is expected to be better than BYU in 2025. And the Cougars’ men’s team isn’t far behind (Deseret News)

Environment/Energy

• Should the Roadless Rule be rescinded? The USDA wants your opinion (KSL Newsradio)
• ‘We were fighting for our lives’: Pine Valley firefighters reckon with Forsyth Fire’s toll (Salt Lake Tribune)

Faith

• Elko Nevada Temple opens for media, public tours (Deseret News)
• Latter-day Saint mission leaders involved in Mexico City shooting release statement, affirm ‘God is a god of miracles’ (Deseret News)
• Church to rededicate Hill Cumorah Historic Site, following efforts to restore, reforest and renovate it (Deseret News)

Family

• Where have all the babies gone? U.S. population changes (Deseret News)
• Them before us: the needs of babies should matter more than the desires of adults (Deseret News)

Health

• FDA issues new COVID-19 vaccine guidance: Shots not intended for healthy people if they’re younger than 65 (Deseret News)
• New sober living home in Murray offers hope for recovery and stability: 'It's the best thing you can do' (Fox13)

Housing

• There are fewer home sellers nationwide. Here’s why (Deseret News)
• How to negotiate a better rental deal in Utah's competitive housing market (Fox13)
• Native American housing advocates urge Congress to renew affordable housing law (Utah News Dispatch)

National Headlines

General

• 'Jaw-droppingly weird' dinosaur from Morocco was studded with spikes (Reuters)
• US CDC chief fired after weeks in role, challenges ouster as four top officials resign (Reuters)
• An Army National Guard veteran says Trump's specialized unit is 'quite dangerous' (NPR)
• Hundreds honor 2 children killed and 17 people wounded in shooting at a Minneapolis Catholic school (AP)

Political news

• What if California were split in half? (Deseret News)
• Parents claim schools are hiding gender transitions from families (Deseret News)
• 4 CDC leaders resign over ‘weaponizing of public health’ (The Hill)
• National Guard troops deployed in D.C. add sanitation, landscaping duties (Washington Post)
• Trump, Gabbard fired top CIA Russia expert days after Alaska summit (Washington Post)

Immigration/deportation

• Judge extends block on Trump administration's efforts to deport migrant Abrego (Reuters)
• Alligator Alcatraz being emptied of immigrant detainees, Florida says (Washington Post)

Ukraine/Russia

• Russia pounds Ukraine with missiles and drones, hits EU mission (Reuters)
• Russian forces break into another region of Ukraine with peace efforts stuck (AP News)

Middle East

• Israeli tanks close in on Gaza City, Trump to chair meeting (Reuters)
• When children forget the colors of foods. This is childhood in Gaza (The Atlantic)
• Israel increases bombardment of Gaza City, kills 16 people around the enclave, medics say (Reuters)

World news

• Tons of overripe tomatoes become projectiles in Spain's 'Tomatina' food fight (AP)

Number of the Day

News Releases

Ally Isom receives 2025 ATHENA Leadership Award

The Salt Lake Chamber has announced that Ally Isom, chief marketing and external affairs officer for Clyde Companies, Inc. will receive the 2025 ATHENA Leadership Award. This award is the organization’s highest recognition for women in business, and presented annually to an active member of the Salt Lake Chamber who demonstrates excellence, creativity and initiative in business. Each recipient must also provide valuable service by devoting time and energy to improve the quality of life for others in the community and assist women in reaching their full leadership potential. (Read More)

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On This Day In History

• 476 - End of the Western Roman Empire when Orestes is captured and executed
  1915 - Tasha Tudor is born. She was an illustrator and author of children’s books who received many awards and honors, including Caldecott Honors for Mother Goose in 1945.
  1917 - President Woodrow Wilson picketed by women suffragists
  1955 - Emmett Till is murdered
  1963 - Martin Luther King, Jr gives his “I Have a Dream” speech during the March on Washington.
  1996 - Charles and Diana divorce
  2006 - Warren Jeffs arrested
  2012 - Mitt Romney is officially nominated as the GOP’s presidential candidate
  2020 - Chadwick Boseman, American actor (Black Panther), dies of colon cancer at 42

Quote of the Day

"I like ambiguity because you may be the villain in someone else's story and the hero in your own, and I think very often, African-American characters are either one thing or the other. You shouldn't have to be perfectly good or perfectly bad. You don't even have to be magical."

— Chadwick Boseman

On the Punny Side

What did one slice of bread say to the other before the race?

You're toast!

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