Utah Headlines

Political news

• Opinion: Cuts to federal anti-tobacco programs put Utah kids at risk (Deseret News)
• Understanding the turmoil at the CDC (Deseret News)
• Utah GOP pushes back against judge’s redistricting timeline (Deseret News)
• Utah leaders begrudgingly begin to plan redistricting process after court ruling (KSL)
• Utah lawmakers will obey order to redraw U.S. House maps while pursuing ‘every legal option’ (Salt Lake Tribune)

Municipal

• Heavy rainfall leads to mudslide in Provo; crews working to clear impacted areas (KSL)
• Church building buried in four feet of mud near Buckley Draw burn scar in Provo (KUTV)
• Hyrum Mayor Stephanie Miller joins GOP candidates seeking to replace County Executive David Zook (Cache Valley Daily)
• Salt Lake City sets stricter permit rules after deadly ‘No Kings’ protest shooting (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Two Utah mayors set a friendly wager. They made good on it with birds of prey. (Salt Lake Tribune)

Utah

• Slain officer Eric Estrada brought humor and heart to the badge, family says (KSL)
• Bagpipes, flag salute, last call mark graveside farewell for Officer Eric Estrada (KUTV)
• Carpenter pulls all-nighters to hand-craft memorial badges for fallen officers (KUTV)
• 'They're not alone;' Cops from across US travel to Utah to help ease pain of fellow officers (Fox13)
• Firefighters from across Utah step in to help Tremonton, Garland with needs (Fox13)

Biz/Tech/AI

• Tech-Moms proves it's never too late to log into a technology career (Fox13)
• Salt Lake City International Airport named top airport for scoring flight deals (KSL TV)
• TransUnion says 4.4 million consumers' data compromised in hack (Reuters)

Crime/Courts

• Utah AG files murder charges in case of woman locked inside storage unit, burned to death (KUTV)
• Riverton Police Department asks public’s help in 2 ‘porch pirate’ cases (KSL TV)
• Day, time announced for final ruling on death row inmate Ralph Menzies' case (KUTV)
• New law could compound the overcrowding in Salt Lake County’s jails (KUER)

Culture/Community

• A Utah classical violinist — and former music teacher — was arrested by ICE. Now, he sits in a Colorado detention facility. (Salt Lake Tribune)
• After Moab-area tourism dropped 4% this year, a $3.6 million effort looks to draw people back (Salt Lake Tribune) 

Economy

• Michael Kofoed: History’s stark warning to U.S. manipulation of monetary policy (Deseret News)
• Fed threats rattle the public confidence on which the U.S. economy depends (Deseret News)

Education

• Utah State University lays off researchers after Trump administration cuts federal grants (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Melania Trump issues ‘AI challenge’ to America’s K-12 kids (Deseret News)
• ‘We as educators need to embrace it’: Here’s how Utah teachers say A.I. is giving them more time with students (Salt Lake Tribune)
• As the new school year gets underway, Alpine School District eyes preparations for emerging split (Daily Herald)

Environment/Energy

• Utah downgrades to Stage 1 Fire Restrictions, officials urge fire sense (ABC4)
• Trump admin moves to strip protections on 4 million acres of national forests across Utah (Salt Lake Tribune)

Faith

• Perspective: Some thoughts on ‘thoughts and prayers’ (Deseret News)
• Perspective: Can the politics of prayer spark a better conversation about both? (Deseret News)
• JD Vance defends prayer in the wake of Minneapolis Catholic school shooting (Deseret News)

Family

• Nearly $1 billion awarded to family for mishandled birth in ‘dangerous’ Utah hospital (Salt Lake Tribune) 

Health

• CDC, FDA investigating multistate salmonella outbreak linked to eggs (Deseret News)
• Opinion: Cuts to federal anti-tobacco programs put Utah kids at risk (Deseret News)

Housing

• Will mortgage rates keep falling? (Deseret News)
• Odyssey House opens new sober living facility in Murray: A fresh start for those in recovery (KSL TV)
• As federal housing efforts face cuts, states — including Utah — are working together to fix the housing crisis (Salt Lake Tribune)

National Headlines

General

• US low-value package tariff exemption ends, raising costs for shippers, consumers (Reuters)
• Father of 8-year-old boy killed in Minneapolis church shooting wants him remembered for his love (AP)
• The long recovery on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, 'ground zero' for Hurricane Katrina (NPR)

Political news

• JD Vance defends prayer in the wake of Minneapolis Catholic school shooting (Deseret News)
• Understanding the turmoil at the CDC (Deseret News)
• New CDC chief picked without medical credentials as vaccine panel faces shake-up (Scripps News)
• Photos show workers rally for senior CDC officials forced off Atlanta headquarters (AP)
• Inside the CDC, a growing sense of despair (New York Times)
• Embattled Fed governor sues Trump to block firing (Deseret News)
• Ashli Babbitt, Jan. 6 rioter killed in Capitol, offered military funeral honors (Politico)

Immigration/deportation

• Mystery surrounds $1.2 billion Army contract to build huge detention tent camp in Texas desert (AP)
• Rwanda received migrants deported from the US earlier this month (Reuters)
• 2 firefighters battling Washington state wildfire arrested by Border Patrol (AP)
• Florida's 'Alligator Alcatraz' detention facility to be empty 'within a few days' (NPR)
• Kilmar Abrego Garcia asks for gag order against Bondi, Noem (Politico)

Ukraine/Russia

• Russia turns a Ukrainian nuclear city into a stronghold of fear (Reuters)
• Outraged over Russian strike on Kyiv, European defense leaders pledge pressure to end the war (AP)
• ‘His inexperience shines through’: Steve Witkoff struggles to manage Russia as Trump peace envoy (Politico)

Middle East

• UN food agency chief says women and children are starving in Gaza and pressed Netanyahu on aid (AP)

World news

• China criticizes US senators’ Taiwan visit, calls it a threat to sovereignty (AP)
• Thai court dismisses prime minister over compromising phone call with Cambodian leader (NPR)

Number of the Day

Opinion

Lt. Gov. Henderson and Judge Gibson are beacons of hope in the midst of assaults on our democracy

by Dr. Ellen Brady

Lt Governor Deidre Henderson’s pushback on a Department of Justice’s request for our voter rolls and Judge Gibson’s reinstatement of Proposition 4 (Better Boundaries) as Utah law stand as beacons of hope in the midst of accelerated assaults on our democracy. Administration efforts to restrict ballot access and promote partisan gerrymandering are central to those efforts and go to the foundational core of government “of the people.” (Read More)

Judges should not amend the Constitution, even for a good reason

by William C. Duncan

Monday’s redistricting ruling by a Utah district court judge rests on an undemocratic assumption of power that, however positive in motivation, undermines the core constitutional principle of separation of powers. The Utah Supreme Court is the source of that error and should take the opportunity presented by an appeal in this case to correct it. (Read More)

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On This Day In History

• 1533 - Pizarro executes the last Inca emperor via strangulation
• 1877 - Brigham Young dies
• 1913 - Sylvia Kaye is born. A lyricist and composer, she wrote over 100 songs for her husband, Danny Kaye.
• 1929 - Aviator Anne Morrow Lindbergh makes her first solo flight
• 1970 - Native American group occupies Mount Rushmore to protest broken Treaty of Fort Laramie
• 1990 - Saddam Hussein declares America can't beat Iraq
• 1997 - Netflix is founded as an online DVD rental business
• 2005 - Hurricane Katrina makes 2nd and 3rd landfall as a category 3 hurricane, devastating much of the U.S. Gulf Coast from Louisiana to Florida Panhandle. Kills more than 1,836, causes over $115 billion in damage.
• 2018 - John McCain becomes the third person to lie in state at the Arizona state capitol rotunda.
• 2021 - Hurricane Ida makes landfall as a Category 4 storm near Port Fourchon, Louisiana, on the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina

Quote of the Day

"'Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.'Officer Estrada lived that truth not just for friends, but for strangers."

—Gov. Spencer Cox 

On the Punny Side

Travis Kelce took a knee.

He got a Swift reaction.

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