Wildlife-Vehicle Collisions Cost Utah $165M a Year

Problem: Utah is a high-risk state for wildlife-vehicle collisions, costing taxpayers millions of dollars in vehicle damage. 
Solution: Continued funding for new wildlife crossings—bridges or underpasses for animals—can reduce these accidents by 90%, saving lives and money. Learn More.

Utah Headlines

Political news

• Trump promises to protect prayer in public schools (Deseret News)
• Mike Lee says new map in Utah is evidence of ‘judicial takeover’ by Democrats (Deseret News)
• How 2 teens are trying to tackle the political divide (Deseret News)

Municipal

• Murray police rebuff talk about plans to partner with ICE on immigration issues (KSL)
• Lehi residents claim new bike lanes create confusion, parking issues (KUTV)
• Liberty Wells neighbors rally around their historic park (Fox13)
• Kids love the Herriman Yeti. So does the rest of this Utah city (KUER)
• USDA invests in rural Utah’s water systems, including Box Elder County (Cache Valley Daily)

Utah

• St. George identical twins take Times Square spotlight, celebrating life with Down syndrome (KSL)
• Hospital workers save new grandfather after collapse (KSL)
• New research shows when, why refugees face greater food insecurity (KSL Newsradio)

Biz/Tech/AI

• Find out how criminals are using AI to flood businesses with fake job seekers (KSL)
• A veteran of Utah’s cookie war may see its trademarks sold to pay debt (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Utah construction boom fuels high demand for electricians (Fox13)

Crime/Courts

• Utah foster parent accused of beating teen in his care (KSL)
• Driver charged with Springville automobile homicide found with 11 empty alcohol containers (KUTV)
• Clinton man charged with rape after allegedly assaulting employee in 2022 (ABC4)

Culture/Community

• Here’s who has contributed to the more than $200 million raised for Utah’s 2034 Winter Games (Deseret News)
• Photo gallery: Greek festival a celebration of culture, cuisine and community (Deseret News)
• Which states have happiest people — and what creates happiness? (Deseret News)
• Ogden’s new Encircle home hopes to anchor a growing web of LGBTQ+ support (KUER)
• Cornbelly’s in Lehi will open on schedule for its 30th season, despite recent vandalism (Daily Herald)

Education

• ‘Stepping into the future’: Jordan School District opens first-of-its-kind innovation lab (KSL)
• Davis School District works to resolve kinks with new bus routing software (KSL Newsradio)
• Utah School Board’s proposed ‘teacher standards’ getting attention, board member says the standards are already in place (KSL Newsradio)
• First look: Highland High School is getting a massive revamp. Here’s what’s planned. (Salt Lake Tribune)
• How adaptive P.E. is changing the game for this Tooele elementary school (Fox13)
• Will AI do more harm than good in the classroom? A Utah Tech professor considers possibilities (St. George News)

Environment/Energy

• Zion National Park considers reservation system to deal with growing crowds (Fox13)

Faith

• Is it time for a Utah religious pageant revival? Folks in Manti think so (KUER)

Family

• Utah task force explores boosting well-being of men and boys (Deseret News)
• She started the debate about kids and phones. Now she wants to end it. (New York Times)
• A transition of loss: What surveys reveal about young married women and motherhood (Deseret News)

Health

• Silent crisis: St. George mom speaks out on Utah's youth suicide rate (St. George News)
• 988 Day: Utah leaders highlight lifeline’s impact, rising call volume (KSL TV)
• Her dad seemed full of life. Now she shares his story to help others heal (KSL TV)
• As world gets hotter, Americans are turning to more sugar, study finds (AP)
• Another US doctors' group breaks with federal policy, recommends COVID-19 vaccines for all adults (Reuters)
• Food-makers are phasing out artificial dyes. The problem: Americans love the color (NPR)

Housing

• Investors are buying housing less often in Utah — except in Salt Lake City (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Homeowners increase spending on unexpected home maintenance (KUTV)

National Headlines

General

• Firefighter dies while battling Grand Canyon wildfire (KSL)
• Idaho judge receives violent threats after sentencing of former BYU baseball player (KUTV)
• Appeals court upholds E. Jean Carroll's $83M verdict against Trump (Reuters)
• Man accused of trying to assassinate Trump apologizes to potential jurors (AP)

Political news

• Supreme Court allows Trump to proceed with firing FTC commissioner (Deseret News)
• Trump administration asks Supreme Court to let it withhold foreign aid (Reuters)
• Trump letter to Epstein released as Johnson walks back claims (Deseret News)
• Trump administration says it launches ICE crackdown in Illinois (Reuters)
• Congress releases Epstein's 'birthday book,' including alleged Trump letter (Reuters, AP, NPR, WSJ, Washington Post)
• Senate prepares to ‘go nuclear’ to break logjam on Trump nominees. Here’s why (Deseret News)

Immigration/deportation

• Supreme Court lifts restrictions on LA immigration stops set after agents swept up US citizens (AP)

Ukraine/Russia

• Russian glide bomb attack in eastern Ukraine kills at least 21 people in line to receive pensions (ABC News)

Middle East

• Israel orders total evacuation of Gaza City, threatening full invasion (New York Times)

World news

• French government collapses in a confidence vote, forcing Macron to seek yet another prime minister (AP)
• Afghanistan quake destroyed 5,230 homes in 49 villages — but the UN hasn’t gotten to 362 others (AP)

Number of the Day

News Releases

Utah Dept. of Commerce launches Office of HOA Ombudsman

The Utah Department of Commerce (Commerce) is excited to announce the official launch of the Office of the Homeowners’ Association Ombudsman (Office), a new resource created to assist Utahns in navigating the complexities of community living. The Office, established by HB217, sponsored by Representative Neil Walter in the 2025 Legislative session, will serve as a neutral party to help resolve homeowners’ association issues and provide educational resources on the HOA boards’ and residents’ rights and responsibilities. (Read More)

Tweet of the Day

Upcoming

• Sept 11-12 — Women in the Money Conference, Sheraton Hotel and online, Register here
• Sept 15-17 — Interim Days
• Oct 6-8 — One Utah Summit, Cedar City, More information here
• Oct 13-15 — Interim Days
• Nov 4 — General election
• Nov 10 — Women & Business Conference and ATHENA Awards Luncheon with the Salt Lake Chamber, 8:00 am-3:30 pm, Register here
• Nov 17-19 — Interim Days
• February 4-7, 2026 — Summit, with Silicon Slopes and Visit Salt Lake

On This Day In History

• 1543 - Mary Stuart, at nine months old, is crowned "Queen of Scots" 
• 1675 - New England colonies declare war on Wampanoag indians
• 1776 - Congress renames the nation the United States of America
• 1839 - John Herschel took the first glass plate photograph 
• 1843 - Nancy Johnson patents the ice cream freezer. Thank you, Nancy!
• 1890 - Harland Sanders is born. The founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken, he started his first restaurant out of a service station. But an entrepreneurial restaurateur was not his first occupation. The Colonel served in the military (but wasn’t a colonel), worked as a farmhand, served as a local midwife, and even studied law, among other jobs.
• 1893 - President Cleveland’s daughter, Esther, is born in the White House
• 1924 - Russell M. Nelson is born
• 1945 - 1st "bug" in a computer discovered by Grace Hopper, a moth was removed with tweezers from a relay & taped into the log
• 1956 - Elvis Presley makes his first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show
• 1957 - US President Eisenhower signs 1st civil rights bill since Reconstruction
• 2015 - Queen Elizabeth II becomes Great Britain's longest-reigning monarch at 63 years and seven months, beating the previous record set by her great-great-grandmother, Queen Victoria

Quote of the Day

“Some people tap their feet, some people snap their fingers, and some people sway back and forth. I just sorta do ‘em all together, I guess.” 

— Elvis Presley

On the Punny Side

My niece calls me Ankle.
I call her my Knees.

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