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Situational Analysis | July 26, 2022 It's Tuesday and National Disability Independence Day, commemorating the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in 1990. Be in the Know Pope Francis is in Canada and apologized for the Catholic Church's involvement with the "catastrophic" policy of Indigenous residential schools. âI am deeply sorry,â Francis said. He called the school policy a "deplorable evil" and âdisastrous errorâ that was incompatible with the Gospel. âWith shame and unambiguously, I humbly beg forgiveness for the evil committed by so many Christians against the Indigenous peoples,â Francis said. Rapid Roundup Utahn Susi Feltch-Malohifoâou, a popular and beloved community leader ended up in the ICU after getting multiple spider bites, Banbury Cross Donuts has opened a second location, with lines out the door, and a sink hole swallows a car near Utah Tech University. | | |
Utah Headlines General Too nice for inmates or redefined? Why new prison is much different than at Point of the Mountain (KSL) Rural Utah is doing just fine (Utah Business) The Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah hope to preserve their heritage by saving their language (KUER) Thousands of visitors from all over the globe are making their way to Utah to experience the incredible recreation and tourism our state has to offer. Vicki Varela â managing director of the Utah Office of Tourism â joins the Utah House of Reps to discuss the current state of tourism in Utah. (Utah House of Reps podcast) Utah teen treatment center closes after 26 former residents sued, alleging abuse and mistreatment. Former residents of Vista Treatment Centers say they were exposed to harmful group therapy tactics and were put in painful restraints. (Salt Lake Tribune) Politics Hereâs the No. 1 issue on votersâ minds ahead of federal elections (Deseret News) Political fallout from 2020 presidential election looking like 1876 (KSL Newsradio) Why Americans like the talk but not the walk of authoritarianism (Deseret News) Education Richard Barton leaving role as administrator at Richfield High to serve as an executive director of NIAAA in Indianapolis. Longtime high school vice principal and athletic director will begin new post in Indy next week (Deseret News) Summit County shuts down Park City school construction over permit, code, zoning violations. County officials issued a notice of violation and a stop work order to the Park City School District over multiple building code violations that include not obtaining permits for its Jeremy Ranch Elementary School expansion. (Salt Lake Tribune) Utah school systems rank among best in US (Fox13) State requires schools to name a 'bullying tzar' (KUTV) Environment 9 abandoned campfires put out in Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest (ABC4) 5,600-acre wildfire at Utah-Nevada border estimated a week away from full containment (St. George News) As wildfire threats grow, thereâs a booming business in defensible space (KUER) Lawn gone: âLocalscapingâ may save water, but can it rescue the Great Salt Lake? (Salt Lake Tribune) Hereâs how extreme drought has changed fishing in Utah (Salt Lake Tribune) Can expanding Salt Lake City's urban forest improve air quality, ease historic inequality? (KSL) Health Utah among first in nation to offer new robotic surgery for lung cancer patients (KUTV) The U.S. has no plan to prevent the next pandemic (The Atlantic) Disease experts, family of Utah firefighter lost to COVID-19 warn about new BA.5 strain (Fox13) Housing Are Airbnb and VRBO to blame for Utahâs housing crisis? (Deseret News) Utah home builders offer more incentives as housing market slows (KUTV) National Headlines General Hawaii has no girls in juvenile detention. Hereâs how it got there. (Washington Post) Pope apologizes for âcatastrophicâ school policy in Canada (AP) Tribal leaders, members react to popeâs apology on schools (AP) Woman opened fire in Dallas airport; cop shot her (AP) U.S. retailers tumble after Walmart cuts profit forecast (Reuters) Big hospitals provide skimpy charity careâdespite billions in tax breaks. Nonprofit medical institutions get federal benefits in exchange for providing support to their communities but often lag behind their for-profit peers (Wall Street Journal) U.S. shark mania began with this attack more than a century ago (Washington Post) Hungaryâs Viktor Orbán faces growing backlash over ârace mixingâ comments (Politico) Med students walk out mid-ceremony to protest speakerâs antiabortion views (Washington Post) Politics New evidence shows Trump toned down his condemnation of the deadly Capitol attack (NPR) Top aide to Pence testifies before 1/6 grand jury (AP) Jan. 6 hearings traced an arc of 'carnage' wrought by Trump (AP) Arizona fake-electors subpoenas show breadth of DOJ Jan. 6 probe. Requests for information from two state lawmakers were released under a state public records law (Washington Post) Biden poised for big wins in Congress (Washington Post) Trump set for controversial return to DC as 2024 bid looms (The Hill) Judge blocks enforcement of N.C. law that demands truth in campaign ads (Politico) Biden says Trump is anti-police, lacked courage to stop Jan. 6 attack (Reuters) GOP civil war on Ukraine builds between MAGA, Reagan Republicans (The Hill) Rep. Glenn Thompson (R-Pa.) last week voted against federal legislation that would require states to recognize same-sex marriages. Three days later, the congressman attended his sonâs same-sex wedding. (Washington Post) Marc Short, a top aide to former Vice President Mike Pence, slammed Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) for telling a crowd over the weekend that Pence could never be president, saying that the congressman would have no impact on such an outcome because âitâs more likely heâll be in prison for child sex trafficking by 2024.â (The Hill) Ukraine ðºð¦ EU reaches deal to ration gas amid Russian cut-off fears (AP) Russia says it wants to end Ukraineâs `unacceptable regimeâ (AP) Russia to withdraw from International Space Station by 2024 (Washington Post) Bryan Young, an American volunteer who died fighting in Ukraine, felt called to help. (New York Times) | | |
Anti-innovation bills in Washington, D.C. could sock it to Utah consumers, small businesses and retirees by Doug Kelly With soaring inflation, record-high gas prices, increasing interest rates, and supply chain issues, hardworking Americans across the country are struggling to keep up. Nevertheless, some members of Congress continue to push anti-innovation legislation that will not help stabilize prices or reduce inflation, but instead could increase the financial pain on consumers, small businesses, and public sector retirees â all while handing China an important edge in technology leadership.... The consequence of these bills would extend far beyond Utahâs borders. By binding the hands of U.S. tech companies with rules that donât apply to their authoritarian counterparts, Congress would be handing over Americaâs technological edge to our geopolitical adversaries. China has explicitly stated it wants to be the world leader in tech, and is strategically investing hundreds of billions to make sure it wins the race for the technologies of the future. It matters greatly which country builds the technological future. Those lawmakers who prioritize hobbling American tech instead of reducing the cost of living are wildly out of step with voters. A recent Pew Research poll found that seven-in-ten Americans today feel the top problem facing our country is inflation, while a new American Edge/Ipsos poll found that nearly *all* voters could vote for candidates who support protecting small businesses (95% yes, could vote for); new jobs (95%); lowering inflation (94%); lower gas prices (93%); and ensuring U.S. tech companies are globally competitive (86%), but half of voters (50%) could *never* vote for a candidate who wants to break up U.S. tech companies. Washington may be 2,000 miles away from the Beehive State, but every single Utahn will feel the sting of these anti-innovation bills if they pass. These misguided policies are a prime example of rushed, election year legislation that is both bad policy and bad politics. Congress needs to turn away from these anti-tech industry bills and instead focus on controlling inflation, strengthening the economy, and advancing policies that help accelerate U.S. innovation even faster. (Read More) News Releases Romney, colleagues call for IG audit of Bidenâs $10 Billion COVID-19 vaccine public education campaign Today, U.S. Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) joined Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP), and a group of Republican colleagues in sending a letter to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Inspector General Christin Grimm requesting an audit of the Biden Administrationâs $10 billion COVID-19 vaccine public education campaign, which was launched in March 2021 to increase vaccine awareness and confidence. In their letter, the members call for greater accountability from the Biden Administration, following its continued attempt to disregard Congressional oversight requests on how COVID-19 emergency funding has been spent. (Read More) Sen. Lee calls for the release of Lt. Alkonis Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) called upon U.S. officials to negotiate with their Japanese counterparts and secure the release of Lt. Ridge Alkonis. While serving in Japan, Lt. Alkonis was involved in a deadly car accident that the U.S. Navy determined was caused by the sudden onset of Acute Mountain Sickness. Subsequently, the Japanese court sentenced him to three years imprisonment. Sen. Lee expressed his deepest sympathies for the victimsâ families while noting that an American servicemember should not be disproportionately punished for an accident resulting from a medical emergency. (Read/Watch More) Number of the Day | | |
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On This Day In History 1533 - Francisco Pizarro orders the death of the last Sapa Inca Emperor, Atahualpa - 200 conquistadors conquered an empire of 10 Million 1775 - US Postal Service established 1908 - FBI is founded 1945 - Winston Churchill resigns 1947 - President Harry S. Truman creates the Central Intelligence Agency, Department of Defense, the U.S. Air Force, National Security Council and the Joint Chiefs of Staff when he signs the National Security Act of 1947. 1948 - President Harry S. Truman signs Executive Order 9981 ending discrimination in the military. Trumanâs order ended a long-standing practice of segregating Black soldiers and relegating them to more menial jobs. 1972 - The horrors of the 40-year Tuskegee syphilis experiment finally come to light (and then an end) with an exposé in the New York Times. With the promise of free medical care, 600 Black men were enrolled in a project meant to last six months, 399 with syphilis, 201 as a âcontrolâ group. Penicillin was available by 1947, but was never offered to the men (or their infected family members). The project only ended after a whistleblower went to a reporter with the Associated Press. 1990 - President George H.W. Bush signs the Americans with Disabilities Act into law. 1996 - The All American Red Heads play their last official game. 2020 - Body of civil rights activist John Lewis crosses the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma for the last time (beaten there 55 years ago) with a military honor guard as part of a remembrance ceremony Wise Words "You cannot be in a position of power and destroy the life of another person."
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