Also: Natalie Cline returns to state school board after it censured her
Good morning! Here are today’s temperatures: Logan: 15 - 36° 🔅 Salt Lake City: 27 - 43° ⛅ St. George: 38 - 59° 🔅 Today is International Women's Day! This year’s theme is “Invest in Women: Accelerating Progress.” And as Holly Richardson puts it, investing in women just makes sense, doesn’t it? Also on our mind: New legislation prevents finance companies from tracking firearm sales in Utah, a guide to sleep from A to Zzzs and how the Islamic holy month of Ramadan will affect these BYU players' routines. |
| President Joe Biden's election-year State of the Union speech |
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| | President Joe Biden launched into his fiery and political election-year State of the Union speech by looking back at President Franklin Roosevelt’s address in 1941 when Adolf Hitler raged across Europe. “President Roosevelt’s purpose was to wake up Congress and alert the American people that this was no ordinary time. Freedom and democracy are under assault,” he said. “Tonight, I come to the same chamber to address the nation. Now it’s we who face an unprecedented moment in the history of the union.” Ahead of his speech, Biden’s motorcade to the Capitol was delayed because a pro-Palestine protest blocked intersections. He started 25 minutes later than scheduled, at close to 7:30 p.m. MT on Thursday evening. As he made his way to the podium — shaking many hands and engaging in conversations — Democrats erupted in an enthusiastic chant of “Four more years!” |
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| State school board member Natalie Cline returned to her first regular board meeting Thursday after she posted on social media a photo of a high school basketball player that implied the student is transgender captioned “Girls’ basketball…” The Facebook post has since been deleted. On Feb. 15, the Utah Legislature took the unprecedented action of also publicly censuring Cline, opting not to impeach her. Legislative leaders, along with many state, county and locally elected officials urged her to resign, but she recently announced she will remain in the race for re-election to the board’s District 9 seat, largely in southwest Salt Lake County. Cline’s supporters packed the Utah State Board of Education meeting room with a dozen people speaking during the board’s public comment period. Some of them called Cline a “hero for Utah’s children” and “a lifeline for parents.” Some wore T-shirts printed with “I support Natalie Cline.” Read more about Natalie Cline's return. More in Politics: New legislation prevents finance companies from tracking firearm sales in Utah (Deseret News) Rep. Curtis votes for bill requiring ByteDance to sell TikTok as it advances in U.S. House (Deseret News) Rep. Burgess Owens says DEI programs are ‘cancer’ residing in academic institutions (Deseret News) Mary Catherine Perry: What passing legislation and the sport of curling have in common (Deseret News) | Health A guide to sleep from A to Zzzs (Deseret News) Alabama’s IVF battle: A timeline of key events (Deseret News) Faith After buying Kirtland Temple, church hopes to keep it ‘old’ (Deseret News) Georgia Senate resolution commends Tabernacle Choir and the Church (Church News) Education Alpine School District hears options for potential district reconfiguration (KSL) Utah welding student will represent the U.S. in a world competition (KSL) Business From side hustles to high-paying jobs: Utah report shows 2024 employment growth (Deseret News) How is AI used in the fast-food industry? (Deseret News) Weber County North Ogden man sets sights on skiing world record; he’s more than halfway to goal (Standard Examiner) Ogden grain elevator coming down as economy morphs, farmland gives way to homes (KSL) Salt Lake County Unarmed and on call: An inside look at revolutionary SLC police program one year after creation (KSL) Lawsuit says Utah elderly care center resident died after wheelchair tipped over during van ride (KSL) The West Oregon’s path forward after impending recriminalization of drugs (Deseret News) TSA unveils self-check security lanes at Las Vegas airport (Deseret News) The Nation Coastal cities are sinking at unprecedented rates (Deseret News) New Yorkers lukewarm on National Guard deployment to deter subway crime (BBC) The World Sweden officially joins NATO as 32nd member (Deseret News) Six Sri Lankans knifed to death in Canadian capital in rare case of mass murder (Reuters) | Heading into Saturday’s regular-season finale, BYU (9-8, 21-9) is tied for sixth place in the Big 12 standings. But if the No. 20 Cougars beat Oklahoma State Saturday night in Provo and Kansas (10-7, 22-8) loses at No. 1 Houston, BYU would get the fifth seed in Kansas City. The fifth-seeded team will play its second-round game next Wednesday at 11:30 a.m. local time in Missouri. The timing of tipoff — in daylight hours — is significant to the three members of the team who are Muslim: post players Aly Khalifa, Fousseyni Traore and Atiki Ally Atiki. That’s because Ramadan, the Islamic holy month when most Muslims fast daily, going without food and water from sunrise to sunset, begins on Sunday evening and runs through April 9. Read more about the Islamic holy month. More in Sports: For this BYU trio, crooked roads to Provo set stage for an emotional Saturday night (Deseret News) What this NFL draft analyst said about Kedon Slovis (Deseret News) Utah vows higher standard with season drawing to a close (Deseret News) Utah has some rhythm going. Can the Runnin’ Utes maintain that on the road at Oregon State? (Deseret News) |
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