Utah Headlines

Political news

• Opinion: Utah deserves better than Washington’s misguided budgets (Deseret News)
• Conservative group targets Utah Sen. Curtis over support for clean energy tax credits (Deseret News)
• Utahns react to Supreme Court decision on humanitarian parole (KSL)
• Trump’s tariffs hit an unexpected spot: cleaning up Utah’s wastewater (Salt Lake Tribune)

Municipal news

• Why Salt Lake City Police Department is seeking a 12.5% budget increase (KSL)
• SLC honors Salt Lake Tribune cartoonist and ‘champion of wit’ with Pat Bagley Day (Salt Lake Tribune)
• This co-op aims to help new immigrants, refugees settle smoothly in Salt Lake (Fox13)

Utah

• Lifetime achievement: This Utah hospital administrator swam 10,000 miles and counting (Deseret News)
• He doesn’t sell cars, he sells Porsches … and a lot of them (Deseret News)
• 'Absolutely devastating': Clearfield Job Corps training program among 99 to be shuttered (KSL)
• Clearfield Job Corps students speak out as program faces elimination in Trump budget (KSL TV)
• Hiker injured in lava tubes; rescue teams make 2 trips to Snow Canyon State Park (St. George News)

Biz/Tech

• Latter-day Saint mother of 5 lands 'Shark Tank' deal for healthy doughnut brand (KSL)
• ‘Interview everyone’: Meet Lifey, a social media app created by BYU grad and his son (Daily Herald)

Crime/Courts

• Salt Lake police officer charged with stalking his ex-girlfriend (KSL)

Culture/Community

• Maybe male critics are not experts on religious women’s underclothing (Deseret News)
• Photo gallery: Provo River Race (Deseret News)
• Utah’s first grocery co-op is closer to reality on 900 South (Salt Lake Tribune)
• USU Extension sponsors statewide Marathon Kids summer program (Cache Valley Daily)

Education - K-12

• Opinion: What the school enrollment shift tells us about education in America (Deseret News)
• Why boys are behind in school from the start (New York Times)

Education - Higher

• How to save higher ed, according to Gordon Gee, a Utah native (Deseret News)
• 15 single Utah moms awarded scholarships to help with education, caring for their families (KSL)
• U. robotics team wins national competition at Kennedy Space Center (KSL)
• University of Utah west-side campus: School gets $2M to clean up contaminated Rio Grande site (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Underdog Salt Lake Community College rallies to win JUCO World Series (Salt Lake Tribune)

Environment

• Opinion: Protecting our water resources is essential for Utah’s future (Deseret News)
• These thumbnail-size mussels can cause big damage (Deseret News)
• Utah Lake isn’t ‘gross’ anymore. Here’s why, officials say. (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Great Salt Lake is again on the decline, and summer likely won’t help it (KUER)
• Above average wildfire season anticipated for Utah (UPR)

Health

• Getting help: neurodiversity, aging, addiction and mental illness (Deseret News)
• CDC, RFK Jr. offer different advice on kids and COVID vaccine (Deseret News)
• RFK Jr. says autism ‘destroys’ families. Here’s what those families want you to know (AP)

Housing

• Would more funds for this ‘integral’ lending program help Utahns find affordable housing? The Olene Walker Housing Loan Fund hasn’t received an increase in ongoing appropriations since the start of the fund, according to a policy report. (Salt Lake Tribune)

National Headlines

General

• Perspective: Here’s what got David Brooks angry last week (Deseret News)
• Perspective: I’m a Harvard professor. Here’s why publicly funded scientific research matters (Deseret News)
• Man attacks Colorado crowd with firebombs, 8 people injured. FBI director calls attack a targeted act of terror (Reuters)
• The death of empathy in America (New York Times)

Political news - Trump

• Can Trump fix the national debt? Republican senators, many investors and even Elon Musk have doubts (AP)
• Trump, frustrated with some judges, lashes out at former ally and conservative activist Leonard Leo (AP)
• Trump nominates official with ties to antisemitic extremists to lead ethics agency (NPR)

Other political news

• Trump’s tax bill has a long way to go in the Senate as Republicans mull major changes (Deseret News)
• Trump tax bill poses limited benefits, higher costs for lower-income Americans (Reuters)
• Turning Point backs Arizona congressman Andy Biggs, a BYU grad, in his bid for governor (Deseret News)
• The biggest Supreme Court decisions to watch for in June (Deseret News)
• A few surprises: What you didn’t notice in Trump’s big tax bill (Deseret News)
• Sen. Ernst doubles down on "We all are going to die" response to concerns over Medicaid cuts (NPR)
• The law firms that appeased Trump - and angered their clients (Wall Street Journal)
• Staffing cuts at National Park Service prompt a superintendent’s resignation (Washington Post)

Immigration/deportation

• Homeland Security removes list of 'sanctuary' cities after sheriffs push back (Reuters)
• Trump's $5 million Gold Card offers the rich a fast lane to residency (NPR)
• Mass deportation effort sweeps up U.S. citizen children with deported parents (The Hill)
• ‘A historic betrayal’: Murkowski slams Trump administration revoking protections for Afghan immigrants (Politico)

DOGE/Musk

• Trump gives Elon Musk an Oval Office sendoff, crediting him with ‘colossal change’ (AP) 

Tariffs

• Editorial Board: Pres. Trump isn't a tariff king (Wall Street Journal) 
• The president is set to raise tariffs on steel and aluminum this week. (New York Times)

Ukraine/Russia

• Ukraine and Russia are holding peace talks in Turkey (AP)
• After talks with Zelenskyy and Macron, US senators warn: Putin ‘is preparing for more war’ (Politico)

Middle East

• An Israeli strike on Gaza kills 14 Palestinians, mostly women and children, hospitals say (AP)

World news

• Conservative Karol Nawrocki wins Poland’s presidential election (AP) 

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Upcoming

• June 2 — The 6th Senate Project debate hosted by the Orrin G. Hatch Foundation and the Edward M. Kennedy Institute featuring Sens. Dave McCormick (R-PA) and John Fetterman (D-PA), with Fox News anchor Shannon Bream as moderator. The debate will be live-streamed at 7 am MDT on Fox Nation and later broadcast on Fox News.
• June 2-6 â€” Municipal candidate filing period
• June 9 — Show Up Summer Service Fair, 4:00-8:00 pm, Electric Park, Thanksgiving Point
• June 17-19 â€” Interim Days
• Aug 7 â€”  Titan of Public Service gala with Sen. Tom Cotton hosted by the Orrin G. Hatch Foundation at the Grand America Hotel. More Information Here
• Aug 12 â€” Municipal primary
• Aug 19-21 â€” Interim Days
• Nov 4 â€” General election

On This Day In History

• 1731 - Martha Dandrige (Washington) is born.
• 1863 - Harriet Tubman leads 150 Black Union soldiers in the Combahee River Raid in South Carolina, liberating 750 slaves. This was the only Civil War military engagement where a woman was the commander. 
• 1924  - Congress enacts the Indian Citizenship Act, conferring citizenship on all Native Americans born within the territorial limits of the country. The privileges of citizenship, however, were largely governed by state law, and the right to vote was often denied to Native Americans in the early 20th century.
• 1953 - Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in Westminster Abbey.
• 1954 - Senator Joseph McCarthy charges communists are in the CIA.
• 1989 - 10,000 Chinese soldiers are blocked by 100,000 citizens in Tiananmen Square, Beijing, protecting students demonstrating for democracy
• 2004 - Ken Jennings begins his 74-game winning streak on the syndicated game show Jeopardy!
• 2015 - US Congress passes new legislation to reform National Security Agency procedures, restricting gathering of phone records
• 2022 - Queen Elizabeth II marks her Platinum Jubilee with four days of celebrations

Quote of the Day

"I had reasoned this out in my mind, there was one of two things I had a right to, liberty or death; if I could not have one, I would have the other."

—Harriet Tubman

On the Punny Side

How many tickles does it take to make an octopus laugh?
Ten-tickles.

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