Plus: A look at the All-Star Weekend in Utah, whether weâre overusing the Amber Alert system and how people feel about profanity. đ¤Ź
Good morning, Utah! Hereâs todayâs forecast: đ¤ď¸ -13 â 9° in Logan â ď¸ đ¤ď¸ 12 â 29° in Salt Lake City âď¸ 25 â 46° in St. George â ď¸ Wind chill warning: Dangerously cold temperatures. The Super Bowl LVII ("57" for those of us who donât speak Latin) will have some âruffâ competition with this yearâs Puppy Bowl 2023 on Animal Planet. Team Ruff and Team Fluff will face off in a fierce battle that will inevitably end with you calling your local animal shelter to see if you can adopt a puppy. Animal Planet runs this program on the same day as the Super Bowl not only as an alternative for animal lovers who donât fully understand sportsball (like yours truly), but as a charity event. All of the puppies featured in the competition are from shelters across the U.S. and Mexico, and the program has a 100% adoption rate. You can also expect a few appearances from other animals like sloths, bunnies and chickens. You donât want to miss it. Tell me: Will you be watching the Super Bowl or the Puppy Bowl? Let us know by taking our poll. Looking for something? Anything to do with the 2023 legislative session will have a bee emoji next to it. đ đ Also on our minds: A look at the All-Star Weekend in Utah, whether weâre overusing the Amber Alert system and how people feel about four-letter words in public. 𤏠|
| Analysis: Kids lost equivalent of one-third of a school yearâs learning to pandemic |
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| | According to a new global analysis, children the world over lost the equivalent of one-third of a school yearâs learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The New York Times reported that around 1.6 billion children worldwide missed a significant amount of class time during the peak of the pandemic. How it affects Utah: According to a 2021 report by the Utah State Board of Education and The National Center for the Improvement of Educational Assessment, Inc.: âWe are observing in some cases over two times the declines in student achievement in Utah compared to the effects attributed to Hurricane Katrina on students from New Orleans.â | The death of Tyre Nichols at the hands of Memphis police officers canât be explained away by simple explanations or bumper-sticker slogans, according to the Deseret News Editorial Board. âAnd while studies show systemic racism may indeed be a problem associated with policing in America,â they write, âitâs too simplistic to blame racial prejudice as the sole cause of this crime.â This editorial suggests more funding and a thorough review of law enforcement policies are needed to foster an environment of professionalism and respect. Read what they had to say here. More in Politics: Opinion: Mia Loveâs âQualifiedâ â an open look at her life (Deseret News) Is Utah overusing the Amber Alert system? This lawmaker thinks so (KSL) đ Hereâs what Utah Sen. Todd Weilerâs bill on gender identity in schools actually does (KUER) đ | FROM OUR SPONSOR UTAH BUSINESS 30 Women to Watch: Submit Your Nomination Now Utah Business magazine is honoring women who are on their way to truly amazing things. These are our stateâs next legislators, CEOs, entrepreneurs, authors and arrivistes â and theyâre all congregating in Spring 2023. Nominations close Feb. 10. Submit your nomination now. | Education: âArrogantâ teachers think they know better than parents, Rep. Chris Stewart says after seeing now-disputed video (Deseret News) đ Environment: Weather experts warn of an ice storm wreaking havoc in the South, canceling 1,000 flights (Deseret News) The Great Salt Lake is shrinking, but habitat work means more birds (Great Salt Lake Collaborative) Family: First-time mothers are older than ever, CDC says (Deseret News) Profanity in public: What Americans really think (Deseret News) After a âhiccupâ held up a bill to protect Utahâs Native kids, tribal leaders are fighting for a hearing (Salt Lake Tribuneđ) đ Health: COVID-19 will no longer be a public health emergency. What does that mean? (Deseret News) FDA Launches Plans for Food Program Revamp After Watchdog Review (Bloomberg Law) Business: Airbnb and Expedia are raking in profits by holding customer cash (Deseret News) The FTX crash didnât break Giddy (Utah Business) Police and the Courts: Update on Dallas Zoo suspicious activities: Two monkeys have been stolen, police say (Deseret News) Star power? Growing list of celeb endorsers showing up in crypto/NFT lawsuits (Deseret News) 2 more Memphis officers disciplined, 3 fire department employees fired after Tyre Nicholsâ death (Deseret News) Culture: From the archive: The importance of Black History Month (Deseret News) Alec Baldwin formally charged with involuntary manslaughter (Deseret News) Faith: Do parents care if their kids grow up to be religious? (Deseret News) Northern Utah: Cache, Box Elder counties, USU delay school start on Tuesday (KSL) Wasatch Front: 5-vehicle accident on I-15 snarls traffic in Utah County (KSL) Pleasant Grove man admits to handcuffing, threatening girlfriend (KSL) The Nation: George Santos steps down from committee assignments (Deseret News) Congressional Black Caucus pushes Biden to restart police reform talks (The Independent) The World: Police called off search for survivors of terrorist attack in Pakistan mosque (Deseret News) Why strange blue spirals keep appearing in the night sky over the Pacific (Deseret News) Sports: How Lynne Roberts turned Utah womenâs basketball team into one of the best in the country (Deseret News) Is new IOC proposal a âhumiliationâ for Russia? Or a call for Ukraine supporters to boycott the Paris Olympics? (Deseret News) A look at NBA events happening during All-Star Weekend in Utah (Deseret News) |
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