NUEX to Bring Higher Ed & Industries Together, Tackle Employer Problems

Spurred by a desire for higher ed to collaborate more with employers, Weber State University will host the Northern Utah Employer Exchange later this year. The hands-on, strategic exchange will pair industry leaders with WSU to help solve tough issues such as retention, generational differences, training, and hiring. Learn more here.

Utah Headlines

Political news

• The Supreme Court just rejected a religion case. At least 2 of the justices aren’t happy about it (Deseret News)
• Utah Democrats to elect new party chair, Pritzker to speak at organizing convention (ABC4)
• The GOP has dominated Utah for decades. How Democrats’ choices for party chair say they’ll change that. (Salt Lake Tribune)
• As family farms face pressures, Utah's House Speaker pushes USDA on policy ideas to help (Fox13)
• Sen. Curtis wants changes to green energy credit cuts in Trump tax bill (Deseret News)
• Potential candidates reminded of filing period and changes for 2025 municipal elections (Standard-Examiner)

Utah

• New head of Salt Lake FBI office made dramatic career shift to be part of the ‘solution’ (Deseret News)
• Teen survivor of West Valley murder-suicide to graduate high school, eyes law career (KUTV)
• The ultimate Utah bucket list: 10 experiences you can’t miss (Deseret News)

Biz/Tech

• Lazy Dog Restaurants plans to open its first Utah location in Murray (KSL) 
• Man who led Vail Resorts’ takeover of Park City Mountain and the Canyons ski areas returns as CEO (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Salesforce to buy Informatica for $8 billion to bolster AI data tools (Reuters)
• Trump administration looks to stop Big Tech censorship of conservatives (Deseret News)

Crime/Courts

• Paralympian arrested in Lehi for allegedly trying to meet children he found online (Fox13)
• 6 face cover-up charges after Utah teen escaped from group home and was killed by police (KSL)
• Human foot found on Fish Lake shoreline (KSL Newsradio)
• A judge opted not to send a child sex offender to prison. GOP lawmakers are demanding he resign (Salt Lake Tribune)

Economy

• US consumer confidence improves in May, tariffs anxiety lingers (Reuters)

Education - K-12

• Utah students put on a prom designed for all abilities (KSL TV)
• No school, no problem: Utah’s summer meal programs address student food insecurity (KSL)

Education - Higher

• Eager to rebuild trust, Utah Tech’s new president says this is his ‘forever home’ (KUER)
• Meet President Shane Smeed: Utah Tech’s new leader anxious to optimize school’s evolving opportunities (Deseret News)
• US had the highest net migration in 2022 of 181 countries studied, USU-aided study shows (KSL)

Environment

• Most of Utah’s snowpack has melted. What do Utah’s reservoirs look like now? (Deseret News)
• What is navigable water and why should you care? (Deseret News)
• Wildfire numbers spur new guidance on how to prepare for disaster (UPR)
• The Colorado River is running low. The picture looks even worse underground, study says. (Washington Post)

Family

• ‘You can’t do that!’ — How Uno became the game that brings out everyone’s inner tyrant (Deseret News) 
• Does a modest upbringing make you more trustworthy? (Deseret News)

Health

• CDC drops COVID vaccine recommendations for healthy children, pregnant women (KSL)
• How older adults can stay motivated for regular exercise and physical activity (KSL)
• Fly me to the moon, Mexico or Milan: How traveling builds trust (Deseret News)

National Headlines

General

• Olympic gold medal gymnast Mary Lou Retton arrested on DUI charge (Deseret News)

Political news - Trump

• Federal judge orders Trump administration to restore some research on women’s health and transgender mental health issues (Deseret News)
• Trump administration halts scheduling of new student visa appointments (Reuters)
• Trump to pardon reality TV's Todd and Julie Chrisley after tax evasion conviction (Reuters)

Other federal political news

• Valerie Hudson: The Trojan horse inside the big, beautiful bill (Deseret News)
• Maryland congressman denied access to see man wrongly deported to El Salvador (Reuters)
• US Sen. Tommy Tuberville announces 2026 bid for Alabama governor (AP)
• Wisconsin’s Ron Johnson leads Senate Republican opposition to Trump’s signature budget bill (NPR)
• At Veterans Affairs, plan for sweeping cuts tanks morale (Washington Post)

Immigration/deportation

• ICE, Shifting Tactics, Detains High School Student at N.Y.C. Courthouse (New York Times)
• Trump asks Supreme Court to let him deport migrants to South Sudan (Washington Post)

DOGE/Musk

• South Africa is not changing policy to suit Musk's Starlink, minister says (Reuters)
• Bureau of Land Management ousts official who reportedly resisted DOGE (Washington Post)
• Back at SpaceX, Musk says in interview DOGE became D.C.’s ‘whipping boy’ (Washington Post)

Tariffs

• Stocks jump after Trump’s EU tariff pause (Deseret News)
• Trump's tariff blitz prompts 'firefighting' response from Fed researchers (Reuters)

Ukraine/Russia

• Russia seizes Ukrainian border villages as its bombing campaign slows (AP News)
• Trump says Putin is 'playing with fire' as Russia makes gains in Ukraine (Reuters)
• Putin has retooled Russia's economy to focus only on war (Wall Street Journal)

Middle East

• Germany threatens steps against Israel as tone shifts over Gaza (Reuters)
• Israeli troops fire warning shots as Palestinians overwhelm new Gaza food center (AP)
• Almost 200,000 Palestinians displaced by latest Israeli military offensive (NPR)

World news

• King Charles III says Canada faces unprecedented dangers as Trump threatens annexation (AP)

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Upcoming

• May 31 â€” Utah Democratic Party Organizing Convention, Ogden High School
• June 2-6 — Municipal candidate filing period
• 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 — Municipal primary
• Aug 19-21 â€” Interim Days
• Nov 4 — General election

On This Day In History

• 1830 - US President Andrew Jackson signs the Indian Removal Act, a key law leading to the forced removal of the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole tribes out of Georgia and surrounding states, setting the stage for the Cherokee Trail of Tears.
• 1961 - Appeal for Amnesty campaign launches. It later becomes Amnesty International.
• 1964 - The Palestine Liberation Organization is founded.
• 2014 - Maya Angelou dies
• 2021 - Mark Eaton dies at 64

Quote of the Day

“When you fight for someone else and transcend your self-interest, you change the world.”

—Mark Eaton

On the Punny Side

What's a hamburger's favorite system of measurement?

The meat-ric system!

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