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Situational Analysis | May 9, 2024 It's Thursday and National Butterscotch Brownie Day. (Also sometimes called Blondies) What you need to know - The federal government is awarding more than $87 million in grants to improve wetlands for migratory birds, including for the wetlands around the Great Salt Lake. The Great Salt Lake is home to more than 300 species of birds and some travel from as far away as Argentina to reach the lake. This week, the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources announced that nesting pelicans have returned to next for the first time in 81 years.
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Utah Headlines Political news - Utah Sen. Mitt Romney says itâs âpast timeâ for federal employees to return to the office (Deseret News)
- Salt Lake City mayor unveils $475M budget request. Hereâs what it includes (KSL)
- Sen. Lee wants TSA to stop accepting an agencyâs app as ID for migrants (Deseret News)
- Rep. Burgess Owens grills Bidenâs education secretary over change to definition of discrimination in Title IX (Deseret News)
Election news - Editorial Board: Hereâs why you should trust in our elections (Deseret News)
Utah news - West side story: Salt Lake Cityâs dramatic tale of change, challenge, and a new horizon (Deseret News)
- Individual Latter-day Saints gather at pro-life conference (Deseret News)
- Michelle Obama pays visit to Salt Lake bookshop on âsecret missionâ (KSL TV)
- UVU prepares to honor Sgt. Bill Hooser at upcoming funeral (KUTV)
- âItâs free to be niceâ: Window washer scrubs up support for McDonaldâs worker with 2-hour walk to work (St. George News)
Business - Disney stock tumbles as TV slowdown eclipses streaming profit (Deseret News)
- The name of Utahâs new NHL team will be determined with help from fans. Hereâs how (Deseret News)
- Apple just revealed two new iPads (Deseret News)
- The critical role of technology hubs in American innovation (Deseret News)
- 'Dream to be free': Utah refugees and immigrants pitch their businesses at local competition (KSL)
Crime/Courts - Fake law enforcement scams threatening jailtime if you don't pay are on the rise in Utah (KSL)
Culture - Miss Teen USA resigns days after Utahâs Miss USA steps down (Deseret News)
- State titleholders call for Miss USA to be released from NDA following sudden resignation (Fox13)
Education - Is it even possible for the University of Utah to divest stocks pro-Palestinian protesters have targeted? (Deseret News)
- High schoolers unveil finished class project: An affordable Sandy home (KSL)
- Survey: About 33% of Salt Lake City students do not believe weapons detectors make school safer (KSL TV)
- Granite School District lays down the law on cellphones in schools (KSL Newsradio)
Environment - Tens of thousands of leased acres used for oil and gas production in Bears Ears area canceled (KSL Newsradio)
- Bear River pipeline no longer an option to aid in northern Utah growth (Salt Lake Tribune)
- Thanks to NASA-born tech (and lasers), Utah is getting a precision look at its snowpack (KUER)
Family - Utah families plagued by $2.8 million in school meal debt, data shows (Fox13)
- Utah not participating in summer program to help parents feed kids (Fox13)
- How Colorado accomplished free school lunch initiative (Fox13)
- Take a picture of a mother on Motherâs Day. And every day. Mothers are often taking family photos, but rarely in them. (Washington Post)
- The constant work to keep a family connected has a name: Kinkeeping (New York Times)
Health - Does olive oil help protect the brain from dementia? (Deseret News)
- Helping young Utahns with their mental health âput the power backâ in her story (Salt Lake Tribune)
- In a decade of drug overdoses, more than 320,000 American children lost a parent (NPR)
Housing - These Utahns built their retirement solution in their backyards with ADUs (Salt Lake Tribune)
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National Headlines General - NPR future funding hangs in the balance amid scrutiny from GOP (Deseret News)
- Florida deputies who fatally shot US airman burst into wrong apartment, attorney says (AP)
- Company fined $650K for hiring children to clean meatpacking plants (Washington Post)
- The Olympic flame arrives in the French port of Marseille (Washington Post)
Political news - âThis is not the timeâ: Trump on Greeneâs failed motion to oust Speaker Johnson (Deseret News)
- Greene booed as Republicans turn on her over bid to oust Speaker Johnson (Washington Post)
- Pete McCloskey, GOP congressman who called for Nixonâs resignation, dies at 96 (Washington Post)
- 'Gueling': The trial may be getting to Trump (Politico)
- FreedomWorks is closing â and blaming Trump (Politico)
Election news - Top Republicans, led by Trump, refuse to commit to accept 2024 election results (Washington Post)
- Unexpected warning signs for Trump in busy Indiana primary (Politico)
Ukraine ðºð¦ - Ukrainian rescuers evacuate elderly and infirm as Russians close in (Reuters)
Israel and Gaza - Biden says US wonât supply weapons for Israel to attack Rafah, in warning to ally (AP)
World news - Taliban affirms that stoning will be punishment for adulterers â especially women (NPR)
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 | News Releases Romney, Kaine, colleagues introduce bill to increase AUKUS cooperation in the Indo-Pacific U.S. Senators Mitt Romney (R-UT), Tim Kaine (D-VA), and Bill Hagerty (R-TN), members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC), and Jim Risch (R-ID), Ranking Member of SFRC, introduced the Coordinating AUKUS Engagement with Japan Act, bipartisan legislation aimed at increasing the United Statesâ cooperation with allies in order to combat the growing threat of China. The legislation would require Australia-United Kingdom-United States (AUKUS) coordinators at both the U.S. Departments of State and Defense to engage with the Japanese government, and consult with counterparts in the U.K and Australia, to discuss what including Japan in certain advanced technology cooperation activities under the AUKUS framework would look like. (Read More)
House Freedom Fund endorses Colby Jenkins The House Freedom Fund announced today that they have endorsed nine pro-Freedom Caucus conservatives running for Congress in key districts across the country, including Colby Jenkins in Utahâs 2nd congressional district. In announcing these endorsements, they posted the following statement: âWinning these races is key to keeping the Democrats from taking over the House and electing Republicans who will truly fight for our principles and values.â (Read More) | | |
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Upcoming - May 10 â Utah Taxpayers Association Taxes Now conference, 9:00 am-1:00 pm, Grand America Hotel, Register here
- May 13-15 â Interim Days
- May 29 â Northern Utah Conference to End Violence, USU Logan campus, 8:30 am-4:30 pm, Register here
- June 6 â Bolder Way Forward 2nd Annual Summit, Zions Technology Campus, 9:00 am-2:00 pm, Register here
- June 18-19 â Interim Days
- August 14 â Hatch Foundation "Titan of Public Service" recognizing Sen. John Thune, Grand America
- August 20-21 â Interim Days
- September 17-18 â Interim Days
- October 15-16 â Interim Day
- November 19-20 â Interim Days
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On This Day In History - 1657 - William Bradford, first governor of Plymouth Colony and the 11th great-grandfather of Utahâs Lt. Governor, Deidre Henderson, dies at age 57.
- 1754 - The 1st newspaper cartoon in America: the divided snake "Join or Die"
- 1865 - President Andrew Johnson issues a proclamation declaring armed resistance in the South is virtually at an end; this is the commonly accepted end date of the American Civil War
- 1906 - Sarah Boyle is born. She became a writer who supported immediate integration in 1962 with The Desegregated Heart. She railed against age discrimination in the 1970s and 80s.
- 1914 - Anna Jarvisâs vision of Motherâs Day becomes a reality with a national designation by President Woodrow Wilson.
- 1921 - Sophie Scholl is born. She was an active anti-Nazi activist and was subsequently arrested and beheaded for passing out leaflets.
- 1922 - The International Astronomical Union formally adopt Annie Jump Cannon's stellar classification system, which with only minor changes, is still used today.
- 1941 - British intelligence, including Alan Turing, breaks German spy codes after capturing Enigma machines aboard the weather ship Muenchen
- 1955 - West Germany joins NATO
- 1960 - The FDA approves âthe pill.â
- 1974 - The US House of Representatives votes to initiate impeachment proceedings against President Nixon
Quote of the Day âWhat does my death matter, if through us thousands of people are awakened and stirred to action?â âSophie Scholl
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