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Good morning, Utah Today readers! Here’s today’s forecast:

🌥 59 – 88° in Logan |💧 30% chance

⛈️ 73 – 91° in Salt Lake City |💧 50% chance

⛈️ 73 – 95° in St. George | 💧 50% chance

We got through another successful week. Give yourselves a pat on the back! Here’s your weekly news roundup of the stories you liked the best:

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⚖️ Two Utah lawmakers seek to end ‘clergy exception’ to child abuse reporting: Rep. Phil Lyman and Rep. Angela Romero have begun to work together on a bill to end clergy exceptions to reporting child abuse.

🏀 This former Utah Jazz player just listed his Salt Lake City home for sale: I’m sad Joe Ingles is leaving, but also... his house is spectacular.

🐣 Perspective: The bad advice young women are getting from Mindy Kaling: According to a recent interview, comedian and actress Mindy Kaling suggested that young women should freeze their eggs, so they can focus on a career as long as possible before having kids. Naomi Schaefer Riley shares her perspective.

🩺 Opinion: How does a religious obstetrician-gynecologist counsel patients on abortion? Howard T. Sharp is an OB-GYN and a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and gave an insightful and nuanced opinion on the issue of abortion and Utah’s trigger laws this week.

🙏 Mitt Romney talks faith and the value of honesty in TV interview: Sen. Mitt Romney gave a very open and vulnerable interview on Fox News Sunday saying that he at times “strayed” from his faith and values when it was expedient for politics. He spoke about his commitments to his constituents, relationship with Twitter and political past as well.

🦫 Can mimicking beavers help save the Great Salt Lake? Inspiration can come from the most natural of places. Members of the community in Emigration Canyon came up with some creative solutions based on the behaviors of beavers that can possibly help save the Great Salt Lake.

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Also on our minds: Ken Jennings and Mayim Bialik are on a non-Jeopardy! show together, how the Cheneys lost their groove in Wyoming and why mothers in Russia are being rewarded if they have 10 children.

Dead cows and ripped up crops: A new reality due to drought in the West

We’re beginning to see dire downstream effects due to the drought here in the West. Ranchers are killing livestock and farmers are pulling crops and destroying orchards that won’t survive due to the lack of water. What’s at stake is a large reduction in foods like beef, milk and almonds which could see a huge jump in inflation because of decreased production.

What’s at stake and is there a hopeful outlook? Read more.

Why Utah Gov. Cox says Time calling him ‘the red-state governor who’s not afraid to be woke’ isn’t helping anyone

The headline perhaps meant to be flattering or provocative, but it didn’t sit so well with Governor Spencer Cox. While he felt the article represented his views fairly, the headline itself did not do justice. During his monthly press conference he said:

“I stated in there that I’m not trying to own the libs. I’m trying to convince the libs that there’s a better way. That’s not being woke. That’s very different. I think we have a problem with cancel culture and wokeness, and I think it’s deeply problematic, and I think it’s adding to the divide in our nation.”

Read the full article here.

What else did the governor say at his monthly news conference?

‘We need you’: Utah Gov. Cox pleads for Utahns to do more to prevent suicide (Deseret News)
Cox: Parents speculating on high school student-athlete’s gender ‘disturbing’ (Deseret News)
Cox says Utah, other Western states will have to cut back on Colorado River use (KSL)

More in Politics:

What Mitt Romney says about Liz Cheney possibly running for president (Deseret News)
Utah lawmakers looking at changing rule banning conversion therapy (KSL)

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Entertainment:

Ken Jennings and Mayim Bialik are starring in a TV show together (no, it’s not ‘Jeopardy!’) (Deseret News)

Business:

‘Quiet Quitting’: A new term for the ancient art of slacking your way to a paycheck (Deseret News)

Education:

A dream becomes reality UVU opens Gary R. Herbert Institute for Public Policy (KSL)

Faith:

This California church fought the state’s COVID-19 rules and won — at least for now (Deseret News)

The Wasatch Front:

Inside the first tiny home built for village envisioned to house Salt Lake’s chronically homeless (Deseret News)
4 injured in crash involving a bus, multiple cars in Salt Lake City
(KSL)

The West:

How the Cheneys lost their influence in Wyoming (Deseret News)

The Nation:

Biden keeps student loan borrowers in suspense over payment pause (The Hill)

The World:

Why Russian mothers with 10 children are being awarded as ‘heroines’ amid global fertility struggle (Deseret News)

Sports:

With the 2022 season nearing, what’s the latest bowl projections for Utah, BYU and Utah State? (Deseret News)
Does this reported clause in Big Ten’s new media deal indicate expansion isn’t over? (Deseret News)
Former BYU great Robbie Bosco reflects on national championship season — and what-ifs (Deseret News)