Good morning. Today’s temperatures: Logan: 54 - 77° 🌦️ | 30% 💧 Salt Lake City: 66 - 82° 🌤️ | 20% 💧 St. George: 70 - 98° ☀️ Often, I need a pair of fresh eyes to see a problem more clearly or gain greater appreciation for something. Outgoing Deseret News intern and east coast native Chris Damond offers us just that kind of fresh, outside perspective about what makes Utah great and why he's determined to make it back to participate in another Pioneer Day. You can read his beautifully written ode to Utah (his home for two months) right here. Also on our mind: Who voters say is the most moral leader among the 2024 presidential candidates, scientists repeat a breakthrough experiment in fusion energy and University of Utah’s president and athletic director address the move to the Big 12 Conference.
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| Single moms are ‘on’ 24/7. New report highlights need for more supportive programs, policies |
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| | It's hard to overstate the difficulty of being a single mom, and financial obstacles — some specific to Utah, like the gender wage gap, the cost of child care and the cost of living — only exacerbate that difficulty, according to a new report by the Utah Women & Leadership Project at Utah State University. The report details the many challenges single mothers face, such as economic disadvantages, mental health concerns, work instability, and decreased time to devote to their children and their well-being. The report also lists education barriers and possible lower outcomes for their children. In Utah, there were 70,647 single-parent families in 2021. Among them, 69.2% were headed by single mothers. Emily Darowski, associate director of the Utah Women & Leadership Project, said in a statement that supporting single mothers helps to ensure the successful future of the state and nation. “Although many challenges come with being a single mother, resources are in place in Utah to help,” said Darowski, one of the report’s authors. “But the data still show a need for adjustments and additional programs, services, and policies. Providing intentional and targeted support can bring help and hope for single mothers and their families, which in turn will provide positive impacts in our communities.” |
Read more about how one single mother is making ends meet and what kind of programs she thinks would help. |
| Meet serial entrepreneur and contender in September’s GOP primary election to replace Rep. Chris Stewart, Bruce Hough. For Hough, the father of 10 kids, including "Dancing With the Stars" celebrities Derek and Julianne Hough, and 22 grandkids, there is nothing more concerning than a $32 trillion national debt that threatens their ability to enjoy "America's promise." Hough, who lives outside the 2nd Congressional District, is trying to convince GOP primary voters that he has their best interests at heart during a shortened election cycle with two opponents who benefit from what he sees as a head start: GOP convention winner Celeste Maloy, who received Stewart’s endorsement early on, and former state lawmaker Becky Edwards, who had a statewide network of volunteers already in place from her 2022 bid for U.S. Senate. But Hough believes that decades of experience as the founder of businesses in satellite communications and nutritional supplements, as well as his background as a high-ranking Utah GOP insider, make him uniquely qualified to enter the nation’s governing body as a leader and make the necessary changes to keep the land of opportunity just that for generations to come. “I have the time, the disposition, the talent to make a difference, and I want to make a difference for my kids,” Hough said. Read more about Hough's business resume and how he hopes to apply it to fix the country's problems. More in Politics Biden arrives in Arizona for first stop on Western trip (Deseret News) Biden to arrive in Utah Wednesday, deliver speech Thursday (Deseret News) Who do voters say is a moral leader among 2024 presidential candidates? (Deseret News) DeSantis on Trump’s 2020 election claims: ‘Of course, he lost. Joe Biden is the president’ (Deseret News) Breaking down Donald Trump’s 3 criminal cases (Deseret News) Cliff Smith: From Clinton to Trump, James Dobson was right about our moral tailspin (Deseret News) | FROM OUR SPONSOR BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY BYU Students Are Saving Newborns, One Breath at a Time Thanks to a low-cost ventilation machine developed by students at BYU, infants in developing countries like Cambodia can keep breathing. Discover how Brigham Young University strives to be a benefit to the world by serving others in need. | Health Only 1 in 5 people with opioid addiction get the medications to treat it, study finds (NPR) Nearly half of US adults interested in using weight-loss drugs, new KFF poll finds (CNN) Faith Learning to serve God with no hands to do His work or feet to walk His path (Church News) ‘Together in Christ’: The ‘unprecedented’ OneRepublic concert for young single adults (Church News) Technology U.S. scientists able to repeat breakthrough fusion experiment that could unlock key to boundless, clean energy (Deseret News) Utah-based Instructure partnering with Khan Academy to rollout AI education tool (KSL) Salt Lake County Vandalism at historic Salt Lake church being investigated as possible 'bias' crime (KSL) Construction to close 9th and 9th in Salt Lake City; feedback sought on Main Street plan (KSL) Southern Utah Big fee changes proposed for multiple Bryce Canyon, Zion campgrounds (KSL) Utah elementary school art teacher accused of inappropriately touching student (KSL) The West Notorious ‘Hank the Tank’ bear captured in Lake Tahoe (Deseret News) New Mexico plastics fire that released hazardous pollutants could smolder for days (NBC News) The Nation Charter bus crashes in Pennsylvania overnight, 3 dead (Deseret News) NYC Mayor Adams announces new taxpayer-funded migrant tent city (Fox News) The World US dispatches warships after China and Russia send naval patrol near Alaska (The Guardian) Pakistan’s Imran Khan sentenced to three years in prison, arrested (Al Jazeera) | For the first time since Friday’s news that the University of Utah is joining three other current Pac-12 teams in moving to the Big 12 Conference in 2024, Utes administrators discussed the move in a public setting. Utah president Taylor Randall and athletic director Mark Harlan addressed the media and fielded questions during a press conference Monday morning, discussing why the school is headed to the Big 12 and what membership in the Pac-12 has meant to the university. Deseret News reporter Joe Coles was on hand to provide coverage on what the administrators shared. Read Coles' summary of the press conference or watch a recording here. More in Sports: Analysis: What’s next for the Pac-12’s four remaining schools? (Deseret News) Here’s where Utah will start the season ranked in the preseason coaches poll (Deseret News) Utah State hires Big Ten deputy commissioner Diana Sabau as Aggies’ next athletic director (Deseret News) 2 Utah moms, best friends go head-to-head on ‘American Ninja Warrior’ (Deseret News) |
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