Plus, planning to hunt in Utah this year? Here are 9 new bills you should know about
Good morning. Salt Lake City will have a high of 50° and a low of 26°. Is Wordle part of your daily ritual? If so, you're not alone. Most folks know about the five-letter word guessing game, and many religiously play the game everyday throughout the country. Here are the states with the best Wordle scores. Also on our mind today: Why Americans are finally optimistic about the COVID-19 pandemic again, the "bomb cyclone" coming for the U.S. and how Cedar City children are helping Ukrainian refugees. |
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| | The Utah State School Board released its gender identity guidance document back in January of this year, and Utahns had roughly one month to submit public comments on the guide. When the period for comments was through, the board had received more feedback on a single topic than ever before — to the tune of over 20,000 comments. The board is now deciding on how to best approach the massive amount of comments, and how the task will be delegated. "We need to know what people are suggesting and what they're thinking," said Aaron Brough, data and statistics coordinator for the Utah State Board of Education. "This is not typical for us at USBE to have 20,000-plus answers on a survey." | The Utah Legislature had a busy year, and like prior sessions, it is tasked with deciding which of the many hunting, fishing and sportsman-related bills will make it to Gov. Spencer Cox's desk to be signed. The nine new bills all hunters in Utah should be aware of range from target shooting regulations to fishing and hunting restrictions for nonpayment of child support. Read more about each bill here. More in Politics Opinion: This 16-year-old alliance is being strained by war (Deseret News) Sen. Mike Lee leads 20 to defend second amendment (ABC4) Opinion: Politics never takes a break. Here’s what to look for as Utah’s ’22 election season begins (Deseret News) | COVID Why Americans are finally optimistic about the COVID-19 pandemic again (Deseret News) China is facing its biggest COVID-19 outbreak since 2020 (Deseret News) Never had COVID-19? You may have blamed your symptoms on something else (Deseret News) Faith How European Latter-day Saints are supporting and providing relief to refugees (Deseret News) Elder Gong: Religious liberty is deeply rooted in Latter-day Saint doctrine and history (Deseret News) Southern Utah Cedar City children cook up help for Ukrainian refugees in crisis (St. George News) Northern Utah Heritage Festival replaces Davis County Fair (ABC4) USU to offer gender-inclusive housing (ABC4) Wasatch Front Sandy fire captain hid cameras at business where teens undressed, police say (KSL.com) Missing Utah girl found in back of semitruck in Wyoming (KSL.com) The Nation White House is briefing social media influencers on Russia and Ukraine (KSL.com) Texas plan to probe trans children's parents halted (BBC News) A ‘bomb cyclone’ is coming for the US. Here’s what to expect (Deseret News) The World Russia recruiting mercenaries to fight in Ukraine (BBC News) Biden warns US intervention in Ukraine would mean WW3 (BBC News) Trending Netflix’s ‘The Adam Project’ is funny, clever and totally PG-13 (Deseret News) What to know about Florida’s controversial bill and Disney’s reaction to it (Deseret News) | That's it for today! Check your inbox tomorrow for more news from the Beehive State and beyond. And if you have feedback for us on Utah Today, please feel free to email us at [email protected], or simply reply to this email. — Gabby |
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