AND: Are we underreporting veteran suicides, voters aren’t as polarized as we think and mortgage rates are 7%!? 😳
Good morning! Here’s your forecast: ⛈️ 50 – 78° in Logan |💧 30% chance ⛈️ 65 – 83° in Salt Lake City |💧 30% chance 🌤 66 – 92° in St. George The General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is around the corner, and it seems like all Utah natives have special traditions, plans and memories about this time of year. For me, although I have lived in the same neighborhood as the conference center for many years, I have never attended a live session of general conference. I get so overwhelmed by the traffic, I usually just cloister myself in my apartment! Nevertheless, I love going to visit my parents, cooking with them and getting some spiritual renewal. One of my favorite professors from college, however, loves conference weekend for an entirely different reason. She’s from Massachusetts, and was delighted when she moved to Utah to discover all the brunch places were deserted two weekends per year. She had no need to make a reservation. The two of us may be different, but we can agree on this: Conference weekend and food are a match made in heaven. Tell me: Do you have any traditions around this time of year? Reply and let me know! I’d love to use them in tomorrow’s newsletter. Also on our minds: Are we underreporting veteran suicides, voters aren’t as polarized as we think and is it too soon for a Gabby Petito movie? |
| Here’s how much near 7% mortgage rates are eating up homebuyer power |
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| | Homebuyers are facing one of the most volatile (and confusing) markets in over 30 years. What the numbers say — homebuyers with a 30-year fixed mortgage of $2,500 per month: In 2022 you can afford a house that’s about $476,000. In 2021 you could afford a house that was over $758,000. | After two and a half years and an announcement from President Biden that the pandemic is over, it seems like public concern over COVID-19 is waning. In a recent Deseret News/Hinkley Institute Poll only 8% of Utahns were “very concerned” about contracting a COVID-19 infection while 36% said they were “not at all concerned.” In February of this year, 56% of Utahns responded to a poll saying they were concerned about getting COVID. See the numbers here. More in Politics: Why voters aren’t as polarized as they seem (Deseret News) No Biden? Here’s who experts say could run for the Democrats instead (Deseret News) Utah lawmaker plans to introduce another bill banning handheld cellphones while driving (KSL) | FROM OUR SPONSOR Ensuring You Are Ready to Vote in the Upcoming Election Be ready for the voting process so you can show off your sticker without the stress this November. Check out the Utah Election website. Learn how to vote, track your ballot, find candidate information, find voter registration info and how to update your registration preferences or address. | Opinion: Opinion: Are we underreporting veteran suicides? (Deseret News) Opinion: Are student loans making college more expensive? (Deseret News) Health: There’s a new experimental drug to treat Alzheimer’s disease, and it’s showing breakthrough results (Deseret News) The Environment: Perspective: What does bad energy policy look like? Look at California and Germany (Deseret News) Guest Opinion: EPA targeting Sandy medical facility over bogus environmental concerns (Utah Policy) The Economy: 'It's a necessity': UTA announces bus, ski service cuts amid growing driver shortages (KSL) Sports: ‘A huge emphasis for us’: What Kalani Sitake wants to see when the No. 19 Cougars host struggling USU (Deseret News) The latest on the BYU Cougars’ 2023 recruiting class (Deseret News) Why Kyle Whittingham calls safety Cole Bishop ‘one of the best in the country’ (Deseret News) The West: More than bodies: Lake Mead gives up a 12 million year discovery (Deseret News) The Nation: What officials expect now that Hurricane Ian hit Florida as a Category 4 storm (Deseret News) Suspect of Arkansas hospital shooting detained, one found dead (Deseret News) Biden, DeSantis put politics aside with Hurricane Ian bearing down (The Hill) Trending: Alexa can play general conference. Here’s how (Deseret News) Brian Laundrie claimed killing Gabby Petito was ‘merciful’ in written confession (Deseret News) True crime ethics and Lifetime’s new Gabby Petito movie (Utah Business) |
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