Plus, where are Utah Capitol's cherry blossoms?
Good morning. Today’s temperatures: Salt Lake City: 46 - 55° 🌦️ | 💧80% St. George: 54 - 75° ☀️ Logan: 37 - 47° 🌦️ | 💧80% It was my birthday last week and my sister made me the most magnificent chocolate cake. Every year, I think about branching out, but I find myself always requesting chocolate cake or brownies. Tell me: What is your birthday treat go-to? Also on our mind: Utah’s sharpest business leaders, why nine Utah Burger Kings are closing and how Conner Mantz and other BYU alumni fared in the Boston Marathon. |
| It’s time to take Utah’s ‘momfluencers’ seriously |
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| | Rachel Parcell (@rachparcell), Cara Loren Van Brocklin (@caraloren), Hannah Neeleman (@BallerinaFarm) and hundreds of other women who started as bloggers and influencers have transformed themselves into moguls. And yet these influencers’ drive, technical skill sets and business sense aren’t perceived in the same way as the tech execs of Silicon Slopes, even though the timing of Utah’s tech boom and the rise of Utah’s bloggers and influencers follow the same pattern starting in the 2000s. |
Why has prestige eluded many of the influencers-turned-moguls cohort? Read more. |
| A majority of Utah voters approve of Sen. Mitt Romney’s performance, with 52% approving compared to 44% who disapprove.
But as Romney weighs whether to run for a second term in the U.S. Senate, the latest Deseret News/Hinckley Institute of Politics poll shows Romney continues to struggle with the most conservative members in his own party, which could make him vulnerable in the Republican primary. Who could run against Romney? Utah House Speaker Brad Wilson formed a committee to explore running last week. Rep. Chris Stewart, who represents Utah’s 3rd Congressional District, and former national security adviser Robert O’Brien, who recently said he’s moving his permanent residence to Utah are both rumored to be considering a run. Read more about the poll breakdown. More in Politics Sen. Mike Lee defends Clarence Thomas amid ethics scandal, calls justice a 'hero' (KSL) Gov. Spencer Cox withdraws his nomination of a Democratic physician to the Utah Air Quality Board (Salt Lake Tribune 🔒) | Faith A major military hospital’s conflict with Catholic priests, explained (Deseret News) Sabbath mode: How some appliances are set up for religious accommodations (Deseret News) New Joseph Smith Papers volume shows ‘calm before the storm’ of 1844 martyrdom (Church News) Salt Lake County Utah students plagued with over $1.7 million in school lunch debt (FOX 13) Where are Utah Capitol's cherry blossoms? Long winter delays popular display (KSL) Boats back in the Great Salt Lake Marina thanks to rising water levels (FOX 13) Juab County 'I should have stopped,' driver allegedly said after 104 mph police chase (KSL) Iron and Washington County Ex-FLDS members plead for help to find missing children (FOX 13) Weekend water rescue incidents prompt warning: ‘It can be deceiving’ (St. George News) Business Enter the forever renters (Deseret News) A slew of Utah Burger Kings is set to close as franchisees run into fiscal trouble (Deseret News) How Shawn Nelson founded Lovesac (Utah Business) Flooding Flooding reaches some Utah cities, but water managers welcome huge snowpack (Deseret News) What Utah renters need to know to protect themselves from flooding (KUER) The West Denver to pay $350,000 for violent police arrest during protest of homeless sweep (The Denver Post 🔒) The Nation A white Kansas City man has been charged with 2 felonies for shooting a Black teen Ralph Yarl (NPR) Perspective: In praise of the Cub Scouts (Deseret News) The World The conflict in Sudan, explained (Deseret News) Trending She went viral after singing at a Utah Jazz game. Now, this teen is on ‘American Idol’ (Deseret News) Are Crumbl Cookies the Best or the Worst? It Doesn’t Matter. (The New York Times) Sports Did some Cougars quit on their teammates and coaches in 2022 (Deseret News) Steven Ashworth has made a decision on where he’ll play next year (Deseret News) The Utah Jazz hold this unfortunate NBA playoffs record (Deseret News) How Conner Mantz and other BYU alumni fared in the Boston Marathon (Deseret News) |
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