Plus: Walking down the aisle with someone "across the aisle" and Utah House committee strikes down hardline ban of transgender surgeries.
Good morning, Utah Today readers! Here’s today’s forecast: 🌥️ 11 – 24° in Logan 🌥️ 21 – 31° in Salt Lake City | ❄️ 10% chance ☀️ 28 – 46° in St. George Can weather be passive-aggressive? We’ve experienced a bitter cold over the last few days, and I feel like Mother Nature is withholding snow because of something we said or did, but won’t tell us why … 🤔 Tell me: Do you prefer the cold with snow or without snow? Looking for something? Anything to do with the 2023 legislative session will have a bee emoji next to it. 👉 🐝 Also on our minds: How young people feel about marrying someone with different political views, the House strikes down a hardline ban against transgender procedures on youth and the U.S. loses more mothers than any other industrialized nation. |
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| | Newcomers to Salt Lake City are often pleasantly surprised by the strange little gems scattered throughout the city. Colin Leonard compiled a list of a few of his favorite strange places around town. | Taylor Swift fans are starting to play a pivotal role in the Senate Judiciary Committee meetings about Ticketmaster and possible antitrust issues. What did Sen. Mike Lee say about “Swifties”? “As I was driving up this morning, I’ve never seen more smiling and happy demonstrators than I saw today. I think Swifties have figured something out. They’re very good at getting their message across.” But wait … something sounds familiar: Both Sen. Lee and Sen. Amy Klobuchar referenced several lyrics to Swift’s songs during the proceedings. Lee stated that the idea of limits on the resale or transfer of concert tickets was a “nightmare dressed like a daydream.” Klobuchar referenced “All Too Well” in her opening remarks. Let’s get serious: Pop culture references aside, the hearing is an important exploration into whether the merger of concert giant Live Nation and Ticketmaster — the nation’s two largest ticketing platforms — is suppressing competition. … Ready for it? Read more here. More in Politics: Would you walk down the aisle with someone who doesn’t share your politics? (Deseret News) Utah House committee strikes down hardline ban against transgender surgeries, puberty blockers for kids — but Senate bill advances (Deseret News) 🐝 Utah lawmakers denounce comments claiming they're trying to 'destroy public education' (KSL) 🐝 | FROM OUR SPONSOR UTAH BUSINESS 30 Women to Watch: Submit Your Nomination Now Utah Business magazine is honoring women who are on their way to truly amazing things. These are our state’s next legislators, CEOs, entrepreneurs, authors and arrivistes — and they’re all congregating in Spring 2023. Nominations close Feb. 10. Submit your nomination now. | Family: The U.S. loses mothers at a much higher rate than any other industrialized nation — Why? (Deseret News) Fulfilling but hard: What American parents say about parenting (Deseret News) Health: Should you get a COVID-19 shot once a year? Here’s what the FDA says (Deseret News) Amazon launches $5 generic prescriptions for Prime members (Deseret News) Business: This Utah board game company crowdfunded $2M+ for its newest game (Utah Business) The Economy: How recession worries might be changing consumer spending habits (Deseret News) Salt Lake County, Utah housing prices drop 6% — the first year-over-year decline in 11 years (Deseret News) Police and Courts: Warrant: Neighbors, not law enforcement, discovered slain Enoch family (Deseret News) Police are still piecing together a motive for the Monterey Park shooting (Deseret News) HJR2 is an attack on the Judicial Branch (Utah Policy) 🐝 Faith: Dolly Parton says a dream about God inspired one of her newest songs (Deseret News) Why you keep seeing ads for Jesus during NFL games (Deseret News) Northern Utah: Utah enacts emergency feeding measures for deer in parts of northeast Utah (KSL) Wasatch Front: 'No stopping us': Salt Lake mayor outlines bright future, unveils $100M Ballpark fund (KSL) Jury trial begins for mom accused of causing her 6-year-old's death over potty training (KSL) Salt Lake City officials, homeless advocates prepare for freezing temperatures this week (KSL) Loud sounds and flames from Salt Lake refinery wake residents (Salt Lake Tribune🔒) Southern Utah: Beaver County project hopes to fill a need for rural family homes ‘at a lower price’ (KUER) The West: Arizona needs new homes — where will they get the water? (Deseret News) Who is Ruben Gallego, the Democrat running for U.S. Senate in Arizona? (Deseret News) The Nation: Former top FBI official charged with aiding Russian oligarch (Deseret News) Another one: Classified documents found at Mike Pence’s Indiana home (Deseret News) The World: Ukrainian officials removed after scandal (Deseret News) What is super cereal? Church funds help mothers and children in Kenya beat malnutrition (Church News) Sports: Utah: Utah football season ticket renewals are now underway. What you need to know (Deseret News) BYU: The parallels of shoveling snow and BYU basketball (Deseret News) The Jazz: From Sixth Man gunner to facilitator, Jordan Clarkson continues to change his game (Deseret News) NFL: What Utah ties are being projected as first-round NFL draft picks? (Deseret News) |
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