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Utah Headlines

Political news

• Utah Rep. Blake Moore, who co-leads the congressional DOGE caucus, said the group still has an opportunity to carry out DOGE’s original mission (Deseret News)
• Why Blake Moore says the ‘big beautiful bill’ won’t raise the national deficit (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Ukraine’s drone strike on Russia spurs global military rethink, raises U.S. preparedness concerns. Former Utah Rep. Chris Stewart, who served in the Air Force as a fighter pilot, says the U.S. isn’t prepared for this change in modern warfare (Deseret News)
• Lyman launches lawsuit claiming Utah is violating national election transparency law, demands access to voter registration database (Deseret News, Salt Lake Tribune)
• From Utah to Alaska, American Samoans face legal fight over citizenship, voting rights (AP)

Municipal news

• Salt Lake City Downtown Farmers Market kicks off summer season (KSL)
• Residents in Summit County are suing to stop the incorporation of a new township (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Watering the future: How pioneer settler efforts provided basis for today’s water needs in southern Utah County (Daily Herald)

Utah

• President Russell M. Nelson, 100, dedicates Syracuse Utah Temple (Deseret News)
• Clearfield Job Corps program resumes normal operations, at least for now, after judge’s ruling (KSL)
• Tooele County aging services staffer gets big honor from national organization (KSL)
• Annual Utah Pride Parade held in downtown Salt Lake City, with tens of thousands of spectators (ABC4)

Biz/Tech

• Opinion: Science is Utah’s quiet engine — don’t stall it with cuts to important funding (Deseret News)
• From basement to booming: 5 Utah companies that took off (KSL)

Crime/Courts

• Utah can execute murderer Ralph Menzies, who is competent enough to understand his punishment, judge rules (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Utah jail establishes program for inmates to earn food handlers permit (Daily Herald)

Culture/Community

• ‘You never know what people are going to bring in’: ‘Antiques Roadshow’ visits Utah — and gets all things sentimental, quirky and valuable (Deseret News)
• Jump The Moon helps artists with unique abilities (KSL)
• Pop Star Nurse: Ysabelle Cueva pursues both of her passions (KSL TV)

Education - Higher

• Utah’s colleges on what they’ll cut — and add — following state pressure (Deseret News)
• Wall Street Journal slams Vance’s foreign student stance as ‘false choice’ (The Hill)

Environment

• Utah’s hot and dry summer forecast could kick up more Great Salt Lake dust (KUER)

Faith

• Americans are divided over religious freedom. The Supreme Court? Not as much (Deseret News)
• The Church of Jesus Christ increases international relief to 12 ‘high-need’ countries with $63.4 million donation (Deseret News)

Family

• Opinion: Raising connected kids in a screen-connected world (Deseret News)
• 16 creative and engaging summer activities for kids on break (Deseret News)
• Why young men seek community in the 'manosphere' (Deseret News)
• NPR readers share stories of love and adversity in honor of Loving Day (NPR)

Health

• Exploring the power of music in health and well-being (Deseret News)
• Opinion: A smarter, fairer way to fund Medicaid for people like me (Deseret News)
• What keeps you young: A new survey shows why Utah ranks 4th for healthy seniors (Deseret News)

Housing

• Building affordable housing takes ‘years of planning’ and layers of funding. Here’s why. (Salt Lake Tribune)

National Headlines

General

• From research to restrooms: Summer staffing crunch hits national parks after Trump cuts (Reuters)
• Pope Leo criticizes political nationalism and prays for reconciliation and dialogue (NPR)
• A $2.8 billion settlement will change college sports forever. Here’s how (AP)
• ABC News suspends journalist Terry Moran after post criticizing Stephen Miller (Washington Post)

Political news - Trump

• Republicans urge Trump and Musk to make up (Deseret News)
• Trump says Musk relationship over, warns of 'serious consequences' if Musk funds Democrats (Reuters)
• Latinas for Trump co-founder blasts ‘inhumane’ immigrant arrests (The Hill)

Other political news

• Vance voices loyalty to Trump but says he 'understands' Musk's frustration (NPR)
• Perspective: From Trump v. Musk to Carlson v. Levin, are Republicans losing sight of the mission? (Deseret News)
• Mike Johnson downplays Musk’s influence and says Republicans will pass Trump’s tax and budget bill (AP)
• DOGE staffers fear getting DOGE’d themselves (Wall Street Journal)

Immigration/deportation

• Jennifer Walker Thomas, Megan Woods: Where are the compassionate and moderating voices on Trump’s travel ban? (Deseret News)
• Trump's travel ban on 12 countries goes into effect early Monday (Reuters)
• Kilmar Abrego Garcia, wrongly deported to El Salvador, is back in the U.S. to face smuggling charges (NPR)

Trade/Tariffs

• US and China set for trade talks in London on Monday (Reuters)

Ukraine/Russia

• Ukraine says Russia launched the biggest overnight drone bombardment of the war with nearly 500 drones (AP)

Middle East

• Israel reveals tunnel under Gaza hospital, says body of Sinwar's brother found there (Reuters)

World news

• Magnitude 6.5 earthquake strikes Colombia (Reuters)
• Conservative Colombian senator in serious condition after shooting at political rally (AP)
• From Pakistan to Spain via the Canaries, smugglers are using longer, more dangerous migration routes (AP)

Number of the Day 

News Releases

Taylorsville City appoints Dina Blaes as Chief of Strategic Engagement

With a unanimous vote last night by the Taylorsville City  Council, Dina Williams Blaes has been appointed as the city’s new Chief of Strategic Engagement. Blaes  brings more than three decades of experience in public service, urban planning and policy development,  most recently serving as Director of Regional Development for Salt Lake County. (Read More)

Gov. Cox appoints John Deeds as Commissioner of the Utah State Tax Commission

Gov. Cox has appointed John Deeds as the newest commissioner of the Utah State Tax Commission. Deeds will succeed longtime commissioner Michael Cragun, who has served the state with distinction since 2009. (Read More)

Owens secures historic investment for Taylorsville Waterline Replacement Project

Congressman Burgess Owens (UT-04) announced that the Taylorsville-Bennion Improvement District will receive $1.6 million in federal funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the Meadowbrook Waterline Replacement Project. The funding was secured through the FY 2024 Consolidated Appropriations Act as part of EPA’s Community Grants program. (Read More)

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Upcoming

• June 9 — Show Up Summer Service Fair, 4:00-8:00 pm, Electric Park, Thanksgiving Point
• June 17-19 â€” Interim Days
• Aug 7 â€”  Titan of Public Service gala with Sen. Tom Cotton hosted by the Orrin G. Hatch Foundation at the Grand America Hotel. More Information Here
• Aug 12 â€” Municipal primary
• Aug 19-21 â€” Interim Days
• Nov 4 â€” General election

On This Day In History

• 1856 - Mormon handcart pioneers leave Iowa City for Salt Lake City.
• 1869 - Charles E. Hires sells his first root beer
• 1921 - Phyllis Wallace is born. An economist, she was the first African-American woman full professor at the Sloan School of Management at MIT and a pioneer in the study of gender and race discrimination in the workplace.
• 1943 - "Pay-as-you-go" (withholding) US income tax deductions authorized
• 1949 - Georgia Neese Clark of Kansas becomes first woman treasurer of US
• 1954 - “Have you no sense of decency?” Sen. Joseph McCarthy is asked in a hearing by Joseph Welch, special counsel for the US Army. This marked the end of McCathy’s conspiracy of the “Red Scare” infiltrating all levels of the US
• 1964 - CIA report challenges President Lyndon B. Johnson’s ‘domino theory’ of foreign policy which was being used as the basis by which decisions were made about Southeast Asia
• 1978 - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints end the 148-year-old policy of excluding Black men from the priesthood

Quote of the Day

"No matter how difficult the trail, and regardless of how heavy our load, we can take comfort in knowing that others before us have borne life’s most grievous trials and tragedies by looking to heaven for peace, comfort, and hopeful assurance."

—M. Russell Ballard, 1997

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