Plus: The Utes impress with a victory over Florida in season opener.
Good morning. Today’s temperatures: Logan: 61 - 85° 🌦️ | 40% 💧 Salt Lake City: 74 - 88° 🌦️ | 60% 💧 St. George: 71 - 88° ⛈️ | 90% 💧 | ⚠️ ⚠️ Flood Watch Last night was a big one for Utah sports. Here's the Deseret News sports landing page so you can stay caught up on all our best-in-the-state sports coverage. Also on our mind: Latter-day Saints might have a distinct charge to uphold the Constitution, President Russell M. Nelson donates his medical journals to the University of Utah and an incredible world record was set for the highest attendance at a women’s sporting event.
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| Chris Stewart on protecting children, the nation and his relationship with Donald Trump |
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| | Rep. Chris Stewart has some unfinished business as he steps down this month after nearly 11 years representing Utah’s 2nd Congressional District. The Republican congressman started working on legislation earlier this year that would make it illegal for social media platforms to provide access to children 14 years old and younger. It’s an extension of his efforts to address a mental health crisis among adolescents, including sponsoring a 988 telephone number for the national suicide prevention hotline that went live last summer. “The evidence of destructive outcomes for young people is just irrefutable,” he said in an interview as he begins to button up his political career. The age verification proposal has bipartisan support and Stewart hopes to pass the baton to someone who could see it through. But it takes time, and his last day is Sept. 15. Also on his to-do list is reforming the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which he says government agencies misused to justify spying on the Donald Trump campaign and on hundreds of thousands of Americans. Stewart, 63, is the longest-serving representative among Utah’s four current U.S. House members, most prominently as a member of the House Intelligence Committee. First elected in 2012, he announced in July that he was resigning to stay close to his wife, Evie, who had a stroke a year ago. While he said she’s not incapacitated or paralyzed, she lost most of her vision. He said it was difficult to leave Congress in the middle of a term, but it is the right decision. In addition to addressing mental health issues, he championed national defense and religious rights during his tenure. His Fairness for All bill attempting to balance religious liberty and gay rights didn’t pass, but many of its provisions were folded into other bills. He voted for the Respect For Marriage Act, which codified the right to same-sex marriage in federal law and also significantly protected religion. |
Read more about why Stewart first ran for Congress over a decade ago and the legacy he will leave behind. |
| Utah's impressive season-opener started with a big risk on the opening play of the game. The No. 14 Utes took an early 7-0 lead and never trailed against visiting Florida of the SEC on Thursday night at Rice-Eccles Stadium. Backup quarterback Bryson Barnes, starting for injured QB Cam Rising, threw a 70-yard touchdown pass to Money Parks. “That’s pretty great. That stuff you talked about when you’re a little kid like, ‘Man, what if we threw a touchdown the first play of the game?’” Barnes said afterward. Read more about Utah's season-opening victory. And veteran columnist Lee Benson offers his take: Utah dominates Florida as college football gets back to the basics. . More in Sports How BYU soccer earned a historic victory in win over top-ranked UCLA (Deseret News) Incredible world record set for highest attendance at women’s sporting event (Deseret News) ‘An invitation to go be great’: Here’s the advice Steve Young has for new BYU quarterback Kedon Slovis (Deseret News) Why is Messi always walking? (Deseret News) | Health Should marijuana be reclassified as less dangerous? This federal agency thinks so (Deseret News) Does the month of your birth say how long you might live? (Deseret News) Faith President Russell M. Nelson, pioneering heart surgeon, donates medical journals to University of Utah (Deseret News) How this ‘angry, woke’ college student became the founder of a leading international interfaith organization (Deseret News) Politics Gov. Cox kicks off American Founders and Constitution Month in Utah (Deseret News) Thomas Griffith: Latter-day Saints have a distinct charge to uphold the Constitution (Deseret News) The GOP presidential race reaches the classroom as candidates speak out on parents’ rights, school choice (Deseret News) House Republicans request Air Force Two travel records from Biden’s time as VP (Deseret News) Education Amid record consumer debt, and rising credit delinquencies, student loan payments about to return (Deseret News) It’s time to rethink incentives for higher ed (Deseret News) Salt Lake County Utah business founder, 5 others charged with defrauding elderly of more than $30M (KSL) Kearns library opens room designed for telehealth use (KSL) Utah and Washington Counties Large algal bloom warning remains in place at Utah Lake ahead of Labor Day weekend (KSL) '8 Passengers' video blogger, counselor arrested in southern Utah child abuse case (KSL) The West National ‘blueprint’ embraces more outdoor recreation on public lands (Deseret News) U.S. Department of Agriculture awards grants to nine rural Idaho businesses for clean energy (Idaho Capital Sun) The Nation Hurricane Idalia slams Florida’s Gulf Coast with dangerous Category 3 strength (Deseret News) Utah home prices are down from 2022, but climbing. Have they already hit bottom? (Deseret News) The World What we know about the South African apartment building fire that killed 73 people (Deseret News) Jay Evensen: Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, a friend to Utah, is in danger (Deseret News) |
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