Utah OKs Tech to Boost Grid Power

The state’s aging electric grid is about to get more efficient, thanks to a unanimous vote and Governor Cox’s signature. The Advanced Transmission Technologies law helps squeeze more power from the grid to meet growing electricity demand and save consumers money. Thank you, Governor Cox, for signing H.B. 212. Learn more.

Utah Headlines

Political news

• Opinion: Utah members of Congress, please speak out against the Gaza aid blockade (Deseret News)
• Trump is floating a third term. Utah GOP voted against a resolution condemning such efforts. (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Utah’s Republican governor again skips state GOP’s annual convention (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Jason Chaffetz may be gearing up to run for Utah governor in 2028 (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Utah Sens. Mike Lee and John Curtis respond to U.S. credit rating downgrade (Deseret News)
• Watch: Sen. John Curtis tells CNN where he agrees, disagrees with President Trump (Deseret News)
• Mitt Romney, Gov. Cox, other Utah leaders post messages after Biden cancer diagnosis (Deseret News)
• Rep. Blake Moore urges Pentagon officials to exempt military depot workers from hiring limits (Cache Valley Daily)

Utah

• Miracles and milestones: Two sisters' path to healing after horrific crash (Deseret News)
• Bringing the world home: Inside Ballerina Farm’s new store in Midway (Deseret News)
• Ex-World Series starter/former mission president Jeremy Guthrie talks faith, family, sneakers — and why Utah is an MLB ‘no-brainer’ (Deseret News)
• Utah sculptor creates statue of President Trump’s “raised fist” moment in Butler (ABC4)
• She’s feeding those in need, one taco at a time (Deseret News)
• WWII pilot returning home to Utah for burial 80 years after his plane crashed (KSL)
• Behind the design: How the Utah Mammoth brand came to life (Fox13)

Biz/Tech

• Vegan restaurant in Utah among world's best, according to Tripadvisor (ABC4)

Community/Culture

• Perspective: Christians must withstand temptations to compromise their faith (Deseret News)
• Healing and hope: Sha Reh moves forward as lone survivor of family tragedy (KSL)
• Where borders bloom: the story behind the International Peace Gardens in Salt Lake City (Fox13)

Crime/Courts

• One connection can change a child’s path to violence (Deseret News)
• Salt Lake County prosecutors worry crimes will go unreported as undocumented victims fear coming forward (Salt Lake Tribune)

Economy

• Utah economy, job creation lead the nation but aren’t safe from federal policies’ impact (Daily Herald)
• Stock Futures Sink, Treasury Yields Spike After Moody’s Downgrade (Wall Street Journal)

Education - K-12

• U.S. Education Department to increase funds and grants for charter schools (Deseret News)
• Search for Utah’s next superintendent of public instruction down to 2 finalists (Deseret News)
• When perfect isn’t good enough: Utah teens feel pressure to succeed (Salt Lake Tribune)

Education - Higher

• Dixie Tech's Digital Design program wins big at statewide competition (St. George News)

Energy

• Melissa Garff Ballard, Sarah Hunt: Washington should trust Utah to lead in energy (Deseret News)

Environment

• Trump’s budget proposes cutting $600M from Utah’s biggest water project. No one knows, or will say, what that means. (Salt Lake Tribune)

Family

• Made a mistake parenting a child? Own it and your kids will follow your example, BYU-PW leaders say (Deseret News)

Health

• Mayor Jenny Wilson: Medicaid is holding our community together — we can’t let it slip away (Deseret News)
• U. researchers unveil AI-powered tool for disease prediction with 'unprecedented accuracy' (KSL)
• Is silence actually good for you? New study shows silence can significantly impact health (KUTV)

National Headlines

General

• At least 18 killed as severe weather lashes Kentucky, and 9 more die elsewhere (AP)
• FBI is investigating a fatal explosion at a California fertility clinic as an act of terrorism (AP)
• Mexican tall ship strikes Brooklyn Bridge, snapping masts and killing 2 crew members (AP)
• Great Scottie! Scheffler pulls away to win PGA Championship for 3rd major title (AP)

Political news - Trump

• Republicans trust the news more since Donald Trump won back the White House. What’s changed? (Deseret News)
• Trump’s clash with the courts raises prospect of showdown over separation of powers (AP)
• Walz calls Trump a ‘tyrant’ who is trampling Americans’ rights and violating the rule of law (AP) 
• Trump DOJ changes to civil rights division spark mass exodus of attorneys (NPR)
• ‘I own the store’: Trump seeks a direct role in the economy (Washington Post)
• Trump threatens ABC News over Qatar jet coverage (The Hill)

Other federal political news

• Supreme Court extends pause on deportations under Alien Enemies Act in Texas (NPR)
• Trump Justice Dept. considers removing key check on lawmaker prosecutions (Washington Post)
• House advances Trump’s budget bill with ‘minor modifications’ (Deseret News)

Immigration/deportation

• How many individuals being deported have a criminal record? (Deseret News)
• Trump administration acknowledges another error in a high-profile deportation (Politico)

DOGE/Musk

• What happened to Congress’ big plans to help DOGE with spending cuts? (Deseret News)
• Where are federal jobs affected by DOGE cuts? A look at congressional districts across the US (AP)

Tariffs

• Trump tells Walmart to 'eat the tariffs' instead of raising prices (Reuters)
• Low prices and Trump's trade war are pushing these Northwest farmers to the brink (NPR)

Ukraine/Russia

• Russia launches war's largest drone attack ahead of Putin-Trump call (Reuters)
• Former ambassador to Ukraine: ‘Peace at any price is not peace at all’ (Politico)

Middle East

• More than 100 Palestinians are killed in Gaza in a day of Israeli airstrikes (NPR)
• Netanyahu says Israel will control Gaza as aid trucks prepare to enter (Reuters)

World news

• Centrist wins Romania's tense presidential race over hard-right nationalist (NPR)

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Upcoming

• May 20-22 — Interim Days
• May 31 — Utah Democratic Party Organizing Convention, Ogden High School
• 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

On This Day In History

• 1536 - Unsuccessful at producing a male heir in three years, Anne Boleyn is beheaded and Henry VIII married his 3rd wife, Jane Seymour, 11 days later.
• 1864 - President Lincoln proposes equal treatment of soldiers’ dependents, regardless of race
• 1916 - Britain and France conclude the secretive Sykes-Picot agreement, which divided most of the Arab lands under the rule of the Ottoman Empire into British and French spheres of influence.
• 1930 - Author Lorraine Hansberry is born. Her most famous work, A Raisin in the Sun, was inspired by her family's legal battle against racially segregated housing laws in the Washington Park Subdivision of the South Side of Chicago during her childhood.
• 1953 - Nuclear explosion in Nevada - fall-out reaches St George, Utah
• 1965 - Patricia R. Harris was appointed as ambassador to Luxembourg, becoming the first woman African American ambassador.
• 1994 - Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, American 1st lady (1961-63), dies of cancer at 64

Quote of the Day

"If you bungle raising your children, I don't think whatever else you do matters very much."
—Jackie Kennedy

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