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Situational Analysis | April 4, 2022 It's Monday and National Hug a Newsperson Day. They probably need one. South Carolina beat UConn last night to capture the Women's National Basketball Championship. Congrats to them! Be in the Know This weekend, Russian troops withdrew from Bucha, Ukraine, literally leaving a trail of bodies and destruction in their wake. At least one mass grave with almost 300 people was found, men, women and even children with their hands tied behind their backs and executed were lying in the streets. Some of the bodies of the dead even had mines placed on them. The images have spurred global outrage, prompting world leaders to call for new sanctions. President Zelenskyy called it genocide. Stories of rape and murder of the victims - or their loved ones, while they were forced to watch - abound. So what does it mean when we say "Never Again" and what actions must we take to show it? Barn-burner of a story in the Washington Post about Paul Huntsman saving the Salt Lake Tribune, then starting an investigative "unit" looking at Gov. Cox. Some reporters are not pleased. Huntsman's side company is called "Jittai" and the Tribune has used its findings in several news reports. He used "several hundred thousand" dollars to fund Jittai and did so, he said, because âThereâs a lack of financial fluencyâ among the 80-member newsroom. âThis story requires expertise in securities fraud, health-care fraud. It requires technical and scientific knowledge. ⦠Iâd like to see [reporters] broaden their skill sets. This is moving beyond liberal-arts degrees.â Ouch. Some of those reporters have won Pulitzers for their investigative journalism. | | |
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Utah Headlines General South Salt Lake supermarket accused of interfering with Labor Department investigation (KSL) 17 new temple locations announced by President Nelson to close LDS General Conference (Deseret News) April 2022 LDS general conference talk summaries and photo galleries (Deseret News) Politics Leslie Carpenter: Twelve days with Utah legislators made me a less angry constituent. It turns out that Utah lawmakers work harder and do more than I used to think. (Salt Lake Tribune) Should Utah income tax be used for purposes other than education, human services? (Deseret News) Donald Trump endorses Mike Lee, takes shots at Evan McMullin, Mitt Romney (Deseret News) Robert Gehrke: Radicalization of Davis Countyâs Republican Party is a bad omen for Utah (Salt Lake Tribune) Will Utah Democrats punish Ben McAdams for backing Independent Evan McMullin? (Salt Lake Tribune) Every one of Utah's representatives voted against the $35 insulin price cap passed by the House (Fox13) Governor Cox on the legislative session (ABC4) Inside Utah Politics panel: The race for US Senate (ABC4) Midterm Election Polling (Hinckley Report) Education University of Utah to expand Pacific Islands Studies program (KSL) Meet the first woman to study in BYU's graduate chaplaincy program (KSL) U. nursing college adds summer enrollment option to address shortage of Utah nurses (KSL) Like many other employers, Salt Lake City school lunchrooms struggle to find staff (KUER) Environment Making private lands count for conservation: Policy improvements toward 30x30 (The Center for Growth and Opportunity) Timed entry pilot program begins at Arches National Park (Fox13) âWeâre in a world of hurtâ: Drought leads to tough restrictions in Weber-Ogden basin. Reservoir storage expected to be less than 10% of average (Deseret News)
A Utah town is running dry. Its solution stoked an age-old water war (The Guardian) Family This common parental âgiftâ can be worse for kids than criticism. An American Psychological Association study says parents have higher expectations than in the past, leading kids to struggle with perfectionism (Deseret News) Salt Lake County is facing the tightest rental market in its history (Deseret News) Utah/Ukraine Connection Utah family fleeing Ukraine separated at U.S.-Mexico border (Fox13) Keeping the lights on: How a Utah company is helping Ukrainians trapped in the war zone (KSL) Helping is healing: Ukrainians ask for specific donations on the frontlines (Fox13) Syracuse couple to help Ukrainian refugees in Poland, hope to bring families to US (KSL TV) Ukrainian refugees describe 'miraculous' journey, new life with Utah host family (Fox13) National Headlines General Meteorologist calls his kids on air to warn of incoming tornado (Today) Police: At least 2 shooters kill 6, wound 12 in Sacramento (AP) China sends military, doctors to Shanghai to test 26 million residents for COVID (Reuters) Pakistan's president dissolves Parliament (Politico) Batiste, joyful performances highlight Grammy Awards (AP) Elon Musk takes 9% stake in Twitter, sending shares higher (Wall Street Journal) Politics Senate panel to vote on Jackson nomination to Supreme Court (AP) Donald Trump endorses Sarah Palin for Alaskaâs lone congressional seat (Washington Post) Cloud of notoriety builds over Cawthorn after sex-and-drugs claims. The North Carolina conservative could be hard to defeat. His latest wild claims about his colleagues are making some Republicans want to try. (Politico) Flurry of New Laws Move Blue and Red States Further Apart (New York Times) Trump allies are pushing to hand-count ballots around the U.S (Washington Post) Democratic anxiety grows over Bidenâs dismal polls (The Hill) Ukraine Max Boot: The atrocities in Bucha are no aberration. This is the Russian way of war. (Washington Post) In Ukrainian street, a corpse with hands bound and a bullet wound to the head (Reuters) How they fled: 7 Ukrainian refugees on escaping Russia's war (Politico) Russia faces growing outrage amid new evidence of atrocities (AP) Lithuania cuts off Russian gas imports, urges EU to do same (AP) Village leader and her family found buried in shallow grave outside Ukrainian capital (Reuters) Ukraineâs President Vows to Hold Russian Forces to Account After Bucha War-Crime Allegations (Wall Street Journal) After weeks of street battles, Kyiv suburb of Irpin is scene of ruin (Washington Post) Exiled oligarch calls on other Russian tycoons to break with Putin (Washington Post) | | |
Upcoming United Utah Party State Convention - April 16, 10 am, West High, SLC 2022 Midyear Conference, Utah League of Cities and Towns - April 20-22, St. George Register here United Utah Party Convention, April 16, 10 am-noon, West High School GOP Convention, April 23, 10 am, Mt. America Expo Center Dem Convention, Apr 23, 9 am Ballots are mailed â June 7 Primary election day â June 28 General election â Nov 8 | | |
On This Day In History 1841 - President William Henry Harrison dies of pneumonia 32 days into office, after giving the longest inaugural speech in history. VP John Tyler becomes president. 1865 - President Lincoln dreams of his assassination. 1928 - Maya Angelou is born. 1949 - NATO is signed in Washington, D.C. 1968 - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is assassinated while standing on the balcony outside his room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. 1975 - Bill Gates and Paul Allen start a little company they call Microsoft. Wise Words "Cowardice asks the question, is it safe? Expediency asks the question, is it politic? Vanity asks the question, is it popular? But conscience asks the question, is it right? And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but one must take it because it is right." -Martin Luther King, Jr. | | |
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