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Situational Analysis | April 6, 2022 It's Wednesday and National Tartan Day, a day to celebrate those of us who share Scottish heritage. Our family clan is Buchanan. How about you? Also, a big congrats to the Utah Jazz for clinching a playoff spot with their 121-115 overtime win last night. Be in the Know Utah has become the nation's top place to send troubled teens, with some 20,000 coming to treatment programs here in the last 6 years, taking more than one-third of all teens nationally. How did that happen? A combination of relatively cheap land, eager workforce, weak regulation and a "squeaky-clean" reputation. Senator Mike McKell sponsored a bill last year that brought more oversight to the industry, but shutting down treatment facilities remains difficult to do. | | |
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Utah Headlines General The assistant director of the Utah Division of Water Quality dies in fall at Grand Canyon (Deseret News) This University of Utah program is bringing homes to the Navajo Nation (KSL) Politics Roger Stone hired by Utah Rep. Curtisâ GOP challenger, internal memo shows. Jason Preston also adds several staffers with links to the far-right Proud Boys. (Salt Lake Tribune) Salt Lake County Council bans mining in Parleys Canyon, other areas (Fox13) Utah lawmakers note difficulty in addressing housing issue, tout education efforts (Standard-Examiner) Education Cissy Rasmussen: Watering down of full-day kindergarten in Utah hurts at-risk children (Deseret News) Izzy Tichenor faced âoffensiveâ treatment from teachers who didnât understand bullying, Davis review team finds (Salt Lake Tribune) Environment How metering could help conserve water as drought continues to plague Utah (Deseret News) Andrew Schwartz: Iâm a scientist in California. The drought is worse than we thought. (Salt Lake Tribune) Family If youâre all work and no play, youâre like a lot of American employees. According to new research, 31% of U.S. adults are expected to answer phone calls or texts while on vacation (Deseret News) Utah/Ukraine Connection Why U. law professor says prosecuting atrocities in war-torn Ukraine is an âinternational obligationâ (Deseret News) Farmington couple taking donations to Ukrainian refugees in Poland (Fox13) Lion Energy partnering with new nonprofit to send solar generators to Ukraine (Daily Herald) COVID Corner Chinaâs COVID-19 outbreak has turned âgrimâ as Shanghai increases lockdown (Deseret News) $10 billion passed in COVID funding. Here are the details (Deseret News) National Headlines General Missing Darwin notebooks mysteriously returned to library in pink bag (Washington Post) Trumpâs Truth Social in trouble as financial, technical woes mount (Washington Post) Australia, the U.K. and the U.S. say they will develop hypersonic missiles (NPR) Some women shared the messages they get on Instagram. Itâs not pretty. (Washington Post) Deutsche Bank is the first big bank to forecast a US recession (CNN) Politics Oklahoma state House approves bill to make abortion illegal, punishable by up to $100,000 in fines and 10 years in prison (AP) House to vote on contempt for Scavino, Navarro in 1/6 probe (AP) GOP Rep. Upton, who voted to impeach Trump, will not seek reelection (Washington Post) GOP moderates send message on Supreme Court (The Hill) White House to extend student loan moratorium once again (Politico) Ukraine Russiaâs failure to take down Kyiv was a defeat for the ages (AP) Russian forces pound key cities as Ukraine demands tougher sanctions (Reuters) Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, and the European Unionâs top diplomat, Josep Borrell Fontelles, will visit Kyiv this week and meet with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (New York Times) Red Cross suspends effort to enter Mariupol, calls conditions âimpossibleâ (Washington Post) Dutch government preventing 14 Russian yachts from leaving due to sanctions (Reuters) Ukraine braces for intense battles in eastern Donbas (Wall Street Journal) âWe Will Kill Youâ: How Russia Silenced Its Antiwar Movement (Wall Street Journal) Execution of Village Mayor Becomes Symbol of Russian Brutality in Ukraine (Wall Street Journal) Day 41: Buildings in ruin, bodies found (AP Photos) | | |
News Releases United Utah Party State Convention on April 16 The United Utah Party will be holding its State Nominating Convention on Saturday, April 16 at 10:00 am at West High School in Salt Lake City (241 N 300 W, Salt Lake City UT, 84103). âItâs going to be a convention to remember,â said Hillary Stirling, United Utah Party Chair. âIn addition to nominating our own candidates, party members are going to decide whether or not to endorse Evan McMullinâs candidacy for the United States Senate.â âWe invite everyone who is dissatisfied with the broken two-party system to come to our convention,â Stirling said. âThis is one you wonât want to miss.âFor more information, visit unitedutah.org. (Read More) Owens co-sponsors legislation to strengthen rural broadband Today, Rep. Burgess Owens (UT-04) co-sponsored the Broadband Permitting Modernization Act, a package of four bills introduced by Rep. John Curtis (UT-03) designed to strengthen rural broadband infrastructure in Utah and across the country. âAn estimated 19 million rural Americans lack access to high-speed internet services,â said Rep. Owens. âWith the COVID-19 pandemic, online learning, and remote work, Utahns in my district need consistent and reliable connections. I am proud to support the Broadband Permitting Modernization Act because it brings rural broadband into the 21st Century and deploys connectivity to rural Americans at a quicker rate.â (Read More) | | |
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 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 1772 - Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia, ends tax on men with beards, enacted by Tsar Peter the Great in 1698 1830 - Joseph Smith and five others officially start The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Fayette, NY. 1846 - Dred Scott and his wife Harriet file suit against Irene Emerson for their freedom. 1880 - Maria Beasley receives a patent for the life raft. 1893 - Salt Lake City LDS temple dedicated 1917 - The United States officially enters WWI. 1994 - Juvénal Habyarimana, Rwandan General, Dictator and President of Rwanda (1973-94), is assassinated by amissile strike on his plane over Kigali, Rwanda, setting off a genocide where almost a million people will die in 100 days. Wise Words âSo those of us who are steeped in the history of the Holocaust ... when we see refugees being massacred, and the world uttering its utterances, that obviously takes us back to the dark days of the Holocaust, and requires all of us to ask ourselves, âWhat, if anything, have we learned?â It seems to me that absent the phrases, the mantras that weâre all hearing, it strikes me that we actually havenât learned anything.â â U of U law professor Amos Guiora Lighter Side âOver the weekend, workers at an Amazon fulfillment center in Staten Island were able to successfully unionize. Itâs the first Amazon union. And the new president of the union said something funny. The president of the union said, âWe want to thank Jeff Bezos for going to space, because when he was up there, we were signing people up.ââ â JIMMY KIMMEL | | |
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