Plus: President Biden needs to take responsibility for the Hunter Biden saga, writes Deseret News editor Hal Boyd
Good morning. Here are today’s temperatures: Logan: 51 - 80° 🌦️ | 20% 💧 Salt Lake City: 62 - 84° 🌦️ | 20% 💧 St. George: 64 - 96° ☀️ You see a baby, and immediately your normal adult voice changes to "baby talk." Well, you're not the only one — and, as it turns out, neither is our species. Mommy dolphins also use baby talk when calling to their young, according to a new study published Monday. The study found that female bottlenose dolphins will change their whistle to a higher pitch when addressing their babies. Go figure! Also on our minds: A study involving 9,000 children shows there is "no safe level" of air pollution, 45 million Americans are experiencing extreme heat and national experts react to and grade the Utah Jazz’s trade for John Collins.
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| 100 years of urban sprawl — Is this your city’s future or can planners turn the tide? |
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| | In a series of two stories, we review how the victories and mistakes of city planning impact the wellbeing of individuals, communities and the natural world. Here are highlights from part one: Back in 1997, forward-thinking Utahns recruited renowned urban designers to help them plan for a projected future with 1 million new residents along the Wasatch corridor. The collaboration between city planners and local leaders was among the country’s first regional vision planning efforts, and resulted in the $610 million UTA FrontRunner, among other things. But skyrocketing housing prices, resource scarcity and failing public transportation are forcing our current generation of city planners to return to the drawing board, hoping to design a livable future for us all. Many of these obstacles to quality city life trace their roots to poor planning that encourages urban sprawl, which city planners say misses four key elements of a healthy community: 1. Town centers 2. Concentration of work, home and play 3. Walkability/bike access 4. Population density Experts say to avoid these problems regional planning needs to take into account expanded access to public transportation and zoning that encourages smart growth — a combination of affordable high-density housing and open shared spaces with plenty of tree shade. |
Read more about how city planners in Oregon and California have tried and failed to deal with rapid urban growth and what Utah can do differently. Read part 2, which asks whether treeless, polluted and isolating urban designs are making you sick — and what we can do to improve the quality of city life. |
| "The president of the United States should come clean to the American public," writes Hal Boyd, editor of the Deseret News. "First, he misled voters when he repeatedly said Hunter Biden’s damaging leaked laptop emails were 'Russian disinformation.' "They were not. "Second, less than a year after leaving office as vice president, Biden either (a) allowed his son to use him as leverage in a murky foreign business deal or (b) failed to prevent him from doing so. "Whichever is true, the facts merit a public apology as well as specific steps to reassure the American people the president isn’t compromised by these business dealings. "Honesty is the only path forward. Failing to square with the public on such an important matter would be beneath the dignity of the office Biden now holds." Read the rest of Boyd's opinion piece here. |
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