Good morning. Salt Lake City will have a high of 50° and a low of 36°.
The Jewish holiday of Purim begins tonight. If you're celebrating, happy Purim! And if you're not familiar with the holiday, read up on what my colleague Mya Jaradat wrote about the origins, celebration and food of Purim.
Could spring forward, fall back fade into the sunset?
You may remember from Monday's newsletter that Utah is one of 19 states that have laws that would allow them to make daylight saving time permanent, pending approval from Congress.
What's new: The Senate passed a bill yesterday making daylight saving time permanent. If the House approves the bill and President Joe Biden signs it, we can all stop setting our clocks forward and back every year — starting in November 2023.
Less than half of the countries around the world observe daylight saving time, according to CNN.
As my colleague Matthew Brown wrote in November, there's been disagreement about whether daylight saving time or standard time should be permanent, but both sides seem to agree that changing our clocks twice per year is a bad idea.
Read more about the potential for permanent daylight saving time.
What does the bill do? If signed by the governor, it would allow potential family members of a "preborn child" to sue a doctor who performs an abortion after about six weeks of pregnancy
What about Utah? Utah is one of 21 states with a so-called trigger law that would impose tight, currently illegal, restrictions on abortion should Roe v. Wade be overturned.
Here’s what’s in the bill:
A woman can still receive an abortion if the pregnancy poses a life-threatening risk to the woman or “a serious risk of substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function.”
An exemption is also granted if two physicians who practice “maternal fetal medicine” concur that the fetus “has a defect that is uniformly diagnosable and uniformly lethal or ... has a severe brain abnormality that is uniformly diagnosable.”
Those pregnant as a result of rape or incest are also eligible for an exemption. The physician must verify with law enforcement that the incident was reported.
Anyone found guilty of performing an abortion outside the scope of the bill will be charged with a second-degree felony.
If a clinic performs an abortion outside the scope of the bill, it could have its license revoked.
How are the Cougars progressing, and what do they hope to accomplish in the second half of camp?
Head coach Kalani Sitake, offensive coordinator Aaron Roderick, receivers coach and passing game coordinator Fesi Sitake and several players recently addressed those questions, and more.
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