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• What Utahns think will get people to change water-use behavior as drought deepens The north branch of the South Fork of the Ogden River flows into Pineview Reservoir near Huntsville, Weber County, on Monday, June 28, 2021. A majority of Utah residents say they favor financial incentives to have water-wise landscaping to irrigate and tougher penalties for violators who don’t adhere to restrictions as the state struggles through this dangerous and unprecedented drought. | Spenser Heaps, Deseret News A majority of Utah residents say they favor financial incentives to have water-wise landscaping to…
• 10 Things in Politics: Trump Org could crumble in trial Welcome back to 10 Things in Politics. Sign up here to receive this newsletter. Send tips to or tweet me at @BrentGriffiths. Won Mississippi: Congrats to the Mississippi State Bulldogs, who won the Men's College World Series last night with a 9-0 victory over Vanderbilt in the deciding game of the finals. This is Mississippi State's first team title in any sport, ending a drought that dates back to 1895. Here's what we're talking about: News of a Trump…
• Richard Madeley’s GMB interview with scientist branded ‘misogynistic’ as fellow expert refuses to appear on show To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Good Morning Britain presenter Richard Madeley’s interview with a scientist has been branded ‘misogynistic’ after he asked about her politics. The presenter was slammed for his interview with Professor of Health Psychology, Susan Michie, and clashed with the expert over the end of lockdown. Madeley questioned Michie about her political views, mentioning her membership of the Communist Party and saying: ‘If your…
• At The Virtual Table: On the next show Join Laura Washington, Lynn Sweet and special guests on the next At the Table show. Join Laura Washington, Lynn Sweet and special guests on the next At the Table show at 6:30 p.m. CT on Thursday, July 15 for the latest in politics. RSVP to watch our panel debrief the latest in politics. Thursday, July 15, 2021 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. CT Online ...read more Source:: Chicago Sun Times
• Is the future of Utah women in politics on the upswing? Photo illustration by Alex Cochran, Deseret News150 years after Utah women were the first to vote, more and more are participating in politics — including two candidates for the U.S. Senate When Seraph Young cast a ballot in a municipal election on Feb. 14, 1870, in Salt Lake City, she instantly made history. Never before had a woman voted in the United States under a law that afforded her the same suffrage rights as a man. And while the Wyoming…
• WH aims to help consumers by stepping up business oversight The Biden administration is preparing an executive order to improve opportunities for consumers and small businesses by stepping up oversight of areas of the economy that are dominated by a select few companies, such as meatpacking and internet service providers. The order has yet to be finalized, but the overarching goal is to promote a sense of competition that the administration believes is central to capitalism, said a person familiar with the order who spoke on condition of anonymity to…
• Biden to host naturalization event, push path to citizenship President Joe Biden will hold a naturalization ceremony Friday at the White House in which 21 immigrants will become citizens as the administration pushes for more pathways to citizenship. An administration official said Biden would use the moment to call for the option of citizenship for immigrants who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children, for foreign-born people who have temporary protected status due to strife in their birth countries and for farm workers. The official was not authorized…
• Biden has busy day following visit to Surfside A day after President Joe Biden’s visit to Surfside, the White House announced that it will increase federal funds to help in the condo collapse from 75 percent to 100 percent. It was on the same day that the jobs report was issued and showed signs of an economy bouncing back. The U.S. added 850,000 jobs in June, exceeding economist expectations. “The last time the economy grew at this rate was in 1984,” Biden said. To top that, wages are…
• More deaths reported in intense US Northwest heat wave About a dozen deaths in Washington and Oregon may be tied to an intense heat wave that brought scorching temperatures to the Northwest and caused one power utility to impose rolling blackouts amid heavy demand. The dangerous weather that gave Seattle and Portland consecutive days of record high temperatures exceeding 100 degrees Fahrenheit (37.7 degrees Celsius) eased in those cities on Tuesday. But inland Spokane, towns in eastern Oregon and cities in Idaho saw temperatures spike. The National Weather Service…
• House poised to launch new probe of Jan. 6 insurrection The House is poised to launch a new investigation of the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection on Wednesday with expected approval of a 13-person select committee to probe the violent attack. The panel would be led by Democrats, with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi appointing a chairperson and at least eight of the committee's members. The resolution up for a vote gives Pelosi a possible say in the appointment of the other five members as well, directing that they will be named…