Plus, restoring trust in elections
Good morning! Here are today’s temperatures: ⛅ 31 – 51° in Logan | 40% 💧 ⛅ 38 – 53° in Salt Lake | 20% 💧 ☀️ 45 – 70° in St. George Artificial intelligence is quickly becoming a staple in some areas of health care. Still, experts say you don't need to worry you’ll lose the personal touch if you’ve been getting that from a medical provider: Humans are as important as ever in the practice of medicine. Read more about Dr. AI and what it means for the future of health care. Also on our minds: How the NHL might change the look of downtown SLC Decisions to watch for as the Supreme Court enters its home stretch The world’s largest hunger crisis is getting worse |
| What’s the best path forward for higher ed in Utah after pro-Palestinian protests? |
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| | In the wake of a pro-Palestinian protest last week at the University of Utah that ended when police broke up an illegal encampment, the university community is seeking ways to move forward. There are divergent views how best to do that. University of Utah President Taylor Randall, in an op-ed published in the Deseret News, leans into the belief that while the university is not taking sides in the current Israel-Hamas war, “We all have a responsibility to call on our elected officials to work toward solutions that will lead to lasting peace.” Read more about how University of Utah faculty have responded to the protests. |
| Conservatives have lost trust in elections. Here’s how Utah leaders are trying to help |
Utah leaders are at the forefront of a nationwide initiative to increase election confidence among conservative voters. The state’s top election officers, Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson and her director of elections, Ryan Cowley, spoke at a Sutherland Institute event on Tuesday along with the man behind an ambitious project to bring together hundreds of election administrators and scholars across the country to promote “a conservative agenda for democracy.” Scott Warren, who leads the joint program from the SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University and the center-right think tank R Street, presented the initiative’s “conservative principles for building trust in elections” in a message that was echoed by Henderson, Cowley and former Utah Gov. Gary Herbert. As part of the event, Warren released new polling data commissioned by the partnership on Utahn’s election confidence, candidate preferences and media consumption. Read more about how Utahns rated their trust in federal and state elections. |
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