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Today's riddle: Why should you never iron a 4-leaf colver? 🤔 (Answer below!)
1. From heat to hazmat: new trouble at Phillips Plaza as Housing Authority plans funding shift (fox13now.com) — Salt Lake City seniors at Phillips Plaza are dealing with a recent sewage spill and long-running air conditioning problems as the Housing Authority prepares to shift the building into a new federal RAD funding model. Tenants worry about safety and living conditions, even as officials say the change will bring more resources and promise residents can remain under new leases.
2. 'The Office' star Rainn Wilson films with the Tabernacle Choir (abc4.com) — Rainn Wilson, best known as Dwight from "The Office," came to Salt Lake City to rehearse and perform with the Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square for a documentary on world faiths. He joined a Music & the Spoken Word broadcast and discussed belief and scripture with church leaders while exploring how people experience God.
3. Province VIII Episcopalians address shared climate issues, solutions at creation care conference (episcopalnewsservice.org) — Faith leaders from across the West gathered in Salt Lake City to tackle shared climate challenges like water scarcity, wildfires, and the shrinking Great Salt Lake. Sessions highlighted conservation, church-based "green teams," Indigenous perspectives, and even preparations for a possible 2034 Winter Olympics here, all aimed at turning spiritual concern into practical, local climate action.
4. The latest twist in the battle over surrogacy has conservatives divided (deseret.com) — A University of Utah forum in Salt Lake City brought Rep. Mike Kennedy and Sen. Todd Weiler together to debate who should control vaccine schedules and IVF and surrogacy rules. Local leaders like former Sen. Derek Kitchen and City Council member Chris Wharton weighed in, highlighting how any future Utah laws could affect how Salt Lake City families build and afford having children.
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