Wednesday, Aug. 20: Inkstick Media's Taylor Barnes is back with another report on 'sin-vestments' of the LDS Church, as well as workers, waste and warnings from bomb country. Utah Rivers Council reports on today's interim legislative session, where lawmakers talked about the fate of the Great Salt Lake. Plus, Keep Parks Public meets Protect Every Park and YWCA Leader of Tomorrow 2025.
Aug. 20: Utah lawmakers met in an interim session today, and on the agenda was the Great Salt Lake. Zach Frankel of the Utah Rivers Council reports.
Aug. 21: Public Lands Under Threat: From Our Backyard to the National Parks | 6-9 PM | Fisher Brewing Co., 320 W 800 S, SLC. RadioACTive talks with SUWA's Grant Stevens and Kate Groetzinger of the Center for Western Priorities.
PODCAST: The Landscape, feat. news, interviews, and history with newsmakers and environmental advocates, focused on parks and public lands across the American West. Produced by the Center for Western Priorities.
Sept. 5: YWCA 36th Annual LeaderLuncheon | 11-2 PM @ Grand America, 555 S Main St, SLC.The Y's Jacob Siolo loops us in, along with Michelle Mooney, this year's Leader of Tomorrow. Mooney also sits on the board of Curly Me, which will hold its 8th Annual Curls With A Purpose Fashion Show from 6-8:30 PM @ South Salt Lake Community Center this evening.
Sept. 17: Constitution Day, which commemorates the signing of the U.S. Constitution in 1787. The Utah State Bar has announced the launch of a new Constitution Day webpage designed to engage families, lawyers, educators, and community members in celebrating the nation’s founding document. This digital resource provides tools and opportunities to deepen understanding of the U.S. Constitution while encouraging active citizen participation.
Taylor Barnes is Inkstick Media's field reporter for military affairs and the defense industry. Her latest reporting follows up on the "sin-vestments" of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which used to be anti-bomb but now holds stock in weapons manufacturers. Tips? tbarnes@inkstickmedia.com.
READ: Gaza Genocide Provokes Anti-War Dissent Among Mormons. Campaigners are targeting the hearts, minds, and multibillion-dollar investment fund of the Utah-based faith. (Inkstick Media, Aug. 12, 2025)
READ: The Workers, the Waste, and the Warnings from Bomb Country. From South Carolina to California, locals in nuclear weapons towns raise health, safety, and environmental concerns over renewed plutonium pit manufacturing. (Inkstick Media, June 12, 2025)
READ: A Former ‘Star Wars’ Engineer Weighs In on the ‘Golden Dome.’ An ex-Raytheon engineer in Huntsville, Alabama, “the Pentagon of the South,” on how weapons engineers see their jobs — and what they don’t see. (Inkstick Media, May 21, 2025)
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