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Evening Brief: Aug. 19, 2025

KUER's evening headlines for Aug. 19, 2025

FILE - BYU head coach Kalani Sitake looks on in the second half of an NCAA college football game against Oklahoma State, Oct. 18, 2024, in Provo, Utah.

True freshman Bear Bachmeier will be BYU’s starting QB

Bachmeier emerged from a three-way competition to replace Jake Retzlaff and announced he will be the starter Aug. 30 against Portland State in a quirky social media post.

The Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee met to hear the state’s eight degree-granting institutions’ plans for reinvestment at the Utah State Capitol in Salt Lake City, Aug. 19, 2025.

With $60M at stake, lawmakers praise the reinvestment plans of Utah’s universities

There was one dissenting vote on the recommendation from the Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee. The higher ed budget reinvestments were mandated by the Legislature.

The seal of the Utah Board of Pardons and Parole is seen during a commutation hearing for Ralph Menzies at the Utah State Correctional Facility in Salt Lake City, Aug. 13, 2025.

Utah Board of Pardons and Parole denies Ralph Menzies’ clemency request

Menzies is scheduled to face a firing squad on Sept. 5 for the 1986 murder of Maurine Hunsaker. He still has an appeal to be heard by the Utah Supreme Court.

Morning Brief: Aug. 19, 2025

KUER's morning headlines for Aug. 19, 2025