Fry Sauce: The "year of Mormon women"

😇 The Washington Post deemed 2024 "the year of Mormon women," with the Utah-based faith influencing pop cultural phenomena from Stanley Cups and trad wives to "The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives" and "Heretic." Read more via The Post

🔎 In emails to her ex-husband, Vineyard's mayor wrote that she had an "addiction" to lying, per an investigation by The Salt Lake Tribune and New York Times. (New York Times)

• Mayor Julie Fullmer has previously come under fire for pledging $5 million — without the city council's knowledge — to a controversial dredging and development projects on manufactured islands in Utah Lake.

💥 Gov. Spencer Cox joined other Republican governors in signing a letter of support for South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem's appointment as President-elect Trump's head of Homeland Security. (KSL.com)

• Noem came under fire earlier this year after she admitted to fatally shooting a puppy.

🚸 A report commissioned by Utah lawmakers calls for state funding to double for in-person preschool as families struggle to find and afford child care. (KUER)