It's a solo show this week, as Jenny is visiting the great state of California. Today on the show, some great emails, the Washington D.C. Temple gets it's open house date, a new LDS College in Salt Lake City? Plus a big update on coronavirus (COVID-19) and how it's impacting The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. All that plus more on the Report!

Finally Statehood! Utah's Struggles 1849 - 1896 by Edward Leo Lyman

HEADLINES

* The Mormon temple near the Beltway will be open to the public for a limited time this fall (Washington Post)

* Prophet Invites the World to Consider, ‘How Do You Hear Him?’ (Church Newsroom)

* Former St. Louis area Mormon bishop accused of luring girl, faces child porn charges (The Telegraph, Alton Illinois)

* Driver's ed teacher, Mormon church bishop pleads guilty to sex abuse charges (KATU2, Portland Oregon)

* ‘Kingdom of Nauvoo’ Review: The Sojourn Before Salt Lake (Wall Street Journal)

* McKenna Denson's fraud case against LDS Church referred for settlement (Daily Herald)

* Latter-day Saint Charities reports millions in aid, given to thousands of people in more than a hundred countries in 2019 (Salt Lake Tribune)

* Behind the decision to rename LDS Business College as Ensign College (Deseret News)

* Leadership Sessions of April 2020 General Conference Postponed (Church Newsroom)

* Other Coronavirus Updates (Church Newsroom)

* 1:04:59 Sunshine In Your Soul

* Brandt: “How a Hacker's Mom Broke Into a Prison—and the Warden's Computer” (Wired.com)

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