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Deseret News

Pignanelli and Webb: More cogitations on election 2018

Op-ed: Dan Jones was the truest of public servants

Op-ed: Why you shouldn't fear the peer-to-peer economy

Editorial: Don't turn your backs on the medical marijuana compromise

Utah Senate Democrats elect Karen Mayne as minority leader

What Utah can expect from medical marijuana, through the lens of Minnesota's experience

Love gains more votes than McAdams in latest update, but still trails in Utah's 4th District

As medical marijuana, Medicaid declared winners in Utah, Proposition 4 still too close to call

If Ben McAdams heads to Washington, here's how he's replaced

Orrin Hatch among 7 to receive Presidential Medal of Freedom from Trump

Cache Valley gets state's first clean air determination from EPA

The final walk: Orrin Hatch was in it for the long run

Multicity study of 12 air pollutants probes health effects

Utah's partial plan discarded as voters opt for full Medicaid expansion

Utah high schoolers saved $48.7 million in college tuition by taking concurrent enrollment courses

Flag, vigil honor Maj. Brent Taylor, 'a true patriot' and 'good man'

Salt Lake Tribune

Ralph Becker: Curtis' Emery County lands bill has something for everyone

Op-ed: Why are local governments competing with private business?

Editorial: Utah must embrace San Juan's historic shift

The shuffling slows at the Utah State Board of Education, but its longest continuously serving member lost her bid for re-election

Here's what happens if Ben McAdams wins his bid for Congress and vacates his seat as Salt Lake County mayor

A Utah professor has been appointed by President Trump to a science advisory board

Rep. Mia Love cuts into Ben McAdams' lead as Utah and Salt Lake counties update results

Rep. Rob Bishop to give up his committee gavel and power as Republicans slip into the minority

Democrats in the Utah Senate oust longtime minority leader during a meeting he tried to cancel

Utah state Senate Republican files a police report alleging he was assaulted by House Democratic leader

Trump to give nation's highest civilian honor to Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch, and Elvis, and Babe Ruth

Other

Canada strengthens Utah trade relations (Daily Herald)

Love makes slight gain on McAdams as Utah, Salt Lake counties release more results (Daily Herald)

Nearly double the amount of people voted in Utah County as voted in the last midterms (Daily Herald)

Steve Waldrip edges by Deana Froerer after new votes counted in Utah House race (Standard-Examiner)

Brent Taylor's death in Afghanistan prompts huge show of support in North Ogden (Standard-Examiner)

Election Day voters in Summit County upset ballots weren't counted on Tuesday (Park Record)

  NATIONAL HEADLINES  

• Democrats have at least 85 targets for investigating the Trump administration once they take control of the House in January - http://bit.ly/2qGl7LF
  
  
• House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi is vowing that the new Democratic majority will take swift action on gun control next year - http://bit.ly/2qIk51v
  
  
• Democrats also plan aggressive moves on campaign finance reform, but those will likely be opposed by the Republican Senate and President Trump - http://bit.ly/2qGx5EX
  
  
• Democrats are so far resisting calls to begin impeachment proceedings of President Trump when they have the House majority next year - https://wapo.st/2qH2LKl
  
  
• Democrats are strategizing how to remain focused on their agenda without getting distracted by a president who relishes confrontation - https://nyti.ms/2qKg6Bv
  
  
• Prosecutors have gathered evidence that President Trump played a central role in the hush money payoffs to two women during the 2016 presidential campaign - https://on.wsj.com/2qGlQwn
  
  
• Congress gets back to work this week in a lame-duck session with several high stakes issues left to consider before the end of the year - http://bit.ly/2qHmtWg
  
  
• House Democrats plan to ramp up the oversight of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos - https://politi.co/2qHUOor
  
  
• Florida officials are racing to meet a Thursday deadline to conduct a recount in the U.S. Senate and gubernatorial race. If a county does not submit their results by then, the previous numbers stand. Republicans are claiming fraud - https://nyti.ms/2qFls13 
  
  
• Democrat Kirsten Sinema's lead in Nevada's U.S. Senate race continues to grow - https://cnn.it/2qJjwVk
  
  
• French President Emmanuel Macron delivered a forceful rebuke of nationalism, calling it a "betrayal of patriotism" and warned against "old demons coming back to wreak chaos and death" - https://wapo.st/2qJnJbC
  
  
• The wildfires in California have claimed 31 lives so far and burned hundreds of homes - https://nyti.ms/2qIixEJ 
  
  
• North Korea is apparently moving forward with its ballistic missile program at 16 previously unknown bases that have been identified in satellite images - https://nyti.ms/2qGwjb1
  
  
• President Trump is telling people he wants to replace Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross by the end of the year - https://cnb.cx/2qH8jo8
  
  
• Turkish officials say they shared the recording of the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi with the United States and other Western countries - https://nyti.ms/2qDxND0

  ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY  

• 1892 - The first professional football game was played in Pittsburgh. The Allegheny Athletic Association defeated the Pittsburgh Athletic Club 4-0. Touchdowns at the time were worth 4 points.
  
  
• 1936 - President Franklin Roosevelt officially opened the San Francisco - Oakland Bay Bridge.
  
  
• 1954 - After processing more than 12 million immigrants, the immigration station at Ellis Island closed its doors for the last time.

Policy News

More National Headlines

Florida attorney general directs law enforcement to take steps to 'guarantee integrity' in elections (The Hill)

The nation is watching Broward's election chief. Here's some troubling history (Miami Herald)

Fire Brenda Snipes (National Review)

Central American migrants resume their march toward U.S. border (Reuters)

Cruz raises constitutional concerns over legislation to protect Mueller (The Hill)

Professor sues over rebuke for calling transgender student male (Washington Times)

Illegal immigrant killed 3 after 'sanctuary' release from custody, ICE says (FOX News)

Babe Ruth, Roger Staubach, Alan Page will be honored with Presidential Medal of Freedom (USA Today)

Dem-leaning Palm Beach County says it likely won't make recount deadline in Florida governor, Senate races (FOX News)

Dems to probe Trump's treatment of CNN, Amazon, Washington Post in triple-threaded abuse-of-power inquiries (FOX News)

Former Starbucks CEO, Howard Schultz, is putting together an all-star PR team as he eyes a 2020 presidential run (Daily Mail)