Utah Headlines

Political news

• Thomas B. Griffith: When did moral character stop being vital to leadership in our democracy? (Deseret News)
• Utah has a huge backlog of public records disputes, but a committee can’t meet to address them. Here’s why. (Salt Lake Tribune)

Election news

• Utah County attorney confirms investigation into ‘concerning’ ballot tracking; another state lawmaker says clerk knew method she used to vote (Deseret News)
• Spanish Fork senator says he made his ballot status private. Utah County’s clerk revealed how he cast it (KSL TV)
• Utah Co. Commissioner calls on Clerk to recuse himself from overseeing election (Fox13)
• Utah GOPers, Dems put emphasis on a handful of House, Senate races as ballots trickle in (KSL)
• Potential Alpine School District split draws divide between residents, educators and political parties (Daily Herald)
• RFK Jr. wants a spot in Trump's Cabinet. John Stockton likes the idea (Deseret News)

Municipal news

• Logan ranked as a top city for veterans to start a business (Cache Valley Daily)
• Salt Lake eyes 'generational opportunity' for 5-city regional park centered along Jordan River (KSL)

Utah

• This magazine named Snowbasin best in the West (Deseret News)
• Bird flu found in 8 Cache County dairy cattle herds (KSL)

Biz/Tech

• Latest GDP data reflects healthy arc for U.S. economy (Deseret News)
• Median U.S. gas price dropping (Deseret News)
• American Airlines landed its longest-ever nonstop flight, lasting nearly 16 hours (Deseret News)
• Spirit Airlines to furlough hundreds of pilots to cut costs (Reuters)

Crime/Courts

• For the first time, female wardens now lead both of Utah’s state prisons (Daily Herald)

Culture

• Opinion: Halloween was so much worse in the good old days (Deseret News)
• Christmas music in October? Yes, please! (Deseret News)

Education

• School District rolls out new safety measures at Jordan High School after fatal stabbing (KUTV)
• West Valley City school taking precaution on Halloween after threat found in bathroom (KUTV)

Environment

• The curse of the petrified forest in Escalante, Utah (Deseret News)
• Critics continue gondola pushback as UDOT shifts attention to Big Cottonwood Canyon (KSL)
• As a closed Utah uranium mill seeks state approval to reopen, taxpayers are still paying to clean up others (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Eastern Utah wants an oil railroad. The nation’s highest court will decide how feds should judge its environmental impacts. (Salt Lake Tribune)

Health

• Why is walking pneumonia on the rise, including in kids? (Deseret News)
• New CDC report shows potential risks for teenagers and screen time (KSL TV)

Housing

• Provo plans to build new affordable housing for essential workers (KSL TV)
• There’s a new way to help struggling Salt Lake City renters (Salt Lake Tribune)

National Headlines

General

• Snow in Hawaii? Cold air and moisture deliver snow to the state’s tallest mountain (AP)
• It’s spooky season. Here are some scary stories from around the world you probably haven’t heard (AP)
• Guns. Knives. Bats. Hammers. Hatchets. Spears. Road rage has soared in an increasingly angry nation (Washington Post)

Election news

• Jeff Flake says he supports Harris because he is confident she will accept election results (Deseret News)
• Will Gen Z’ers show up at the polls? (Deseret News)
• Judge orders Elon Musk to court over $1 million giveaway in US election (Reuters)
• Donald Trump boards a garbage truck to draw attention to Biden remark, divert attention from his rally (AP)
• Nicky Jam withdraws endorsement of Donald Trump over comedian’s ‘garbage’ comment about Puerto Rico (AP)
• An Elon Musk-backed political group is posting fake Kamala Harris ads on Facebook (NPR)
• GOP leaders in some states move to block Justice Dept. election monitors (Washington Post)
• Donald Trump is trying to persuade a group of Arab and Muslim voters that they should vote for him, even though he has spent years insulting and demonizing them. (New York Times)
• A Unified Republican Congress Would Give Trump Broad Power for His Agenda (New York Times)
• Biden’s Gaffes Complicate Harris’s Final Stretch, Worrying Democratic Insiders (New York Times)
• Trump sparks concern with claims of fraud in Pennsylvania (The Hill)
• Secretary of State Pete Buttigieg? Here’s who could be in Harris’ Cabinet. (Politico)
• Defense Secretary Tom Cotton? Here’s who could be in Trump’s Cabinet. (Politico)
• Arnold Schwarzenegger has endorsed Kamala Harris for president (NPR)

Ukraine 🇺🇦

• Radiation and Russian bombs threaten this Ukrainian city, so it’s building schools underground (AP)
• Russian drones hunt civilians in streets of southern Ukrainian city (Washington Post)

Israel and Gaza

• A Gaza medic realizes he’s carrying his own mother’s body, killed by an Israeli airstrike (AP)

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News Releases

Salt Lake County’s life sciences industry generates billions in economic output

Salt Lake County’s life sciences industry is experiencing robust growth, contributing significantly to the region’s economy. A new research brief from the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute at the University of Utah shows the industry generated an estimated $5.8 billion in GDP in 2023, representing 5.1% of the county’s total GDP and $9.3 billion in total output. (Read More)

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Upcoming

• Nov. 5 — Election Day!
• Nov. 7 â€” Utah Valley Chamber of Commerce Growth and Prosperity Summit, 8:00 am - 3:00 pm, UVU Grand Ballroom. Register here
• Nov. 15 — Women & Business Conference & ATHENA Awards Luncheon with the Salt Lake Chamber, Grand America Hotel. Register here
• Nov. 19-20 — Interim Days
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• Jan. 21 — Utah legislative session begins
• Mar. 7 — Utah legislative session ends

On This Day In History

• 1517 - Reformation Day - Martin Luther posts 95 theses
• 1838 - A mob of about 200 attacks a Mormon camp in Missouri, killing 20 men, women and children
• 1860 - Juliette Gordon Low is born. The American activist was the founder of the Girl Scouts of America.
• 1926 - Harry Houdini [Erich Weisz], magician, dies of gangrene and peritonitis from an appendix that ruptured after a student punched him twice hard in the stomach
• 1978 - The Pregnancy Discrimination Act becomes law which prohibits employers from discriminating against pregnant women
• 1984 - Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India (1966-77, 1980-84), is assassinated by two of her bodyguards at 66
• 2020 - Sir Sean Connery dies at age 90

Quote of the Day

"It's all just a bunch of hocus pocus!"

—Max, Hocus Pocus

On the Punny Side

Space could be filled with vampires.

But we'll never know because telescopes use mirrors.

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