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Situational Analysis | Oct. 21, 2022 It's Friday and in this Breast Cancer Awareness Month, today is National Mammography Day. Get it done. Be in the Know The Center for Growth and Opportunity at Utah State asked the question, "What policies promote abundance," and have reason to be optimistic. Many Americans, they found, believe they can achieve abundance, but they also believe that "government is a key player." Some of their policy recommendations include: encouraging competitive tech markets, improving the FDA approval process, boosting entrepreneurship and innovation through immigration and building a better pathway for skilled immigration. Rapid Roundup A South Jordan house dressed up as the 'Encanto' house; did you know that driving on wet leaves is just as dangerous as driving on ice?; UDOT is closing Guardsman Pass on Saturday night due to snow; Boris Johnson wants another go as Prime Minister; she's a physicist, a British Empire Medal recipient and a prolific Wikipedia author, creating over 1750 pages for female and minority scientists who have been overlooked; and just in case you thought slavery was a long time ago, the son of a slave just died at age 90. | | |
| | Ballots Hit Mailboxes As voters begin to receive their ballots, our panel looks back on a contentious debate between the frontrunners in the U.S. Senate race. Jeff Merchant and Chris Bleak join The Hinckley Report with Jason Perry this Friday at 7:00 pm to discuss how Utahns are reacting. | | |
Utah Headlines General Flooded-out cars from Hurricane Ian washing up in Utah. Hereâs how to avoid buying a soggy lemon. (KSL Newsradio) The Salt Lake Tribune joins ProPublicaâs Local Reporting Network. The Tribune is one of five newsrooms selected to partner with the national nonprofit for investigations. (Salt Lake Tribune) Utah police hope new partnership with Jiffy Lube will curb the flow of catalytic converter thefts (KSL) POLICE: Utah man launders $915k in catalytic converters (ABC4) Utah Tech University to hold leadership event today to encourage women to engage their circles of influence (St. George News) Elections What Adam Kinzinger has to say about Evan McMullin, Mike Lee. The Illinois Republican has endorsed GOP, Democratic and independent candidates (Deseret News) Lee Brinton: Americans deserve politicians who will defend liberty â not liberty for one party, but liberty for all. Evan McMullin represents that unity (Deseret News) Robert O'Brien: Why I'm supporting Mike Lee (Deseret News) More candidates skipping debates. Here's what Utah Gov. Cox has to say about it (KSL) Politics Why young people are down on democracy â and how we can change that. Generation Z knows that we need problem solvers, not flamethrowers, to lead our nation (Deseret News) Everything you need to know about the âGhost Gun Ruleâ â and how gun dealers are getting around it. (Deseret News) Utah governor to propose 'across the board' tuition freeze for higher education (KSL) Should Salt Lake County sheriff continue leading Unified Police Department? Utah lawmakers are considering whether they should step in to create legislation that would only affect Salt Lake County, to prohibit someone from serving as both county sheriff and CEO at the Unified Police Department. (KSL) Guess who else likes the Little Cottonwood Canyon gondola idea? Utahâs governor voices his support. (Salt Lake Tribune) Deeda Seed: Keep a close watch on the Utah Inland Port Authorityâs âdo-overâ (Salt Lake Tribune) Utah Legislature could hold special session to approve new state flag (KSL) Business Pat Jones: Five men who are championing women in leadership (Deseret News) âMay I pray for you?â: Intel CEO on faith and business (Deseret News) A new development in Utah's cookie wars: Crumbl announces partnership with Utah Jazz (ABC4) Growth and Prosperity Summit looks to bring Utah county together across industries (Daily Herald) Education What did auditors find when they looked at whatâs being taught in Utah public schools? Some instances of âquestionable materialsâ in schools but vast majority of teachers stay within acceptable guidelines (Deseret News) Salt Lake Community College makes history in naming of Gail Miller School of Business - the first business school in Utah named exclusively after a woman (KSL) Shortage of special education teachers leave parents asking questions (KUTV) Environment Someone is shooting wild horses in southern Utah and the West. Why? (Deseret News) Pumped hydro storage: Can mountain lakes be our batteries?. The West has the vertical drops to generate clean power when renewables arenât producing. (Salt Lake Tribune) Should companies stop siphoning away the Great Salt Lake until it refills? (Salt Lake Tribune) Gov. Cox commends Washington County on its efforts to conserve water (UPR) The Mississippi River is drying up, disrupting a vital supply lane (Wall Street Journal) Health Nick Mitchell: I could have been a casualty. We need to address the roots of the opioid crisis (Deseret News) Utah reports 19 new COVID-19 deaths over past 2 weeks (KSL) Hill AFB families have access to unique mental health resources (KSL TV) A surge in pediatric respiratory viruses, including RSV, is straining hospitals (Wall Street Journal) Housing The housing market is correcting â but Utahâs affordability crisis isnât going away (Deseret News) National Headlines General Seattle ranks for worst air quality in the world two days in a row (Deseret News) Jury finds Kevin Spacey not liable for battery charges (Deseret News) Pentagon says 519 US service members died by suicide in 2021 (KSL Newsradio) Report: Elon Musk plans to cut 75% of Twitter workforce (AP) Trump ex-adviser Bannon faces sentencing for contempt of Congress (Reuters) Elections Control of US Senate could come down to tight Nevada race (AP) Oprah seeks to lend her appeal to Abrams in Georgia election (AP) GOP wave threatens blue-state strongholds (The Hill) David Brooks: Why Republicans are surging (New York Times) Martin Luther Kingâs daughter Bernice blasts Kari Lake for claim he would have been âAmerica Firstâ Republican (The Hill) Alaskaâs independents have something to say to the rest of the country. Liberated by ranked choice voting, they seem poised to swing dramatically toward Democrats. Will independent voters in the Lower 48 follow? (Politico) Politics D.C. audience asks Mike Pence if he would vote for Trump in 2024. Pence smiled politely and paused for a moment before answering: âWell, there might be somebody else Iâd prefer more.â (Deseret News) The Supreme Court won't block the student loan debt relief program, at least for now (NPR) What's in the so-called 'Don't Say Gay' bill that could impact the whole country (NPR) Ukraine ðºð¦ Ukraine forced to schedule blackouts after devastating Russian attacks (Deseret News) Mark Hamill sent 500 drones to Ukraine in past month (ABC4) General who led Syrian bombing is new face of Russian war. He has a reputation for brutality and bombing civilians (AP) Russian, Ukrainian troops gird for major battle in Kherson (AP) Zelenskyy calls on West to warn Russian not to blow up dam (Reuters) Mariya, who lives in a now-liberated region of Ukraine, was tortured during the Russian occupation because her husband is in the Ukrainian army. From her cell, she heard others screaming. "Men screaming so hard I cannot describe it enough," she wept. (New York Times) World News Myanmar villagers say army beheaded high school teacher, left his head on a pike (AP) As inflation stalks Europe, leaders shudder (New York Times) âBeaten by a lettuceâ: 44 glorious days of Liz Truss (Politico) | | |
Guest opinion: Utah has an active organization seeking to find common ground: Braver Angels by Rhett Wilkinson When Erika Munson was growing up in Boston, Mass. in a left-leaning, Latter-day Saint household, she was in a political majority but a religious minority. Then after she and her husband moved their family to Utah, she was in a political minority but a religious majority. Knowing that, you may not be surprised to read that Munson is involved with building bridges. Sheâs doing that right now as the state co-coordinator of Braver Angels Utah Alliance. Itâs a state chapter that is a part of the national Braver Angels organization, which seeks to foster unity between âred and blue Americansâ to address the political polarization in the United States. And despite being in a strongly right-leaning state, BAUA is making serious headway. Munson said on Aug. 31 that BAUA had 300 dues-paying members. Its first workshop was in summer 2018. Like all state BA chapters, BAUA is run by volunteers, Munson said. BA nationally had a 300% growth in dues-paying members in 2020, a 329% monthly website traffic increase from 2019 to 2020 and an increase by four times in monthly participation by the end of 2020 versus April of the year. Among workshop participants, 85% felt less estranged or angry with those across the political divide, 87% gained a significant understanding of those across the divide and 91% see lots of areas of commonality after doing them. BA has also earned a great amount of national media coverage. (Read More) News Releases Sutherland Institute welcomes new Education Policy Fellow Sutherland Institute announced today the addition of Christine Cooke Fairbanks as its new Education Policy Fellow. Her research will focus on how increased support for a variety of school types impacts students, parents and educators. Fairbanks earned a law degree from the Sandra Day OâConnor College of Law at Arizona State University. She was most recently the Director of Student Life at the Brigham Young University Law School. Previously, she led education policy research for Sutherland from 2015 to 2021. She brings a unique perspective, having served as a public-school teacher before entering the public policy world. (Read More) Number of the Day | | |
Upcoming Effecting Societal Change for Child Sexual Abuse â Oct. 26, 8:00am-11:30am; Virtual and in-person at Saprea in Lehi, UT, Register here General election â Nov 8 Hacks to Help Women Maximize Income and Minimize Expenses âNov. 9, Noon-1:00pm; Virtual, Register here UWLP Book Club: How Women Rise By Sally Helgesen & Marshall Goldsmith â Nov. 10, 12:00pm-1:00pm or 7:30pm-8:30pm; Virtual, Register here Advancing Religious Freedom in a Divided America with Judge Thomas Griffith, hosted by Sutherland Institute and the Int'l Center for Law and Religion Studiesâ Nov. 15, 9:30 am - noon, More info here Biases, Barriers, & Barricades for Utah Women: A Solutions-Based Workshop with UWLP and the Policy Project, Nov. 15, 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm, Sandy, Register here Utah Foundationâs 2022 Annual Luncheon â Nov. 16, noon, Salt Lake Marriott Downtown at City Creek, Register here Utah Economic Outlook and Public Policy Summit with the Salt Lake Chamber â Jan. 12, 2023, Salt Lake City Marriott, 8 am - noon, Register here | | |
On This Day In History 1805 - Battle of Trafalgar, one of the most decisive naval battles in history is fought on this day. Horatio Nelson led the British fleet to victory but also died in battle.. 1833 - Alfred Nobel is born. The Swedish chemist invented dynamite and later founded the Nobel Prizes 1854 - Florence Nightingale with a staff of 38 nurses is sent to the Crimean War 1879 - After 1200 unsuccessful experiments, Thomas Edison demonstrated the first lasting electric light bulb. 1921 - President Warren G. Harding publicly condemns lynching 1949 - Author of "Brave New World" Aldous Huxley writes to congratulate George Orwell on his new novel "Nineteen Eighty-Four" 1955 - Mary Louise Smith, age 18, is arrested for refusing to give up her seat in the âwhites onlyâ section of a Montgomery city bus. 1966 - A landslide sent 140,000 cubic yards of coal waste in a tidal wave 40-feet high hurtling down the mountainside and crashes into a small Welsh mining village, killing 116 children and 28 adults. The Aberfan disaster left just five survivors. 1967 - Nearly 100,000 gather in Washington, D.C. to protest the Vietnam war. 2021 - ââActor Alec Baldwin accidentally shoots and kills cinematographer Halyna Hutchins with a prop gun in rehearsal on a film set at Bonanza Ranch, New Mexico Wise Words âMost human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted.â
â Aldous Huxley, Brave New World The Punny Side Where do ghosts buy their cookies? From the ghoul scouts. | | |
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