Utah Headlines

Political news

• Lee backs Tuberville’s hold on promotions over Pentagon abortion policy — as other Republicans push back (Deseret News)
• Senate passes bill to avert government shutdown — Lee, Crapo, Risch vote ‘no’ (Deseret News)
• Sen. Mike Lee, other senators ask DOJ to explain why they wanted personal info on congressional staffers (Deseret News)
• The mediator. On rethinking the good fight (Deseret News)
• Utah’s AG says legislative audit will find ‘no smoking gun,’ responds to KSL records battle (KSL TV)
• Audit of Utah A.G. Sean Reyes’s office may not be done before the 2024 election. Here’s why. (Salt Lake Tribune)

Election news

• 2nd District congressional candidates express support for Israel (Deseret News)
• Show election workers some Thanksgiving love, vote early (Deseret News)
• Salt Lake City mayoral, council candidates spend big ahead of upcoming election (KSL)
• Utah poll workers prepare for election day (Fox13)

Utah news

• Dell Loy Hansen's next act: Helping rebuild a war-torn Ukraine (Deseret News)
• Utah sues manufacturers over 'unconscionable' insulin pricing (KSL)
• How an ordinary green SLC day care became a source of curiosity (Salt Lake Tribune)

Business/Tech

• What experts say Utah businesses abroad can do to succeed amid global turmoil: lean in (Deseret News)
• ‘Red Cup Day’ strikes, biggest in Starbucks history, aim to raise awareness of unionizing efforts (Deseret News)
• Leadership change announced for Deseret Management Corp. (Deseret News)

Crime

• FCC adopts new cellphone rules designed to keep domestic violence victims safer (KSL TV)
• Salt Lake man's repeated violence ties up police resources, terrorizes neighborhood (KUTV)
• Suspect charged in Salt Lake City kidnapping and rape case 17 years later, thanks to DNA (ABC4)
• 3 Utahns face federal charges for allegedly stealing luggage from SLC Airport (ABC4)

Culture

• Perspective: In hailing bin Laden, TikTok users are siding with evil (Deseret News)
• Religious freedom is having a ‘PR crisis,’ experts say. What can be done? (Deseret News)
• After 15 years, Zack and Cody’s dinner reservation at Chef Gigi’s is finally here (Deseret News)
• President Jeffrey R. Holland called as acting president of church's Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (KSL)

Education

• What did the state’s Oct. 1 headcount reveal about Utah public schools? Enrollment fell 0.3% from a year ago and more people are exercising options aside from attending neighborhood schools such as charter schools (Deseret News)
• For Muslims at the U and BYU, the Israel-Hamas war has shattered feelings of safety (KUER)

Environment

• The Great Salt Lake and Colorado River are at a pivotal crossroad. Utah Water Symposium highlights successes, but underscores challenges (Deseret News)
• What needs to happen for the Great Salt Lake to reach a sustainable elevation? (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Study shines more light on toxins in Great Salt Lake dust (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Park City School District to pay millions for re-contaminating lead soil on property (KUTV)

Family

• Jay Evensen: Will AI take care of us in old age? (Deseret News)

Health

• Health benefits offered by traditional Thanksgiving foods (Deseret News)
• Perspective: When pleasure-seeking makes you miserable (Deseret News)
• Utah County family donates $10M to help build Primary Children's Hospital Lehi campus (KSL)
• Barefoot workers and cracked floors were found at a factory that made recalled eyedrops, FDA says (AP)

Housing

•  Utah builder offers free mortgage payments, but why not just cut the price? (KUTV)

National Headlines

General

• Man who attacked Pelosi’s husband is convicted of federal assault and attempted kidnapping charges (AP)
• "It feels like I'm not crazy." Gardeners aren't surprised as USDA updates key map. (NPR)
• Travel demand is easing, but this Thanksgiving will approach a record (Washington Post)

Political news

• Sen. J.D. Vance criticizes IRS for harassing conservative organizations, demands answers (Deseret News)
• Biden signs a bill averting a government shutdown for now, with Israel and Ukraine aid still stalled (AP)
• Trump and aides immediately attack clerk after gag order is paused (New York Times)
• George Santos won’t run for reelection after ethics committee released report (Deseret News)
• Ethics report finds Santos used campaign funds to pay for OnlyFans, Botox, Sephora (NPR)
• 11 of the most scathing allegations in the House ethics report about Santos (Washington Post)
• George Santos faces new motion to expel him from Congress (Washington Post)

Election news

• New Jersey’s first lady running against indicted Sen. Bob Menendez (Deseret News)
• DeSantis, Haley and Ramaswamy will meet in Iowa for a ‘family discussion’ on politics (AP)

Ukraine 🇺🇦

• Ukrainian marines claim multiple bridgeheads across a key Russian strategic barrier (AP)

Israel 🇮🇱

• Thousands of bodies lie buried in rubble in Gaza. Families dig to retrieve them, often by hand (AP)
• UN says starvation imminent in Gaza, no let-up in Israeli assault (Reuters)

World

• Gang attack on Haitian hospital leads to a call for help and an unlikely triumph for police (AP)
• Guatemalan prosecutors pursue plans to press charges against the president-elect (NPR)

Number of the Day 

News Releases

Gov. Cox appoints Stephen Nelson to Third District Court

Utah Gov. Spencer J. Cox has appointed Stephen Nelson to the Third District Court, replacing Judge Randall Skanchy’s vacancy. Nelson’s nomination requires confirmation by the Utah Senate. 

Nelson is currently an Assistant United States Attorney in the national security section of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Utah where he has worked since 2016. In this role, Nelson has prosecuted organized crime, violent crime and narcotics.  (Read More)

Utah Senate request public comment on 3rd District Court nominee

The Utah Senate Judicial Confirmation Committee is seeking public comment on Stephen Nelson, who Gov. Spencer J. Cox nominated to serve as a judge in the 3rd District Court.  

Utah Gov. Spencer J. Cox has appointed Stephen Nelson to the Third District Court, replacing Judge Randall N. Skanchy’s vacancy. Nelson’s nomination requires confirmation by the Utah Senate. 

Those who desire to comment should contact the Utah Senate Judicial Confirmation Committee electronically or by mail at the Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel by 5:00 p.m. Friday, December 1, 2023. Electronic comments can be emailed to senatejudicialnominees@le.utah.gov. Written comments can be mailed to the Utah Senate Judicial Confirmation Committee at the Utah State Capitol, Suite W210, PO Box 145210, Salt Lake City, Utah 84114-5210. All statements should include the respondent’s name, telephone number and mailing address. (Read More)

Support grows for Romney, Manchin’s Fiscal Stability Act

Support grew this week for the Fiscal Stability Act, bipartisan legislation introduced by U.S. Senators Mitt Romney (R-UT) and Joe Manchin (D-WV) to strengthen America’s fiscal health and stabilize our nation’s finances for future generations. The Fiscal Stability Act would create a bicameral fiscal commission tasked with finding legislative solutions to stabilize and decrease our national debt, which now exceeds $33.6 trillion—more than double what it was just 10 years ago. (Read More)

Tweet of the Day

Upcoming

• General election — Nov. 21
  

On This Day In History 

• 1558 - The Elizabethan Age begins as 25-year-old Elizabeth takes the throne after the death of her half-sister, Queen “Bloody” Mary
• 1777 - Articles of Confederation are submitted to the states
• 1800 - The Sixth United States Congress convenes in Washington D.C. for the first time. Even though many rooms remain incomplete, substantial progress allowed both the House of Representatives and the Senate to begin their sessions in the Nation’s Capital.
• 1855 - David Livingstone becomes the first European to see Victoria Falls, in what is now Zambia and Zimbabwe
• 1869 - The Suez Canal opens, connecting the Mediterranean and the Red Seas.
• 1878 - Grace Abbott is born. She dedicated her career to child labor policies and relief programs for immigrants. She headed the Children’s Bureau under President Warren G. Harding and while she saw a constitutional amendment against child labor, the states did not ratify it.
• 1913 - The first ship sails through the Panama Canal
• 1934 - Claudia Alta Taylor marries future president Lyndon B. Johnson. She is also known as “Lady Bird.” 
• 1969- SALT I negotiations begin (Strategic Arms Limitation Talks)
• 1973 - President Nixon insists that he is “not a crook”
• 1993 - US House of Representatives approves NAFTA

Quote of the Day

"The way you overcome shyness is to become so wrapped up in something that you forget to be afraid."

—Lady Bird Johnson

On the Punny Side

– Advertise With Us –

Subscribers may receive special messages with information about new features, special offers, or public policy messages from clients and advertisers.