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Utah Headlines

General

• Do Cougars have anything left in the tank for heavily favored Boise State? (Deseret News)
• Number of Light the World Giving Machines to double this Christmas season. Donors can purchase beehives, livestock, child vaccines, educational supplies and more to help people through more than 125 charities (Deseret News)
• David Archuleta opens up about struggles with sexuality, faith in new People article (KSL, People)
• Former Brian Head Town Council member sentenced to 2 years’ probation in sexual battery case (St. George News)
• Avian flu is impacting turkey farms in Utah (ABC4)
• Utah Tech University hosts domestic violence awareness, prevention event (KUTV)

Elections

• More than 200 national security leaders endorse Evan McMullin. McMullin has rallied the support of veterans, diplomats and national security officials. (Deseret News)
• Opinion: The economy needs Mike Lee (Deseret News)
• Iron, Carbon counties add early voting days after mail ballot delays (KSL)
• GOP state delegate asked to resign after appearing in ad against Sen. Mike Lee. She says no. (KSL Newsradio)
• Evan McMullin scores a win in Club for Growth ad lawsuit. Here’s what happened. (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Evan McMullin on the final days of his campaign (ABC4)
• Ahn predicts 'landslide' win; Gill has big lead in campaign money (KUTV)
• Utah sees gradual uptick in voter turnout (KSL Newsradio)
• District 9 Utah House hopefuls focused on jobs, principles, education (Standard-Examiner)
• Sparks fly between Lee, Handy as District 16 Utah House race winds down (Standard-Examiner)

Politics

• Utah could have a $3 billion surplus, so tax watchdog group calls for a cut while other groups advocate spending on current unmet needs (Fox13)

Business

• Hybrid work: If you’re not experimenting, you’re failing. Companies that aren’t shaking up the 9-to-5 office workday may be destined to lose people and profits. (Salt Lake Tribune)

Education

• Why is enrollment declining in many Utah school districts? Utah’s declining birth rate, gentrification, rising housing prices and the growing availability of school choice options all appear to be factors (Deseret News)
• No, Rolling Stone, Latter-day Saint college students aren’t sexual deviants (Deseret News)
• University of Utah police undergoing training to build trust with students (KSL)
• With new name and $15M donation, University of Utah hopes to diversify its computer school (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Utah schools try to find balance in world of changing security (KUTV)
• The Impact of pandemic and “chronic absenteeism” in Utah schools (KSL TV)

Environment

• The real problem with wild horses is not what you think (Deseret News)
• Gov. Cox issues proclamation suspending new water diversions in Great Salt Lake basin (KSL)
• Report claims some Utah power plants aren't meeting cleanup requirements (KSL)
• ‘Searching for unicorns’: Can recreationists turn Utah into rare red state that prioritizes outdoor conservation? (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Water Woes: Utah’s population growth and the shrinking Colorado River (ABC4)
• ‘Our climate ally’: Why Utah scientists are enlisting beavers — yes, beavers — to fight wildfires, drought (Salt Lake Tribune)

Family

• Attachment theory is not racist (Deseret News)

Health

• Permanent daylight saving time may reduce vehicle collisions with deer, study finds. A new study published in Current Biology finds that switching to year-round daylight saving time could prevent the death of 36,550 deer and 33 humans annually (Deseret News)
• 😮 New study shows 1 in 5 deaths for U.S. adults ages 20 to 49 are from excessive drinking. Alcohol consumption is the leading cause of preventable deaths in the U.S. (Deseret News)
• Here’s a vaccine Utahns have heartily embraced: HPV (Salt Lake Tribune)
• March of Dimes report tabs 17 Utah counties as maternity care ‘deserts’ or ‘low access’ (KUER)

Housing

• Utah housing prices down from spring peak — but they’re still higher than last year (Deseret News)
• Rent application fees prove a hurdle to housing for Utah families (KSL TV)
• Jean Welch Hill: Jail is no solution for homelessness. Poverty ends when we address the interactions between multiple systems. (Salt Lake Tribune)
• A Wyoming judge apparently ordered homeless people in Jackson to get on bus to Salt Lake City because SLC has "more resources" (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Park City Mountain donates $250,000 to affordable housing initiative (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Older, white and wealthy home buyers are pushing others out of the market (New York Times)

National Headlines

General

• Paul Pelosi released from the hospital (Deseret News)
• The world's best cheese now revealed (Deseret News)
• Hate speech on Twitter has increased since Elon Musk took over (Deseret News)
• US embassy officials visit jailed WNBA star Griner in first access for months (KSL)
• Researchers discover Christian monastery possibly pre-dating Islam in Middle East (KUTV)
• Five things to know about daylight saving time (The Hill)

Elections

• J.D. Vance made a bloopers reel with his baby. It may make even haters like him (Deseret News)
• A Trump-nominated judge ruled that Arizona’s amateur poll watchers have to move back and cannot open carry (Deseret News)
• Democrats fear midterm drubbing as party leaders rush to defend blue seats (Washington Post)
• Hawley aims to reshape Senate GOP with Vance and Masters (Politico)
• Oprah Winfrey on Thursday endorsed John Fetterman (D) in the tightly contested Philadelphia Senate race, rejecting Mehmet Oz, the Republican candidate running for the same seat, whom she helped make famous. (Washington Post)

Politics

• Biden calls out Trump and the ‘big lie’ for causing political violence (Deseret News)
• Why aren't more moms running for office? One group is hoping to change that (NPR)
• Trump signals 2024 announcement could be imminent (The Hill)

Ukraine 🇺🇦 

• Ukraine’s president accuses Russia of ‘energy terrorism’ (AP)
• How Russian soldiers ran a 'cleansing' operation in Bucha (AP)
• Russian flag comes down in Kherson, but Ukraine sees a trap (The Hill)
• Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene says "Under Republicans, not another penny will go to Ukraine" (C-Span)
• G-7 to offer infrastructure help to Ukraine; Putin tells Kherson residents to flee (Washington Post)

World News

• Former Pakistan P.M. Imran Khan shot and injured at rally (Deseret News)

News Releases

State Board statement on recent racist incidents in Utah

Wood Stove and Fireplace Conversion program open to Box Elder, Davis, Salt Lake and Weber County residents

The Wood Stove and Fireplace Conversion Assistance Program will open the registration for eligible Box Elder, Davis, Salt Lake and Weber County homeowners on Nov.7 starting at 6 a.m. The financial incentives will help households convert their fireplace or wood stove into a natural gas, propane fueled, or electric appliance. For homeowners with wood stoves or fireplaces, the program is an opportunity to help reduce wintertime pollution caused by wood burning. Register here between Nov. 7 at 6:00 a.m. and Nov. 8 at 10:00 p.m. These events are for a waitlist only and are not a guarantee of registration or incentive award. Participants will be contacted via email if they are selected. (Read More)

Gov. Cox issues proclamation closing Great Salt Lake Basin to new water right appropriations

With Utah’s Great Salt Lake reaching new record lows, Gov. Spencer Cox has issued a proclamation suspending new water appropriations within the Great Salt Lake Basin, including the Bear, Weber, and Jordan River basins and the body of the Great Salt Lake. 

The suspension allows for existing water rights and applications to be used and developed while promoting more efficient use of the existing supply.  (Read More)

Nominees announced for 5th District Court vacancy

The Fifth District Judicial Nominating Commission has selected nominees for a vacancy on the Fifth District Court. This position results from the retirement of Judge Jeffrey C. Wilcox, February 16, 2023.

The nominees for the vacancy are: Ryan Christiansen, Attorney/Section Director, Utah Attorney General’s Office; Eric Gentry, Deputy County Attorney, Washington County Attorney’s Office; Bryan Pattison, Partner/Shareholder, Blanchard Pattison LLC; Charlotte Saguibo, Attorney, Utah County Attorney’s Office; Jay Winward, Attorney, United States Attorney’s Office.

Written comments can be submitted to the Fifth District Judicial Nominating Commission at judicialvacancies@utah.gov or Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice, P.O. Box 142330, Salt Lake City, UT 84114-2330. The deadline for written comments is noon Nov. 14, 2022. 

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Upcoming

• General election â€“ Nov 8
• Hacks to Help Women Maximize Income and Minimize Expenses —Nov. 9, Noon-1:00pm; Virtual, Register here
• UWLP Book Club: How Women Rise By Sally Helgesen & Marshall Goldsmith — Nov. 10, 12:00pm-1:00pm or 7:30pm-8:30pm; Virtual, Register here
• Interim Days, Nov 15-16, le.utah.gov
• Advancing Religious Freedom in a Divided America with Judge Thomas Griffith, hosted by Sutherland Institute and the Int'l Center for Law and Religion Studies— 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 Foundation’s 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 — Jan. 12, 2023, Salt Lake City Marriott, 8 am - noon, Register here

On This Day In History

• 1646 - Massachusetts uses death penalty for denying that Holy Bible is God's word
• 1842 - Abraham Lincoln marries Mary Todd.
• 1862 - American inventor Richard Jordan Gatling patents the hand cranked Gatling machine gun in Indianapolis
• 1922 - Entrance to King Tut’s tomb discovered
• 1924 - Nellie T. Ross is elected governor of Wyoming, the first female governor in the nation
• 1952 - The National Security Agency is created
• 1979 - 500 Iranian students loyal to Ayatollah Khomeini seize the US Embassy in Tehran, taking 90 hostages for 444 days
• 1995 - Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin is assassinated
• 2008 - Barack Obama elected as America’s first Black president
• 2014 - Tim Scott becomes the first Black Senator in the south since Reconstruction
• 2019 - Nine members of a US Mexican Latter-day Saint family, including six children, shot and killed in attack by criminal gang in Northern Mexico
• 2020 - Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed orders the military to engage the TPLF, beginning a two-year slaughter.

Wise Words

"We’re half the people; we should be half the Congress."
—Nellie Tayloe Ross

The Punny Side

Why couldn’t the jalapeño do archery?

He didn’t habanero

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