The Hinckley Report, PBS Utah’s weekly political roundtable, airs Fridays at 7PM. Hosted by Jason Perry and produced in partnership with the Hinckley Institute of Politics on the University of Utah campus, the program provides insight and analysis of the most pressing political issues facing our state.

Utah Headlines

General

• ‘The Chosen’: 30 photos from a tour and learn about the show’s new Texas set (Deseret News)
• Animal rights activists found not guilty on all charges after two piglets were taken from Circle Four Farms in Utah (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Do leaders too often blame you and me for problems that are really systemic? Two behavioral scientists say so. (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Taylorsville Police officers assaulted by party goers after noise complaints, police say (KSL TV)

Elections

• In tight election battle, Lee back in Utah to rally voters (Fox13)
• Cache County Clerk’s staff prepared for ‘transparent, safe, secure’ election (Cache Valley Daily)
• Utah's most competitive U.S. Senate race in decades (RadioWest)
• Negative campaign ads (Hinckley Report)

Politics

• Here’s what Utah voters see as the most important issue for choosing a candidate in the midterm election (Deseret News)
• What Romney had to say about Democrat climate policies: ‘straightening deck chairs on the Titanic’ (Deseret News)
• Poll: 57% of Utahns disapprove of Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan (Deseret News)
• Judging the judges (ABC4)
• The IUP Panel on SCOTUS and banning books (ABC4)
• Moore touts new ‘Commitment to America’ document (Cache Valley Daily)
• On message with Marty Carpenter: Dignity and contempt (UTPOL Underground)

Business

•  "What no one understands about your job." Misconceptions about pastors, playwrights, postal workers, and other professionals. You’ll learn that humanitarians aren’t as nice as you dreamed; that some pastors prefer funerals to weddings; that chief executives still have bosses they’re afraid of; that many pharmacists are anti-medication; and that for screenwriters, talking is a more important skill than writing. (The Atlantic)
• After a two-year hiatus, the National Ability Center's 'Saluting Our Heroes' luncheon returns to Park City on Oct. 20 with keynote speaker Gen. Martin Dempsey (KPCW)

Education

• Dana Lindsay: It’s time to invest in American education (Salt Lake Tribune)
• WSU christens new Noorda Engineering, Applied Science & Technology Building (Standard-Examiner)
• Utah State student gets $500K after lawsuit brought police chief’s comment on sexual assault to light. The settlement in Kaytriauna Flint’s case comes after years of concerns with how Utah State University handles reports of sexual assault. The school has again promised to improve. (Salt Lake Tribune)
• After remaining ‘closeted’ for years, BYU professor leaves for a ‘safe’ space at UVU. “I felt burdened,” says Chad Emmett, “by being gay at a school that would never accept me.” (Salt Lake Tribune)

Environment

• At water's edge. Searching for solutions at the Great Salt Lake's sister lakes across the Great Basin (Deseret News)
• The saline lakes of the Great Basin and why they are in trouble (Deseret News)
• The Great Salt Lake isn’t just for the birds — it’s part of a water network that links Utah to the rest of the West and the world. “These birds really tie us together,” said one salty lake advocate. (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Nan Seymour: The Great Salt Lake has a right to live and be restored (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Victoria Vincent: U.S. needs to unleash domestic energy innovation (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Ron Burke and Mary Ann Dickinson: Four key strategies for tackling Colorado River crisis (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Coal continues burning at Utah mine as company tries to drill for answers (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Saving the Great Salt Lake polls strong, but some Utahns don’t hear the urgency locally (KUER)

Family

• Americans want more family time. Here’s what Congress can do about it (Deseret News)
• Training for parents crucial in helping children with autism develop, BYU study shows (KSL)

Health

• How to help the anxious and depressed without saying a word. Like coals in a fire, we need community to stay vibrant and alive (Deseret News)
• Local non-profit works to improve healthcare access for underserved communities (Fox13)
• How to stop stewing about something you've taken (a little too) personally (NPR)
• Utah breast cancer survivor creates helpful resource for others battling disease (KSL)

Housing

• The most ‘underreported’ factor influencing housing market, according to Calculated Risk (Deseret News)

National Headlines

General

• Mormon Island: The ghost town that a drought exposed (Deseret News)
• Ebola is spreading in Uganda (Deseret News)
• Easter Island statues sustain ‘irreparable’ damage in fire. Easter Island mayor believes fire was ‘not an accident’ (Deseret News)
• ‘Nothing’s left’: Hurricane Ian leaves emotional toll behind (AP)
• As suicides rise, US military seeks to address mental health (AP)
• Breonna Taylor warrant details deepen mistrust in police (AP)
• Stock futures waver on interest-rate fears, Ukraine escalation (Wall Street Journal)
• Uvalde school district suspends entire police force, superintendent to retire amid fallout from shooting. ()

Politics

• NY Rep. Lee Zeldin says 2 people shot in front of his home (AP) 
• Why little-noticed state legislative races could be hugely consequential. Races in state legislatures are often quiet and turn on local issues like roads or schools. But a Supreme Court case could give these legislative bodies nearly absolute power over federal elections. (New York Times)
• Half of voters say climate change is important in midterms, poll finds (Washington Post)
• GOP crisis in Herschel Walker race was nearly two years in the making (Washington Post)
• Both parties brace for October surprises (The Hill)
• Battle for Senate majority remains a nail-biter. The 50-50 Senate is still finely balanced a month out from Election Day, the latest surveys show (Politico)

Ukraine 🇺🇦 

• David Brooks: The triumph of the Ukrainian idea (New York Times)
• ‘War crime:’ Industrial-scale destruction of Ukraine culture (AP)
• In Russian-occupied Izyum, 52-yr-old Alla was raped and tortured for days (Washington Post)
• Five reasons why the Crimean bridge explosion is significant (The Hill)
• Deadly missile strikes hit Kyiv as explosions reported in other cities across Ukraine (NPR)
• Power is back at Europe's largest nuclear plant. IAEA warns the situation can't last (NPR)
• Kyiv, other cities hit as Putin orders 'harsh response' to Crimea bridge attack (Reuters)
• As Ukraine forces press offensive, front line is shifting fast. Evidence of killings and torture is discovered in a forest camp outside the village of Borova as Ukrainian soldiers recapture territory. (New York Times)

World News

• North Korea confirms simulated use of nukes to ‘wipe out’ enemies (AP)
• After secret U.S. talks fail, a hidden war in Africa rapidly escalates. Months of discreet American diplomacy have failed to stop the fighting in northern Ethiopia. Now, the civil war is plunging into its most alarming phase yet. (New York Times) 

News Releases

The Dignity Index releases first scores of Utah federal candidates

The Dignity Index launched the Utah project this week and has released its first scores today. Various messages have been selected from each of Utah’s five federal races with examples from each candidate. In addition, scores were included for portions of the debate in the third congressional district.

The Dignity Index is an eight-point scale that measures what we do when we disagree.  The scale ranges from one — which sees no dignity at all in the other side — to eight, which sees the dignity in everyone.  Each point on the scale reflects a particular mindset, and each mindset is associated with certain beliefs and behaviors that reflect how open we are to the other side. As a broad rule, if I treat you with dignity, it means that I can see myself in you; if I treat you with contempt, it means I see myself above you. (Read More)

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Upcoming

• One Utah Summit — Oct 11-13, Southern Utah University, Register here
• Breakfast Briefing: The New Look of Transportation in the 2020s with the Utah Foundation — Oct. 13, 8:30 am, Zions Bank Founders' Room, Register here
• Senate debate between Mike Lee and Evan McMullin — Oct. 17, 6 pm, at UVU
• Interim Days — Oct 18-20, le.utah.gov
• Effecting Societal Change for Child Sexual Abuse — 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 —Nov. 9, Noon-1:00pm; Virtual, Register here
• UWLP Book Club: How Women Rise By Sally Helgesen & Marshall Goldsmith —Oct. 6 & Nov. 10, 12:00pm-1:00pm or 7:30pm-8:30pm; Virtual, Register 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

• 1780 - Great Hurricane of 1780 kills 20,000 to 30,000 in the Caribbean, hitting Barbados first. Atlantic's deadliest recorded hurricane.
• 1845 - US Naval Academy opens
• 1871 - The Great Chicago Fire is finally extinguished after 3 days, leaving approximately 300 dead, 100,000 homeless, and costing $222M in damage
• 1901 - Frederick D. Patterson is born. He founded the United Negro College Fund and the School of Veterinary Medicine at the Tuskegee Institute.
• 1903 - The Women's Social and Political Union is formed by Emmeline Pankhurst to fight for women's rights in Britain
• 1944 - 800 children gassed to death at Auschwitz
• 1957 - President Dwight D. Eisenhower apologizes to African diplomat for being refused service at a restaurant in Dover, Delaware.
• 1973 - Vice President Spiro Agnew resigns in disgrace
• 1978 - US Congress approves dollar coin honoring women's suffrage campaigner Susan B. Anthony
• 1983 - Dr. Barbara McClintock receives the Nobel Prize for Medicine for her discovery in genetics about mobile genetic elements
• 1985 - US Navy fighter jets intercept Italian cruise ship hijackers
• 2004 - Christopher Reeves dies at age 52

Wise Words

"If you know you are on the right track, if you have this inner knowledge, then nobody can turn you off... no matter what they say."

—Barbara McClintock

The Punny Side

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Just use a pumpkin patch!

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