Utah Headlines

Political news

• Political violence and a major appeal (Hinckley Report)
• Rep. Blake Moore’s proposed bill could lead to affordable military housing (Deseret News)

Election news

• Voices: As the president of Utah PTA, I urge you to vote against Amendment A (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Ruling on records access to election materials upheld (Fox13)

Municipal news

• Utah County commits to a culture of kindness through countywide One Kind Act A Day initiative (Daily Herald)
• Could Logan allow a new tool to fight its affordable housing crisis? City leaders are weighing it. (Salt Lake Tribune)
• As the glow-ups begin, Salt Lake City wants to know what makes a good park (KUER)

Utah

• Last pitch: Salt Lake Bees close the gate to Smith's Ballpark after 31 years (Deseret News) 
• Man opposed to Little Cottonwood gondola admits harassing UDOT manager (Deseret News)
• Sunday Edition: Jennie Taylor (KSL TV)

Biz/Tech

• Opinion: A $22 billion life sciences engine vs. Washington red tape (Deseret News)
• Study finds Utahns are among the cheapest restaurant tippers in the U.S. (ABC4)

Culture

• Afro Utah Fest lost some sponsors after new anti-DEI law passed, but it continues to grow (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Max Roth shares conversation with Americorps CEO on volunteers in Utah (Fox13)
• Japanese Church of Christ celebrates “A Century of Loving Faith” (KSL TV)
• Church of Jesus Christ releases interior renderings of Salt Lake Temple renovations (KSL)

Education

• Did a criminal Russian academic paper mill use AI to plagiarize a BYU professor and his student? (Deseret News)
• A Woman’s View: Students are reading fewer books in English class (KSL Newsradio)
• 2 Alpine District schools will be studied for closure ahead of potential district split (Salt Lake Tribune)

Environment

• Utah is advertising its public lands lawsuits in national publications and a podcast. Here's why (Deseret News)
• DWR aims to bolster declining Ogden-area mountain goat population (Standard-Examiner)
• A hydrogen plant in Utah could offer a new path to slash fossil-fuel pollution. But federal funding that was critical for projects like this one could dry up if Donald Trump is reelected. (NPR)

Family

• Lighthouse parents have more confident kids (The Atlantic)

Housing

• Salt Lake City funds new, affordable senior housing community in Sugar House (KSL Newsradio)

National Headlines

General

• From Silicon Valley to a cowboy church — inside the state-to-state exchange program changing hearts and minds (Deseret News)
• She bought a house at 10, and got started living the American dream (Deseret News)
• David Brooks: How America got mean (The Atlantic)

Political news

• Perspective: The case for a baby bonus for parents (Deseret News)
• Opinion: The effects of deporting millions of undocumented workers (Deseret News)
• Opinion: Supporting immigrants and communities instead of spreading hate (Deseret News)
• Opinion: The value of economic diplomacy in U.S.-U.K. relations (Deseret News)
• Speaker Johnson announces plan to keep the government funded until Dec. 20. The measure does not include any part of the SAVE Act. (NPR)
• The Supreme Court expanded gun rights. That could complicate the Trump assassination attempt case. (Politico)
• Dan Evans, former governor of Washington and US senator, dies at 98 (Politico)

Election news

• In North Carolina, Trump has a path. But ‘undecideds’ aren’t sure they want on (Deseret News)
• As fighting escalates in the Middle East, Trump pitches himself to Jewish voters. He is also accused of scapegoating Jews for saying they “would have a lot to do” with his potential electoral loss (Deseret News)
• Trump says, if he loses, 2024 run will be his last (AP)
• Kamala Harris joins Oprah Winfrey in emotional campaign event (Reuters)
• Harris owns a gun? Trump wants to cap credit card rates? Party lines blur in campaign’s last stretch (AP)
• Republicans in swing states say they see scant signs of groups door-knocking for Trump (AP)
• Nearly all of Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson's campaign staff quits after CNN report (WUNC)
• A majority in Arizona supports establishing right to abortion, poll finds (New York Times)

Ukraine 🇺🇦

• Ukraine’s Zelenskyy visits Pennsylvania ammunition plant to thank workers and ask for more (AP)
• The deserter: An epic story of love and war. He didn't want to fight in Putin's war - he just wanted to survive. (New York Times)

Israel and Gaza

• Hezbollah hits back with rockets as it declares an ‘open-ended battle’ with Israel (AP)
• Lebanon says Israeli airstrikes kill at least 100 people (Reuters)

World news

• Ecuador cuts power in half of its provinces amid historic drought (Reuters)
• As Taliban starts restricting men, too, some regret not speaking up sooner (Washington Post)

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News Releases

Utah Democrats condemn intimidation of election workers

Friday, Utah Democratic Party Chair Diane Lewis released the following statement in response to the FBI’s interception of a threatening letter and white powder intended for the Utah Lieutenant Governor’s Office, which oversees elections in the state of Utah:

“I wholeheartedly condemn this attempt to intimidate Utah’s Election Workers. The professionals who handle our votes are integral to the democratic process, and threats made against election workers undermine the foundations of our democracy. I am grateful that those at the Lieutenant Governor’s Office are safe, and that United States Postal Workers and the FBI were able to address the situation." (Read More)

Senator Blouin files comments supporting EPA rulemaking

Under supermajority Republican control, the Utah Legislature has spent millions of taxpayer dollars setting up frivolous legal challenges to federal laws that protect the health and wellbeing of Utahns while staking nonsensical positions that highlight the need for expertise in the policymaking process. During Wednesday’s Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Interim Committee, Republicans alleged, against sound scientific evidence, that the region’s air quality is no longer hazardous to our health; that our proximity to a saline body of water will prolong life expectancies as evidenced by Hawai’i’s nation-leading lifespans; and that environmental justice initiatives are akin to reparations. (Read More)

Rep. Maloy applauds committee passage of her legislation to streamline federal permitting

Representatives Celeste Maloy (UT-02) and Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05) applaud the passage of their bill, the Full Responsibility and Expedited Enforcement (FREE) Act, in the House Committee on Oversight and Reform. This bill establishes a permit-by-rule system to streamline the federal permitting process. (Read More)

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Upcoming

• Oct. 1 — Attorney General Debate, UT Debate Commission, 6:00 pm
• Oct. 4 — Conservative Climate Summit, 7:30 am - 3:00 pm, UVU, Register here
• Oct. 4 — Hatch Foundation hosts Civil Dialogue Symposium with Dana Perino, 2:00 pm, USU, Register here
• Oct. 7-9 — One Utah Summit, SUU, Register here
• Oct. 8 â€” CD1 Debate, UT Debate Commission, 6:00 pm
• Oct. 10 — US Senate Debate, UT Debate Commission, 6:00 pm
• Oct. 14 â€” CD2 Debate, UT Debate Commission, 6:00 pm
• Oct. 15-16 — Interim Days
• Oct. 17 — CD3 Debate, UT Debate Commission, 6:00 pm
• Oct. 24 — CD4 Debate, UT Debate Commission, 6:00 pm
• Nov. 5 — Election Day!
• Nov. 15 — Women & Business Conference & ATHENA Awards Luncheon with the Salt Lake Chamber, Grand America Hotel, Register here
• Nov. 19-20 — Interim Days
• Jan. 9 — What’s Up Down South Economic Summit. St. George. Register here
• Jan. 10 — Rural Utah Data Symposium. St. George. Register here

On This Day In History

• 1838 - Victoria Woodhull is born. She became the first woman candidate for U.S. President (1872) for the Equal Rights Party, and with her sister Tennessee, became the first women members of the NY Stock Exchange (1870’s)
• 1846 - Planet Neptune is discovered
• 1863 - Mary Church Terrell is born. An outstanding speaker, she became the first president of the National Association of Colored Women. She was one of the first African-American women to earn a college degree, and became known as a national activist for civil rights and suffrage. She was also the first African-American woman in the United States to be appointed to the school board of a major city, serving in the District of Columbia until 1906. 
• 1906 - Harriet Hardy is born. She was an American pioneer in occupational medicine and the first woman professor at Harvard Medical School. Her main points of study were toxicology and environmental related illness.
• 1923 - "The Prophet," by Lebanese-American poet-philosopher Kahlil Gibran, is published
• 1933 - Standard Oil geologists arrive in Saudi Arabia, after the discovery of a massive oil field in Ghawar a couple of months earlier.
• 1955 - An all-white jury finds Roy Brant and John William Milam not guilty of the brutal murder of black teenager Emmett Till in Sumner, Mississippi. They later admitted to the crime.
• 2019 - Climate activist Greta Thunberg scolds world leaders "How Dare You" for not addressing climate change at the UN Climate Action Summit in New York
• 2020 - President Donald Trump refuses to commit to a peaceful transfer of power after the US November election at a White House press conference

Quote of the Day

"Safeguarding the rights of others is the most noble and beautiful end of a human being."
—Khalil Gibran

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