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Utah Headlines

General

• Utah's new billion-dollar prison suffered this major problem that affected the female housing section (Fox13)
• Is it journalism or a ‘hit piece’? Some articles are designed to enrage, not educate. Can you spot the difference? (Deseret News)
• Idaho police say there were other people in the home at the time of quadruple homicide, but declined to say who called 911 (KSL Newsradio)
• Utes women’s team ties school record in blowout over #16 Oklahoma (ABC4)
• Utah man jumps into freezing Idaho river to save suicidal woman (Fox13)

Politics

•  Editorial Board: Voters did not choose gridlock. A divided Washington could work together on compromise solutions to vexing problems, rather than dig ideological trenches and lob grenades at each other (Deseret News)
• Advocates ask Utah Legislature to help fund teen centers for homeless students (KSL)
• Romney votes for, Lee against, federal same-sex marriage protection (KSL)
• Utah lawmakers propose income tax cut, constitutional amendment on property taxes (Fox13)
• Bill upending how Utahns pay for water gets dammed up in the legislature (Fox13)

Business

• Elon Musk is camping out at Twitter HQ and Tesla investors are torqued. Tesla shares have dropped by 50% since Elon Musk began his quest to take over Twitter (Deseret News)
• Allegiant introduces flight from Provo to Nashville (KSL TV)
• New Hale Theater breaks ground in Pleasant Grove (Daily Herald)

Culture

• Utah’s favorite Thanksgiving food is not among the national favorites (KSL TV)
• Don’t want to cook for Thanksgiving? These Utah restaurants have you covered. (Salt Lake Tribune)

Education

• Utah’s teachers and students are afraid to speak out about racism but silence about racism can hardly be considered a neutral stance. (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Should Utah high school seniors pass an online safety test to graduate? Students with the Utah Attorney General’s Youth Advisory Committee pushed for the state to standardize a type of online safety course statewide. (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Javier H. Hernandez: Affirmative action is the way to deal with America’s inequality problem (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Yale and Harvard law schools abandon U.S. News rankings (Wall Street Journal)

Environment

• Lots of options on the table for saving Great Salt Lake; but especially the simplest — use less water (Deseret News)
• How using ‘oasis’ models can fight drought and urban heat effect. Completely removing all lawns and plants can raise the temperature of neighborhoods (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Governor thanks Utahns for 11% drop in human-caused wildfires (KSL)

Family

• Utah lawmakers want to protect Native American adoptions — no matter how the Supreme Court rules. The state is looking at writing the Indian Child Welfare Act into state law so Native kids here will be fostered by Native parents. (Salt Lake Tribune)
• 3rd annual Ready! Resilient! Early Childhood Mental Health Summit to review state's progress (KSL)
• A "substantial public health concern:" The impact of social media on mental health disorders among children in Utah (KUTV)
• Southern Utah children with disabilities receive customized vehicles as part of physical therapy program (St. George News)

Health

• Researchers found that many people between ages 18 and 34 regularly listen to music on personal headphones and at entertainment venues where the sound is too loud and for unsafe lengths of time — risking their future ear health. (Washington Post)
• How common are miscarriages and what you can do to cope (Deseret News)
• The opioid epidemic continues to wreak havoc on the U.S. (Deseret News)
• Tripledemic? What you need to know about this respiratory virus season (Deseret News)
• Marijuana’s impact on lungs may be more than folks think (Deseret News)
• Adults can get RSV, too. Here’s when what seems like a cold might be more serious (Deseret News)
• US home births increased in pandemic but are still uncommon (AP)
• Too many Black babies are dying. Birth workers in Kansas fight to keep them alive (NPR)

National Headlines

General

• "Go for launch." After decades of American spaceflight and numerous launches, a woman said these words for NASA’s Artemis I rocket launch. Meet Charlie Blackwell-Thompson, the first woman to serve as NASA’s launch director. (New York Times)
• Elon Musk says he will find a new leader for Twitter (Reuters)
• U.S. consumer debt on the rise thanks to fat mortgages, sharp spike in credit card balances (Deseret News)
• Inflation rates dropped in October: Is this a light at the end of the tunnel? (Deseret News)
• Perspective: Fiscal Conservatives should fund NASA (Deseret News)
• Carrying out executions took a secret toll on workers — then changed their politics (NPR)
• Brittney Griner taken to penal colony in Russia's Mordovia region (Reuters)

Elections

• Karen Bass, a veteran congresswoman, won the race for mayor of Los Angeles, becoming the first woman elected to lead the nation’s second-largest city. (New York Times)
• Arizona voters reject effort to enact stricter voter ID law (AP)

Politics

• Ivanka Trump, daughter of former president Donald Trump, said she would be stepping away from politics and sitting out her father’s presidential campaign this time around, after he declared his intention to seek another stint in the White House in 2024. (Washington Post)
• Federal judge orders Biden administration to end Title 42 in five weeks. Title 42 is the policy used to turn immigrants away at the border without allowing them to seek asylum (Deseret News)
• Some of former President Trump’s staunchest allies have shunned his attempt to recapture the White House. (New York Times)

Ukraine 🇺🇦 

• Russia launches new Ukraine barrage as grain deal extended (AP)
• Even remote corners of Africa are feeling the costly impacts of war in Ukraine (NPR)
• For Ukraine, keeping the lights on has become one of the biggest battles (New York Times)

World News

• The visibility of gender-based violence in Cuba has grown thanks to social media and rising feminist activism. A survey released in 2019 shows that 26.6% of Cuban women were victims of some kind of gender-based violence but only 3.7% sought help. (AP)
• Two girls found beheaded, dumped in Syrian detention camp, charity says (Washington Post)
• Fact check: Iran didn’t sentence 15,000 prisoners to death. Claims that Iran plans to sentence 15,000 people to death for protesting have gone viral on social media. Several credible sources have now debunked them (Deseret News)
• African scuba divers rewrite a ‘settlers’ narrative’ of the slave trade (Washington Post)

News Releases

Romney statement on the Respect for Marriage Act

U.S. Senator Romney (R-UT) today announced he will vote to advance the Respect for Marriage Act. He also plans to support a bipartisan amendment offered by Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Susan Collins (R-ME), Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), and Thom Tillis (R-NC) to strengthen religious liberty protections in the bill. On Tuesday, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints voiced support for this approach. (Read More)

Lee statement on “Respect for Marriage Act”

The Senate voted on a motion to proceed to the Respect for Marriage Act. Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) voted against the motion and issued the statement below:

“I voted against the motion to proceed to the “Respect for Marriage Act” because the religious liberty protections were severely anemic and largely illusory. While I respect the efforts and emotions surrounding this issue, the bill does not simply codify Obergefell as its proponents claim. And despite the proposed amendment from Senators Collins and Baldwin, the religious-liberty protections are woefully insufficient. Religious Americans will be subject to potentially ruinous litigation, while the tax-exempt status of certain charitable organizations, educational institutions, and non-profits will be threatened. My amendment would have shored up these vulnerabilities. It is a shame it wasn’t included.”

Utah Senate Majority Caucus releases 2023 General Session priorities

The Utah Senate Majority caucus announces its 2023 General Session priorities. With the conclusion of November interim meetings, the Senate Majority caucus is gearing up to pass legislation to help Utahns through economic uncertainties and prepare for future growth. 

Utah Senate Majority Caucus Priorities:

• Increase teacher salaries
• Find long-term solutions to Utah’s water crisis
• Cut taxes to keep Utah’s economy and thriving business community the best in the nation (Read More)

Nominees announced for Utah Court of Appeals vacancy

The Appellate Judicial Nominating Commission has selected nominees for a vacancy on the Utah Court of Appeals. This position results from the confirmation of Judge Jill Pohlman to the Utah Supreme Court on Aug. 17, 2022.

The nominees for the vacancy are: Rita Cornish, Judge, Second District Court; William Hains, Assistant Solicitor General, Utah Attorney General’s Office; Debra Nelson, Chief Appellate Officer, Indigent Appellate Defense Division; Amy Oliver, Judge, Third District Court; Samantha Slark, Senior Attorney, Salt Lake City Corporation; Jennifer Valencia, Judge, Second District Court; Dallas Young, Attorney, Utah County Public Defender Association.

Written comments can be submitted to the Appellate 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. 28, 2022.

100+ Utah small businesses sign letter to Congress supporting new SBA reauthorization campaign

As Congress returns to session this week for the first time since the midterm elections and newly elected Members participate in orientation, Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Voices is announcing a new grassroots advocacy campaign to encourage lawmakers to reauthorize the Small Business Administration (SBA) in 2023 for the first time in more than two decades – a move that would modernize the agency and ensure it is best-equipped to meet the needs of today’s small business owners.

“Few things are as important as ensuring that small business owners have the tools and resources they need to get ahead,” added Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Voices National Director Joe Wall. “That’s why we are fully committed to ensuring that Congress reauthorizes the SBA next year for the first time in 22 years so that federal government programs and services are tailored to better meet the needs of small business owners today.” (Read More)

Owens helps pass the bipartisan Speak Out Act

Today, the House passed the Speak Out Act, legislation championed by Rep. Burgess Owens (UT-04), Rep. Lois Frankel (FL-21), Rep. Ken Buck (CO-02), House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (NY-10), House Judiciary Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law Subcommittee Chairman David Cicilline (RI-01), Vice Chair Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Rep. Morgan Griffith (VA-09), and Rep. Cheri Bustos (IL-07). This bipartisan legislation makes predispute nondisclosure agreements (NDAs) null and void in instances in which sexual harassment or sexual assault has been alleged in violation of Federal, State, or Tribal law. (Read More)

Jean Welch Hill takes helm as Director of SLCo Office of Criminal Justice Initiatives

This month, Jean Welch Hill started as the new Director of the Salt Lake County Office of Criminal Justice Initiatives and the Director of the Salt Lake County Criminal Justice Advisory Council (CJAC). The Office of Criminal Justice Initiatives advances solutions to the County’s criminal justice challenges by convening and staffing the Criminal Justice Advisory Council (CJAC) and its workgroups, conducting criminal justice system analysis, supporting innovative programming, and advising the Salt Lake County Mayor on criminal justice issues. (Read More)

Curtis, Aguilar introduce resolution recognizing National GIS Day

Today, as Geographic Information System (GIS) users around the world showcase their work, Congressmen John Curtis (R-UT) and Pete Aguilar (D-CA) introduced a resolution officially designating November 16, 2022, as National GIS Day. The resolution encourages GIS users to continue to innovate and use GIS as a tool to analyze and address today’s societal challenges and drive economic growth. (Read More)

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Upcoming

• Utah Economic Outlook and Public Policy Summit with the Salt Lake Chamber — Jan. 12, 2023, Salt Lake City Marriott, 8 am - noon, Register here
• Legislative session begins, Jan. 17, 2023, le.utah.gov

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.
• 1934 - Claudia Alta Taylor marries future president Lyndon B. Johnson. She is known as “Lady Bird.” 
• 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
• 1964 - Susan Rice is born. She currently serves as the Domestic Policy Advisor in the Biden Administration.
• 1969- SALT I negotiations begin (Strategic Arms Limitation Talks)
• 1973 - President Nixon insists that he is “not a crook”
• 1992 - Audre Lorde dies of liver cancer at age 58
• 1993 - US House of Representatives approves NAFTA

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