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Utah Headlines

General

• 9 ways to feel truly thankful for Thanksgiving. Make time this Thanksgiving to recognize all the blessings you have (Deseret News)
• Jay Evensen: A season of gratitude could bring together a nation. We’re lucky Thanksgiving comes so soon after Election Day. Expressing gratitude can help the nation heal its partisan divides and its toxic public dialogue (Deseret News)
• Utah man discovers supernova (KSL TV)
• Newly-formed group hosts Turkey Bowl for foster kids in Utah (Fox13)
• Driver dies after crashing at 100 mph with no headlights on Woods Cross city street (Fox13)
• Making a leader: Salem's Kenny Parcell's rise from humble beginnings to lead national trade association (Daily Herald)
• Amy Pomeroy: The criminal justice system was not designed for people with mental illness and it's costing taxpayers (Deseret News)

Politics

• Utah Latinos say outreach from political parties is lacking (KSL)
• Why some Utah officials are urging Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to run for president (ABC4)
• The IUP Panel debates the gondola proposal for Little Cottonwood Canyon (ABC4)
• Looking ahead to 2024 (Hinckley Report)
• Founder of group that fought drag shows resigned as a teacher after allegations of inappropriate and overly familiar relationships with students. Patricia Kent resigned from her teaching job in 1996 after her “relationship with her young female students became a matter of public knowledge in the school community.” (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Democrats erased the GOP’s supermajority on the S.L. County Council. Here’s what it means for the mayor and you. (Salt Lake Tribune)

Business

• Belonging doesn’t happen without these 4 things. The benefits of diversity in the workplace are well known, but we can’t achieve diversity without these other vital components (Deseret News)

Culture

• ‘Don’t be embarrassed about who you are,’ Deseret Magazine executive editor advises journalists of faith (Deseret News)
• For three Indigenous people in Utah, defining Thanksgiving gets complicated. The holiday is about family, they say, but it’s also about identity and taking apart old notions of history. (Salt Lake Tribune)

Education

• University of Utah, US Air Force strike historic education partnership (KSL)
• Steve Robinson: With enrollment numbers, how you count is as important as what you count (Salt Lake Tribune)

Environment

• This Utah official applauds Nevada’s water conservation measures, but cautions against direct comparisons (Deseret News)
• Why the president of the Western Energy Alliance says Biden ‘wants to kill American oil and gas.' Meanwhile, green energy advocates say he is not moving fast enough to transition away from fossil fuels (Deseret News)

Family

• Live close to mom? So do most Americans, according to this report. Most Americans live within 18 miles of their mom and within an hour of their extended family (Deseret News)
• Perspective: America is barreling toward a child care cliff (Deseret News)

Health

• Hello exercise and eating right, goodbye Type 2 diabetes (Deseret News)
• Does climate change make stroke, MS, migraines, dementia worse? Review of hundreds of studies sees increased neurological risk in climate change (Deseret News)
• Epidemiologist says Utahns should be watching all disease trends, not just COVID (KSL)
• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the Memphis NAACP are partnering to launch “MyBaby4Me” a program with classes to help new and expecting mothers. (KSL Newsradio)
• How monoclonal antibodies lost the fight with new COVID variants (NPR)

National Headlines

General

• FBI claims that TikTok poses national security concerns. FBI officials discuss the possibility of the Chinese government using TikTok to access the personal data of U.S. users (Deseret News)
• Naomi Biden joins a unique club: brides who say 'I do' at the White House (NPR)
• Disney ousts CEO Bob Chapek, brings back Robert Iger (Wall Street Journal)
• Desperate for growth, aging casino company embraced ‘degenerate gambler’ (New York Times)
• Cigars, booze, money: How a lobbying blitz made sports betting ubiquitous (New York Times)
• Patchwork of regulations opened US to sports-betting onslaught (New York Times)
• More than 150 Roman Catholic priests in the Archdiocese of Baltimore have been accused of sexually and physically abusing more than 600 victims over the past 80 years, an investigation by Maryland's attorney general found. (ABC News)

Elections

• Trump White House bid has hardly any Senate GOP support (The Hill)

Politics

• Who is Hakeem Jeffries and the other possible replacements for Nancy Pelosi? If elected, the New Yorker would be the first Black person to lead a party in Congress (Deseret News)
• Senate panel reviewing alleged 2014 Supreme Court leak of Alito opinion (The Hill)
• GOP’s lackluster fundraising spurs post-election infighting (AP)
• Biden to pardon turkeys, celebrate ‘Friendsgiving’ with military in N.C. (Washington Post)
• McCarthy vows to remove three Dems from committee posts (The Hill)
• Inside Kevin McCarthy’s math problem to becoming Speaker (The Hill)
• Independents want an end to polarization. Politicians are ignoring that. (Washington Post)

Ukraine 🇺🇦 

• Cold and dark: Kyiv readies for ‘worst winter of our lives’ (AP)
• Shells hit near nuclear plant; Blackouts roll across Ukraine (AP)
• How Russia is weaponizing the Ukrainian winter (NPR)
• Russia's 'General Armageddon' under pressure to deliver on battlefield after retreat (Reuters)
• Ukraine’s Kherson Win Shifts Dynamics Across Whole Front With Russia (Wall Street Journal)
• Angry families say Russian conscripts thrown to front line unprepared (Washington Post)
• Zelensky says eastern Ukraine hit with 400 shelling incidents in single day (The Hill)

World News

• US envoy Kerry positive for COVID as UN climate talks drag (AP)
• UN boosts food aid budget to feed a third of Lebanon (AP)
• Trapped between extremists and extreme weather, Somalis brace for famine. The worst drought in 40 years is pushing Somalia to the brink. If it triggers a rare famine declaration, the militant group Al Shabab will also be to blame. (New York Times)

News Release

Utah Manufacturers Association announces 2022 Manufacturing Award winners

Manufacturing excellence does not fall short in Utah. In fact, manufacturing is a leading industry that fuels and grows Utah’s strong economy. The Utah Manufacturers Association (UMA), recognizes companies in Utah every year for their dedication and efforts toward enhancing the manufacturing community through company culture, leadership skills, environmental stewardship, and the ongoing expansion of developing new skills in the manufacturing process.

During the 117th Annual Awards Banquet, held by the UMA on November 12th, 2022, at The Little America Hotel, 21 astounding Utah manufacturing companies and individuals were recognized for their exceptional performance in the manufacturing industry. The companies and individuals listed below not only demonstrate excellence in their business practices but display an outstanding ability to drive the business economy, create a safe and healthy work environment for employees, and develop manufactured products through economically sound processes. (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

• 1783 - Men fly over Paris in the first untethered hot-air balloon flight
• 1817 - US soldiers attack Miccosukee Tribe village of Fowltown, Georgia, beginning what becomes known as the First Seminole War
• 1834 - Hetty Green is born. From a young age, Green’s shrewd understanding of money earned her a ruthless reputation in the world of finance. After the death of her husband Edward Henry Green in 1936, she earned the nickname “Witch of Wall Street” after appearing in her mourning clothes. She died one of the richest women in the world.
• 1905 - Albert Einstein publishes a paper in the journal Annalen der Physik that leads to his mass-energy equivalence formula, E=mc²
• 1906 - Mary Ellen Bute is born. A foremost innovator of abstract animation beginning in early 1930’s, she was a world pioneer in electronic imagery
• 1922 - Rebecca Latimer Felton becomes the first female US Senator at age 87. 
• 1973 - US President Richard Nixon's attorney, J Fred Buzhardt, reveals presence of 18½ minute gap in a White House tape recording related to Watergate
• 1974 - Freedom of Information Act passed by Congress over President Ford's veto
• 1980 - Millions tune in to find out who shot J.R.
• 1986 - Iran-Contra scandal begins with shredded documents
• 1989 - Law banning smoking on most domestic flights signed by US President George H. W. Bush
• 2019 - 44% of Americans work in low-wage jobs with medium annual wage of just $18,000, with most aged 25 - 54 according to analysis by Brookings Institution's Metropolitan Policy Program

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