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Hosted by Jason Perry, director of the Hinckley Institute of Politics, The Hinckley Report brings together Utah's top journalists, lawmakers, and policy experts to provide insight and analysis on current events and political news. 

Utah Headlines

Municipal news

• Utah County leaders pitch 48% tax hike to residents at open house (KSL TV)
• Utah County Commissioners say public defender office is mismanaged following 2News probe (KUTV)
• Washington County town getting new pipeline after years of contaminated water (KUTV)

Utah

• Women building global bridges across faith divides (Deseret News)
• Billy Joel and Sting coming to Utah (Deseret News)
• 5 dead in crash between SUV, semitruck and ATV on US 6 near Price (KSL)
• 'A legacy of trauma': U. museum hosting event to honor victims of Native boarding school system (KSL)
• Utah Red Cross heading to Helene's path (KSL)
• Utah mom to compete on 'American Ninja Warrior' on 13th anniversary of son's drowning (KSL)
• Utah’s poverty rate saw jump from 2022 to 2023 (KSL Newsradio)
• These are the Utah laws deer hunters most commonly violate, accidentally or otherwise (KUTV)

Biz/Tech

• Southwest Airlines announces 3-year ‘Southwest. Even Better.’ plan (Deseret News)
• Park City Mountain Resort owner announces layoffs (Fox13)

Crime/Courts

• Serial sexual predator at center of KSL Investigation receives second prison sentence this month (KSL)
• Judge dismisses developer’s defamation lawsuit against small-town Utah newspaper (Salt Lake Tribune)

Culture

• Curiosity Farms opens new doors for kids at Thanksgiving Point (Deseret News)
• Smells and memory-making in the fall (Deseret News)
• Where to go and what to do to celebrate this Halloween season in Utah (Deseret News)

Education

• Students kept inside after mountain lion reported near Lehi elementary school (KUTV)

Environment

• Has conservation ‘fatigue’ arrived? Not for these Great Salt Lake basin water users (Standard-Examiner)

Family

• Our society devalues children and mothers, a new book says. How did we get here? (Deseret News)
• What Tony Finau struggles with most as a dad (Deseret News)

Health

• U.S. suicide deaths rose in 2022 after short decline (Deseret News)
• Memory loss isn’t the only sign of dementia. Here are five other common red flags. (New York Times)

National Headlines

General

• Opinion: End legal sports betting now (Deseret News)
• Hurricane Helene lashes the South, leaving millions without power (AP)

Political news

• Reps. Curtis and Ocasio-Cortez both offer support on geothermal energy bill (Deseret News)
• Melania Trump talks about raid on Mar-a-Lago, assassination attempts on her husband and her new book (Deseret News)
• Trump launches a new business venture during his campaign: $100,000 watches (AP)

Election news

• Here’s how the House majority could be decided in the West (Deseret News)
• Harris visits US southern border as Trump focuses on immigration (Reuters)
• Trump favors huge new tariffs. What are they, and how do they work? (AP)
• JD Vance, in 2020 messages, said Trump ‘thoroughly failed to deliver’ (Washington Post)
• How a massive port worker strike could scramble the 2024 race (Politico)

Ukraine 🇺🇦

• As the Ukraine war enters a critical period, the EU moves ahead without the US (AP)
• On the Front Lines With Ukraine’s Killer Drone Pilot (Wall Street Journal)

Israel and Gaza

• Israel to continue ceasefire discussions for Lebanon, Netanyahu says (Reuters)
• Lebanon fears Gaza-like carnage as Israel ramps up airstrikes across the country (AP)

World news

• Famine is ravaging Sudan, but the world can’t get food aid to millions of starving people (Reuters) 

Number of the Day 

Gov. Spencer Cox appoints Jared Anderson to Fourth District Juvenile Court

Gov. Spencer Cox has appointed Jared Anderson to serve in the Fourth District Court, filling a vacant position created by the Legislature during the 2024 Legislative Session. Judicial appointments are subject to confirmation by the Utah Senate. (Read More)

Gov. Spencer Cox appoints John Nielsen to the Third District Court

Utah Gov. Spencer J. Cox has appointed John Nielsen to the Third District Court, filling a vacant position created by the Legislature during the 2024 Legislative Session. Judicial appointments are subject to confirmation by the Utah Senate. (Read More)

Water security and K-12 education are both important priorities for Utah voters

The Utah Foundation announces the release of two policy briefs. The first highlights that water availability in Utah’s future is a major issue for Utah voters, with specific strategies and concerns noted by respondents. The second notes that K-12 education, while showing less concern for Utah voters since the pandemic, remains a high priority for Utahns. (Read More)

Tweet of the Day

Upcoming

• Sept. 30 â€” Westside Candidate Forum, 6:00 pm - 8:45 pm, in person: Promontory Building, Utah State Fairpark or online
• Oct. 1 — Attorney General Debate, UT Debate Commission, 6:00 pm
• Oct. 1 — Vice presidential debate, 7:00 - 8:30 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

• 1722 - Samuel Adams is born. He was an American revolutionary (Boston Massacre-Tea Party) and politician (Lt Gov-Mass, 1789-94).
• 1779 - John Adams appointed to negotiate peace terms with British
• 1817 - Hiram R. Revels is born. He became the 1st African American US Senator.
• 1905 - E=mc2 is introduced in an Albert Einstein paper published in a German physics journal
• 1908 - The first Model T leaves the Piquette Plant in Detroit.
• 1909 - US President William Howard Taft sets aside some 3 million acres of oil-rich public land (including Teapot Dome, Wyoming) for conservation purposes
• 1939 - Warsaw falls to German forces, who then begin a systematic program of terror, murder and cruelty, executing members of Poland’s middle and upper classes.
• 1962 - Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring is published
• 1966 - Stephanie Wilson is born. The NASA astronaut flew three Space Shuttle missions and was the second African American woman in space.
• 1998 - The day Google celebrates its birthday
• 2016 - Amy Schumer becomes the first woman to hit the Forbes highest paid comedians list
• 2018 - US Securities and Exchange Commission files lawsuit accusing Elon Musk of securities fraud

Quote of the Day

"Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can."
—Arthur Ashe

On the Punny Side

I heard they made the world's strongest suction cup…

I'm not quite sure how they pulled it off.

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