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While you’re gearing up to decorate for the fall holidays, don’t forget to decorate your ballot with your picks for votes in this election. And take note — this year, the election dates have changed. Be sure you register to vote by November 13th. Visit vote.utah.gov to learn more.

Utah Headlines

Political news

• CD 2 debate; House speaker selected (Hinckley Report)
• Sunday Edition: Rep. John Curtis (KSL TV)
• A week of chaos: Biden’s new challenger and Trump’s gag order (Deseret News)
• Standing at the U.S.-Mexico border, Sen. Mike Lee says undocumented migrants should beware of perilous journey (Deseret News)

Election news

• A quick Utah voters guide to the 2023 municipal and special 2nd District elections (KUER)
• 2023 SLC mayoral voter guide: What to know about Anderson, Mendenhall and Valentine (KUER)
• 2023 Ogden mayoral voter guide: What to know about Taylor Knuth and Ben Nadolski (KUER)

General Utah news

• Salt Lake International almost became a much smaller airport (Deseret News)
• Poll shows Utah interest in Ukraine still high, but urge to help waning (Deseret News)
• How do we remain bridge-builders during times of war? A conversation with Amanda Ripley (Deseret News)
• These sisters fought their way out of sex trafficking. Now they want to help other survivors (Deseret News)
• West Valley neighbors collect food bank donations with help from Halloween clowns (KSL)
• State project translating immigrant graves in Salt Lake City Cemetery connects Utahns with history (KSL TV)
• Cache County mechanic fixes up cars for families this holiday season (Fox13)

Business/Tech

• One year after Elon Musk takeover, is Twitter/X more disaster or delight? (Deseret News)
• The notorious ESG. What is ‘ESG’ investing, and how did it advance to the front lines of the culture wars? (Deseret News)
• How two immigrant sisters started Utah fast-fashion brand böhme (Salt Lake Tribune)

Culture

• What Matthew Perry said about prayer and religion (Deseret News)
• ‘When I die…’: Matthew Perry spoke candidly on what he wants to be remembered for, and it isn’t just ‘Friends’ (ABC4)
• One thousand sheep strut Cedar City Main Street for annual Heritage Sheep Parade (KUTV)
• Legends and myths of Great Salt Lake may keep you up at night (Fox13)

Education

• Campuses feel like political battlegrounds. Can a new initiative change that? (Deseret News)
• Perspective: Colleges and universities shouldn’t be in the business of making political statements (Deseret News)
• Alpine School District buys $12.9M land for future high school amid potential district split (Salt Lake Tribune)
• UEA seeks funding boost, no new mandates from lawmakers on teachers (Fox13) 
• Polaris High in American Fork gets grant to create teen resource center for students (Daily Herald)

Environment

• ‘Utahns were vigilant': How Utah’s 2023 wildfire season became a smashing success (Deseret News)
• A Forest Service ruling as banned e-bikes from trails. Are they a menace, or a vehicle for access for the disabled or the elderly? (Deseret News)
• Garfield County ranchers concerned about BLM plan (KSL Newsradio)
• Park City resorts turn on the snowmaking guns (KPCW)

Family

• The best digital payment apps for kids (Deseret News)

• Utah women create life-changing resources for other moms experiencing postpartum depression (KSL)

Health

• Is red meat risk exaggerated? Do you know good stress from bad? (Deseret News)
• Don’t purchase these eye drop products, FDA warns (Deseret News)

National Headlines

General

• Pilots can lose their jobs for getting mental health care (KSL TV)
• Threats against Cornell’s Jewish students reported to FBI, school says (Washington Post)

Politics

• Court arguments on blocking Trump from the presidential ballot under the ‘insurrection’ clause begin (AP)
• Term limits for Congress are wildly popular. But most experts say they'd be a bad idea (NPR)
• US House speaker plans vote this week on stand-alone Israel aid bill (Reuters)
• McConnell, Speaker Johnson headed for shutdown clash over Ukraine (The Hill)
• House returns to business with censure, expulsion resolutions on deck (The Hill)
• Johnson says he ‘isn’t afraid’ of changing rule on vacating Speakership  (The Hill)

Election news

• Former Vice President Mike Pence cites Bible verse as he explains his  decision to suspend his campaign (Deseret News)
• How Trump's verbal slips could weaken his attacks on Biden's age (New York Times)
• Trump is still far ahead in Iowa poll, with Haley matching DeSantis for 2nd (New York Times)
• Haley touts Israel record, rips Trump as ‘chaos, vendettas, and drama’ at GOP Jewish summit (Washington Post)
• ‘The rise is real’: Haley’s breakout is jolting 2024’s undercard race (Politico)

Ukraine 🇺🇦

• Ukrainian officials say Russian shelling killed a 91-year-old woman in a ‘terrifying night’ (AP)
• Both sides pay a bloody price for coveted Ukrainian city (New York Times)
• New danger for Ukraine: Taking Israel’s side in war against Hamas and Gaza (Washington Post)

Israel 🇮🇱

• Israel expands ground assault into Gaza as fears rise over airstrikes near crowded hospitals (AP)
• Hundreds storm airport in Russia in antisemitic riot over arrival of plane from Israel (AP)
• Gazans at 'breaking point' as aid centres looted, UN agency says (Reuters)

World

• Record-low Amazon River exposes centuries-old face carvings (Deseret News)
• China and Russia cast U.S. as agent of global instability at military forum (Washington Post)

Number of the Day 

News Releases

Owens joins bipartisan push to expand access to capital for farmers and rural communities

Rep. Burgess Owens (UT-04) co-sponsored the bipartisan Access to Credit for our Rural Economy (ACRE) Act of 2023, which would benefit American families, farmers, and rural communities nationwide by giving greater flexibility to more financial institutions to offer affordable lines of credit to rural and agricultural borrowers. (Read More)

Tweet of the Day 

Upcoming

• Martha Hughes Cannon Award with Utah Women Run — Nov 2, 6:00-8:00 pm
• Interim Day — Nov 14-15, le.utah.gov
• Celebrating 30 years of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, with the Orrin G. Hatch Foundation — Nov 16, 10 am, MST, Register here
  
• General election — Nov. 21
  

On This Day In History 

• 1735 - John Adams is born. He became the 2nd US president
• 1838 - Oberlin Collegiate Institute in Lorian County, Ohio becomes the first college in the U.S. to admit female students.
• 1873 - P. T. Barnum's circus, "Greatest Show on Earth", debuts in New York City
• 1912 - James S. Sherman, 27th Vice President of the United States (1909-1912), dies at 57
• 1918 - The Ottoman Empire signs an armistice treaty with Allies
• 1938 - War of the Worlds broadcast on radio. Many thought the story of an alien invasion was real, causing panic 
• 1941 - FDR approves Lend-Lease aid to the USSR
• 1948 - 20 die & 6,000 made ill by smog in Donora, Pennsylvania
• 1991 - The “perfect storm” hits the North Atlantic
• 2012 - Walt Disney purchases Lucasfilm Ltd, and its rights for Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises, for $4.05 billion

Quote of the Day

“Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.”

—John Adams

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