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Utah Headlines

Political news

• Sen. Mitt Romney has to shelter during air raid siren in Israel, after meeting with families of hostages (Deseret News)
• Hamas, not Israel to blame for deaths in Gaza, Mitt Romney says while visiting Tel Aviv (KSL)
• ‘Human shields’: Sen. Mitt Romney speaks out on Hamas, Palestinians during trip to Israel (ABC4)
• Should the Utah A.G. be appointed rather than elected? Reyes’ relationship with Tim Ballard prompts discussion (Deseret News)
• Utah Gov. Spencer Cox and Thomas Griffith speak about disagreeing better at Restore conference (Deseret News)
• What Gov. Cox thinks about the shifting politics and identity of the ‘New Utah’ (KUER)
• Power in Utah politics (Hinckley Report)
• Robert O’Brien: ‘This wasn’t just an attack on Israel, it was an attack on America’ (Deseret News)

Election news

• Heidi Balderree discusses plans as Utah’s newest senator (KSL Newsradio)

General Utah news

• He went from doing nothing to doing everything he can to stop domestic violence (Deseret News)
• Has Salt Lake City finally locked up the 2034 Winter Games? (Deseret News)
• Weber State police complete national certification for officer peer accountability (KSL)
• Sunday Edition: Arthur Brooks (KSL TV)
• Utah State Capitol lights up in blue, white in support of Israel (KUTV)
• Utah Air National Guard welcomes new commander (ABC4)
• Harrison Epstein, former editor of the Daily Herald: The Daily Herald won’t publicly support their reporter, so I will (Salt Lake Tribune)

Business

• Utah-based Gabb works to keep kids — and its employees — safe (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Major US pharmacy chain Rite Aid files for bankruptcy (AP)

Culture

• What’s your POV? Is your explanation sus? Do you have FOMO? How slang divides and connects generations (Deseret News)
• Utah ranks in top 10 of best states to live in for happiness and mental health (Deseret News)

Education

• The fascinating backstories of Utah’s two new National Blue Ribbon Schools (Deseret News)
• The disturbing rise of antisemitism on elite U.S. campuses (Deseret News)
• President Bonnie H. Cordon introduced as 10th president of Southern Virginia University (Deseret News)
• As war continues, BYU Jerusalem Center students and faculty leaving for Greece (Deseret News)
• The Policy Project donates thousands of period products to Utah students in need (ABC4)
• Salt Lake City high school students will now pass through AI weapons detectors (KUER)

Environment

• Beyond the climate costs, Utah is losing millions on leaking methane, report says (KUER)

Family

• How to talk to your kids about the Hamas attack on Israel (Deseret News)

Health

• Heavy traffic pollution can be harmful for pregnant women, study shows (Deseret News)
• Amid a mental health crisis, toy industry takes on a new role: building resilience (AP)

Housing

• How does today’s housing market look next to the 2006 housing bubble? (Deseret News)
• Can SLC entice building of more ‘missing middle’ homes to help ease its housing shortage? (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Home sales on track for slowest year since housing bust (Wall Street Journal)

National Headlines

General

• Perspective: The connection between doing your work and building our nation (Deseret News)
• Jon Huntsman says family ‘will close its checkbook’ to Penn over non-response to Hamas’ attack on Israel (Deseret News)
• Palestinian American 6-year-old boy stabbed to death in hate crime, sheriff says (Washington Post)

Politics

• Trump’s opponents, White House, react to him calling Hezbollah ‘very smart’ (Deseret News)
• Trump faces reckoning as D.C. judge mulls gag order (Politico)
• Jim Jordan’s rapid rise has been cheered by Trump and the far right. Could it soon make him speaker? (AP)
• Inside Jim Jordan’s uphill battle to win the speaker’s gavel (Washington Post)
• Jordan to face a challenger in floor vote Tuesday (Politico)
• Crenshaw defends Jordan’s attempt to overturn 2020 election: ‘A lot of them did that’ (The Hill)
• Senators flummoxed, ‘horrified’ by House leadership vacuum (The Hill)
• The war between Israel and Hamas is testing the Republican Party’s isolationist shift (AP)

Election news

• As foreign policy takes over the 2024 presidential race, Nikki Haley steps forward (Deseret News)
• Trump swamps rivals with huge cash haul while DeSantis fundraising slows (Washington Post)
• Biden reelection effort raises $71 million for third quarter (Washington Post)
• A 15-year-old known for tough questions was kicked out of a GOP event (Washington Post)
• Senate rankings: The 5 seats most likely to flip (The Hill)

Ukraine 🇺🇦

• Russia’s assault on a key eastern Ukraine city is weakening, Kyiv claims, as the war marks 600 days (AP)
• In pictures: 600 days of war in Ukraine (Reuters)
• Russia releases four Ukrainian children after mediation by Qatar (Washington Post)
• North Korea provided Russia with weapons, White House says (Washington Post)
• Russia will survive a defeat in Ukraine. It's time to prepare for what comes next (Politico)

Israel 🇮🇱

• Gaza’s crowded hospitals near breaking point as Israeli ground invasion looms (AP)
• Israeli strikes on Gaza intensify as humanitarian crisis deepens (Reuters)
• Exclusive: Americans want US to help get Gaza civilians out of harm's way-Reuters/Ipsos poll (Reuters)
• U.S. push for Gaza border opening stumbles (Wall Street Journal)
• How the Israel-Hamas war is tilting the global power balance in favor of Russia and China (Wall Street Journal)
• UN agency: There aren’t enough body bags in Gaza (Politico)

World

• Poles vote in huge numbers for centrist opposition after 8 years of nationalist rule (AP)
• Another powerful earthquake shakes quake-devastated region in western Afghanistan (AP)

Number of the Day 

News Releases

Utah delegation stands with Israel

Reps. Burgess Owens (UT-04), John Curtis (UT-03), and Blake Moore (UT-01) joined over 400 members of the House of Representatives in support of a bipartisan resolution standing with Israel as it defends itself against the barbaric war launched by Hamas terrorists. (Read More)

Historic number of Republican women serving in the Utah legislature

The Republican Women Lead PAC (RWL) congratulates Heidi Balderree on her victory in the Senate District 22 special election! Once Senator-Elect Balderree is appointed by Governor Cox, the number of Republican women serving in the Utah legislature will be at an all-time high of 14. This is historic for Utah as more Republican women step forward to lead in their communities. For the first time in the state’s history, there are now more Republican women serving than Democrat women in both the House and Senate. (Read More)

47G announces partnership that will revolutionize aerospace and defense industry

The Utah Aerospace and Defense Association has unveiled a new vision for the state as it seeks to build the world’s premier ecosystem for aerospace, defense, and cyber companies. The organization has launched its new brand “47G” and announced a game-changing partnership with the University of Utah for generational investments in artificial intelligence and semiconductor technologies that have the potential to revolutionize the industry. (Read More)

Gov. Spencer Cox appoints Scott Stephenson as new Board of Pardons and Parole chair

Gov. Spencer Cox previously appointed Scott Stephenson as a new member of Utah’s five-member Board of Pardons and Parole, and he was confirmed by the Utah Senate earlier this week. Today, Gov. Cox named Stephenson as chair of the Board of Pardons and Parole. (Read More)

Tweet of the Day 

Upcoming

• UVU Conference on Mental Health — Oct. 27, 9 am - 5 pm, Register here
• Martha Hughes Cannon Award with Utah Women Run — Nov 2, 6:00-8:00 pm, Nominate someone here
• 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 

• 1793 - Marie Antoinette is beheaded
• 1831 - Lucy Stanton is born. She became the first African American woman to graduate from a four-year college.
• 1859 - Abolitionist John Brown leads 21 men on a raid of the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia
• 1875 - BYU is established
• 1901 - Booker T. Washington and his family are invited to dine at the White House with Teddy and Edith Roosevelt, prompting condemnation from the South
• 1923 - Walt Disney Company is founded
• 1962 - Cuban Missile Crisis begins as JFK is shown photos confirming the presence of Soviet missiles in Cuba
• 1968 - Tommie Smith and John Carlos raise their fists at the Mexico City Olympics
• 1984 - Desmond Tutu, South African Anglican Archbishop, wins the Nobel Peace Prize
• 1987 - Baby Jessica rescued from a well in Texas after 58 hours
• 1991 - Twenty-three diners massacred at a Texas restaurant
• 2013 - The United States ends a 16-day government shutdown and avoids default in a bi-partisan deal in the Senate

Quote of the Day

"Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness."
—Desmond Tutu

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