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Utah Headlines

Thanksgiving weekend

• Utah woman starts nonprofit to prevent food waste (KSL)
• Miller family provides meals, resources for homeless community (KSL TV)
• Driving over the river and through the woods for Thanksgiving? Here's how much it'll cost for gas (KUTV)
• Which shops will be open on Thanksgiving, Black Friday in Utah this year (KUTV)
• Places to volunteer, donate to those in need on Thanksgiving in Utah (Fox13)
• Aggie Blue Bikes holds annual charity race for ‘Cranksgiving’ (Herald Journal)
• ‘Bigger than ever’: Utah Tech invites public to Trailblazer Nation Tree Lighting Celebration (St. George News)
• Five tips to help Utah shops and restaurants succeed on Nov. 26, aka "Small Business Saturday." (Utah Business)
• 22 more rules for Thanksgiving family touch football (Wall Street Journal)

General

• Latter-day Saint leaders condemn Colorado Springs LGBTQ club shooting (Deseret News)
• Police identify man killed in Herriman standoff that terrified neighbors as a 38-yr-old combat veteran (KUTV)
• Treatment center employee sentenced to jail, probation in assault of teen client (KSL)
• Experts say gun owners may be tried criminally for not keeping weapons secure (KUTV)
• Logan Tabernacle vandalized (Cache Valley Daily)
• Long before Utah billionaire Trevor Milton was convicted in New York on three counts of fraud for lying to investors about his electric truck company Nikola Motors, three women and two of Milton’s former friends accused him of sexual misconduct. The Utah AG did not investigate. (Fox13)
• Inmates ‘getting eaten alive’ by insects at new Utah prison. Officials knew it could happen, records show. (Salt Lake Tribune)

Politics

• Bills to mandate clergy report abuses will return to the Utah State Legislature (Fox13)
• Lawmakers eye further tax cuts after $3B projected budget surplus for 2023 (KSL)
• Andrew Yang’s Forward Party sees the Mountain West as its natural home. The party offers an alternative for dissatisfied voters, but can it avoid the fate of most third parties? (Deseret News)
• Cathy McKitrick: Making the sausage (UTPOL Underground)
• On Message with Marty Carpenter: The fallout (UTPOL Underground)

Business

• Local businesses expect high turnout in Christmas sales (KSL TV)
• Easing inflation is improving consumer sentiment. Here's what it means for Utah businesses (KSL)
• Birthdays, snow and hot dogs: patrons gather for opening of Logan's Costco (Herald Journal)
• Despite recession fears, Utah voters express confidence in the job market (KUER)

Culture

• Hours before Colorado shooting, a Salt Lake City LGBTQ+ club celebrated trans lives. Now, it’s upping security. “We thought maybe — just maybe — we had moved past anything happening in a really, really bad light to a gay bar again,” the owner said. (Salt Lake Tribune)

Education

• Here’s a look at the data for 3 elementary schools Granite School District will likely close: Twin Peaks, Spring Lane and Millcreek elementaries. (Salt Lake Tribune)
• New Utah preschool focuses on students' emotional well-being (KUTV)
• College food pantry works to ensure students and their families have enough to eat (Fox13)
• So long Dixie: Donations to Utah Tech rise by 33% after name change, president says (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Salt Lake Community College launches hybrid class to fill Utah’s need for rural EMTs (KUER)
• Utah State University establishes the new Heravi Peace Institute (UPR)

Environment

• BLM seeks public feedback on three oil, gas sites in Utah and Arizona (KSL TV)
• Utah helps restore spruce forests one cone at a time. Seasonal workers collect cones that will be replanted in other areas of the country decimated by wildfires (New York Times)
• Ogden shifts to new recycling firm in response to environmental probe (Standard-Examiner)

Family

• As Utah temps drop and energy costs rise, here’s how to keep warm through winter (St. George News)

Health

• Veterans encouraged to seek out local mental health resources (ABC4)
• Officials encourage awareness of carbon monoxide dangers, risks (Daily Herald)

Housing

• Utah housing market sees nation’s biggest decline in October home sales, RE/MAX reports. October market ‘vastly different’ than a year ago (Deseret News)
• Massive fire engulfs community housing in Richfield (KSL TV)
• Home sales to investors droop 30% as market cools (Wall Street Journal)

National Headlines

General

• An army veteran who was attending the drag show at club Q with his wife and daughter chased the gunman down, tackled him, took the gun, then beat the shooter to a pulp with his own gun. A drag queen then stomped on the gunman with her high heels. (New York Times)
• Car drives through Apple store in Massachusetts, injuring 19 and killing 1.  (Deseret News)
• No suspect, no murder weapon in University of Idaho case (Deseret News)
• Ever since Virginia Military Institute began rolling out new diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives last year, a fierce and well-funded group of conservative alumni has been attacking the efforts to make VMI more welcoming to women and minorities. (Washington Post)
• Twitter won’t restore Alex Jones’ account, Elon Musk says (KSL Newsradio)
• Twitter lays off some staff who committed to Twitter 2.0 (Wall Street Journal)

Elections

• A top elections official in Maricopa County, Arizona, has been moved to an undisclosed location for his safety following threats on social media related the midterm elections, the county says. (NBC News)

Politics

• “It’s time we flex our muscles" -- Centrist Republicans say they won't be bulldozed as HFC pushes McCarthy for concessions. (Politico)
• The Senate Judiciary Committee chairman said his panel is reviewing "serious allegations" in a New York Times story that a former anti-abortion leader knew in advance the outcome of a 2014 Supreme Court case involving health care coverage of contraception. (AP)
• Perspective: The Respect for Marriage Act shows that compromise is the way forward (Deseret News)
• Mike Pence, pondering a presidential run, condemns Trump's rhetoric on Jan. 6 (NPR)
• From Europe, Trump special counsel takes over Mar-a-Lago, Jan. 6 probes. Prosecutor Jack Smith must assemble a team, find office space and catch up on the long-running cases involving Donald Trump (Washington Post)
• Pompeo says head of teacher’s union is the ‘most dangerous person in the world’ (The Hill)

Ukraine 🇺🇦 

• ‘Stock up on blankets’: Ukrainians brace for bleak winter (AP)
• Bipartisan group of US Senators urge Biden administration to provide Ukraine with armed drones (Wall Street Journal)
• For Ukraine, so much unexpected success, and yet so far to go (New York Times)
• Near Kherson, orphanage staff hid Ukrainian children from Russian occupiers too prevent them from being "relocated" to Russia (Washington Post)

World News

• Marine geologists investigating an underwater volcano that erupted on Jan. 15 in the South Pacific Ocean found it was the “largest ever recorded” with modern equipment, displacing the equivalent of 2.6 million Olympic-sized swimming pools (ABC News)
• As their country’s national anthem was played at the World Cup Monday, Iran’s players appeared silent, declining to sing in what was widely seen as an acknowledgment — or even, a show of solidarity — with a popular uprising unfolding at home.(Washington Post)
• Indonesian rescuers search through rubble of quake; 268 dead (AP)

News Releases

Utah Department of Commerce urges consumers to be W.I.S.E. this holiday season

Cautious consumer habits can help catch scams before they become destructive 

The holiday season is when many Utahns open their wallets to buy gifts and give generously to charitable causes. Unfortunately, it is also a popular time for scammers to capitalize on peoples’ goodwill. 

Research conducted by the Department of Commerce’s Division of Consumer Protection shows most Utahns believe they’re less likely to fall for a scam than others. However four out of 10 Utahns report they’ve been a victim of fraud in the last three years. To avoid scams and fraud, the Division of Consumer Protection (DCP) created an easy-to-remember checklist of smart habits. (Read More)

Salt Lake County Council to fund temporary mental health receiving center

A majority of the Salt Lake County Council is co-sponsoring $2.5 million in onetime federal American Rescue Plan Act dollars to fund a temporary mental health receiving center at the existing Huntsman Mental Health Institute (HMHI). Council members will champion a vote for the essential use of these dollars at the Salt Lake County Council meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 22.

Funds from the Council will cover the cost of retrofitting and expanding an existing space at the HMHI. It will also cover 17 months of staffing to allow operations beginning in April 2023 until a new center is finished in Fall 2024. The new Kem and Carolyn Gardner Mental Health Crisis Care Center is being built in South Salt Lake, near the County’s Adult Detention Center. However, there is high demand for a receiving center now, before the new center opens. Mental health receiving centers allow law enforcement officers to bring those having a mental health crisis to a safe place where professional help is available. (Read More)

Nation’s largest College of Education celebrates American Education Week 2022

As the country continues to face one of the largest teacher shortages in its history, Western Governors University recognizes the impact that teachers, administrators, and paraprofessionals have on their communities. As the largest teacher’s college in the nation, the university will mark American Education Week (Nov. 14-19th) by announcing the WGU Loves Teachers and Become a Teacher scholarship programs for current and future education professionals who wish to pursue bachelor’s or master’s degree programs in the Teachers College.

The  WGU Loves Teachers Scholarship and Become a Teacher Scholarship are valued at up to $4,000 each and designed to help current teachers improve their skill set in the classroom or move into administration, and support future teachers in obtaining the required credentials to start a rewarding career as an educator. The accredited, nonprofit college’s commitment to keeping costs lowered reduces the need for student borrowing, resulting in graduate debt that is about half the national average. (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

• 1718 - Blackbeard (Edward Teach) is killed off the North Carolina coast
• 1900 - First Mercedes goes for a test drive
• 1942 - Adolf Hitler orders Rommel's Africa Korps to fight to the last man
• 1954 - The Humane Society of the United States is established. 
• 1963 - JFK is assassinated while traveling through Dallas, Texas in an open-top convertible. Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn in as president on Air Force One by federal judge Sarah Tilghman Hughes.
• 1972 - First B-52 shot down over North Vietnam
• 1984 - Fred Rogers of PBS "Mr Rogers Neighborhood" presents a sweater to Smithsonian Institution
• 1988 - Stealth bomber shown publicly for the first time
• 1990 - Margaret Thatcher resigns
• 1995 - Toy Story is released
• 2005 - Angela Merkel becomes Chancellor of Germany, the first woman to do so
• 2016 - President Barack Obama posthumously awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom to pioneering computer scientist and Navy Admiral Grace Hopper
• 2020 - Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed gives Tigrayan forces 72 hours to surrender before the military begins offensive on regional capital of Mekelle

Wise Words

“Fear has never been a good adviser, neither in our personal lives nor in our society. Cultures and societies that are shaped by fear, will without doubt not get a grip on the future.”

—Angela Merkel

The Punny Side

Hey, that turkey wishbone is doing its best—give it a break.

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