Utah Headlines

Political news

• Editorial Board: Democracy doesn’t end on Election Day. It begins. (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Utah officials reject request for study into proposed new Morgan County city (KSL)
• Weber County Sheriff’s Office working with low staff due to low pay (KSL TV)
• After Trump’s win, Utah’s legislative leaders look to insulate against future Democratic administrations (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Sunday Edition: Reverend Theresa Dear. Boyd Matheson and Reverend Dear discuss the importance of coming together to reach across the aisle.  (KSL TV)
• 2024 election results (The Hinckley Report)
• Transgender issues were big in this election and Utah voters responded (KUER)
• Utah Dems hoped for a Harris lift. Instead, they held what ground they had (KUER)
• Long-time district congressman feels he'll flourish in new role taking over for Romney (Cache Valley Daily)

Veterans Day

• Editorial Board: Why the spirit of Veterans Day is so important (Deseret News)
• Opinion: Military veterans are an important part of Utah’s economy (Deseret News)
• New Soldiers Journey sculpture marks first Veterans Day at WWI Memorial (KUTV)
• How to fly the American flag on Veterans Day (ABC4)
• Thousands hike to Coldwater Canyon flag honoring fallen North Ogden mayor (UPR)
• ‘I got my life back.’ Veterans with PTSD making progress thanks to service dog program (AP)
• It’s Veterans Day. The VA says it can’t help thousands of vets it left stranded (NPR)
• Veterans find purpose in the devastated North Carolina mountains (Washington Post)

Municipal news

• Salt Lake County holds $10M from transportation fund that could go to downtown district plans (KSL)
• ‘We just kept getting squeezed’: Why Spring Lake voted to become Utah County’s newest town (Daily Herald)

Utah

• Utah athletic director Mark Harlan fined $40,000, reprimanded by Big 12 after criticizing officials (Deseret News)
• Provo firefighter killed while hiking in Escalante area of Southern Utah (KUTV)

Business

• Idea for new beef processing plant in Nephi began during COVID meat shortages (KSL)
• Utah dessert shop Chubby Baker plans to ‘explore,’ try new recipes with its flagship location now open (Salt Lake Tribune)

Crime/Courts

• Former Utah Tech president faces lawsuit over ‘vulgar’ display attributed to employees, alleged retaliation (ABC4)
• Tooele woman charged for bomb threat against University of Utah Medical Center (Fox13)
• Utah cosmetic surgeon sued for medical malpractice may lose license as new allegations surface (Fox13)

Culture

• The odyssey of Dallas Jenkins’ ‘The Best Christmas Pageant Ever’ starts in Utah (Deseret News)
• Roy family gives back to community that gave to them (KSL)
• Tickets, viewing options released for First Presidency’s Christmas Devotional (KSL TV)
• Scrolling alone. In a society increasingly isolated by technology, do religious communities hold the answer? (Deseret News)
• President Nelson, 100, dedicates the 200th Latter-day Saint temple (Deseret News)

Education

• Creative arts therapy classes at the University of Utah to help those interested in the field (Deseret News)
• Racist graffiti appears in bathroom, on car at Skyline High (KSL Newsradio)
• Voices: USU is supporting Native American students as they pursue their dreams and chart paths (Salt Lake Tribune)

Environment

• His retirement package involves helping save the Earth (Deseret News)
• The Sunday conversation: The critical global challenges related to water scarcity, resource misuse and plastic pollution (Deseret News)
• New life, new money for the critical Great Salt Lake shoreline (Deseret News)
• Biden admin finalizes Western energy development rules to protect sage grouse (KUER)
• Watch: How a Utah mill gets uranium ready for nuclear energy (Salt Lake Tribune)

Health

• Experts warn of carbon monoxide as temperatures drop (KSL TV)

Housing

• Voices: Banning short-term rentals won’t fix Utah’s housing crisis (Salt Lake Tribune)

National Headlines

General

• Haul out the holly! Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree arrives in New York City (AP)
• A person is dead and 16 are hurt after a shooting at Tuskegee University; 1 arrest made (AP)

Political news

• Vivek Ramaswamy says a debate is brewing among Republicans (Deseret News)
• How a Trump presidency could lead to a purge at the Pentagon (Reuters)
• Trump says Senate GOP leader candidates must agree to recess appointments (The Hill)
• Trump announces Tom Homan, former director of immigration enforcement, will serve as ‘border czar’ (AP)
• Trump picks Rep. Elise Stefanik as ambassador to the United Nations (Washington Post)
• Trump on Day 1: Begin deportation push, pardon Jan. 6 rioters and make his criminal cases vanish (AP)

Election news

• Claims that millions of noncitizens would illegally vote evaporated after Trump’s win (NPR)
• Republicans inch toward ‘trifecta’ control of House, Senate, White House (Washington Post)
• How women feel about another Trump term: Despair, anger, relief, elation (Washington Post)
• Gallego defeats Lake in Arizona Senate race (The Hill)
• Trump completes swing-state sweep with Arizona victory (Politico)

Ukraine 🇺🇦

• Ukraine attacks Moscow with 34 drones, biggest strike on the Russian capital (Reuters)
• Russian troops trying to advance in Kursk region, Ukraine says (Reuters)

Israel and Gaza

• Israeli fire kills 11 Palestinians as tanks roll into central Gaza camp (Reuters)
• Traumatized by war, hundreds of Lebanon’s children struggle with wounds both physical and emotional (AP)

World news

• 6.8 magnitude earthquake shakes Cuba after hurricanes and blackouts (AP)
• Church in Egyptian desert reveals early Christian burial practices (New York Times)

Number of the Day 

News Releases

Utah Senate Democrats announce elected leadership team

On the evening of November 8th, 2024, the Utah Senate Democrats met in caucus to elect the Senate Minority Leadership.  The new leadership team for the 66th Legislature includes: 

• Senator Luz Escamilla, D – District 10, will serve as Minority Leader
• Senator Karen Kwan, D – District 12, was elected to serve as Minority Whip 
• Senator Jennifer Plumb, D – District 9, will serve as Minority Assistant Whip
• Senator Kathleen Riebe, D – District 15, will serve as Minority Caucus Manager (Read More)

Salt Lake Chamber hosts 48th annual Women & Business Conference and ATHENA Awards Luncheon

Join the Salt Lake Chamber at the 48th annual Women & Business Conference and ATHENA Awards Luncheon. During the luncheon, the Salt Lake Chamber will present the ATHENA Leadership Award to Dr. Donna Milavetz, Chief Medical Officer of Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Utah. The award recognizes an active member of the Chamber who demonstrates creativity and initiative in business, provides valuable service by devoting time and energy to improve the quality of life for others in the community, and assists women in reaching their full leadership potential. 

In addition, six business and community leaders will receive the Pathfinder Award for their work to create new paths and promote the development and recognition of women in business. This year’s recipients include Senator Ann Millner; Kerry Norman, EVP of Operations of CHG Healthcare; Liz Owens, CEO of YWCA Utah; Noella Sudbury, Founder & CEO of Rasa Public Benefit Corporation; Diana Young, Partner & VP of Strategic Partnerships, PrincePerelson & Associates; and Jessica Yurgaitis, CEO of Industrial Supply Company. (Read More)

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Upcoming

• Nov. 15 — Women & Business Conference & ATHENA Awards Luncheon with the Salt Lake Chamber, Grand America Hotel. Register here
• Nov. 19-20 — Interim Days
• Dec. 3 â€” Promoting Civility and Dignity in Utah, with UWLP, 12:00-1:15 pm, Register here
• Jan. 9 — What’s Up Down South Economic Summit. St. George. Register here
• Jan. 10 — Rural Utah Data Symposium. St. George. Register here
• Jan 14 — Utah Taxpayers Association Legislative Outlook Conference, 9 am - 12:00 pm, Little America Hotel, Register here
• Jan. 21 — Utah legislative session begins
• Mar. 7 — Utah legislative session ends

On This Day In History

• 1620 - Mayflower Pilgrims make their first landing in America and Mayflower Compact signed.
• 1744 - Abigail Adams is born, a politically influential First Lady and early advocate for women’s rights
• 1885 - George Patton is born. 
• 1914 - Daisy Lee Bates is born. She mentored and advised the “Little Rock Nine” who integrated the Little Rock, Arkansas
• 1918 - Armistice Day: World War I ends at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month.
• 1921 - US President Warren G. Harding dedicates Tomb of Unknown Soldier at Arlington Cemetery
• 1938 - Mary Mallon, Irish-American patient best known as 'Typhoid Mary' and the first person in the United States known to be immune to typhoid, dies at 69
• 1939 - Kate Smith first sings Irving Berlin's "God Bless America"
• 1942 - Draft age is lowered to 18
• 1979 - Bethune Museum and Archives opens in Washington D.C. as a center for African-American women’s history, honoring Mary McLeod Bethune
• 1993 - The Vietnam Women’s Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C. after being conceived by former army combat nurse Diane Carlson Evans and sculpted by Glenna Goodacre to honor the 265,000 women who voluntarily served during the Vietnam era
• 2004 - Yasser Arafat, Chairman of the Palestinian Liberation Organization, 1st President of the Palestinian National Authority (1994-2004) and 1994 Nobel peace prize winner, dies in Paris at 75

Quote of the Day

“Veterans know better than anyone else the price of freedom, for they’ve suffered the scars of war. We can offer them no better tribute than to protect what they have won for us.” 

—Ronald Reagan

On the Punny Side

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He’s the Spokesman.

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