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Utah has filed a landmark lawsuit over control of unappropriated federal lands. State statute prohibits the privatization of public lands except in rare circumstances, underscoring Utah’s commitment to keeping public lands in public hands and locally controlled. Learn more: standforourland.utah.gov.

Utah Headlines

Political news

• Rep. Celeste Maloy highlights challenges facing small pharmacies in SLC visit (Deseret News)
• Sen. Lee doesn’t want the government to access personal financial info (Deseret News)
• ‘We’re facing a crisis’: Utah pharmacists ask lawmakers, federal officials for help (KSL TV)
• Gov. Cox declares October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month in Utah (KSL Newsradio)
• The economy’s numbers are good, but Utah voters aren’t feeling the vibes (KUER)

Election news

• What’s happening with the constitutional amendments on Utah’s general election ballot? (Deseret News)
• Opinion: Local races to watch as candidates sprint to the finish (Deseret News)
• Trent and Alisha Staggs: Why we believe Latter-day Saints should vote for Trump (Deseret News)
• Meet the candidate: Rob Latham, running for Utah Governor (KSL Newsradio)
• How has Utah’s voter turnout been since the year 2000? (ABC4)

Municipal news

• Salt Lake City passes sales tax increase for Delta Center renovation (Deseret News)
• Major Farmington development gets boost with completion of road, infrastructure (KSL)
• Park City aims to turn a commercial area into a vibrant, community haven (Salt Lake Tribune)

Utah

• Red Cross of Utah calls for $1 million donations for Hurricane Helene by weekend (Deseret News)
• Gail Miller is still Utah’s richest person – but she is gaining competition (ABC4)
• VA awards more than $620K in grants to Utah organizations to help veterans participate in adaptive sports (Fox13)

Biz/Tech

• Why more young adults are shifting to trade work (Deseret News)
• How will the port strike affect holiday shopping? (Deseret News)
• Recent study predicts occupations most likely to be impacted by Artificial Intelligence (Cache Valley Daily)

Crime/Courts

• Boys & Girls Club releases statement about employee arrested on child sex abuse charges (KUTV)

Culture

• Protein Diet Coke is Utah’s latest soda invention. Is this a good thing? (Deseret News)
• Priscilla Presley gets love from fans in Utah — including some Osmonds (Deseret News)
• Ogden Nature Center presenting annual Creatures of the Night event (Standard-Examiner)

Education

• Utah law professor takes cover during Iran rocket attack against Israel (KSL TV)
• Parents want known gang members barred from attending in-person school (KSL TV)

Environment

• Utah residents want better air quality, but not at higher prices (Deseret News)
• Nature’s growth spurt: How mountains like Everest are reaching new heights (Deseret News)
• Emissions on tribal lands leads to DOJ settlement (Deseret News)
• Where Utah's water situation stands at the end of a 'roller coaster' water year (KSL)
• Questions bubble up as Lake Powell's 'volcanoes' erupt greenhouse gases (St. George News)

Health

• Inside the modern science of sleep (Deseret News)
• Numbers show younger women being diagnosed with breast cancer at higher rates (Fox13)

National Headlines

General

• Inspiring stories in the wake of Hurricane Helene (Deseret News)
• Search crews with cadaver dogs wade through muck of communities ‘wiped off the map’ by Helene (AP)
• 11 workers at a Tennessee factory were swept away in Hurricane Helene flooding. Only 5 were rescued (AP)
• Biden, Harris to tour Helene damage in North and South Carolina, Georgia (Reuters)
• America's nonprofits run on generosity. Right now, the outlook is grim (Deseret News)
• It’s a ‘very difficult time’ for U.S. Jews as High Holy Days and Oct. 7 anniversary coincide (AP)

Political news

• What we know about Jimmy Carter’s faith after 100 years (Deseret News)
• Gun, transgender rights, porn cases loom as US Supreme Court returns (Reuters)
• How fentanyl traffickers are exploiting a U.S. trade law to kill Americans (Reuters)

Election news

• How Tim Walz’s family shaped his political career (Deseret News)
• The role of religion in JD Vance’s family life (Deseret News)
• Opinion: Why I believe Tulsi Gabbard should be on the debate stage (Deseret News)
• A debate watch party with "red" and "blue" voters that ends in hugs (Deseret News)
• Walz and Vance clash, politely, at policy-heavy vice presidential debate (Reuters)
• Trump backs out of a '60 Minutes' prime-time interview, CBS says (NPR)
• Cook Political Report shifts Texas Senate race toward Democrats (The Hill)
• Vance edges Walz in overnight polling of VP debate performances (The Hill)
• Republicans are starting to raise alarms about Trump’s ground game (Politico)

Ukraine 🇺🇦

• Russia captures Vuhledar after two years of Ukrainian resistance (Reuters)
• New NATO boss Rutte pledges support for Ukraine, plays down Trump fears (Reuters)

Israel and Gaza

• Exclusive: Food aid to Gaza falls as Israel sets new rule (Reuters)
• A wider war in the Middle East, from Hamas to Hezbollah and now Iran (New York Times)

World news

• Mexico swears in first female president: Claudia Sheinbaum (Deseret News)
• Rescuers race to find over 100 migrants missing off Djibouti coast (Reuters)

Number of the Day 

As a lifelong conservative and advocate for free markets, I’ve always believed that competition drives innovation and economic growth. Unfortunately, in today’s tech landscape, we’re facing a threat to this fundamental principle from an unexpected source: Microsoft. Once a symbol of American ingenuity, Microsoft now provides email and office services for approximately 85% of the U.S. government, and it acts more like an inefficient, bloated government agency than a private company.

Through restrictive licensing practices and other barriers, the company leverages its dominant position to make it difficult and costly for customers to use alternatives. This overreliance on a single provider has also created significant security vulnerabilities, degraded quality, and harmed data privacy...

Microsoft’s extensive operations in China compound these concerns. Microsoft can only operate in the country if they comply with China’s National Cybersecurity Law, which requires foreign technology companies to provide the Chinese government with access to source code and other sensitive information. This situation potentially allows the Chinese Communist Party to access critical U.S. government systems.

As conservatives, we should be alarmed by threats to fair competition and national security. Microsoft’s market dominance appears to have reduced pressure on the company to innovate or improve product security. We need a comprehensive examination of how Microsoft’s licensing practices impact competition, innovation, and security in government IT systems...

The stakes are too high to maintain the status quo...Let’s return to the principles that made America a leader in technology and innovation. Let’s embrace competition, prioritize security, and put the interests of the American people first. Our nation’s technological future depends on it. (Read More)

Tweet of the Day

Upcoming

• 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. 16 — Nurturing Hope in Ourselves and Others: The Science of Hope and Well-Being sponsored by the Utah Women and Leadership Project, 12:00 - 1:15 pm, Register here
• 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

• 1869 - Mahatma Gandhi is born.
• 1895 - Ruth Streeter is born. She became the first director of the United States Marine Corps Women's Reserve (USMCWR) and in 1943, she became the first woman to attain the rank of major in the United States Marine Corps.
• 1912 - Alice Bourneuf is born. An economist, she worked on the Marshall Plan to help Europe after World War II and taught economics at Boston College
• 1919 - President Woodrow Wilson suffers a stroke
• 1950 - Charles M. Schultz Peanuts makes its first appearance in newspapers
• 1965 - Gatorade is invented at the University of Florida
• 1967 - Thurgood Marshall, the first Black Supreme Court justice, is sworn in
• 1985 - Hollywood icon Rock Hudson dies of AIDS
• 2001 - NATO backs US military strikes following attacks on 9/11
• 2018 - Jamal Khashoggi is assassinated in the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul

Quote of the Day

"The measure of a country's greatness is its ability to retain compassion in times of crisis."

—Justice Thurgood Marshall

On the Punny Side

I went skydiving today for the first time. This guy strapped himself to me, we jumped out of the Plane and as we plummeted, he said:

"So, how long have you been an Instructor?" 

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