Utah Headlines

Political news

• A tale of 2 briefs — Sen. Mike Lee and the Church of Jesus Christ both file in support of Texas’ porn law (Deseret News)
• Utah election results certified: Here’s how Trump really did (Deseret News)
• Lawmakers condemn DA Sim Gill's handling of plea deals in repeat offender DV cases (KUTV)
• Cache County is deciding which lands to preserve with $20M open space bond (UPR)
• Herriman residents oppose large mine next to their neighborhood (KSL TV)
• More Utahns voted in 2024 presidential election than in 2020 — but turnout ultimately down (Salt Lake Tribune)

Thanksgiving

• Navigating gratitude and grief this holiday season (Deseret News)
• 3 takeaways from a new survey on Americans’ Thanksgiving habits (Deseret News)
• Domestic violence shelters, hotlines preparing to answer more calls during the holiday season (KSL TV)
• Don't be a turkey and leave your bird to brine in the Great Salt Lake (Fox13)
• Has boundary setting gone off the rails? The case for healing a relationship this holiday season (Deseret News)
• The pardoning of Peach and Blossom, the turkeys (Deseret News)
• Thanksgiving table manners for humans (and for dogs) (ABC4)
• Giving thanks isn’t just a holiday tradition. It’s part of how humans evolved (AP)
• Aprons can evoke memories and spark inspiration for the Thanksgiving cook (AP)

Utah

• Charity works to provide Christmas for children of Utah inmates (KSL TV)
• Holiday Bag Project looking for more volunteers to help children in need (Fox 13)
• Utah has about 1,800 debris related crashes a year, UDOT says (KUTV)
• Utah safe driving advocates dealing with tragedy of their own (Fox 13)
• Why Utah leads the way in ‘golden gigs’ (KSL TV)

Biz/Tech

• Vail Resorts ‘unwilling’ to meet ski patrol union demands after monthslong negotiations, reps say (Deseret News)
• Allegiant Air pilots picket at Provo Airport for better wages, working conditions; holiday travel unaffected (Daily Herald)

Crime/Courts

• Rocky Mountain Power warns of scam callers during holiday season (KSL TV)
• Couple charged in ring suspected of stealing $1 million in Lululemon clothes (KUTV)
• Former Utah Farm Bureau president sentenced for assaulting farm worker (Fox13)
• Investigation underway after man, woman seen defacing ancient petroglyphs in Kane County (KUTV)

Culture

• Santa welcomes a gift — one that keeps on giving — from the LDS Church to North Pole (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Temple Square lights to go on Friday, even in areas previously closed due to renovation (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Utah family creates 'Giving Gallery' to spread joy of art (Fox13)

Education

• Federal judge rules in favor of Mountain West in lawsuit over transgender player (Deseret News)
• Wasatch football coach on leave after families allege systemic abuse (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Voices: I received free lunches growing up in a developing country. In Utah’s thriving economy, no child should go hungry. (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Rural students’ options shrink as colleges slash majors (Washington Post)

Environment

• $3 million infusion will help at Great Salt Lake (Deseret News)
• New stream gauges to help track if conserved water really makes it to Great Salt Lake (Fox 13)

Family

• The pursuit of happiness starts with families: A conversation between Brad Wilcox and Gov. Spencer Cox (Deseret News)

Health

• Overthinking social interactions? Blame it on your ‘lizard brain’ (Deseret News)

Housing

• Utah lawmakers to consider ‘Know-by-Name’ data sharing on homelessness next year (KUER)
• Not a ‘bed crisis’ but a ‘human crisis’: How a top homeless leader wants to change Utah’s system (Daily Herald)

National Headlines

General

• Walmart becomes latest - and biggest - company to roll back its DEI policies (AP)
• Warren Buffett gives away another $1.1B and plans for distributing his $147B fortune after his death (AP)

Political news

• Trump threatens to impose sweeping new tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China on first day in office (KSL Newsradio)
• Judge grants dismissal of Jan. 6 case against Trump (NPR)
• The man who helped roll back abortion rights now wants to 'crush liberal dominance' (NPR)
• Donald Trump Jr. emerges as a political force of his own as he helps his father launch a second term (AP)
• A guide for the politically homeless (The Atlantic)

Ukraine 🇺🇦

• Russia advances in Ukraine at fast pace, moving into Kurakhove, analysts say (Reuters)
• Ukraine prepares to sell Trump on why U.S. should maintain support (Washington Post)

Israel and Gaza

• Monitoring the status of hostages still in Gaza after Hamas’s attack (Washington Post)
• Israeli cabinet to meet Tuesday to discuss cease-fire deal with Lebanon, officials say (Washington Post)

World news

• French mass rape trial prosecutors demand maximum sentence for Gisèle Pelicot’s ex-husband (AP)
• U.N. report: 85,000 cases of femicide in 2023. And that's likely an undercount (NPR)

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Upcoming

• 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

• 1778 - British explorer Captain James Cook is the first European to visit Maui in the Sandwich Islands (now Hawaii)
• 1791 - The first US cabinet meeting is held at George Washington's home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson, Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of War Henry Knox, and Attorney General Edmund Randolph attend.
• 1863 - First National Thanksgiving celebrated
• 1876 - Willis Carrier is born. He invented modern air conditioning, something for which I give thanks every year. 
• 1883 - Sojourner Truth, African-American abolitionist and feminist, dies at 86
• 1916 - Addressing the Chamber of Commerce in Cincinnati, US President Woodrow Wilson declares that 'The business of neutrality is over. The nature of modern war leaves no state untouched'
• 1922 - Archaeologists enter the tomb of King Tut 
• 1941 - FDR signs bill establishing fourth Thursday in November as Thanksgiving holiday
• 1956 - The Price is Right debuts on NBC.
• 2003 - The Concorde makes its final flight, returning to Bristol, England
• 2021 - WHO labels COVID-19 variant Omicron a "variant of concern", with its dozens of new mutations, after it emerges in Europe, then Botswana and South Africa 

Quote of the Day

“Thankfulness is the quickest path to joy.”

— Jefferson Bethke

On the Punny Side

What did one turkey say to the other when they saw the pilgrims arrive?

"They look nice, maybe they’ll have us over for dinner."

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