Utah Headlines

Political news

• Why national problems are best solved locally (Deseret News)
• Former national security adviser John Bolton criticizes Trump’s foreign policy at Utah event (Deseret News)
• Lee says he's happy where he's at in the Senate; and that GOP must ‘take full advantage’ of Senate and White House control (Deseret News)
• Will we be the ‘selfish generation?’ Gov. Cox calls for more housing as population grows (Deseret News)
• Derek Brown announces team to review Utah Attorney General’s Office (Deseret News)
• Utah adopts ethnic studies recommendations that stay in line with its anti-DEI law (KUER)

Election news

• Ogden Valley incorporation boosters laud vote totals, say election of leaders would come next (KSL)
• GOP challenger in District 10 Utah House race overtakes Democrat, updated vote totals show (KSL)
• Donald Trump outperforms Gov. Spencer Cox in Utah’s 2024 election (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Take 2: Post-election analysis (KUTV)
• Election 2024, the red wave, and abortion on the ballot (UPR)

Municipal news

• Mayor discusses reasoning behind pausing paid parking push in downtown Ogden (Standard-Examiner) 

Utah

• Here’s what Utah County leaders want from another Olympics (Deseret News)
• The world needs peacebuilders. This Utah institute is training them (Deseret News)
• Voices: Election Day is over. Here’s how Utahns can rebuild — one conversation at a time. (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Natural gas leak caused house explosion that killed Bingham High student, firefighters say (KSL)
• Ski season begins: Solitude to partially open early; Brian Head celebrates near-record opening (KSL)
• Hundreds of seniors waitlisted as Meals on Wheels faces financial issues (KSL TV)

Business

• Susan Madsen: To narrow Utah’s wage gap, we must debunk the myths surrounding it. The wage gap doesn’t exist because of “women’s choices.” (Salt Lake Tribune)

Crime/Courts

• Man arrested, accused of stealing more than $80K in Home Depot merchandise (KSL) 
• 15-year-old shot in parking lot of West High School during school hours (KUTV)
• Extortion is on the rise in Utah, including an emerging, sinister threat: sextortion (St. George News)

Culture

• Do Thanksgiving movies exist? Yes, here are 14 (Deseret News) 
• Toys for Tots program aims to spread joy during the holidays (ABC4)

Education

• Utah school kept special needs child alone in padded room dozens of times, mother says (KSL TV)
• Southern Utah University students study sustainable energy in Iceland (St. George News)

Environment

• Utah, other fossil fuel states await changes under a second Trump administration (Deseret News)
• BLM, Fish and Wildlife Service issue preferred alternative to proposed Northern Corridor Highway (KSL)
• Beloved St. George-area trails could be turned into luxury housing (Salt Lake Tribune)
• What will Trump's reelection mean for Bears Ears, other Utah public lands? (KSL)
• ‘This river has a spirit’: Native Americans share ancestral ties to Colorado River and its tributaries (St. George News)

Health

• Study finds cancer-prevention benefit to omega-3, omega 6 fatty acids (Deseret News)
• FDA moves to pull popular decongestant from shelves amid effectiveness concerns (KSL TV)
• TB reclaims title of deadliest infectious disease. That's an 'outrage' says WHO (NPR)

Housing

• Kaysville debates new warming shelter location as Fruit Heights plan sputters (KUTV)
• Tiny homes installed to alleviate homelessness in Salt Lake City (Fox13)

National Headlines

General

• Fed levies another rate cut, won’t weigh-in on Trump policy promises (Deseret News)
• New DNA evidence rewrites long-told stories of people in ancient Pompeii (AP)
• Bernie Marcus, Home Depot co-founder who pledged to give away his billions, has died (NPR)

Political news

• Most Americans expect Trump to increase US debt, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds (Reuters)
• Meet Susie Wiles, Donald Trump's new White House chief of staff (AP)
• Racist text messages target young African Americans post-election (NPR)
• Judge strikes down Biden administration program shielding immigrant spouses from deportation (AP)
• Trump’s win could accelerate the privatization of Medicare (NPR)
• Jan. 6 defendants celebrate Trump’s win and anticipate pardons (NPR)
• Pentagon anticipates major upheaval with Trump’s return to White House (Washington Post)
• Trump says he’ll put ex-NFL player in charge of US missile shield (The Hill)

Election news

• I cried when Trump won in 2016. I won’t cry over elections anymore. In a divided country, conflict is inevitable and can even be healthy. (Washington Post)
• How religious leaders reacted to Trump's win (Deseret News)
• Biden congratulates Trump, promises ‘peaceful and orderly’ transfer of power (Deseret News)
• Republicans widen Senate majority, on track to win House (Reuters)
• Kamala Harris' loss is another setback for US women in politics (Reuters)

Ukraine 🇺🇦

• Hungary’s leader Orbán predicts Trump will end support for Ukraine in comments before EU summit (AP) 
• Russia blasts Ukraine with more aerial attacks as part of an intensified campaign (AP)
• Waiting for the North Koreans on the battlefields of the Ukraine war (Washington Post)

Israel and Gaza

• Nearly 70% of verified Gaza war dead women and children, UN rights office says (Reuters)

World news

• Attackers assaulted Israeli fans after a soccer match in Amsterdam, leaving 5 people hospitalized (AP)

Number of the Day 

News Releases

USBE staff seeks public comment on Special Education Preparation Competencies

The Utah State Board of Education Licensing Team is seeking public comment on the DRAFT Special Education Preparation Competencies. These competencies will be required for all individuals to demonstrate in order to qualify for a Professional License in Special Education (K-12). They will inform the teacher preparation programs for universities and alternative preparation programs.

We are seeking public comment no later than Sunday, December 8, 2024. To submit your comments, click the following link and submit the survey: https://usbe.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eJtjuzmS0aIzeEC (Read More)

USBE names Elisse Newey as Deputy Superintendent of Policy

The Utah State Board of Education (USBE) is pleased to announce that Elisse Newey has been named as its deputy superintendent of policy. Deputy Newey replaces Angela Stallings, the former deputy superintendent of policy, who stepped down in October to accept a position with the Utah System of Higher Education. Previously, Deputy Newey had been serving as a policy advisor at USBE. (Read More)

UVU announces new Applied Artificial Intelligence Institute

Utah Valley University (UVU) President, Astrid S. Tuminez, announced the university’s new Applied Artificial Intelligence Institute today at the Utah Valley Chamber of Commerce, Growth & Prosperity Summit on the Orem Campus, establishing UVU as a living laboratory and model for AI in higher education.

In addition, Tuminez announced UVU’s new Master of Applied Artificial Intelligence degree that will be available to students in the fall of 2025. This program will prepare professionals from different backgrounds to harness artificial intelligence (AI) to create effective business solutions across many industries. Applications for the program will be available online on Dec. 1. (Read More)

Salt Lake County opens public comment period for H2Oquirrh Visioning Plan

Salt Lake County’s Office of Regional Development is pleased to announce the opening of a public comment period for the H2Oquirrh Visioning Plan. This comprehensive plan aims to enhance recreational opportunities and preserve the natural beauty of the Oquirrh region, and community input is a vital part of the process.

The public comment period is open now through November 25, 2024. To review the H2Oquirrh Visioning Plan and provide feedback, please visit slco.to/H2Oquirrh. (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

• 1674 - John Milton, English poet and puritan (Paradise Lost), dies at 65
• 1701 - William Penn presents Charter of Privileges, guaranteed religious freedom for the colony in Pennsylvania.
• 1895 - German scientist Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen discovers X-rays
• 1908  -  Martha Gellhorn is born. The pacifist war correspondent, she reported on eight wars, wrote six novels and four books of short stories and was married to writer Ernest Hemingway from 1936-45.
• 1910 - The state of Washington passes a constitutional amendment to guarantee woman suffrage
• 1938 - Crystal Bird Fauset was elected state representative in Pennsylvania in 1938, becoming the first Black woman to serve in a state legislature.
• 1972 - Time, Inc. launches the cable company Home Box Office. 
• 1984 - Dr. Anna L. Fisher, a physician on the shuttle Discovery, becomes the first American mother and third American woman to fly into space
• 1994  - Salvatore “Sonny” Bono is elected to the U.S. Congress
• 1994 - The Republican Revolution - for the first time in 40 years, Republicans control the House and the Senate, coming to power with the “Contract with America.” 
• 2005 - Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf is elected president of Liberia, the first woman to lead an African country
• 2020 - Alex Trebek dies of cancer at age 80

Quote of the Day

"We accept the choice the country made. I've said many times, you can't love your country only when you win. You can't love your neighbor only when you agree."

—President Joe Biden, speaking after Trump's win

On the Punny Side

There’s a potato chip truck blocking the highway.

Expect de’Lays.

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