Plus: A brief history of Latter-day Saint entertainment, where the GOP and dems are placing their bets and the housing market is broken.
Good morning, Utah! Here’s the forecast: 🌦️ 34 – 53° in Logan |💧 60% chance ⛅ 47 – 61° in Salt Lake City |💧 30% chance ⛅ 46 – 70° in St. George The big week is here! Election Day is tomorrow, and even the natural world appears to be bracing in anticipation — there will be a blood moon on election night. If you’re anything like me and still have an unfinished ballot sitting on your kitchen table, here are a few stories to get you up to speed on the coming election. 🇺🇸 Gitanjali Poonia and Collin Leonard have been keeping track of all the major midterm events since last Monday. If you’re curious about what’s happening around the nation, take a look at their updates here. 🇺🇸 Frank Pignanelli and LaVarr Webb discuss the possibility of a “red wave” and issues that affect Utah politics in their weekly column here. 🇺🇸 Which party picked better candidates? According to Suzanne Bates’ story about a recent Deseret News/HarrisX national poll, 83% of Democrats are absolutely confident they picked the best candidates… and 83% of Republicans are 100% certain theirs are the best. 🤷🏻♀️ Tell me: With one day left before Election Day, do you have any burning questions that you want answered? Reply to this email and let me know. I’ll see what I can dig up and include in tomorrow’s email! 🗳️ And as usual, any story having to do with Utah elections will have a ballot box emoji next to it. Also on our minds: A brief history of Latter-day Saint entertainment, where the GOP and dems are placing their bets and the housing market is broken. |
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| | Usually, the election chief for your district is a supporting character and not center stage. For Weber County election chief Randy Hatch, he’s getting a starring role in this midterm election. In the two years since the 2020 presidential election, there has been increased scrutiny on the election process and concern about fraud. Hatch has received extra attention, but he’s hoping for lots of eyes from both parties on Election Day. | Republicans and Democrats are battling for Senate control, putting the race between Sen. Mike Lee and Evan McMullin in the national spotlight. Super PACs have played a “super-sized” role in this race, bombarding voters with ads. There are also a significant number of seats up for grabs in the Utah state legislature. Read Dennis Romboy’s write-up on it here. More in Politics: 🗳️ Last-minute campaign ad buys show where Dems, GOP think they can win (Deseret News) Perspective: Why are we so polarized? Blame our brains (Deseret News) | FROM OUR SPONSOR UTAH EDUCATION ELECTION Ensuring You Are Ready to Vote in the Upcoming Election Be ready for the voting process so you can show off your sticker without the stress this November. Check out the Utah Election website. Learn how to vote, track your ballot, find candidate information, find voter registration info and how to update your registration preferences or address. | Ski Season: Snowstorms have been robust, but Utah is still sitting at average (Deseret News) Brighton Ski Resort asks for visitor cooperation as they determine opening day (KUTV) Health: Would more people get a single shot combining flu, COVID-19 booster vaccines? Here’s what Pfizer says (Deseret News) Daylight Saving Time has ended for the year. How are you feeling? (Deseret News) Economy and Business: No place to land: The housing market is broken. Can anyone afford to live in America anymore? (Deseret News) Where do new hires fit in a remote work world? (Deseret News) Faith: Before ‘Banner’ and ‘Book of Mormon’ musical: A brief history of Latter-day Saints in entertainment (Deseret News) Northern Utah: 14 cows killed by oncoming traffic after escaping field enclosure (ABC4) Wasatch Front: ‘The old Sugar House is nearly gone’ — What other changes are coming to SLC’s ‘second downtown’? (Salt Lake Tribune🔒) Southern Utah: Earthquake reported near Utah-Arizona border (FOX13) Insiders, experts share insights on FLDS polygamous community during ‘Freedom to Choose’ fundraiser (St. George News) The West: Supreme Court to hear water dispute between the Navajo Nation and US gov't (KUER) The Universe: Intergalactic University of Utah project brings visualizations of NASA missions down to Earth (KSL) Sports ‘We are back to our old selves’: BYU buoyed up by surprise win over Boise State (Deseret News) No. 14 Utah dealing with more injury issues going into home finale against Stanford (Deseret News) How Kolby Lee went from retirement, to selling cars, to playing for Idaho State — and facing his former team, BYU (Deseret News) |
Thanks for reading Utah Today! If you have any comments, questions or suggestions, we’d love to hear them — just reply to this email or reply to [email protected]. By the way, I just want to give my condolences to the family and colleagues of Marcos Ortiz from ABC4, who passed away on Saturday. I had the opportunity to meet him a few times when I was in college, trying to decide if I wanted to go into journalism. He was always so kind and always gave great advice in addition to being an incredible reporter. Read about him here. 🐝 — Kathleen |
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