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Utah Headlines

General

• Black Lives Matter Utah receive 'disturbing' messages of racism, threats (KUTV)
• How to inoculate yourself from fake news (Deseret News)
• NAACP: Grand Co. Sheriff agrees to diversity training after deputy twirled lasso in search for Black man (KSL TV)
• Emergency managers asking Utahns to prepare 72-hour kits for winter season (KSL TV)

Elections

• Utah County attorney says deputy county clerk should be removed from supervising election after he received $2000 from a political issues committee (KSL)
• What are McMullin and Lee's stances on immigration? (KSL)
• Long lines on Election Day may mean delayed results, Utah's Lt. Governor warns (Fox13)
• San Juan County voting to be monitored by Justice Department (Fox13)
• Koford, Lesser Utah House race draws biggest funding injection (Standard-Examiner)
• What voter turnout is foreshadowing as we head into Election Day. Nationally, 2022 turnout is tracking high for a midterm — but some states, including Utah, are so far trending low. Here’s why that matters (Deseret News)
• Increasing safety measures during elections (ABC4)
• Some Utahns reman undecided on Senate race as Election Day approaches (KUTV)
• Orem's Prop 2 likely most contentious item on November ballot (KUTV)
• Documents show why Mike Lee and Evan McMullin’s debate was full of Lee’s supporters. Lee’s staffers, supporters and family reserved tickets to this year’s U.S. Senate debate hours before McMullin’s team was made aware the reservation link was live. (Salt Lake Tribune)
• What’s on some voters’ minds as Utah heads into Election Day (KUER)

Politics

• UDOT releases all comments on the Little Cottonwood Canyon Gondola: there are over 13,000 (KSL TV)
• Potential new Utah State flag narrowed down to final five (ABC4)
• Perspective: Republicans and Democrats have different fears about elections. That’s all the more reason they should talk (Deseret News)

Business

• Tech companies are in crisis, and now Meta joins in job cuts. Meta is expected to layoff thousands of employees this week (Deseret News)
• Social capital: the new currency of the workplace. Socializing at work isn’t overrated; instead, it’s the nation’s building block, says a study from the Survey Center of American Life (Deseret News)

Education

• Utah's first 'Week of STEM' aims to expand offerings to more students statewide (KUTV)
• Here's what Gov. Cox hopes to accomplish with Utah's 1st annual 'Week of STEM' (KSL)
• Pacific volleyball team refuses to play at BYU, cites unsupported Duke claim of ‘racist comments’ (Deseret News)
• Why are Utah athletes being asked to provide menstrual histories in order to participate? (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Utah women discuss the roadblocks they face in pursuing higher education (UPR)
• Utah business owner pays off a West Jordan school lunch credit (KSL TV)

Environment

• World summit puts climate change, possible solutions on stage (Deseret News)
• Supreme Court agrees to hear case over the Navajo Nation’s access to the Colorado River (Deseret News)
• The Great Salt Lake’s ecological collapse has begun. Scientists note changes to the food web they’ve never seen before, which could lead to endangered species listings and other disasters at Utah’s famous natural wonder. (Salt Lake Tribune)

Health

• BYU researchers found way to create prescribed exercises (Deseret News)
• Flu season expected to be severe, experts warn (Deseret News)
• Utah man raises awareness for men's health during 'Movember' (Fox13)
• Utah’s flu cases are doubling weekly in the U. Health system. Here’s what a doctor says can keep you out of the hospital (Deseret News)
• Ryan and Ashley Smith boost Primary Children’s cancer efforts with $20 million donation (Deseret News)

Housing

• As remote work surged in Utah, so did home prices — a study says the trends are connected (Salt Lake Tribune)

National Headlines

General

• Subtropical storm Nicole prompts hurricane watch in Florida (Deseret News)
• Iowa teen who killed rapist escapes from probation center (AP)
• Stocks close higher ahead of elections (Wall Street Journal)

Elections

• The political attack on the Native American vote (The New Yorker)
• People and politics to watch across the nation in the 2022 midterm election (KSL Newsradio)
• DOJ to monitor voting sites in 24 states for federal law compliance (ABC4)
• Putin-linked businessman admits to US election meddling (AP)
• How to read your social media feeds on Election Day (AP)
• Twitter owner Musk backs Republicans on eve of U.S. midterms (Reuters)

Politics

• Paul Krugman: The GOP plot against Medicare and Social Security (Salt Lake Tribune/New York Times)
• Native child welfare law faces major Supreme Court challenge (AP)
• Biden approval ticks lower as Democrats brace for midterm losses (Reuters/Ipsos)

Ukraine 🇺🇦 

• In southern Ukraine, Kherson residents live in fear — and hope — as battle looms (NPR)

World News

• The needed context behind Brazil’s latest election. Brazilians elected left-of-center Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva by a razor-thin margin. What does this mean for Brazil? (Deseret News)

News Releases

Past and present staff, alumni celebrate Rolling Meadows Elementary’s 50th anniversary

Students and staff from past and present will celebrate Rolling Meadows Elementary School’s 50^th Anniversary. The school first opened its doors in 1972, the same year that NASA’s space shuttle program officially launched and the same year that the video game “Pong” hit the shelves.  

Much has changed since Rolling Meadows first opened and faculty would like to celebrate the school’s past while inspiring current and future students and staff.  A fun evening full of events includes an open house with tours of the building, a slideshow, a program with a student choir, and guest speakers and staff recognitions. The night will conclude with games, music, and crafts from the 1970s. Join us Wednesday, November 9, 2022, from 4 – 8 p.m. (Read More)

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Upcoming

• General election â€“ Nov 8
• Hacks to Help Women Maximize Income and Minimize Expenses —Nov. 9, Noon-1:00pm; Virtual, Register here
• UWLP Book Club: How Women Rise By Sally Helgesen & Marshall Goldsmith — Nov. 10, 12:00pm-1:00pm or 7:30pm-8:30pm; Virtual, Register here
• Interim Days, Nov 15-16, le.utah.gov
• Advancing Religious Freedom in a Divided America with Judge Thomas Griffith, hosted by Sutherland Institute and the Int'l Center for Law and Religion Studies— Nov. 15, 9:30 am - noon, More info here
• Biases, Barriers, & Barricades for Utah Women: A Solutions-Based Workshop with UWLP and the Policy Project, Nov. 15, 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm, Sandy, Register here
• Utah Foundation’s 2022 Annual Luncheon â€” Nov. 16, noon, Salt Lake Marriott Downtown at City Creek, Register here
• Utah Economic Outlook and Public Policy Summit with the Salt Lake Chamber — Jan. 12, 2023, Salt Lake City Marriott, 8 am - noon, Register here

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

Wise Words

“The size of your dreams must always exceed your current capacity to achieve them. If your dreams do not scare you, they are not big enough.”
― Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

The Punny Side

What do you call 2 birds stuck together?

Velcrows.

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