Candidate Debates and New Polling

With new polling revealing razor-thin margins, the race for Utah’s senate seat is getting more national attention. Amy Donaldson, Kerry Bringhurst, and Robert Gehrke join The Hinckley Report panel this Friday at 7:00 pm to discuss how this could influence the way Utahns vote.

Utah Headlines

General

• Poll: 68% of Utahns back college athletes monetizing names, images, likenesses (Deseret News)
• What would make you want to move to Utah? (Deseret News)
• A cyber attack breached some Latter-day Saint member data. Here’s what we know (Deseret News)
• Truck driver exonerated 14 years after Utah child sodomy conviction (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Utah father, son plead guilty in Capitol riot (Fox13)
• Can you combat prejudice with humanizing media? Nope, says BYU study (KUER)
• Utah hits record number of bicyclists dying after being hit by vehicles this year (KSL TV)

Elections

• Mark Hamill says electing Evan McMullin would be ‘force for change’ (Deseret News)
• Candidates run, but many forego answering some basic questions (KUTV)

Politics

• Politics pits dignity vs contempt (UTPOL Underground)

Business

• Kroger and Albertsons plan merger to combine 2 largest supermarket chains (NPR)

Economy

• Inflation pushes prices up again this month. It’s taxing not just budgets, but minds (Deseret News)
• Utah economist breaks down how raising interest rates helps fight inflation, high prices (KUTV)

Environment

• As the Great Salt Lake continues to decline rapidly, officials warned that Utahns will have to significantly increase water conservation. (Fox13)
• Milo Emilia: Time to start thinking differently about Great Salt Lake (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Ute Indian Tribe calls Biden’s Colorado national monument designation ‘an unlawful act of genocide’ (Deseret News)
• Here’s a map of Utah’s fast-charging network for electric cars. The 18 stations will keep Utah travelers within 50 miles of a charger, and more are coming. (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Water districts to funnel billions of gallons to the Great Salt Lake by the end of the year (Salt Lake Tribune)

Family

• This BYU study shows how parents can help their kids who have autism
  ‘Parent-implemented interventions’ can be a game-changer in the early treatment of autism. (Deseret News)

Health

• Long covid can rob people of health, energy, employment and joy. It may also strip away the equivalent of a decade’s worth of aerobic fitness, according to a large-scale new scientific review of long covid patients and exercise. (Washington Post)
• Why silence really is golden — for your health (Deseret News)
• Late-stage cervical cancer cases are on the rise (Fox13)
• The FDA has officially declared a shortage of Adderall (NPR)

National Headlines

General

• A new metaphor for American pluralism — potluck nation. The melting pot was a good analogy for its time, but potlucks are how a diverse democracy does civic life well (Deseret News)
• Parkland school shooter spared from execution for killing 17 (AP)
• It's almost impossible to find a CEO who isn't bracing for a recession (NPR)
• Five shot dead in North Carolina capital, including a police officer; white male juvenile suspect arrested (Reuters)
• How TikTok ate the internet (Washington Post)
• Americans’ nuclear fears surge to highest levels since Cold War (The Hill)

Politics

• Paul Ryan: Trump’s "unelectability will be palpable" by 2024 (The Hill)
• The Jan. 6 committee just subpoenaed Donald Trump. The House select committee voting unanimously following its hearing Thursday. (Deseret News)
• Supreme Court turns away Trump objections in Mar-a-Lago classified documents case (NPR)
• New Biden program grants legal pathway to U.S. for thousands of Venezuelan migrants (Deseret News)
• Herschel Walker’s polling dip. How the Senate race in Georgia is shaking out. (New York Times)
• House Democrats retrench as GOP money floods the map (Politico)

Ukraine 🇺🇦 

• Newest threat — ‘Kamikaze’ drone swarms attack Ukraine’s electric grid (Deseret News)
• Russia to evacuate Kherson residents as Ukraine advances (AP)
• A ‘sociopath’s tantrum’? Putin could be stymied by dwindling stockpile. (Washington Post)

World News

• U.K. Treasury Chief Kwasi Kwarteng Fired Amid Market Pressure (Wall Street Journal)

News Releases

Utah political leaders, candidates take new pledge to support better mental health policy

Inseparable, a national nonprofit working to improve mental health policy for all, today applauds candidates on the ballot in Utah for prioritizing mental health. This comes as part of Inseparable’s Mental Health Now campaign, a platform for candidates who are serious about advancing mental health solutions.

In Utah, 20 elected leaders and candidates and counting have signed the Mental Health Now Statement of Support, which asks elected officials and candidates to affirm their support to: 

• Increase the availability of mental health care for everyone in need,
• Promote wellness and early intervention by expanding youth mental health services, and 
• Improve crisis response for anyone experiencing a mental health emergency. (Read More)

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Upcoming

• Senate debate between Mike Lee and Evan McMullin — Oct. 17, 6 pm, at UVU
• Interim Days — Oct 18-20, le.utah.gov
• Effecting Societal Change for Child Sexual Abuse — Oct. 26, 8:00am-11:30am; Virtual and in-person at Saprea in Lehi, UT, Register here
• 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 —Oct. 6 & Nov. 10, 12:00pm-1:00pm or 7:30pm-8:30pm; Virtual, Register 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

• 1066 - King Harold II of England is defeated by the Norman forces of William the Conqueror at the Battle of Hastings. He was the last Anglo-Saxon king of England.
• 1322 - Robert the Bruce of Scotland defeats King Edward II of England at Byland, forcing Edward to accept Scotland's independence
• 1644 - William Penn is born in London, England. An English Philosopher and Quaker, he was the founder of Pennsylvania,
• 1890 - Dwight D. Eisenhower is born. He became the 34th US president.
• 1912 - Theodore Roosevelt shot at a campaign event in Milwaukee 
• 1922 - Timpanogos Cave National Monument is established
• 1926 - A.A. Milne publishes the illustrated children’s book, Winnie-the-Pooh.
• 1947 - Piloting the Bell X-1, Major Charles E. Yeager became the first person to break the sound barrier.
• 1962 - Cuban Missile Crisis begins
• 1964 - Martin Luther King, Jr. is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for advocating non-violence
• 1976 - Nobel Prize in Economics awarded to American economist Milton Friedman
• 1977 - Bing Crosby dies of a heart attack at age 74
• 2014 - Utah State University receives terrorist threats pertaining to Anita Sarkeesian's planned lecture the following day

Wise Words

“It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn't use long, difficult words but rather short, easy words like "What about lunch?”
― A. A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh

The Punny Side

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