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Situational Analysis | Oct. 30, 2024 It's Tuesday and National Candy Corn Day. Feelings run high about these little triangles of sugar. There are 6 days until Election Day. Happy birthday to Sen. Lincoln Fillmore. May you have as much candy corn as your heart desires. ð ð ð What you need to know Smith Entertainment Group shared plans Tuesday for the SEG Foundation, a new nonprofit organization designed to give back to the community. It begins with the âAll In on Utahâ campaign, which chooses an organization or cause to support every month. For its first initiative, the SEG Foundation fulfilled over 100 teachers' lists across 100 different Utah schools. Yesterday, Utah Jazz star Lauri Markkanen helped deliver donations to Rose Park Elementary. Rapid Relevance US economy grew at annual pace of 2.8% in third quarter, signaling continued strength; investigators ask for help identifying human remains found near Springville; and Salt Lake food trucks are banding together to help the unsheltered get the food they need. | | |
Utah Headlines Political news The Utah County clerk says heâs tracked how politicians cast their ballots. Hereâs how a state senator responded (Deseret News) Utah County clerk wanted Lt. Gov. Henderson prosecuted. Phil Lymanâs supporters want the death penalty. (Salt Lake Tribune) Church leaders have repeatedly encouraged civility among Latter-day Saints. Is it working? (Salt Lake Tribune) With water rights in hand, Navajo still hope to restore farms on Utahâs San Juan (KUER) Election news This Latter-day Saint returned mission president left the United States for 3 years and is stunned by the political debates he found upon his return. 'What happened to my country?' (Deseret News) Utah's drop box safety measures include fire suppressant (KSL) Washington County voters to decide on renewing RAP tax for parks and arts (KUTV) Incorporate or not? Thatâs what Ogden Valley is wrestling with this election (KUER) Water scientist and educator talks about why he is running for Utah House District 3 (Cache Valley Daily) Utah SEG announces nonprofit organization to help community (Deseret News) Family quits dairy farming for novelty pumpkins (KSL) KSL Classifieds launches Verified Profiles to boost community transparency (KSL) OUR Rescue to move headquarters from Salt Lake City to Minneapolis (KSL) Utah ranks 4th in the nation in fatal auto-pedestrian crashes in intersections (KSL Newsradio) Crime/Courts Former students sue, contending UVU didnât protect them from a medical worker they allege touched them inappropriately (Salt Lake Tribune) Man stopped for going 10 mph over speed limit found with 80 lbs of marijuana, 4,000 pills (KUTV) Culture Ogden man takes Halloween seriously, installing new skeleton displays outside his home daily (KSL) Are you a better dancer than Australian break dancer Raygun? Thereâs a competition to find out (Deseret News) Education Dallas Jenkins tells BYU crowd how he surrendered to God after failure (Deseret News) Utah students receive Hope Squad's mental health support training (KSL) Over 700 future teachers produced by Utah program now facing financial hurdles (KUTV) Little Beakers Science Lab gives kids a place to learn and grow (Fox13) How volunteers make sure students in Utah school district never go hungry (Fox13) Alpine School District holds student safety records behind $389 paywall (Fox13) Dia de los Muertos comes to Utah State University (UPR) Environment Rio Tinto Kennecott transitioning all heavy machinery to renewable diesel (KSL) Houston company tapping into Utahâs geothermal power potential - for California (KSL TV) As a closed Utah uranium mill seeks state approval to reopen, taxpayers are still paying to clean up others (Salt Lake Tribune) Family Perspective: The geography of fertility â where are the babies? (Deseret News) Utah families face high infant care costs even if they pay less than other states (KUTV) Health Feeling election anxiety? This yearâs election is the No. 1 stressor for Americans, according to a new American Psychological Association report (Deseret News) How much red meat is too much? Guidelines may be changing (Deseret News) This Utah woman wants to use her last days to warn about radon danger (Deseret News) Youth temple attendance correlated with better mental health and more lasting faith (Deseret News) Intermountain Health researchers address overuse of antibiotics with help of national grants (KSL) People opt out of organ donation programs after reports of a man mistakenly declared dead (AP) Housing Organizations that help the homeless need donations as cold weather hits (KSL TV) | | |
National Headlines General Teri Garr, the offbeat comic actor of âYoung Frankensteinâ and âTootsie,â has died (AP) Political news Can democracy survive the AI disinformation surge? (Deseret News) Will the next president reshape the Supreme Court? (Deseret News) Democrats and Republicans split on Israelâs responsibility for warâs escalation, AP-NORC poll finds (AP) Election news Harris makes closing argument against Trump (Deseret News) Opinion: Boomers â the silent majority that needs to speak up this election (Deseret News) This Pennsylvania countyâs voters will play an outsized role in picking the next president (Deseret News) Trumpâs womenâs tour with Lara Trump, Sage Steele and Danica Patrick visits swing states (Deseret News) In US swing states, officials brace for conspiracy theories and violence (Reuters) Europe will pay a 'big price,' Trump warns on tariffs (Reuters) Courts could see a wave of election lawsuits, but experts say the bar to change the outcome is high (AP) Muskâs pro-Trump super PAC uses vulgarity demeaning women to describe Harris (AP) Why are some Evangelicals drawn to â and sticking by â Trump? This pastor weighs in (NPR) Biden's 'garbage' remarks give Trump and GOP new fodder on the trail (NPR) White House, Trump campaign clash over whether Biden called Trump supporters âgarbageâ (Washington Post) Mike Johnson vows major changes to Affordable Care Act if Trump wins election (Washington Post) Harris holds rally at Ellipse warning of Trumpâs threat to democracy (Washington Post) Trump vs. Kamala through the eyes of Ben Shapiro and Sam Harris (Deseret News) Ukraine ðºð¦ Russia and Ukraine exchange drone strikes as North Koreaâs top diplomat visits Moscow (AP) Ukraine accuses Russia of sudden spike in POW killings (Washington Post) Israel and Gaza Israeli strike kills dozens in north Gaza residential block, US calls incident 'horrifying' (Reuters) World news Floods in Spain kill at least 62 people in Valencia region (Reuters) Lost Mayan city discovered in southern Mexico jungle (Reuters) Afghan women cannot pray loudly or recite in front of other women, says Taliban minister (AP) | | |
| | Guest opinion: Harris's misguided tax policy by David Hursey America is on the road to financial ruin and the dollarâs hegemony on the world stage is increasingly under assault. Our largest export is the dollar with its full faith and credit resting on Americans ability to pay taxes. Vice President Harrisâ tax plan fails to capture the exigency of the moment with our national debt topping 35.8 Trillion dollars and each taxpayer on the hook for $271,888 dollars. Her plan avoids our fiscal reality, assumes we can tax our way out of this mess, and ignores second order economic effects. Vice President Harris has given her support for Bidenâs FY 2025 budget that would raise taxes to generate over 3 Trillion in revenue for the coming decade of 2024-2034. The overall impact of this budget for her first year in office if elected would turn out to be increased complexity, and increasing marginal tax rates on wages, work, savings, and investments. The tax foundation estimates the long-run impact of this opening salvo to be a loss of 1.6% of GDP, wages dropping by 1.1% and nearly 700k jobs disappearing.... Under a President Harris she proposes to chart a new way forward. Americans do not need a new way forward through a tax maze, with shifting loopholes clouded by stagnation and inflation. Please show us the path upward not forward! This election is not about going backwards or forwards, it's between moving up or moving down. Her slogans and pitches remind me of candidate Obama promising to cut the national debt in half. Reality struck and it did not happen. Her economic assumptions fail to consider the current weight of debt, the cost of her economic wishlist, and its hostility to American businesses. Every business is a collection of workers and therefore families, you cannot harm the business and help the family. Increasing the corporate tax rate and small business startup tax deduction only takes money from one hand and gives to the other, the overall impact is a loss of competitiveness, investment, and jobs. Tack on increasing taxes for corporate buybacks, which create an inherent demand for a company's stock, and you weaken the market for every public company and the employees who hold those stocks in IRAs and 401ks... The way upward is actually not complicated, legislators must get spending under control. The first step should be a whole of government approach to rein in spending to pre-covid levels. Any tax plan or policy not dealing with this fact is avoiding the gravity of our current circumstance. The next step would be to work towards a balanced budget on those pre-covid spending levels. Once this is accomplished and growth expands, progress must be made on the national debt to include a balanced budget constitutional amendment. These actions would put us on a path to real progress and economic stability. (Read More) | | |
Upcoming Nov. 5 â Election Day! Nov. 7 â Utah Valley Chamber of Commerce Growth and Prosperity Summit, 8:00 am - 3:00 pm, UVU Grand Ballroom. Register here Nov. 15 â Women & Business Conference & ATHENA Awards Luncheon with the Salt Lake Chamber, Grand America Hotel. Register here Nov. 19-20 â Interim Days Jan. 9 â Whatâs Up Down South Economic Summit. St. George. Register here Jan. 10 â Rural Utah Data Symposium. St. George. Register here Jan. 21 â Utah legislative session begins Mar. 7 â Utah legislative session ends | | |
On This Day In History 1735 - John Adams is born. He became the 2nd US president 1838 - Oberlin Collegiate Institute in Lorian County, Ohio becomes the first college in the U.S. to admit female students. 1873 - P. T. Barnum's circus, "Greatest Show on Earth", debuts in New York City 1912 - James S. Sherman, 27th Vice President of the United States (1909-1912), dies at 57 1918 - The Ottoman Empire signs an armistice treaty with Allies 1938 - War of the Worlds broadcast on radio. Many thought the story of an alien invasion was real, causing panic 1941 - FDR approves Lend-Lease aid to the USSR 1948 - 20 die & 6,000 made ill by smog in Donora, Pennsylvania 1991 - The âperfect stormâ hits the North Atlantic 2012 - Walt Disney purchases Lucasfilm Ltd, and its rights for Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises, for $4.05 billion Quote of the Day "Democracy is the only system that persists in asking the powers that be whether they are the powers that ought to be."
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