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Utah Headlines Election news Utah Republicans jubilant at prospect of Trump heading back to White House (Deseret News) Alpine School District appears destined for a 3-way split (Deseret News) Wilson takes lead in Salt Lake County mayor's race; $507M bond in dead heat (KSL) Preliminary election results indicate Amendments B and C will both pass (Deseret News) Video: âWhy trusting our elections mattersâ with former Gov. Gary Herbert (Deseret News) Printer issues force Utah County to print thousands of emergency ballots (KSL TV) Utah election 2024: Murray City votes for $125M bond for schools (Deseret News) Ogden Valley voters favor proposal to become city, preliminary vote totals show (KSL) Long lines, late-night results and lack of ink mark a chaotic Election Day in Utah: Hereâs what you missed. (Salt Lake Tribune) Hereâs what early returns show for six Utah state school board races (Salt Lake Tribune) Utah Coat drive during Saturday's BYU-Utah football game to help Utah's foster care youth (KSL) Local food pantries struggle with low food supply (KSL Newsradio) Crime/Courts Man accused of sneaking into Utah Tech student housing, sexually assaulting 3 students (KSL) Education National center focused on newborn hearing joins USU (Cache Valley Daily) Environment Steve Handy: By doubling power production, Utah is leading the nation out of a looming energy crisis (Deseret News) In a record, all but two U.S. states are in drought (New York Times) Housing 5 Salt Lake County sites being considered for new large homeless campus (KSL Newsradio) | | |
National Headlines General Perspective: Liberals and conservatives donât have to be at war (Deseret News) Election news Trump victory to reverberate through global economy (Reuters) Inside Trump's plan for mass deportations (Reuters) Trump declares âunprecedented mandateâ after winning presidency for second time (The Hill) Donald Trump has sweeping plans for a second administration. Hereâs what heâs proposed (AP) Florida, two other states defy trend and vote down abortion rights (Reuters) Former DACA recipient wins New Mexico legislative seat, making history (NPR) Sarah McBride becomes the first openly transgender person elected to Congress (NPR) Trump triumphed. But will his presidency be as dark as his campaign? (Washington Post) Trump promised to get revenge. Here are his targets. (Politico) How Liz Cheney responded to Donald Trumpâs win (Deseret News) Ukraine ðºð¦ Kremlin says 'let's see' if Trump victory will help end Ukraine war (Reuters) On Ukraineâs front and in Kyiv, hope and pragmatism compete when it comes to Trumpâs election (AP) Ukraine says forces clash with North Korean troops for first time (Washington Post) Russian drone jockeys hunt front-line shop clerks and repairmen in Ukraine (Wall Street Journal) Israel and Gaza Israelâs Netanyahu dismisses his defense minister as wars rage. Protests erupt across country (AP) Netanyahu hails Trump for making âhistoryâs greatest comeback!â (NPR) World news Police in Brazil indict Colombian fish trader in high profile killing in Amazon region (AP) | | |
| | News Releases John Curtis wins Utah Senate race, lays out vision for his term Senator-elect John Curtis (R-UT), laid out his vision for his first term in the United States. In front of a crowd of friends, family, and supporters at the Provo Rec Center, Curtis made the following points: My agenda is your agenda Unity is needed in our nation â Oneness is not sameness My commitment is to represent every Utahn Make DC more like Utah (Read More) Caroline Gleich election night statement Running for the US Senate was the most challenging thing Iâve ever done, and Iâve done some difficult things before. Iâm incredibly proud of the campaign weâve run. While the result was not what we had hoped, we focused on critical issues: climate action, public lands and reproductive freedom. We have engaged young people, who have the greatest stake in the future of this country. We led by example and inspired the next generation of leaders to vote, get involved politically and run for office. We proved that people from different backgrounds, who lead regular lives and are first generation politicians, can run for office and make an impact. Most of all, we made the Republican candidate fight for a state which his party normally takes for granted. (Read More) Natalie Pinkneyâs statement on preliminary election results Natalie Pinkney, candidate for Salt Lake County Council At Large C, issued the following statement after the Salt Lake County Clerkâs final election update of the night. While the race is still too close to call, Natalie Pinkney leads her opponent by 6.78%. âThese early results show the power of grassroots organizing even in a race that has more than 1.5 times the number of voters as a congressional district. Despite facing off against a wealthy opponent who was able to self-finance her campaign and rely on large donations from the financial sector, our campaign was able to successfully out-raise our opponent in the general election through the power of small-dollar donors. (Read More) Celeste Maloy election night statement âI want to thank the voters of UT-02 for the honor of representing you in Congress for a full term. I want to thank my family, friends, and my campaign team for their hard work. I also want to thank my opponents Nathaniel Woodward, Cassie Easley & Tyler Murset for running and I hope we can find issues to work together on. We have serious work to do, and Iâm optimistic that we will pull together as Americans and roll up our sleeves. I am full of love for this country and hope for our future.â | | |
Upcoming 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 Dec. 3 â Promoting Civility and Dignity in Utah, with UWLP, 12:00-1:15 pm, Register here 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 14 â Utah Taxpayers Association Legislative Outlook Conference, 9 am - 12:00 pm, Little America Hotel, Register here Jan. 21 â Utah legislative session begins Mar. 7 â Utah legislative session ends | | |
On This Day In History 1528 - Shipwrecked Spanish explorer Cabeza de Vaca lands in Texas 1854 - John Philip Sousa, American march king (Stars & Stripes Forever), born in Washington, D.C. 1860 - Abraham Lincoln is elected the 16th president of the United States 1874 - Helen Thompson Woolley, American pioneer of gender studies, is born. Her 1903 dissertation, âThe Mental Traits of Sex,â was among the first major research efforts that empirically challenged the âscienceâ of the âweaker sex,â used as an argument to keep women at home. 1905 - George Williams, English philanthropist and founder of YMCA, dies at 84 1917 - New York State adopts a constitutional amendment giving women the right to vote in state elections 1940 - Dieter F. Uchtdorfâs birthday 1955 - Maria Owings Shriver is born. An American journalist, author, former First Lady of California, she is also the founder of the nonprofit organization The Women's Alzheimer's Movement 1962 - UN condemns apartheid in South Africa 1977 - The Toccoa Falls Dam in Georgia gives way and 39 people die in the resulting flood. 1979 - Ayatollah Khomeini takes over in Iran 1986 - President Reagan signs landmark immigration reform bill 1991 - Russian President Boris Yeltsin outlaws the Communist Party Quote of the Day "I will not rest until we have delivered the strong, safe and prosperous America that our children deserve and that you deserve. This will truly be the golden age of America." âPresident-elect Donald Trump in his victory speech On the Punny Side A friend of mine said he doesnât understand cloning.
I told him that makes two of us. | | |
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