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In August, President Trump announced he had signed the “biggest oil deal in world history.” ProPublica reviewed the deal and found it gives a small group of people largely handpicked by the Trump administration long-term control of the enterprise. propublica.org/article/trump…
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At least 9 of the proposed bills for 2027 concern water. #UtahWater - based on bill request titles - Text is not yet available
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Both the Pope and Melania take credit. Which would you believe? vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/…
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No text yet, but here are requested bill titles in the queue for the 2027 legislative session. I might be off, but I count 273 (so far) minus 5 abandoned* by the sponsor legislator. ----------- Administrative Rules Amendments Adult Content Tax Amendments Agency Fee Amendments Agricultural Amendments Airport Transition Amendments Airspace Amendments Alarm System and Security Licensing Advisory Board Amendments Alternative Education Amendments Amendments for the Repeal of Boards Amendments to Procedure to Fill A Legislative Vacancy Amendments to Protective Orders and Stalking Injunctions Animal Shelter Fee Amendments Aquaculture Amendments Artificial Intelligence in Education At-Home Parent Tax Credit Amendments Ballot Measure Deadlines Amendments Banning Foreign Funding in Ballot Propositions and Elections Behavioral Health Amendments Building Approval Amendments Building Code Amendments Building Code Changes Business Entity Amendments Candidate Nomination Procedures Amendments Capital Punishment Amendments Carson Smith Scholarship Program Amendments Changes to Family Law Actions Child Care Provider Food Preparation Amendments Child Sexual Abuse Penalty Amendments Child Suicide Amendments Child Welfare Modifications * Childcare Safety Amendments Citizenship Education Amendments Civil Judgment Amendments Commercial Driver Licenses Amendments Commuter Rail Amendments Concurrent Resolution Concerning Federal Educational Data Collection Concurrent Resolution Regarding Medicaid Concurrent Resolution Regarding Nuclear Weapons Testing Concurrent Resolution Regarding Sentencing Guidelines Condominium Association Amendments Conscience Protection Amendments Consumer Protection Amendments Controlled Substance Database Amendments County Formation Amendments Crime Victim Changes Crime Victim Modifications Criminal Provision Technical Corrections Data Center Siting and Incentive Amendments Data Center Water and Energy Use Department of Agriculture and Food Amendments Department of Cultural and Community Engagement Amendments Department of Financial Institutions Fee Amendments Digital Discovery Amendments Division of Child and Family Services Amendments Division of Purchasing Amendments Division of Purchasing Modifications Division of Wildlife Resources Land Use Amendments Domesticated Elk Advisory Council Sunset Extension Driver Education Instructor Amendments Driver License Medical Review Amendments Drug Court Transportation Assistance DUI Restitution Fund Dyslexia Screening Amendments Early Mathematics Education Economic Mobility Initiative Education Funding Amendments Education Modifications Educational Data Amendments Educational Resources Amendments Educator Professional Development Amendments Election Deadlines Amendments Election Modifications Elective Academic Credit Amendments Electric Equipment Subsidy Amendments Emergency Communication Amendments Emergency Services Amendments Energy Amendments Evaluation of State Workforce Retention Amendments Excellence in Education and Leadership Supplement Amendments Executive Branch Amendments Financial Planner Amendments Fire Code Amendments Firearm Storage Requirements Fireworks Safety Amendments Flag Display Modifications Food Recovery Amendments General Oversight Amendments Government Operations Sunset Extension Amendments Government Records Amendments Graduate Student Supplemental Loans Groundwater Management Amendments Guardian ad Litem Amendments Guardian ad Litem Modifications Health and Human Services Sunset Extensions Health Care Patient Reporting to the Division of Professional Licensing Health Insurance Amendments Health Profession Licensing Modifications Health Professions Licensing Amendments Higher Education Institution Leadership Amendments Higher Education Public Speaking Amendments Homelessness Amendments Homeowners Association Amendments Homeowners Insurance Amendments Homeowners Insurance Coverage Amendments House Rules Resolution - Amendments to House Rules Housing Incentive Amendments Human Services Transportation Amendments Immigration Amendments Income Tax Exception Amendments Independent Entities Amendments Initiative and Referenda Signature Amendments Insurance Department Amendments Interstate Compact for Medical Cannabis Joint Rules Resolution - Legislative Drafting Joint Rules Resolution - Modifications to Joint Rules Judicial Conduct Commission Amendments Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission Modifications Judiciary Amendments Land Conservation Board Amendments Land Use Amendments Land Use Modifications Landlord Amendments Large Data Center Amendments Law Enforcement Technology Amendments Lightrail Intersection Amendments Local Option Sales Tax Amendments Local Reserves Amendments Mandatory Communication System for Title Agents Medicaid Modifications Medicaid Reimbursement Rate Amendments Medical Cannabis Amendments Meth Contamination Amendments Military Installation Development Authority Amendments Mobile Home Amendments Moderate Income Housing Plan Amendments Motorcycle Amendments Multicounty Appraisal Trust Amendments Municipal Annexation Modifications Municipal Incorporation Municipal Service District Amendments National Register Review Committee Sunset Amendments Natural Organic Reduction Amendments New Home Impact Fee Amendments Nicotine Product Tax Amendments Noncompete and Nondisclosure Agreement Amendments Noxious Weed Designation Nuclear Energy Consortium Sunset Repeal Off-Highway Vehicle Amendments * Off-highway Vehicle Modifications Office of Professional Licensure Review Amendments Open and Public Meeting Modifications Opioid Settlement Fund Amendments Outdoor Recreation Sunset Extensions Paraquat Restrictions * Pardon Amendments Parent Portal Amendments Pet Medication Donation Pollution Standards Amendments Postal Facilities and Government Services Power Bill Amendments Prayer in Government Meetings Preterm Birth Amendments Preventive Care Billing Amendments Primary Election Amendments Professional Licensing Modifications Property Management Amendments Property Tax Payment Amendments Property Tax Relief Amendments * Proposal to Amend Utah Constitution - Secretary of State Proposal to Amend Utah Constitution -- Legislature Public Funding Amendments Public Infrastructure District Transparency Amendments Public Lands Amendments Public Lands Planning Amendments Public Meetings Amendments Real Property in Divorce Reauthorization of Administrative Rules Rental Insurance Product Amendments Reproductive Donor Amendments Residential Construction Claim Amendments Resource Development Coordinating Committee Sunset Extension Restricted Account Modifications Revisor's Supplemental Corrections to Utah Code Revisor's Technical Corrections to Utah Code Road Jurisdiction Amendments Sales Tax Amendments Sales Tax Modifications School Bus Route Safety School Class Size Requirements School Closure Amendments School District Funding Amendments School District Staffing School Threat Assessment Amendments School Turnaround Amendments School-based Speech-language Pathologist Funding Amendments Secretary of State Amendments Security Camera Amendments Senate Rules Resolution - Amendments to Senate Rules Sexual Abuse of a Child Amendments Short Term Rental Amendments Skilled Nursing Facility Upper Payment Limit Amendments Social Media Settlement Fund Amendments Social Security Tax Amendments Solar Tax Amendments Sovereign Lands Management Account Amendments Special District Property Tax Levy Amendments Special District Property Tax Levy Modifications Special Education Funding Modifications Special Service District Removal Specialized Product Amendments Speedy Trial Amendments State Board of Education Amendments * State Board of Education Membership State Charter School Board Amendments State Construction Code Amendments State Employee Compensation Amendments State Hospital Capacity State Park Admission Amendments State-Created Remedies for Federal Constitutional Violations State-Law Procedures to Address Federal Constitutional Violations Amendments Statewide Water Storage Sunset Extension for Service Programs Supplemental Funding for Literacy Coaching Surveillance Camera Amendments System of Higher Education Amendments Tax Amendments Tax Credit Amendments Tax Increment Amendments Tax Penalties Amendments Tax Revenue Administration Amendments Tax Revisions Teaching Eligibility Amendments Teaching Supplies and Materials Amendments Telecommunications Tax Amendments Third Party Litigation Funding Amendments Ticket Sales and Resale Amendments Train Length Study Transfer of Water Interests Transportation Amendments Truth in Taxation Amendments Unfair and Deceptive Pricing Amendments Uniform Conflict of Laws in Trusts and Estates Act Uniform Laws relating to Business Organizations Uniform Occupational Licenses of Servicemembers and Military Spouses Act Uniform State Indian Child Welfare Act Uniform Unlawful Restrictions in Land Records Unlawful Administration of a Substance Amendments Unspent Funding Amendments Use of Force Amendments Use of Motorized Vehicles by Minors Amendments Utah Communications Authority Board Amendments Utah False Claim Act Amendments Utah Retirement Systems Amendments Utah Retirement Systems Contribution Amendments Utah State Board of Education Amendments Utah State Board of Education Modifications Vehicle Registration Modifications * Vehicle Tax and Fee Changes Veterans and Military Affairs Commission Amendments Veterans Psychedelic Research Amendments Veterinary Amendments Victim Services Amendments Victim Services Modifications Voter Registration Records Amendments Wastewater Treatment Security Amendments Water Conservation Modifications Water Infrastructure Funding Amendments Water Quality Testing in Schools and Child Care Centers Water Rights Restricted Account Amendments Wildfire Economic Impact Mitigation Funding Worker Health and Safety Workers' Compensation Advisory Council Amendments Write-in Voting Amendments The five with the * appear to have been abandoned by the sponsors. Be glad you're not getting all the legislation you're paying for.
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Musk says Ukraine's military violated Starlink's terms. Musk: Ukraine's front line would collapse immediately if Starlink were turned off. SpaceX closed that loophole last week.
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First Lady Melania Trump is claiming credit for a ceasefire in Russian-occupied Oleshky, southern Ukraine. But the Vatican says it was Pope Leo XIV who phoned Putin on Oct. 16, while still in hospital after lung cancer surgery, and asked for a truce to get food and aid in. The Kremlin confirmed the call. Secretary of State Cardinal Parolin says the initiative was the pope's. As @thedailybeast notes, it's reminiscent of 2016, when Melania said she wrote her RNC speech "with as little help as possible," only for whole passages to turn out to mirror Michelle Obama's 2008 convention speech.
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NEW: The EPA is quietly killing its web archive. Tens of thousands of documents on contamination, clean power, and Trump’s climate deletions are now scheduled to disappear. motherjones.com/environment/…
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Zelenskyy: In the first days of the war in the Middle East, countries used around 2,000 missiles they got from their partners. Over the last 90 days, I’ve got 24 missiles from our strategic partner. We are not crying or screaming. But each missile is important. 1/
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Flash flooding at @CapitolReefNPS 10/22/26 Insane to see the fury of these ephemeral falls and the flooding to follow 🎥: Kevin Kitchen #utwx @abc4utah
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Five cannibals get hired as engineers at a defense company. During the welcoming ceremony, the boss says, “You’re all part of our team now. You can earn good money here, and you can go to the cafeteria for something to eat. So please don’t bother any of the other employees.” The cannibals promise to behave. Four weeks later, the boss returns and says, “You’re all working very hard, and I’m very satisfied with everyone. However, one of our janitors has disappeared. Do any of you know what happened to him?” The cannibals all shake their heads. After the boss leaves, the leader of the cannibals turns to the others and asks, “Which one of you idiots ate the janitor?” One cannibal hesitantly raises his hand. The leader shakes his head and says, “You fool! For four weeks, we’ve been eating team leaders, supervisors, and project managers, and nobody noticed a thing. Then you go and eat the janitor!”
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(1/2)Between about 6:45-9:00AM today, an estimated 2” fell on the headwaters of Gould Wash! That was enough to send a flood wave down the Wash and into the town of Hurricane.
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Nokia and @iceye_global announced today a partnership with the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine to develop sovereign satellite communications. Through this Letter of Intent we will explore how trusted, sovereign satellite communications can strengthen Ukraine's resilience and give it control over the connectivity it depends on. Read more: nokia.ly/4BmEzim
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SCOOP: Major U.S. banks are detecting unauthorized third-party AI agents inside customer accounts, including some attempting to take actions that appear to be independent of user instructions, sources told Axios. The findings have alarmed banking executives, who are racing to restrict access to their systems as AI moves at a velocity faster than financial institutions can respond, multiple industry and bank executives told Axios. Several banks are now preparing for worst-case and even “day after” scenarios, including how to rapidly secure or restore customer accounts if things go wrong, the people said. Several bank executives told Axios they're struggling to distinguish between human users and AI agents. One executive said banks also struggle to determine whether agents are authorized by customers or potentially operating without their permission, more akin to rogue agent behavior. Read my latest for Axios here: axios.com/2026/10/22/ai-agen…
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Putin's diesel arrives in New York Nov 7 aboard the Agioi Fanendes: 40,000 tons, the first Russian fuel cargo since 2022. It's coming in on a Treasury license that sidesteps federal law. New York should refuse to be the loading dock for Putin's war chest. 🧵 1/5
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We've received a few crazy videos of the rockslide near Bridal Veil Falls, which left plenty of debris, leading to the Provo River Trail closure in the area. Utah County Sheriff's Office said they have not received any reports of injuries. Video Credit: Emerson Hamilton
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