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⏰ Tick Tock

42 days to Election Day
21 days until ballots are mailed out
28 days until early voting begins

📰 Tuesday morning's headlines

  • House to take up new funding bill as some Republicans fear a "galactically stupid" shutdown. [NBC News]
  • Biden to deliver final speech to U.N. General Assembly as president. [CBS News]
  • Half of voters plan to cast ballots early, with a huge partisan split. [NBC News]
  • Nearly all Utah voters use mail-in ballots. Here's how we know. [Tribune]
  • State Sen. Mike McDonnell deflates GOP hopes for Nebraska winner-take-all in 2024. [Nebraska Examiner]
  • Salt Lake residents fume over Delta Center district survey, but neither city nor Smith funded it. [KSL]
  • Days after announcing retirement, Utah's highest-paid school superintendent is offered a job in Colorado. [Tribune]
  • Here's why developing Utah's public land might not help solve the state's housing crisis. [Tribune]
  • Trump threatens "200% tariff" if John Deere moves production to Mexico. [CNBC]
  • California orders schools to restrict cellphone use amid student distractions, anxiety. [Los Angeles Times]
  • X will soon make your public posts visible to accounts you've blocked. [TechCrunch]

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