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Trump blames Lester Holt for bias in Monday's debate. Burton resigns from UTA. Love, Owens release attack ads.
Happy Thursday. Donald Trump and his campaign are slamming presidential debate host Lester Holt for not asking Hillary Clinton questions Monday about her email controversy and possible conflicts of interest concerning the Clinton Foundation, among other things. Trump says Holt, the anchor of NBC's "Nightly News," leaned "more than a little" to the left. [<a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/donald-trump-surrogates-heap-blame-debate-moderator-lester/story?id=42390485">ABCNews</a>]
<strong>Topping the news: </strong>UTA Chairman David Burton resigned Wednesday and board members elected vice chairman Robert McKinley to take his place. Gov. Gary Herbert appointed his former lieutenant governor, Greg Bell, to the board. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4409835-155/uta-chairman-burton-steps-down-and"; target="_blank">Trib</a>] [<a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865663541/UTA-elects-new-board-chairman-as-H-David-Burton-steps-down.html"; target="_blank">DNews</a>] [<a href="http://fox13now.com/2016/09/28/gov-herbert-appoints-greg-bell-to-uta-board-after-h-david-burton-resigns/"; target="_blank">Fox13</a>]
-> Political activist Jeremy Roberts filed a request with the Attorney General's office for an investigation into whether Salt Lake County Recorder Gary Ott is being thrown under the bus for his declining mental health by his senior staff. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4409683-155/complaint-seeks-state-probe-into-salt"; target="_blank">Trib</a>] [<a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865663543/Complaint-calls-SL-County-recorder-a-target-for-exploitation-by-his-staff.html"; target="_blank">DNews</a>]
-> Rep. Mia Love and Doug Owens both released attack ads on Wednesday, with Love's attacking Owens for contributing to Hillary Clinton's and Barack Obama's campaigns under his legal first name, Henry; and Owens' painting a picture of Love carelessly spending money on mailers and a big D.C. party. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4409021-155/love-owens-race-in-utahs-4th-district?page=1"; target="_blank">Trib</a>] [<a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865663520/Love-Owens-take-shots-at-each-other-in-new-TV-ads.html"; target="_blank">DNews</a>]
<strong>Tweets of the day: </strong>From @<a href="https://twitter.com/tonyschwartz"; target="_blank">tonyschwartz</a>: "Trump's plans to bring up Bill Clinton's infidelities reminds me that while I was writing Art of the Deal he was openly cheating on Ivana."
From @<a href="https://twitter.com/Patbagley"; target="_blank">Patbagley</a>: "The Trump campaign thus far: No fact checks. No fat chicks."
From @<a href="https://twitter.com/gopTODD"; target="_blank">gopTODD</a> on what might be inside the Capitol time capsule: "Maybe an iPhone 1?"
<strong>In other news:</strong> The Northern Utah County Water Conservancy District is under heat from the state Division of Water Quality for failing to report a sediment spill in the American Fork River. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4409347-155/utah-county-water-officials-violated-reporting"; target="_blank">Trib</a>] [<a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865663504/State-Water-district-didnt-alert-regulators-over-Tibble-Fork-metal-laden-sediment-release.html"; target="_blank">DNews</a>] [<a href="http://fox13now.com/2016/09/28/water-conservancy-district-cited-over-pollution-in-american-fork-river/"; target="_blank">Fox13</a>] [<a href="http://kutv.com/news/local/violation-issued-for-contamination-caused-by-tibble-fork-dam"; target="_blank">KUTV</a>] [<a href="http://www.heraldextra.com/news/local/violation-issued-to-water-conservancy-district-for-release-of-sediments/article_071028c9-135b-5b98-91c4-a91a3ff7b1f6.html"; target="_blank">Herald</a>]
-> Experts talked solutions to Utah's opioid epidemic at the Utah Heroin and Opioid Summit in Salt Lake City on Wednesday. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4408846-155/experts-urge-unified-response-to-heroin?page=1"; target="_blank">Trib</a>] [<a href="http://fox13now.com/2016/09/28/utahns-have-frank-conversations-about-opioid-abuse-at-summit-in-salt-lake-city/"; target="_blank">Fox13</a>] [<a href="http://www.good4utah.com/news/local-news/utah-talks-opioids-for-the-1st-time-as-a-state"; target="_blank">ABC4</a>] [<a href="http://kutv.com/news/local/law-enforcement-and-healthcare-officials-meet-to-educate-public-on-heroin-and-opioids"; target="_blank">KUTV</a>] [<a href="http://kuer.org/post/opioid-summit-kicks-salt-lake-city#stream/0"; target="_blank">KUER</a>]
-> Officials extracted a 1914 time capsule from a Capitol pillar on Wednesday with plans to open it on Friday. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4409727-155/utah-officials-remove-time-capsule-from"; target="_blank">Trib</a>] [<a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865663548/Time-capsule-from-1914-recovered-from-Capitol-set-to-be-opened-Monday.html"; target="_blank">DNews</a>]
-> The newly constructed Eccles Theater in Salt Lake City will have to add a blip to the look of its open air bistro covering the liquor dispensing area from view in order to comply with state liquor laws before the theater's grand opening on Oct. 21. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4408929-155/new-eccles-theater-restaurant-will-usher"; target="_blank">Trib</a>] [<a href="http://fox13now.com/2016/09/27/the-new-eccles-theater-has-to-install-a-zion-ceiling-to-comply-with-utah-liquor-laws/"; target="_blank">Fox13</a>] [<a href="http://kuer.org/post/eccles-theater-needs-zion-ceiling-opening-fall#stream/0"; target="_blank">KUER</a>]
-> New information on research done by University of Utah doctors reveals that a Utah man who contracted Zika from taking care of his sick, elderly father may have been infected by touching his father's tears without gloves. The father had 100,000 times the normal level of the Zika virus. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4410394-155/utah-man-may-have-contracted-zika"; target="_blank">APviaTrib</a>]
-> The Bureau of Land Management replaces signs near Moab pointing to "Negro Bill Trailhead" to reflect the settler's real name without regard to his race, William Grandstaff. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4409278-155/negro-bill-trailhead-renamed-to-a"; target="_blank">Trib</a>] [<a href="http://kutv.com/news/local/blm-changes-signage-on-trailhead-named-after-black-cowboy"; target="_blank">APviaKUTV</a>]
-> The National Institutes of Health includes the University of Utah in its selection of 35 American schools to study environmental effects on deteriorating children's health. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4398502-155/u-to-help-study-why-childrens"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]
-> A Salt Lake Tribune-Hinckley Institute of Politics poll shows that only 4 percent of active Mormons ranked religious freedom as the top concern facing the nation and state despite a huge push on the subject from LDS leaders. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/lifestyle/faith/4404807-155/lds-leaders-preach-about-religious-freedom?page=1"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]
-> As a Utah judge decided Wednesday whether Abdullahi Mohamed — a man shot by the Salt Lake City police at 17 and facing felony charges — will remain in juvenile custody until a January hearing, protestors gathered on the Matheson Courthouse steps. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4407481-155/protesters-gather-at-utah-courthouse-in"; target="_blank">Trib</a>] [<a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865663493/Photos-Utahns-rally-in-support-of-Somali-teen-shot-by-SL-police.html"; target="_blank">DNews</a>]
-> The UTA board approved several plots of land near train stations for development designed to lower the need to drive. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4409846-155/uta-approves-deals-for-transit-oriented-developments"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]
-> Pat Bagley weighs in on the discussion on religious liberty in Utah. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/4409884-155/bagley-cartoon-threat-to-religious-liberty"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]
<strong>Nationally:</strong> Bernie Sanders joined Hillary Clinton in a rally at the University of New Hampshire on Wednesday in an attempt to guide his passionate group of millennial supporters to Clinton's side. [<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/28/politics/hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-millenial-election-2016/index.html"; target="_blank">CNN</a>] [<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/once-rivals-clinton-and-sanders-join-forces-on-college-campus-to-get-out-the-youth-vote/2016/09/28/fe10ddbc-8598-11e6-ac72-a29979381495_story.html"; target="_blank">WaPost</a>]
-> Donald Trump campaign aides reveal that preparation for the second debate will be much more thorough than the businessman's "wing it" approach in the first debate. [<a href="http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/trump-campaign-says-debate-two-must-be-better-n656431"; target="_blank">NBCNews</a>] [<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/29/us/politics/donald-trump-debate.html?ref=politics"; target="_blank">NYTimes</a>] Meanwhile, figures close to Trump introduce Bill Clinton's affairs as defense against talk of Trump's mistreatment of women. [<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/28/politics/donald-trump-monica-lewinsky-hillary-clinton/index.html"; target="_blank">CNN</a>] [<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/09/28/trumps-surrogates-go-where-he-coyly-hasnt-attacking-clinton-for-her-husbands-infidelity/"; target="_blank">WaPost</a>]
-> Congress successfully dodged a government shutdown on Wednesday when Democrats conceded to let emergency Flint funding roll over to a later water infrastructure bill and helped move a stopgap funding bill through both the House and the Senate. [<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/29/us/politics/congress-shutdown-flint-spending.html?ref=politics&_r=0"; target="_blank">NYTimes</a>] [<a href="http://www.politico.com/story/2016/09/senate-clears-way-for-passage-of-spending-bill-228847"; target="_blank">Politico</a>] [<a href="http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/last-minute-deals-allow-congress-pass-short-term-government-funding-n656226"; target="_blank">NBCNews</a>]
<strong>Where are they?</strong>
<ul>
<li>Rep. Chris <strong><a href="https://twitter.com/RepChrisStewart"; target="_blank">Stewart</a></strong> speaks on the House Floor, catches up with the Family Career Community Leaders of America, votes and talks with constituents in his Washington office.</li>
<li>Rep. Mia <a href="https://twitter.com/RepMiaLove"; target="_blank"><strong>Love</strong></a> goes to a Financial Services committee hearing, chats with staff and votes.</li>
<li>Gov. Gary <strong><a href="https://twitter.com/GovHerbert"; target="_blank">Herbert</a></strong> spends the morning campaigning in Salt Lake City then attends the Cottonwood Heights City Hall ribbon cutting, the State History Annual Conference and the Huntsman Cancer Foundation Gala.</li>
<li>Lt. Gov. Spencer <strong><a href="https://twitter.com/SpencerJCox"; target="_blank">Cox</a></strong> dives into the Utah Tourism Conference in Midway.</li>
<li>State Auditor John <strong><a href="https://twitter.com/FrugalDougall"; target="_blank">Dougall</a> </strong>speaks at a community event in Salt Lake City and drops in at the Emery County Republican Fall Dinner.</li>
<li>President Barack <strong><a href="https://twitter.com/BarackObama"; target="_blank">Obama</a></strong> welcomes the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic teams to the White House before taking off to Jerusalem.</li>
</ul>
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