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📰 Wednesday morning's headlines
US House ties government funding to voting bill as shutdown deadline nears. [Reuters]
How the economy will respond to the Fed's rate cuts. [Politico]
US still unprepared for Russian election interference, Robert Mueller says. [The Guardian]
After deadly Lebanon blasts, a messy global trail emerges behind the exploding pagers. [NBC News]
How the Trump campaign ran with rumors about pet-eating migrants - after being told they weren't true. [Wall Street Journal]
Russian troll farm cooked up viral Harris hit-and-run lie. [Daily Beast]
Legislative committee approves downtown Salt Lake City revitalization agreement. [Deseret News]
Utah's legislative leaders get an update on the state's economy. Here's what they liked. [Deseret News]
Utah Legislature votes to join lawsuit on federal lands. [Deseret News]
Panel discusses Utah's Amendment D and what's next. [Deseret News]
Utah GOP asks Utah Supreme Court to let voters decide Amendment D. [Fox 13]
Feds want to open 1/10th of Utah for solar energy development. The state and environmentalists aren't so sure. [Tribune]
Older and more diverse: Here's how Utah is changing, according to census data. [Tribune]
Does Utah have a legal obligation to save the Great Salt Lake? [Tribune]
Motion passes to rezone Redwood Drive-In for housing. [KUTV]