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Situational awareness - July 7, 2020

Good morning from Salt Lake City

Let's Tuesday!

TICK TOCK

119 Days to the 2020 election (11/3/2020)

197 days to inauguration day (01/20/2021)

202 days to the start of the 2021 Utah Legislature (1/25/2021)

Here are the stories you need to pay attention to this morning:

Cox claims victory in the GOP race for governor. Most Utahns believe the worst is to come in the coronavirus pandemic. States are starting to shut down again due to the virus.

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Today At Utah Policy

Poll: Majority of Utahns believe the worst part of the coronavirus pandemic is yet to come
By Bryan Schott, Managing Editor
Most Utahns believe the worst is yet to come in the U.S. from the coronavirus outbreak according to a new survey.Cox defeats Huntsman in GOP primary for governor
By Bryan Schott, Managing Editor
Former Gov. Jon Huntsman slightly closed the gap with Lt. Governor Spencer Cox to just over 9,100 votes on Monday, but Cox was projected as the winner by multiple organizations.Utah would switch all primary elections to Ranked Choice Voting under proposed bill
By Bryan Schott, Managing Editor
The winner of the Utah GOP primary for governor will likely prevail with just 35 percent of the total vote. Now, two Utah lawmakers want to change the state's primary elections to make sure candidates with a broad base of support end up with the nomination.

OTHER UTAH HEADLINES

Deseret News

Despite surge in new COVID-19 cases, Utah's hospitalization and death rates have fallen Rep. Ben McAdams seeks more compensation for downwinders Businessman Blake Moore ready for a Democratic challenger in 1st District Utah delegation urges Trump to exempt dual-language immersion teachers from visa bans Emergency COVID-19 business loans kept paychecks going to 800,000 Utahns Utah GOP gubernatorial race called for Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox Billboard paying tribute to first responders vandalized with message warning of the 'new Jim Crow'

Salt Lake Tribune

2 lawmakers urge Utah to allow curbside, home delivery of beer during coronavirus Meet Burgess Owens, the Utah Republican who seeks to replace Rep. Ben McAdams Rep. Ben McAdams attacks President Donald Trump's plan for new nuclear testing Davis County election messaging generates confusion, complaints Spencer Cox wins Republican primary race for Utah governor over Jon Huntsman In primary election, 4 Republicans win seats on Utah school board because no Democrats ran Blake Moore wins Utah's tight 1st Congressional District GOP race

Other

Utah Rep. Ben McAdams calls for expansion of Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (Daily Herald) Utah Gov. Gary Herbert signs economic recovery bill, other special session legislation (Daily Herald) Hill AFB has much at stake in the 2021 national defense bill (Standard-Examiner) Moore wins GOP primary in US House race, Parry leading on Democratic side (Standard-Examiner)

NATIONAL HEADLINES

Coronavirus

Contact tracing is no longer possible across the southern part of the U.S. because of the rapid rise in cases [CNN].

Restaurants and gyms are closing again in Miami-Dade County due to the surge in coronavirus cases [Miami Herald].

Florida orders schools to open in the fall, despite the skyrocketing number of cases [WaPo].

About 60 percent of the nation's colleges and universities are planning in-person classes in the fall [Chronicle of Higher Education].

Covid loans

The list of companies that got small-business loans to protect jobs benefitted owned by members of Congress and firms with ties to the Trump administration [WaPo].

A number of donors to President Trump were among the earliest recipients of the loans [AP].

Economy

The U.S. service sector rebounded strongly in June to near pre-pandemic levels [Reuters].

The chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta says there are signs that economic activity in parts of the country is leveling off because of the growing number of coronavirus cases [Bloomberg].

The number of Americans using air travel jumped over the 4th of July weekend, but the total number of travelers is down more than 70 percent from a year ago [CNBC].

Millions of Americans have moved because of the coronavirus [Bloomberg].

SCOTUS

The Supreme Court ruled Monday that states can punish members of the Electoral College who break a pledge to vote for a state's popular vote winner in presidential elections [WaPo].

2020

President Trump is leaning on a strategy of stoking fear and resentment among white voters for his re-election bid [NYT].

President Trump called for NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace to apologize for a "hoax" involving a rope fashioned into a noose the FBI determined wasn't a hate crime. Trump also criticized NASCAR's decision to ban the display of the Confederate flag at events [NPR].

President Trump also complained about the Washington Redskins and Cleveland Indians moving to change their names because they want to be "politically correct" [Twitter].

Democrats are growing more worried about whether holding a scaled-down national convention in August is safe amid the growing number of coronavirus cases [Politico].

Sen. Chuck Grassley says he will skip the Republican National Convention for the first time in 40 years because of the coronavirus [Des Moines Register].

BUSINESS HEADLINES

Utah coal counties pledge $20M in state money to help get Oakland port back on track (Salt Lake Tribune) Congress approves emergency loan program extension, $130 billion still available for distressed businesses (Deseret News) State tax incentive program logs record year with 13,000 promised jobs and $150 million-plus in breaks (Deseret News) This Utah company is developing a new Harry Potter game. But there's some backlash (Deseret News) Ogden, Weber and Davis counties looking to give federal dollars to local businesses impacted by pandemic (Standard-Examiner)

Policy News

India as a supply chain partner & alternative to China
With the growing uncertainty of COVID-19's effect on global supply chains as well as increasing challenges of sourcing in China, it is vital for Utah companies to optimize their production and distribution of products by looking for new partners and opportunities. This session of our Virtual Trade Mission will focus on operations and supply chain solutions in India.Business community requests updated health guidelines and face mask requirement to combat Covid-19
The Salt Lake Chamber, along with the signatories below, has issued the following statement calling upon state leaders to update health guidelines to combat the coronavirus to include the requirement to wear a face mask in public places when social distancing is not feasible:

More National Headlines

Dems and Media to Blame for Countless COVID-19 Deaths After Anti-Hydroxychloroquine Hysteria (PJ Media) Campus Culture Seizes the Streets (Wall Street Journal) Anti-Trump Republicans Endorse An Increasingly Leftist Joe Biden (Issues & Insights) Will Kanye Change the Democrat's Treatment of Black People? (Epoch Times) The push to reclassify independent contractors is harming many of the workers it's supposed to help (Reason) We Can't Have 'National Dialogues' If People Get Fired For Talking Honestly (Federalist) ESPN signs Colin Kaepernick to production deal, embraces Wokecenter (Outkick) What it's going to take to reverse New York City's crime spike (New York Post) Reddit's Former CEO Admits Epstein's Sex Slave Trafficking Was Common Knowledge (RedState) What did Ghislaine Maxwell want? (Spectator) Why the Epstein Scandal May Be the Most Important Story of the Decade (PJ Media)

ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1846 - U.S. annexation of California was proclaimed at Monterey after the surrender of a Mexican garrison.

1865 - Four people were hanged in Washington, D.C., after being convicted of conspiring with John Wilkes Booth to assassinate President Abraham Lincoln.

1898 - The United States annexed Hawaii.

1930 - Construction began on Boulder Dam on the Colorado River.

1981 - President Ronald Reagan announced he was nominating Sandra Day O'Connor to become the first female justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.

1987 - Lt. Col. Oliver North began his public testimony at the Iran-Contra hearing, telling Congress that he had "never carried out a single act, not one" without authorization.

Wise Words

Still True Today

"I had always hoped that this land might become a safe and agreeable asylum to the virtuous and persecuted part of mankind, to whatever nation they might belong." George Washington: letter to Francis Van der Kamp, May 28, 1788