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| Utah's Daily Policy Resource, Brought to you by Utah Policy Message CenterSubscribe to our award-winning podcasts.We bring you interviews with Utah and national newsmakers, plus "Bernick and Schott on politics" Utah's longest-running political podcast.You can subscribe wherever you get your podcasts:iTunes: https://apple.co/2Q86X0JSpotify: https://spoti.fi/2nQvawhTuneIn: http://bit.ly/2FFVk0vGoogle: http://bit.ly/2Q9eHjeStitcher: http://bit.ly/2FPSqGeAlso available on your favorite podcast app.Don't forget to leave us a rating and a review.Situational awareness - February 14, 2019Good Thursday morning from Salt Lake City, and Happy Valentine's Day!Thursday's news at a glance: Congress negotiates a massive funding bill to avoid another government shutdown. Utah lawmakers may take the wraps off their tax cut proposal later this week. McCay dropping his bid to repeal SB54. UtahPolicy.com mailbag!Got a burning question about politics, or any other topic? Drop us a line. We'll answer your questions (or find someone who can) in our podcasts or a future article. Send us an email at this link. The UtahPolicy.com daily newsletter gets you up to speed on the top local and national news about politics and public policy. Our news is curated by Managing Editor Bryan Schott, along with help from Golden Webb. ((Click here to subscribe)) TICK TOCKToday is the 45th day of the year. There are 320 days remaining in 2019. 28 days until the final day of the 2019 Utah Legislature (3/14/2019) 79 days to the Utah State Republican Party Organizing Convention (5/4/2019) 109 days until the municipal election filing period opens (6/3/2019) 113 days until the municipal election filing period ends (6/7/2019) 180 days to the 2019 Utah primary elections (8/13/2019) 264 days to the 2019 municipal elections (11/5/2019) 347 days to the first day of the 2020 Utah Legislature (1/27/2020) 355 days to the 2020 Iowa Caucuses (2/3/2020) 623 days until the 2020 presidential election (11/3/2020) Today At Utah PolicyTaking care of yourself is not a crime - Bernick and Schott on politics Ep. 409By Bryan Schott, Managing Editor It's time to discuss the major happenings from Week 3 of the 2019 Utah Legislature:...Supreme Court to decide SB54 appeal on March 1 By Bryan Schott, Managing Editor The Supreme Court will decide whether they'll take up the Utah GOP's appeal over SB54 early next month....Lawmakers are warned blocking people on social media might lead to a lawsuit By Bryan Schott, Managing Editor Utah lawmakers are being warned about how they handle their social media accounts, as blocking constituents from public pages could get them in some legal hot water....Stewart: Banning high-capacity magazines 'won't make a difference' in gun control By Bryan Schott, Managing Editor Ahead of the one-year anniversary of the Parkland massacre in Florida, Rep. Chris Stewart says a move to ban high-capacity magazines "won't make difference" in the gun control debate....Bill proposes to ban domestic violence perpetrators from owning or possessing guns By Bryan Schott, Managing Editor Commit domestic violence in Utah and lose your right to possess or own a firearm forever....McCay says he's abandoning his bill to repeal the dual-track system for candidates to reach the ballot By Bryan Schott and Bob Bernick One of the leading critics of the SB54 dual-path for candidates to reach the primary ballot says he is abandoning his efforts to overturn the law this year. ...Will it be a sales or income tax cut? Legislative leaders say they hope to have details later this week By Bob Bernick, Contributing Editor By the end of this week we may have a better idea how a proposed $225 million tax cut for Utahns will be split up between income and sales taxes, GOP legislative leaders tell UtahPolicy.com....Send us your questions! By Bryan Schott, Managing Editor The UtahPolicy.com Mailbag is open for you!...USTAR SBIR Center provides essential programs to Utah businesses By Barbara Araneo, Ph.D., USTAR Acting Executive Director Funding is often one of the primary challenges faced by deep tech and science startup companies....CEO success stories: Clark Ivory By Salt Lake Chamber In the latest episode of the Salt Lake Chamber podcast "CEO Success Stories," Derek Miller, president and CEO of the Salt Lake Chamber and Downtown Alliance, sits down with Clark Ivory, CEO of Ivory Homes, to hear about his leadership philosophy, best practices, the Utah Com...Salt Lake Chamber launches new political action committee By Press release The Salt Lake Chamber, Utah's largest and longest-standing statewide business association, announced the launch of its new political action committee, the Utah Jobs PAC....Medical care prices see record rise, transportation and housing prices fall By Press release The Zions Bank Wasatch Front Consumer Price Index decreased 0.2 percent from December to January on a non-seasonally adjusted basis, the largest drop since March 2018.... OTHER UTAH HEADLINESDeseret News Jay Evensen: Did Prop. 3 pass because Utah voters never saw the tax hike? Editorial: Utah doesn't need heavier beer Why Utah Rep. Chris Stewart isn't pleased with the federal budget deal Utah House passes bill to eliminate letter grades from state's school report card Utah bill would require insurance to cover autism treatment Bill seeks to make little-known Vernal homeless shelter eligible for state grants Age limit for purchasing tobacco is rising in Lehi, and possibly Utah House committee considers changes to Utah flag Utah lawmaker wants to outlaw bump stocks, while gun advocate fights federal ban in court Advocates cry for safety while opponents preach rights in forum on proposed Utah 'red flag' gun law In attempt to avoid 'crazy changes' in House, Utah Senate passes stricter affordable housing bill $101 million in funding requests to fight pollution in Utah, but what will work? First look at Utah tax reform plan coming; expect no sales taxes on medical, real estate services and tuitionSalt Lake Tribune Lincoln Fillmore: Taking words out of context misleads the people A year after Parkland shooting, stand-your-ground bill moves forward in Utah Legislature while gun control measures wait for hearing Battle over public land designations divides Utah lawmakers, too, as state bill seeks to usurp local control Lehi becomes first Utah city to raise legal tobacco age to 21. It may not be the last. Millcreek and Salt Lake City restart negotiations over Brickyard Plaza as threatened legislation is put on hold Committee blocks a proposed third Utah tax break for Swiss rail car manufacturer Lawmaker who wants to ban change of gender on birth certificate amends his bill to allow change on driver license Facing dueling state flag proposals, a Utah House committee says deliberation is better than a quick redesign State's health care giant opens door to writing cannabis recommendations to qualifying Utah patientsOther Utah County forms advisory board to look into best form of county government (Daily Herald) Weber County residents worry lawmakers will target anti-gerrymandering measure (Standard-Examiner) Police announce 19.7 percent decrease in Ogden's crime rate; federal collaborations to continue (Standard-Examiner)NATIONAL HEADLINES1,159 pages. That's the size of the bipartisan spending bill to avoid another government shutdown on Friday. You can read the bill here. It will get a vote today.Trump tries to put a good face on the massive funding package negotiated by Congress. President Donald Trump is expected to sign the deal despite the lack of funding for his border wall. The White House is doing their best to calm down Trump's supporters on the right who are not happy about the deal - https://nyti.ms/2SSJuFx What's not in the funding package? Back pay for federal contractors impacted by the government shutdown was left out of the massive funding deal. The package also does not include an extension of the Violence Against Women Act - http://bit.ly/2N7mbm3 Trump's approval jumps after shutdown ends. President Trump's approval rating climbed 7 points after the 35-day shutdown ended. It now sits at 44%, which is one point below the highest approval rating of his presidency - http://bit.ly/2SOGaer A federal judge rules Paul Manafort lied intentionally to prosecutors. Manafort breached his cooperation deal with prosecutors by lying about his contacts with Konstantin Kilimnik, who the FBI says has ties to Russian intelligence. Manafort could spend the rest of his life in jail - https://wapo.st/2STV2bu Democrats plan a massive probe into President Trump and Russia. Democrats plan to use their majority in the House to launch an expansive probe into Trump's ties to Russia. They may also seek testimony from Ivanka Trump - http://bit.ly/2SWr07i Whitaker may have "misled" Congress. House Judiciary Chair Jerry Nadler threatened to depose acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker, saying his testimony before the committee last week was "contradicted by other evidence" - https://cnn.it/2SQ2PXL Gun-control measure advances in Washington. A House committee passed a bill requiring background checks for all gun sales. The bill is the most significant gun-control legislation in Congress in years - https://wapo.st/2SOqS9z Parkland one year later. One year ago today a former student slaughtered 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida - https://nyti.ms/2SN2HbQ The first 2020 debates are just 4 months away. The first two Democratic debates will be in June and July - http://bit.ly/2SRpJyb My battery is low and it's getting dark. That's the final, haunting transmission from the Mars Opportunity Rover. NASA said the probe is officially dead after 15 years on the surface of Mars. It was initially designed to last just 90 days - https://nyti.ms/2SOrMTv Fox News rejects ad for an anti-Nazi documentary. Network leadership said the advertisement for the Oscar-nominated movie that warns viewers about the dangers of American fascism was inappropriate - http://bit.ly/2STqBSQ Wait...what?! The wife of Bill Shine, the current White House deputy chief of staff for communications, went on an unhinged anti-vaccination rant on Twitter, claiming the deadly measles virus could be beneficial - http://bit.ly/2SJ0nTd ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY1778 - The U.S. flag is formally recognized by a foreign naval vessel for the first time when French Admiral Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte renders a nine-gun salute to the USS Ranger, commanded by John Paul Jones. 1849 - James Polk becomes the first sitting U.S. President to have his photograph taken. 1859 - Oregon is admitted as the 33rd state. 1899 - Voting machines are approved by Congress for use in federal elections. 1903 - The U.S. Department of Commerce and Labor is established. It would later be split into the Department of Commerce and Department of Labor. 1912 - Arizona is admitted as the 48th state. 1920 - The League of Women Voters is founded in Chicago. 1929 - St. Valentine's Day Massacre: Seven people, six of them rivals of Al Capone's gang, are murdered in Chicago. 2005 - YouTube is launched by a group of college students. 2018 - Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting: 17 people are killed and 15 others are injured in one of the deadliest school massacres in history. Policy NewsWGU president to join leaders in technology, workforce development, and education on American Workforce Policy Advisory BoardWestern Governors University President Scott Pulsipher is among a group of 25 U.S. governors, Fortune 500 CEOs, education leaders, and workforce association leaders appointed to serve on the American Workforce Policy Advisory Board, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced.... More National HeadlinesAmericans continue their march to low-tax states (The Hill) Microsoft wants to pick the news you read (Daily Caller) Report: Texas crude oil production breaks 1970s record (Houston Chronicle) Byron York: Resistance rattled by 'no collusion' talk (Washington Examiner) New Democratic bloc's push left unsettles party (Washington Post) Howard Schultz rips the 'Green New Deal': 'It's not realistic' (Washington Examiner) Accusations of socialism drive GOP's 2019 (and 2020) playbook (McClatchy) Canada's Boy Wonder Prime Minister Is Aging as Elections Loom (Bloomberg)Wise WordsOne Smile"If you have only one smile in you give it to the people you love." Maya Angelou Lighter SideSquid or Skid"A motorist in the U.K. was arrested yesterday after he crashed his car while swerving to avoid hitting an octopus he claimed to have seen in the road. 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