| Utah's Daily Policy Resource, Brought to you by Utah Policy Message Center We want to hear from you.Take a moment and respond to our reader survey. Give us your thoughts on what we do at UtahPolicy.com, and what you think we could be doing better.Take the survey at this link. Situational awareness - January 29, 2019Good Tuesday morning from Salt Lake City.Tuesday's news at a glance: Cox, Chaffetz lead the pack in Utah's 2020 gubernatorial race, but more than a quarter of Utahns are undecided. Utahns want the legislature to spend the state's big budget surplus on education. The government shutdown cost the economy $11 billion. Talk to us! Send us your news tips, suggestions, complaints or feedback here. 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 29th day of the year. There are 336 days remaining in 2019. 44 days until the final day of the 2019 Utah Legislature (3/14/2019) 95 days to the Utah State Republican Party Organizing Convention (5/4/2019) 125 days until the municipal election filing period opens (6/3/2019) 129 days until the municipal election filing period ends (6/7/2019) 196 days to the 2019 Utah primary elections (8/13/2019) 280 days to the 2019 municipal elections (11/5/2019) 363 days to the first day of the 2020 Utah Legislature (1/27/2020) 371 days to the 2020 Iowa Caucuses (2/3/2020) 639 days until the 2020 presidential election (11/3/2020) Today At Utah Policy Poll: Utahns want lawmakers to spend the state's big budget surplus on educationMost Utahns agree with GOP Gov. Gary Herbert the Legislature should give a big tax cut this year....  Proposed bill lowers the threshold for citizen initiatives to get on the ballotRep. Steve Handy, a supporter of the citizen initiative process, has introduced a bill that would slightly lower the bar to getting a petition on the ballot....  Lyman introduces bill to punish the 'illegal' closure of a public roadIt didn't take freshman Rep. Phil Lyman long to make his presence known in the 2019 Legislature he introduced a bill Monday that could throw in jail anyone who "illegally" closes a public road in the state....  Poll: Cox, Chaffetz lead the 2020 gubernatorial pack, but more than a quarter of Utahns are undecidedThe 2020 gubernatorial race is still a long way off, but a new UtahPolicy.com survey suggests Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox and Fox News commentator Jason Chaffetz are the frontrunners for he GOP nomination....  Utah House and Senate waste no time getting down to business on opening dayNew Utah House Speaker Brad Wilson upped the ante on Gov. Gary Herbert on Monday, calling for an at least $225 million tax cut this year, more than Herbert's $200 million....  Podcast: Previewing the 2019 Utah Legislature with House Speaker Brad WilsonNew Utah House Speaker Brad Wilson joins Managing Editor Bryan Schott to discuss the 2019 Utah Legislature....  Podcast: Previewing the 2019 Legislature with Senate President Stuart AdamsUtah Senate President Stuart Adams sits down with Managing Editor Bryan Schott to preview the 2019 Utah Legislature....  Stewart: Democrats have made it clear 'they don't care about border security' or 'Dreamers'Rep. Chris Stewart said Monday morning he's pleased the government shutdown is over, but he's pessimistic that Republicans and Democrats will be able to come to any sort of agreement over funding for border security....  Wilson shakes up House seating assignments Utah House Speaker Brad Wilson says he wants to make the House a kinder gentler place in 2019 and 2020, with more options for veteran members to mentor new members, and better communications between the majority Republicans and minority Democrats....  Guest opinion: Legislature can help Utahns solve growth issuesUtah is growing it's one of the fastest-growing states in the country. This is great news, but it also presents the Legislature with unique issues. This year, the Legislature has the opportunity to pursue solutions to our state's growing pains that will preserve and enhance...  Opening more doors: Neighborhood House offers safe place to learn, growFor 124 years, Neighborhood House has been serving hundreds of Utahns from age 15-months to 100 years old.... OTHER UTAH HEADLINESDeseret News Op-ed: How to find consensus on beer and public safety Jay Evensen: Would more parking at the Utah State Capitol be bad for the air? Editorial: Difficult decisions await Utah lawmakers this year New Utah House speaker calls for even larger tax rate cut as Legislature convenes Utahns rally against changes to Proposition 3 Utah lawmakers intend to fight voter-approved Medicaid expansion Bill to make lying about emotional support animals a misdemeanor passes in Utah House Utah State Board of Education requests more money for school safety, big IT upgrade Utah's chief justice emphasizes judicial innovations in speech to Legislature How much did Utah spend to keep state's national parks open during shutdown? Salt Lake Tribune Editorial: Targeting Prop 3 is an act of cruelty As Utah dries up, lawmakers look for smarter ways to transfer, use - and not use - water Utah Sen. Mitt Romney elected president of secret Washington group of politicians, business leaders The United Utah Party pushes for all legislative bills to be made public Other Cache delegation working on bills affecting retirees, housing (Logan Herald Journal) NATIONAL HEADLINES17 days until the government runs out of funding...again.The shutdown cost the economy $11 billion. The Congressional Budget Office says the economy will never recover about $3 billion of that loss. The CBO reported Monday that the shutdown would lead to slower economic growth - https://nyti.ms/2G88oKD Senate Republicans may block Trump from another shutdown. The Senate GOP is not keen on another government shutdown next month, and they're already starting to look for alternatives if they can't pass a funding deal by Feb. 15 - https://politi.co/2GcMWE2 Mueller's investigation is close to being finished. Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker said Monday he had been "fully briefed" on Mueller's probe into connections between the Trump campaign and Russia - https://wapo.st/2G9zrp0 State of the Union back on. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi invited Presiden Donald Trump to deliver his State of the Union address next week on February 5 - https://wapo.st/2G8BB83 Polls! Polls! Polls!
Howard Schultz flirts with an independent White House bid. The billionaire former chief executive of Starbucks says he will cross the country over the next three months before deciding on whether to mount an independent campaign for president - https://nyti.ms/2G8E0jl
The U.S. will borrow $1 trillion next year. That eye-popping number is needed to finance the nearly $16 trillion national debt - https://bloom.bg/2G9AS6S Trump administration ratchets up pressure on Venezuela. The administration announced economic sanctions against the country to force President Nicolas Maduro from power. National security adviser John Bolton has suggested the U.S. could send 5,000 troops to neighboring Colombia - https://wapo.st/2G7fbEj Deep freeze hitting the midwest. A burst of warmer than usual air in the Arctic is sending the polar vortex across the middle of the country this week, which will bring the coldest temperatures in more than a generation - https://cnn.it/2G5RpbP Measles is making a comeback. Because of a growing anti-vaccination movement, a measles outbreak is hitting the Pacific Northwest and New York. Washington State declared a state of emergency after 36 cases were reported Monday - http://bit.ly/2G6doiQ Yikes! A bug in the iPhone's FaceTime software lets other people listen in on your call even if they don't pick up a call. Apple says they will release a software fix later this week - https://cnn.it/2G5RXhT ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY1820 - Britain's King George III, who lost the American colonies, died at the age of 82. 1850 - Henry Clay introduces the Compromise of 1850 to the U.S. Congress. 1861 - Kansas is admitted as the 34th state. 1886 - German Karl Benz was awarded a patent for the gasoline-driven automobile. 1907 - Charles Curtis of Kansas becomes the first Native American U.S. Senator 1980 - The Rubik's Cube makes its international debut at the Ideal Toy Corp. in London. 2002 - In his State of the Union address, President George W. Bush described "regimes that sponsor terror" as an Axis of evil, in which he includes Iraq, Iran and North Korea. 2009 - Governor of Illinois Rod Blagojevich is removed from office following his conviction on several corruption charges. Policy NewsCurtis, House Foreign Affairs Committee introduce cyber diplomacy billRep. John Curtis (R-UT) joined a group of his colleagues from the House Foreign Affairs Committee in introducing H.R. 739, to support United States international cyber diplomacy.... McAdams calls on House Democratic leadership to prioritize infrastructure Congressman Ben McAdams has signed a letter to the House Speaker and Majority Leader asking for quick movement on a series of infrastructure bills to address long-running needs in Utah and across the United States. ... More National HeadlinesImpeachment cries cloud Democrats' vow to leave Mueller alone (Politico) March for Life apologizes to Covington Catholic teens for 'rush to judgment' (Washington Times) What history teaches us about raising taxes on the rich (New York Post) Wise WordsNext Generation "Leadership is not about the next election, it's about the next generation." Simon Sinek Lighter SideAir Safety "Without properly staffed air-traffic control, pilots are asking how safe it is to fly. And Spirit Airlines pilots are asking, 'What's air-traffic control?'" -TREVOR NOAH Subscribers may receive special messages with information about new features, special offers, or public policy messages from clients and advertisers. |
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