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| Utah's Daily Policy Resource, Brought to you by Utah Policy Message CenterBecome a sponsor of our award-winning podcasts!Promote your business and reach thousands of Utahns who download our shows and interviews every week.Email us for information.Situational awareness - March 6, 2019Good Wednesday morning from Salt Lake City.Here are the stories we're following today: Lawmakers are considering a $341 million income tax cut that will be phased in over 3 years. The Utah Senate passes hate crimes legislation Legislators are worried a bill to allower higher alcohol content beer could touch off a ballot initiative battle. President Donald Trump pressured White House officials to grant a security clearance to his daughter, Ivanka.UtahPolicy.com mailbag!Email us anytime with feedback, questions, story suggestions, news tips, etc... 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 65th day of the year. There are 300 days remaining in 2019. 8 days until the final day of the 2019 Utah Legislature (3/14/2019) 45 days to the Utah Libertarian Party state convention (4/20/2019) 59 days to the Utah State Republican Party Organizing Convention (5/4/2019) 89 days until the municipal election filing period opens (6/3/2019) 93 days until the municipal election filing period ends (6/7/2019) 108 days to the Utah State Democratic Party Organizing Convention (6/22/2019) 160 days to the 2019 Utah primary elections (8/13/2019) 244 days to the 2019 municipal elections (11/5/2019) 327 days to the first day of the 2020 Utah Legislature (1/27/2020) 335 days to the 2020 Iowa Caucuses (2/3/2020) 603 days until the 2020 presidential election (11/3/2020) Today At Utah PolicyLawmakers worry the fight over higher-alcohol beer might lead to a liquor ballot initiative in 2020By Bryan Schott, Managing Editor Some Utah lawmakers fear the failure to pass a bill allowing grocery and convenience stores to sell higher alcohol-content beer could lead to a liquor themed voter initiative in the 2020 election....Lawmakers considering $341 million income tax reduction, but not until 2022 By Bryan Schott and Bob Bernick Legislative leaders say they're eyeing a $341 million income tax cut, but the entire reduction will be phased in over time to correspond with a proposed overhaul of the sales tax....Senate gives final approval to hate crimes legislation, sending the issue to the House By Bryan Schott, Managing Editor The Utah Senate gave final approval to the so-called "hate crimes" bill on Tuesday morning, sending the proposal to the House.... OTHER UTAH HEADLINESDeseret News Jay Evensen: Who loses in Utah's proposed tax reform law? Editorial: Another reason to welcome Utah's .05 percent DUI law Coworking grant program gets Utah Senate committee nod New FBI head in Salt Lake looks to be more proactive on crime in Indian Country Utah unemployment rate at 3.1 percent Utah legislators vote to recommend version of conversion therapy bill that advocates don't support Bishop: Congress expected to rename building after fallen Utah Mayor Brent Taylor Parents, local governments would get 120-day notice prior to school closures under Utah bill Utah tax reform bill to include $75 million tax cut Senate Education Committee defeats school safety bill Senate vaccine hearings spark anti-vaccine protest in Utah Utah Legislature approves resolution calling for state convention to change U.S. Constitution Bill to expand Utah Inland Port Authority's reach clears first legislative hurdle despite outcry Hate crimes bill passes Utah Senate, now goes to House Utah lawmakers' computer science grant proposal on track to unlock $5M in aid from tech industrySalt Lake Tribune Op-ed: Tax plan threatens Utah's entrepreneurial success Reservation system at Arches could deliver a $22M blow to Moab's economy Remember the plan to change UTA's name? It's about to die officially as part of a big transportation proposal. Amendments drastically change a bill to end conversion therapy, which seeks to turn LGBTQ children straight. Advocates are fuming. Hate crimes bill now heads to the Utah House, as sponsor says 'people have taken the time to dig in, to understand' 'Backroom plotting'? Salt Lake City mayor, inland port opponents deride whispers from port board members caught on tape Third time is the charm for bill that tells rural Utah counties what kind of government to have House committee approves bill to expand inland port over opposition from environmental groups Lawmakers take the first step toward a new Utah state flag Despite pending Utah Supreme Court ruling, Senate committee approves bill to have partisan elections for the state Board of Education 'I hate it' - As grumbling about sales tax overhaul grows, Utah lawmakers work behind the scenes to refine the proposal Salt Lake City action may end Wild West for car-sharing firms at airport 'I fear a Constitution that never changes': With a narrow House vote, Utah will join the call for a convention of statesOther Utah legislative committee passes bill to create disaster mitigation funding for local municipalities (Daily Herald) Bill forming commission to assess new Utah state flag designs passes out of House committee (Daily Herald)NATIONAL HEADLINESYikes! Despite claims to the contrary, President Donald Trump demanded White House staffers grant his daughter Ivanka Trump a security clearance over their objections - https://cnn.it/2IXtdva The White House told Democrats in Congress they would not hand over documents regarding the granting of a security clearance to Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner - https://politi.co/2IXubriUh oh! North Korea is apparently rebuilding a long-range missile testing facility that has been dormant since last year - https://nbcnews.to/2ITxwaR Breaking point at the border. More than 76,000 migrants were apprehended attempting to cross into the U.S. illegally in February, which is the highest number in the last 12 years - https://nyti.ms/2ISOCWt The federal deficit jumped 77% in the first four months of 2019. The deficit was fueled by higher spending and the Trump tax cuts - https://wapo.st/2ITwwU9 Most Americans believe Trump committed crimes before he became president. A Quinnipiac poll found 64% of Americans believe Trump committed crimes before taking office, but only 45% say he committed crimes while he has been president. 59% say Congress should not impeach President Trump - http://bit.ly/2ITOlmg Democrats plan to seek 10 years of Trump's tax returns. House lawyers are preparing their request in a way they hope will survive a court battle - https://wapo.st/2ISQ0IF Trump wrote checks to Michael Cohen in the midst of official business in the White House. 11 times he signed the payments to his former personal lawyer as part of what federal prosecutors say was a criminal scheme to skirt campaign finance laws - https://nyti.ms/2IVWarl More trouble for Trump's business. New York State regulators have issued a subpoena to the company's insurance broker following Michael Cohen's testimony that the company may have committed insurance fraud - https://nyti.ms/2IWbXq6 Trump's former lawyer says the Mueller investigation is not a "witch hunt." Ty Cobb said on the ABC News podcast "The Investigation" that Robert Mueller is "an American hero" - https://abcn.ws/2IWfHYZ Michael Bloomberg won't run for president in 2020. Instead, he's going to pour truckloads of money into electing Democrats and defeating President Donald Trump - https://nyti.ms/2IVWpCL Trouble for Ocasio-Cortez. The freshman Democrat's chief of staff established two political action committees that paid a corporation he ran more than $1 million in 2016 and 2017 - https://wapo.st/2IVXYRo Foreign influence campaigns are continuing "virtually unabated." Former FBI Director Christopher Wray says foreign efforts to sow discord online are continuing without the government stopping them - https://cnn.it/2IWb5lk ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY1820 - The Missouri Compromise is signed into law by President James Monroe. The compromise allowed Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state and brought Maine into the Union as a free state, and made the rest of the northern part of the Louisiana Purchase slavery-free 1836 - Battle of the Alamo: After a thirteen-day siege by an army of 3,000 Mexican troops, the 187 Texas volunteers, including frontiersman Davy Crockett and colonel Jim Bowie, defending the Alamo are killed and the fort is captured. 1857 - The Supreme Court rules in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case that a slave could not sue for his freedom even though his owner died in a so-called "free state." 1869 - Dimitri Mendeleev presents the first periodic table to the Russian Chemical Society. 1933 - President Franklin Roosevelt declared a national banking holiday in an effort to shore up the banking system. 1951 - The trial of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg begins. Policy NewsJoin us on March 26 for a privacy trends at home and abroad presentationWorld Trade Center Utah invites you to a special presentation on Tuesday, March 26 featuring Parsons Behle & Latimer attorney Tomu Johnson to discuss privacy requirements from the European Union and California and how those privacy trends affect inter...Computer science in every Utah classroom The Salt Lake Chamber, Utah's largest and longest-standing business association, has convened some of Utah's major employers from industries including aerospace, manufacturing, technology and more, to advocate for robust computer science education in every Utah classroom. Du...More National HeadlinesThomas Sowell warns U.S. may not resist siren song of socialism: 'I wouldn't bet on it' (Washington Times) The influence of centrist Democrats is fading fast. What does that mean for liberal technocrats? (Washington Post) Roger Ailes biopic flops (Deadline) Black journalists' group places CNN on 'special monitoring list' (The Hill) Is This The End of Recycling? (Atlantic) U.S. Credit Card Debt Closed 2018 at a Record $870 Billion (Bloomberg) Key Canadian minister second to resign in major blow to Trudeau (France 24) 'Oh boy, oh boy': Trudeau climate rally interrupted by melee, protester heckles (Global News) Mike Bloomberg says Green New Deal 'stands no chance' in Senate, offers alternative plan (CNBC) Wise WordsDoing Thing Right"It takes less time to do a thing right, than it does to explain why you did it wrong." Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Lighter SideBiggest Challenge"When President Obama left office, he warned Donald Trump that Kim Jong-un's nuclear threat would be his biggest challenge. Well, that, and learning to read. But mostly the nuclear challenge." - TREVOR NOAH Listen to us on_Apple Podcasts Subscribers may receive special messages with information about new features, special offers, or public policy messages from clients and advertisers. |
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