 The UtahPolicy.com daily newsletter gets you up to speed on the top local and national news about politics and public policy. Send news tips or feedback to bschott@utahpolicy.com, or message us on Twitter. Situational awareness - October 1, 2019Good Tuesday morning from Salt Lake City and Welcome to October!Thanks for reading Utah's must-read daily political news rundown. Please encourage your friends and colleagues to sign up for our emails.Here are the stories you need to pay attention to this morning:
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I'm playing Maury in the Empress Theater's production of Disaster! The Musical! which opens this Friday evening. You can get discount tickets to the show by using the code "GROOVY" when you check out. Here's the link for tickets. TICK TOCKDays to the 2019 Utah municipal elections: 35 (11/5/2019) Days to the first day of the 2020 Utah Legislature: 118 (1/27/2020) Days to the Utah presidential primaries: 154 (3/3/2020) Days to the 2020 Utah primary elections: 273 (6/23/2020) Days to the 2020 election: 399 (11/3/2020) Today At Utah Policy Hughes raises more than $500,000 ahead of expected gubernatorial runBy Bob Bernick, Contributing Editor Former Utah House Speaker Greg Hughes has raised more than half a million dollars for an anticipated gubernatorial run next year, and he hasn't even announced yet.  Podcast: Interview with GOP gubernatorial candidate Jeff BurninghamBy Bryan Schott, Managing Editor Provo businessman Jeff Burningham is the second Republican to jump into the 2020 gubernatorial race. OTHER UTAH HEADLINESDeseret News
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Other NATIONAL HEADLINESImpeachmentThe intelligence community inspector general pushed back hard against a false claim from President Donald Trump and his allies that the whistleblower lacked firsthand knowledge of the conduct outlined in the complaint about Trump's actions regarding Ukraine [CNN]. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo took part in the phone call between President Trump and the Ukranian president that is at the center of the current impeachment inquiry [WSJ]. President Donald Trump pressed the Australian prime minister to help Attorney General William Barr to gather information in an investigation meant to discredit special counsel Robert Mueller's probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election [NYT]. Attorney General William Barr personally asked foreign intelligence officials for their help in an inquiry that President Trump hopes will discredit U.S. intelligence agencies' examination of possible connections between Russia and members of the Trump campaign [WaPo]. House Democrats subpoenaed President Trump's private lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, as part of their growing impeachment inquiry [NYT]. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says he would have no choice but to start a trial against President Trump if the House impeaches him [Yahoo News]. President Trump is ramping up his attacks on the anonymous whistleblower while Republicans are scrambling to find a unified response to the impeachment inquiry [WaPo]. House Democrats believe President Trump may have lied about his campaign's contacts with WikiLeaks as part of Robert Mueller's investigation [Politico]. Russia says the White House must ask for permission before releasing readouts of the phone calls between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin [Axios]. President Trump's campaign is running thousands of ads about impeachment on Facebook [CNN]. Public opinion shiftingNearly half of Americans support impeaching President Trump according to a pair of new polls [WaPo]. Support for impeaching President Trump rises among Republicans and independents [CNN]. The number of Americans who believe President Trump should be impeached rose by 8 percentage points over the last week to 45% [Reuters]. InsultingFrench President Emmanuel Macron secretly set up a phone call between President Trump and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani during last week's United Nations General Assembly. Rouhani snubbed Trump and left him hanging by not showing up for the call [NYT]. 2020Democratic presidential hopeful Cory Booker says he met his $1.7 million campaign fundraising goal and will remain in the race [AP]. Bernie Sanders raised a whopping $25.3 million for his campaign in the third quarter [Daily Beast]. For your radarU.S. retailers have announced more than 8,200 store closings this year [CNN]. BUSINESS HEADLINES
Policy NewsWorkforce Services, USBE partner to help CTE students connect to jobs, education pathsAs part of National Workforce Development Month, the Utah Dept. of Workforce Services and the Utah State Board of Education (USBE) have announced a partnership to better connect Utah students who earn career and technical education (CTE) Career Skills Certificates to opportunities in the workforce. HUD awards over $5 million to protect families from lead and other home health hazards in Utah The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development awarded more than $314 million to 77 state and local government agencies, a record investment to protect children and families from lead-based paint and home health hazards. In the State of Utah, HUD is awarding $5,125,207 to Salt Lake County. More National Headlines
ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY1890 - President Benjamin Harrison signs legislation creating Yosemite National Park. 1908 - Henry Ford introduced the Model-T automobile, selling it for $825. 1938 - Nazi troops march into the Sudetenland, annexing the border regions of Czechoslovakia. 1949 - Mao Zedong proclaimed the People's Republic of China. 1992 - Dallas billionaire Ross Perot announced his candidacy for the presidency. He called his group the Reform Party. Wise WordsAttitude "Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive."Elbert Hubbard Lighter SideServers "Basically, White House officials heard the call and moved the record of it from a normal computer to a more private server so no one would see it. And yes, this is a new scandal about a private server, #throwbackthursday."- 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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