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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 editor@utahpolicy.com,. Situational Analysis - Dec. 21, 2020Happy Monday of this short holiday week! Today is Winter Solstice, the longest night of the year. It's also the night the Christmas Star is brightest - a once-in-many-lifetimes event. Look to the southwest about 45 minutes after sunset. TICK TOCK14 days to Utah inauguration day (1/4/2021). Today At Utah Policy Weekend round-upBy Holly Richardson Lucky to be alive - A bogus conspiracy theory, hundreds of thousands of dollars of funding and an ex-cop turned private investigator led to an innocent man being forced off the road and held at gunpoint on October 19 in Texas. Mark Aguirre, a former police officer who resigned under a cloud of controversy, rammed his SUV into David Lopez-Zuniga's small truck, forcing him off the road, where Aguirre then pulled a gun on Lopez-Zuniga and forced him to the ground. Aguirre was sure the truck held 750,000 fraudulent ballots. It held air conditioning parts.  Study finds Black children 6 times more likely to be shot to death by policeBy Holly Richardson A 16-year long study in the journal Pediatrics finds "marked racial and ethnic differences" when comparing the death rates of youth shot and killed by police. Black youth are six times more likely to be shot and killed and Hispanic youth, three times more likely to be shot and killed than white youth.  BREAKING: SLCSD to propose in-person learning optionsBy Holly Richardson Hot off the Presses: Salt Lake City School District Interim Superintendent Larry Madden announced today that he intends to make a formal proposal to the Board of Education on January 5, 2021 to offer an in-person learning option for secondary students. In November, the Board approved a plan to offer an in-person learning option for elementary school students starting in January 2021. Utah HeadlinesDeseret News
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Policy NewsMeet the candidates for Utah Senate District 14The special election to fill the Senate seat that Dan Hemmert is vacating will be held next week. Recently, candidates provided videos for delegates to view as they make their decisions. You can view them in alphabetical order here: U of U police chief being forced out, says attorney According to the Salt Lake Tribune's Courtney Tanner, Rodney Chatman, the police chief brought in after Lauren McCluskey's murder, is being "forced out as a scapegoat" for his transparency is discussing missteps in the case. Aviation workers ask to be prioritized for receiving vaccine The aviation industry, including the Regional Airlines Association, Airlines for America and SkyWest Airlines sent a letter to Governor Gary Herbert and other state and national leaders asking for airline workers to be prioritized as frontline workers. Final COVID-19 emergency relief package based on original bipartisan, bicameral legislation U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), Susan Collins (R-ME), Mark Warner (D-VA), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Angus King (I-ME), Mitt Romney (R-UT), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Rob Portman (R-OH), and Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Problem Solvers Caucus Co-Chairs Representatives Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ-5) and Tom Reed (R-NY-23) applauded the final COVID-19 emergency relief package. Utah legislature will take public comment remotely and in person The Utah legislature has made it possible for the public to participate and provide comments during the upcoming legislative session, either in-person or remotely. Significant efforts have been made to comply with state and local health recommendations to make this possible. The changes allow for in-person participation by both legislators and the public with proper physical distancing, mask-wearing and increased sanitization. Business Headlines
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Wise Words"Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity." ~ George S. Patton Lighter SideLighter SideSuzy got a new job at the North Pole just before Christmas. Since she was an accountant, she expected to be doing the elves' taxes in the New Year. But, when she asked Santa about the elves' tax status, she was told they were all 'elf employed." (I'll show myself out now....)
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