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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 20, 2019Good Wednesday morning from Salt Lake City.Here are the stories we're following today:Utahns approve of their own members of Congress but don't much care for Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Romney chastizes Trump over McCain criticism. Mueller's team asks for more time to unseal documents, claiming they're too busy with other work. White House stonewalls Democratic document requests.Political bracket face-off rolls onThe second set of matchups in our 2019 political bracket is live. You can vote on our website, Twitter or Facebook. Check out the brackets here. 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 79th day of the year. There are 286 days remaining in 2019. 31 days to the Utah Libertarian Party state convention (4/20/2019) 45 days to the Utah State Republican Party Organizing Convention (5/4/2019) 75 days until the municipal election filing period opens (6/3/2019) 79 days until the municipal election filing period ends (6/7/2019) 94 days to the Utah State Democratic Party Organizing Convention (6/22/2019) 146 days to the 2019 Utah primary elections (8/13/2019) 230 days to the 2019 municipal elections (11/5/2019) 313 days to the first day of the 2020 Utah Legislature (1/27/2020) 321 days to the 2020 Iowa Caucuses (2/3/2020) 349 days to the 2020 Utah presidential primary (3/3/2020) 590 days until the 2020 presidential election (11/3/2020) Today At Utah PolicyUtahns give Bishop, Stewart and Curtis good approval ratings, but they don't much like House Speaker Nancy PelosiBy Bob Bernick, Contributing Editor Utahns living in their individual congressional districts give the state's three Republican U.S. House members good grades, a recent UtahPolicy.com poll shows.2019 Political Bracket Face-Off Day Two By Bryan Schott, Managing Editor The next eight matchups in our 2019 "Political Bracket Face-Off" are live!Romney says he 'can't understand' why Trump keeps attacking McCain By Bryan Schott, Managing Editor Sen. Mitt Romney criticized President Donald Trump on Tuesday for attacking the late Sen. John McCain.2019 Political Bracket Face-Off day one results By Bryan Schott, Managing Editor Day one of our 2019 Political Bracket Face-Off is in the books. Who is moving on and who is out of the tournament?Enough lunacy to power a city - Bernick and Schott on politics By Bryan Schott, Managing Editor Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski shocks the Utah political ecosphere by announcing she won't run for another term this year. With Biskupski's exit from the race, who is the new frontrunner? With all of the money candidates are raising and spending, is there room for someone else to enter the race?Guest opinion: Bernie Sanders is not a politician - he's a preacher By Jared Whitley When Bernie Sanders pulled in a record haul of campaign donations, I made a gentle wisecrack on Facebook that he should have to share this money with all the other contenders in the name of socialism. OTHER UTAH HEADLINESDeseret News Ralph Hancock: Is civility overrated? Logan City Council shelves vote to ban plastic bags Salt Lake City's airport expansion hits 'extraordinary milestone' as crews top off north concourse Judge tosses ex-Provo councilman's 'malicious' prosecution suit Utah lawmakers could call themselves into special session over tax reform, but won't have toSalt Lake Tribune Plan for reservation system at southern Utah's Arches National Park is out - for now A key slice of Summit County's farm heritage can be saved, but the public needs to kick in last $535K No sign of elevated lead in the blood of Sandy residents after the big water contamination Salt Lake City International Airport expansion marks another milestoneNATIONAL HEADLINESMueller's team says they're too busy with "other work" to respond to a court request to unseal documents. The filing is fueling speculation that the probe may be wrapping up...or not - https://wapo.st/2HKrcAy Mueller began investigating Cohen in 2017. Newly unsealed court filings show special counsel Robert Mueller sought emails from Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer, nearly a year before his team raided Cohen's office - https://politi.co/2HEZxkm Waiting on Mueller. Journalists, Democrats and Republicans are anxiously looking for any signs that the special counsel is ending his investigation - http://bit.ly/2HOctEm Pelosi doubles down on impeachment stance. The House Speaker says launching a drive to impeach President Trump is a "waste of time" unless the evidence against him is overwhelming - http://bit.ly/2HFrl88 White House ignores document requests. White House lawyers have not responded to more than a dozen letters from Congressional Democrats asking for documents related to their investigations of the administration - https://wapo.st/2HI4OHS The Trump administration plans to stonewall Democratic demands for information - https://politi.co/2HJydkNTrump's tax cuts aren't enough. White House officials concede the $1.5 trillion tax cut passed by Congress in 2017 won't be enough to deliver the 3 percent annual growth promised by President Trump - https://nyti.ms/2HHIXAo Biden tells supporters he's running. The former vice president told a half dozen supporters he plans to run for president in 2020 - https://on.wsj.com/2HNhGN3 Democratic debate ticket. Democratic presidential hopefuls must either get 1 percent support in a series of public polls or 65,000 individual donors to qualify for the first primary debates - https://wapo.st/2HKuxzd A court win for Trump. The Supreme Court ruled the federal government can detain immigrants convicted of crimes without a bond hearing even if they committed the crimes years earlier - https://politi.co/2HIT9IT Republicans step up attacks on big tech. Conservatives amp up their complaints that social media and tech companies are biased against them - http://bit.ly/2HJzRTv Top Democrat says the Trump family is the "greatest threat to democracy in my lifetime." Rep. James Clyburn, the third-ranking Democrat in the House, also compared Trump's behavior to Hitler - https://nbcnews.to/2HFrsR6 Trump sidelines his top North Korea negotiator. Recently President Trump shut down an effort by his top negotiator to reestablish back-channel communications with North Korea - http://bit.ly/2HJ2lwK Ronald Reagan's daughter says he would be "horrified" by today's GOP. Patti Davis says the former president would be "heartbroken" by the state of the Republican Party and President Trump's behavior - http://bit.ly/2HOgski ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY1852 - Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin is published. 1915 - Albert Einstein published his general theory of relativity. 1933 - Giuseppe Zangara is executed in Florida for fatally shooting Anton Cermak in an assassination attempt against President-Elect Franklin D. Roosevelt. 2003 - In the early hours of the morning, the United States and three other countries begin military operations in Iraq. Policy NewsJoin WTC Utah on March 25 for a Diplomatic Luncheon with MontrealWorld Trade Center Utah, in partnership with Montral International and the Governor's Office of Economic Development, is delighted to host a luncheon seminar to discuss Doing Business with Montral.Dr. Brian E. Shiozawa to provide morning keynote remarks at Utah Technology Innovation Summit in April Dr. Brian E. Shiozawa, regional director of intergovernmental and external affairs for Region 8 of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, will give the keynote remarks during the morning session of the Utah Technology Innovation Summit on Apr. 1 at the Little America Hotel in downtown Salt Lake City, the Utah Science Technology and Research Initiative (USTAR) announced. More National HeadlinesTed Koppel: Trump's 'Not Mistaken' That Liberal Media Are Blatantly 'Out to Get Him' (NewsBusters) Chinese-Americans see ghost of communism in Democrats' leftward turn (Washington Examiner) In US presidential race, how old is too old? (AFP) Bernie Sanders Just Hired His Twitter Attack Dog (Atlantic) Cory Booker Gets Real, Hits 'Senators' for Bragging About Pot Use While Drug Charges Still Dog Regular People (Intercept) Howard Schultz to be featured in Fox News town hall (The Hill) Into America's Spiritual Void With Marianne Williamson (BuzzFeed) The Beto Woke Wars (Bulwark) O'Rourke minivan tour risks being too nice for anti-Trump party (Bloomberg)Wise WordsEducation"Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom." George Washington Carver Lighter SideBribe DNA"Actress Lori Laughlin, one of the 50 people charged for paying bribes to get their children into colleges, was released yesterday on a $1 million bond. Said Laughlin: 'How about we make it a million and a half and my daughter gets into law school?'" - SETH MEYERS 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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