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Situational awareness - August 23, 2018
Good Thursday morning from Salt Lake City.
How inland port negotiations failed. Why "Better Boundaries" is a big deal. The White House is reeling following Cohen's guilty plea.
TICK TOCK
- 47 days until the last day to register to vote by mail (10/9/2018)
- 54 days until mail-in ballots are sent to voters (10/16/2018)
- 61 days until in-person early voting begins (10/23/2018)
- 68 days until the last day to register to vote in person or by mail (10/30/2018)
- 70 days until in-person early voting ends (11/2/2018)
- 75 days until the 2018 midterm elections (11/6/2018)
- 158 days until the first day of the 2019 Utah Legislature (1/28/2019)
- 203 days until the final day of the 2019 Utah Legislature (3/14/2019)
- 803 days until the 2020 presidential election (11/3/2020)
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HERE ARE THE STORIES YOU SHOULD PAY ATTENTION TO TODAY
"Game on"
Gov. Gary Herbert says Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski told him "Game on" when she called to say that negotiations over the inland port were off - http://bit.ly/2LgE67m
Redistricting changes
We break down how the "Better Boundaries" initiative will make fundamental changes to the redistricting process if voters approve the proposal in November - http://bit.ly/2LofvxC
New podcast
Download the podcast of our conversation with Gov. Gary Herbert. It's also available wherever you get your podcasts, including Spotify - http://bit.ly/2wgTD1B
Whoops!
The twitter account for the National Weather Service in North Dakota attacked Mitt Romney on Wednesday, calling him a fraud - http://bit.ly/2Pqpohr
OTHER UTAH HEADLINES
Salt Lake Tribune
Editorial: Secrecy only harms potential of Port Authority
Utah's first West Nile death of 2018 reported in Salt Lake County
Utah's governor wants to push school safety ideas, including rapidly shutting steel walls
Deseret News
Op-ed: Funding the Lake Powell Pipeline is possible - here's how
Op-ed: Large national monuments don't damage rural economies - but they don't help either
Jay Evensen: Port authority needs to let public into the room where it happens
Editorial: Environmental initiatives must also be economical
Utah Rep. Chris Stewart says it's too early to know if Trump broke campaign finance laws
Health groups urge Utahns to vote for Medicaid expansion initiative
In one Utah elementary, school safety means security doors, compassionate counselors
Salt Lake hosts 'speed dating' event for convention industry
Other
NATIONAL HEADLINES
- The White House is reeling following the conviction of former campaign manager Paul Manafort and the guilty plea from Trump's former personal lawyer - https://nyti.ms/2Ln4cFM
- President Trump lashed out at former personal lawyer Michael Cohen on Wednesday, saying he did nothing illegal when he paid off two women who alleged affairs with him - https://cnn.it/2LjSaNi
- Prosecutors say the National Enquirer schemed with Michael Cohen to silence adult film actress Stormy Daniels to help President Trump win the election - https://thebea.st/2LlDDRs
- Michael Cohen has been subpoenaed in the New York State probe into the finances of President Trump's charitable foundation - https://abcn.ws/2LjrRqI
- President Trump mentioned a possible pardon for Paul Manafort during a recent interview with Fox News - http://bit.ly/2LmXdwJ
- Republican leaders in Congress are urging vulnerable members to speak out about the legal troubles currently swirling around President Trump - https://nyti.ms/2LkeeaL
- Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is reportedly considering a plan to let school districts use federal funds to buy guns for teachers to use to protect their classrooms - https://nyti.ms/2LlC7Pg
- The Democratic National Committee says they thwarted an attempted hack of its voter database earlier this week - https://nyti.ms/2LmUFi9
- An undocumented immigrant was charged with killing an Iowa student who has been missing for more than a month - http://bit.ly/2LfyH0l
- One of the jurors in Paul Manafort's trial says a single holdout on the jury is what prevented prosecutors from winning a guilty verdict on all 18 counts - https://fxn.ws/2LlKudm
- Indicted GOP Rep. Duncan Hunter says he's is the victim of a "witch hunt" by the Department of Justice. Hunter was indicted for misuse of $250,000 of campaign funds - http://bit.ly/2Lk5QaY
- China and the U.S. just slapped new tariffs on each other as the trade war between the two countries escalates - https://cnn.it/2LjSf3y
- A lawsuit claims Verizon throttled the cell phone data of crews battling a wildfire in California, which hampered those efforts significantly - https://cnnmon.ie/2LgH6Ra
- Aerosmith lead singer Steven Tyler sent President Trump a cease-and-desist letter for playing his music at his campaign rallies - https://rol.st/2LkfMl5
- President Trump's campaign sent an email to ESPN demanding the network air the national anthem during Monday Night Football games - http://bit.ly/2LpzJXO
ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY
- 1784 - Western Noth Carolina declares itself an independent state under the name of Franklin. It is not accepted into the United States, and only lasts for four years.
- 1939 - Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union sign a non-aggression treaty. Less than two years later, Germany launched a blitzkrieg attack on Russia.
- 1970 - Organized by labor union leader Cesar Chavez, the Salad Bowl strike, the largest farm worker strike in U.S. history begins.
- 1990 - West and East Germany announce they will reunite on October 3.
- 1991 - The World Wide Web is opened to the public.
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Today At Utah Policy
'Game on." Gov. Gary Herbert says he's bewildered how talks with Biskupski over the inland port failed"Game on." That's what Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski told Gov. Gary Herbert when she abruptly pulled out of negotiations on the inland port in May....
Whoops! North Dakota National Weather Service office accidentally tweets Mitt Romney is a 'fraud'The National Weather Service in Grand Forks, North Dakota is apologizing after their official Twitter account attacked U.S. Senate candidate Mitt Romney, calling him a "fraud" on Wednesday....
Analysis: How Better Boundaries will fundamentally change redistricting in UtahA number of UtahPolicy.com readers have inquired how it can be that if the Utah Constitution gives to the Legislature the responsibility of redrawing U.S. House and legislative districts every 10 years, then how can the Better Boundaries citizen initiative on Novem...
Podcast: Gov. Gary HerbertGov. Gary Herbert discusses why he opposes the medical cannabis ballot initiative that's on the ballot this November....
Utah aerospace industry on display at Farnborough AirshowOne of the world's largest aerospace industry events, the Farnborough International Airshow, wrapped up at the end of July with skies full of contrails and impressive aerial displays....
Weekly survey: Better BoundariesIf voters approve the "Better Boundaries" ballot initiative, which establishes an independent redistricting commission, do you think it will lead to the election of more Democrats in Utah? Vote now in our weekly survey....
Policy News
Hatch and bipartisan Senators introduce bill to reauthorize the National Center for Missing and Exploited ChildrendSenator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and bipartisan Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Rob Portman (R-OH) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) have introduced the Missing Children's Assistance Act of 2018. The bill would reauthorize the National Center for Missing and E...
2019 Utah Teacher of the Year finalists named
The Utah State Board of Education announced the five finalists for 2019 Utah Teacher of the Year. They are:...
National Headlines
Why Trump's supporters won't care about Cohen and Manafort's convictions (New York Post)
Alan Dershowitz: No impeachable offenses against Trump (FOX News)
Transcript: Juror talked about Manafort defense during trial (Associated Press)
Some Of David Hogg's Supporters Say His Calling Nancy Pelosi 'Old' Went Too Far (BuzzFeed)
Immigrant Is Charged in Mollie Tibbetts Murder in Iowa, and Trump Seizes on Case (New York Times)
Giuliani: Mueller 'has to be winding down' (The Hill)
Trump readies 'military plan' to save coal power plants (Washington Examiner)
Fed Monitoring Tariffs but Suggests Rate Increases Are on Track (New York Times)
Fed signals it won't flinch following Trump criticism on rates (POLITICO)
