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Situational awareness - December 13, 2018
Good Thursday morning from Salt Lake City.
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Wednesday's essentials: Hatch bids farewell. Republicans still don't have a spending plan to avoid a government shutdown. Pelosi cuts a deal that all but assures she will be the next speaker.
TICK TOCK
46 days until the first day of the 2019 Utah Legislature (1/28/2019)
91 days until the final day of the 2019 Utah Legislature (3/14/2019)
172 days until the municipal election filing period opens (6/3/2019)
176 days until the municipal election filing period ends (6/7/2019)
243 days to the 2019 Utah primary elections (8/13/2019)
327 days to the 2019 municipal elections (11/5/2019)
417 days to the 2020 Iowa Caucuses (2/3/2020)
691 days until the 2020 presidential election (11/3/2020)
Today At Utah Policy
Podcast: Derek Miller on Utah's 'trajectory changing' economyBy Bryan Schott, Managing Editor Salt Lake Chamber President Derek Miller joins Managing Editor Bryan Schott to discuss Utah's booming economy and how the business community is working to take advantage of the favorable conditions....
Guest opinion: The discomfort of growth - what residents say they need to ease the heartburnBy Jon Pike and Cameron Diehl We can manage growth or growth will manage us....
Housing drives increase in CPI while transportation falls for fifth consecutive monthBy Press release The Zions Bank Wasatch Front Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased 0.1 percent from October to November on a non-seasonally adjusted basis. Year over year, the Wasatch Front Consumer Price Index has grown 5.2 percent, while the National Consumer Price index has increased 2.2 ...
Mia Love says the GOP is abandoning women and minority voters, which is damaging the nationBy Bryan Schott, Managing Editor Rep. Mia Love penned an op-ed in the Washington Post on Wednesday bemoaning the lack of outreach from the Republican Party to minority voters....
Watch: Lee backs Trump on promise to shut down government over border wall fundingBy Bryan Schott, Managing Editor Sen. Mike Lee says he applauds President Donald Trump's willingness to put his money where his mouth is on border security....
Weekly survey: Salt Lake City mayoral raceBy Bryan Schott, Managing Editor Jim Dabakis announced on Tuesday he was running for Salt Lake City Mayor in 2019. Of the candidates who have already declared for the race, who do you think has the best chance of winning? Vote now in our weekly survey....
OTHER UTAH HEADLINES
Deseret News
Editorial: Utah must get the homeless solution right
Jay Evensen: A wakeup call for better accountability of homeless programs
Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch laments discord, calls for civility in final Senate speech
Salt Lake City a 'no-brainer' choice to bid for another Olympics, Ski Utah leader says
Herriman City Council calls for immediate resignation of mayor accused of misusing funds
Group wants Utahns to keep safety, new DUI law in mind as they enjoy the holidays
Utah Inland Port Authority hires 6-month interim director for $100,000
Salt Lake Tribune
Michelle Quist: Slow down the Inland Port. It's the Utah way.
State wants to launch a full-blown study of health risks of dust blowing from Point of Mountain
Gehrke: We shouldn't squander Legacy Parkway's special features before we know what we want it to be
'Something has to give': In his farewell address, Utah's Orrin Hatch says the Senate is in crisis
Cafes, bars, police say Utah's toughest-in-nation DUI law - taking effect Dec. 30 - should not scare residents from eating out and partying
U.S. Attorney for Utah John Huber won't testify before House panel on Clinton probe
UTA passes budget that increases spending by 13.3 percent
Temporary UTA chief delays retirement as agency seeks permanent director. Deal will pay him $106 an hour for part-time work.
Inland Port Authority Board hires an interim director in hopes of advancing Utah development project
Inland port board opponents raise concerns about the project's impact on Legacy Parkway truck ban
NATIONAL HEADLINES
Republicans in the House are set to leave town on Thursday with no plan on how to avoid a partial government shutdown next week. Congress has until midnight on Dec. 21 to reach a funding agreement -
https://politi.co/2GeUgkv
Republicans in Congress were finalizing a plan to blame a possible government shutdown on Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. That plan went in the trash when President Trump said he would be proud to shut down the government unless he got funding for his proposed border wall -
https://wapo.st/2Gi1eoH
Special counsel Robert Mueller is expected to shift the focus of his investigation to how Middle Eastern countries are attempting to influence U.S. politics -
https://thebea.st/2GeUtEj
Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer, was sentenced to three years in prison for his role in a scheme to buy the silence of women who alleged extramarital affairs with Trump -
https://nyti.ms/2Gi0Iaf
The publisher of the National Enquirer admitted to paying hush money to a woman who alleged an affair with Donald Trump to keep the woman's story from influencing the 2016 election. The admission is part of a deal the company made with federal prosecutors to tell everything they know about Trump in an effort to avoid prosecution -
https://politi.co/2GePSBM
Nancy Pelosi cuts a deal with several Democrats who opposed her bid to become speaker next year by agreeing to limit her time as head of the House to two more terms. The move all but assures a win when the new Congress convenes -
http://bit.ly/2GcqyMI
Several more Republicans may be headed toward the exits in Congress now that they are in the minority in the House -
http://bit.ly/2GdEBll
President Trump turned down Rep. Mark Meadows' bid to become the next White House chief of staff -
https://wapo.st/2Gfd3fq
President Trump is reportedly considering Dave Bossie for his new chief of staff -
http://bit.ly/2GgFYQd
Former major league slugger Jose Canseco wants to be the next White House chief of staff because he's worried Trump is looking like a "Twinkie" -
https://wapo.st/2GfnijY
President Trump has canceled the annual White House Christmas party for the media -
https://fxn.ws/2GctIjy
Oklahoma Sen. James Inhofe bought tens of thousands of dollars in stock in one of the nation's top defense contractors just days after announcing his support for a big boost in defense spending in next year's budget. When asked about the stock purchase by reporters, Inhofe dumped the stock -
https://thebea.st/2GdPFPf
Lawmakers reached a deal on Wednesday to overhaul sexual harassment policies in Congress -
http://bit.ly/2GhaGZq
British Prime Minister Theresa May survived a no-confidence vote from members of her own party, but her difficulties resulting from the Brexit process remain -
https://wapo.st/2Ga66My
The Trump administration is moving to deport Vietnamese immigrants who fled that country during the Vietnam war -
http://bit.ly/2GdNoDL
Republican Rep.-elect Mark Green from Tennessee walked back his embrace of the conspiracy theory that vaccines cause autism and that the Centers for Disease Control may have "fraudulently managed" data on the topic -
https://wapo.st/2GdEruf
Gun deaths in the U.S. rose to the highest level in 20 years according to new data. 40,000 people died from guns last year. The increase was largely the result of a rise in suicide rates -
http://bit.ly/2GfQoQd
MSNBC host Mika Brzezinski used a homophobic slur to refer to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Her apology wasn't much better -
http://bit.ly/2Gi2TdV
The Boy Scouts of America may file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy as a way to halt many of the lawsuits the organization is facing alleging inappropriate conduct by employees -
https://cnn.it/2GdN9bL ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1577 - Sir Francis Drake sets sail from Plymouth, England on his round-the-world voyage.
1636 - The Massachusetts Bay Colony organizes three militia regiments to defend the colony against the Pequot Indians. This is recognized as the founding of the National Guard.
1816 - The first savings bank in the U.S., the Provident Institution for Savings, opened in Boston.
1862 - Union troops suffered a major defeat in the Civil War battle of Fredricksburg. An estimated 12,000 northern soldiers were killed or injured, about three times the toll suffered by Confederate forces.
1971 - Norma McCorvey (Jane Roe) filed a lawsuit against Henry Wade, Dallas County attorney, in the Roe v. Wade case.
1981 - Martial law was imposed in Poland.
2003 - Saddam Hussein, the deposed Iraqi president, was captured by U.S. troops in a small underground hideout southeast of his hometown of Tikrit, ending an eight-month manhunt.
Policy News
National policy makers and experts stress need for technology-based economic development Last week, business leaders, policy makers and experts from across the country convened in downtown Salt Lake City for the three-day annual SSTI conference discussing the innovation economy....
Join WTC Utah for a business roundtable discussion with Norway's Consul General World Trade Center Utah, in partnership with the Governor's Office of Economic Development, is delighted to host a diplomatic luncheon welcoming Jo Sletbak, Consul General of Norway, and Lars Johansen, Honorary Consul General of Norway. ...
New program to help businesses promote quitting tobacco The Utah Department of Health is launching a new effort, Way to Quit Certified, with the help of the Salt Lake Chamber to educate business owners about the tobacco cessation tools available to their employees....
More National Headlines
Everybody's Wrong: Donald Trump Won the Chuck-n-Nancy Meeting, and Here's Why (Daily Beast)
Lieu: 'I Would Love to Be Able to Regulate the Content of Speech' but First Amendment Stops Me (Free Beacon)
Beto O'Rourke's Presidential Campaign Is Going To Wear Us Out (Dallas Observer)
Bernie Sanders: America is 'owned and controlled by a small number of multi-billionaires' (CNBC)
U.S. Diplomats With Mysterious Illness in Cuba Had Inner-Ear Damage, Doctors Say (New York Times)
China looks like it's going to give Trump a huge symbolic trade war win, fueling hope for a big deal (Business Insider)
Kelly's Exit Only a Part of Looming White House Staff Remake (Wall Street Journal)
Julin Castro makes early move toward a 2020 White House bid (Washington Post)
Google CEO: Big Tech scrutiny is 'here to stay' (Axios)
How Ted Lieu Became Google's Accidental Champion (Atlantic)
Life
"Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving." Albert Einstein
Lettuce
"They wouldn't let us - eat the let-tuce.
Do you know why? There was E. coli.
So I go buy iceberg or arugula - those were more valid.
Who am I kidding? I never eat salad." - JIMMY FALLON
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