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Situational awareness - August 15, 2018
Good Wednesday morning from Salt Lake City.
Operation Rio Grande. Omarosa's revenge blitz continues. Twitter suspends Alex Jones.
TICK TOCK
- 55 days until the last day to register to vote by mail (10/9/2018)
- 62 days until mail-in ballots are sent to voters (10/16/2018)
- 69 days until in-person early voting begins (10/23/2018)
- 76 days until the last day to register to vote in person or by mail (10/30/2018)
- 78 days until in-person early voting ends (11/2/2018)
- 83 days until the 2018 midterm elections (11/6/2018)
- 166 days until the first day of the 2019 Utah Legislature (1/28/2019)
- 211 days until the final day of the 2019 Utah Legislature (3/14/2019)
- 811 days until the 2020 presidential election (11/3/2020)
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HERE ARE THE STORIES YOU SHOULD PAY ATTENTION TO TODAY
Operation Rio Grande
As the effort to combat homelessness in Salt Lake City passes the one-year mark, officials say there's still much to be done - http://bit.ly/2BbgYr9
Education funding
A new study finds Utah is falling behind on efforts to fund programs to help at-risk students - http://bit.ly/2BaBeZM
OTHER UTAH HEADLINES
Salt Lake Tribune
Editorial: Not in my back yard? Then Utah's growth problems will show up at the front door
President Trump signs legislation, sponsored by Utah lawmakers, to create 911-style suicide hotline
Salt Lake City to ask residents whether it should spend $87 million on road repairs
Deseret News
Op-ed: Utah and Salt Lake City need to rethink scooters
Jay Evensen: Scooters are everywhere, but don't set fire to them yet
Editorial: The U.S. may need a 'Space Force,' but not today
Defense bill to transfer federal land for USU space dynamics research
No 'mission accomplished,' but Operation Rio Grande successes celebrated
Idaho nuclear power plant 'game changing' for Utah?
No stars upon thars: Utah drivers' licenses could cause problems at airport
Decision about USTAR's fate delayed
Road Home continues hearings with lawmakers about response to critical audit
Salt Lake City voters will decide fate of $87 million bond to fill 'enormous financial pothole'
Trump signs Hatch, Stewart suicide prevention hotline bill
NATIONAL HEADLINES
- The Trump administration files for arbitration against Omarosa Manigault Newman, claiming she violated a non-disclosure agreement - https://politi.co/2BdgK2H
- Omarosa is claiming, without offering evidence, that President Trump knew about Hillary Clinton's hacked emails before their release by Wikileaks - http://bit.ly/2BjJGWC
- Omarosa releases audio of a phone call among Trump campaign aides discussing the fallout from a possible tape of Trump using the n-word - https://cbsn.ws/2BcYK8B
- White House spokesperson Sarah Huckabee Sanders won't guarantee that President Trump has not used the n-word, but she says she's never heard him use it - https://cnn.it/2BaaJny
- White House staffers are "terrified" of what new recordings Omarosa Manigault Newman may release publicly as her post-employment media blitz continues - https://politi.co/2B7Qk2l
- Twitter suspends Alex Jones for violating their terms. Jones is not allowed to post on Twitter for seven days - https://cnb.cx/2Bd04bz
- Democrats in Vermont nominate Christine Hallquist for Governor. She becomes the first transgender gubernatorial candidate nominated by a major political party - https://abcn.ws/2Bal5DC
- The Senate Intelligence Committee is getting pushback from the US Treasury Department as they try to follow the money in their investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election - http://bit.ly/2BoBEfx
- The Trump administration is expected to release a report soon on reforming the US Postal Service - http://bit.ly/2BcAqnd
- Turkey slapped new tariffs on U.S. products as a dispute over a detained U.S. pastor escalated - https://on.wsj.com/2BfjZXq
- The ACLU claims a Boston-area US Immigration office worked with ICE officials to arrest undocumented immigrant spoused married to US citizens when they came to the office to interview for legal status - https://cnn.it/2BdiB7F
- Nebraska used the powerful opioid fentanyl to carry out the state's first execution since voters overturned a ban on the death penalty in 2016 - https://nyti.ms/2BcZb2J
ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY
- 1519 - Panama City, Panama is founded.
- 1824 - The Marquis de Lafayette arrives in New York and begins a tour of 24 states.
- 1935 - Will Rogers and Wiley Post are killed after their aircraft develops engine problems during takeoff in Barrow, Alaska.
- 1939 - The Wizard of Oz premiers at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Los Angeles.
- 1965 - The Beatles play to nearly 60,000 fans at Shea Stadium in New York City, and event regarded as the birth of stadium rock.
- 1969 - The Woodstock Music & Art Fair opened on Max Yasgur's farm near Bethel, New York, drawing an estimated 400,000 people for three days of music.
- 1970 - Patricia Palinkas becomes the first woman to play professionally in an American football game.
- 1973 - Vietnam War: The United States bombing of Cambodia ends.
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Today At Utah Policy
At one year mark, officials say Operation Rio Grande is just getting startedThe multi-jurisdictional effort to help the homeless in Utah Operation Rio Grande is one year old, and government, civic and business leaders came together for a two-hour briefing on its successes Tuesday afternoon....
Utah lagging behind on funding to support at-risk students according to new study
It's well known that Utah falls way short in per-pupil spending for public schools....
Rep. Stewart's National Suicide Prevention Hotline legislation signed into law
President Donald Trump signed Rep. Chris Stewart (R-Utah) and Senator Orrin Hatch's (R-Utah) legislation, the National Suicide Prevention Hotline Improvement Act (H.R. 2345), into law. ...
Hatch proposal to enhance Utah State Space Dynamics Lab signed into law in defense bill
President Trump signed into law the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019, critical defense legislation that included a proposal from Senator Hatch to enhance Utah State University's Space Dynamics Laboratory....
Policy News
Gov. Herbert statement on the death of Draper Fire Battalion Chief Matt BurchettGov. Gary R. Herbert issued the following statement following the death of Draper Fire Battalion Chief Matt Burchett, who died Monday due to injuries sustained fighting the Mendocino Complex Fire in Northern California:...
National Headlines
When the accused is a woman: a #MeToo story's lessons on gender and power (Vox)
Nelson's narrow lead with Florida Latinos worries Democrats (Politico)
Gary Johnson Jumps Into New Mexico Senate Race (Daily Beast)
Poll: Majority of GOP agrees news media is 'enemy of the people' (CNN)
'Shut down the Senate!' Supreme Court confirmation roils Feinstein race. (McClatchy)
CNN poll: Most say Mueller should try to end investigation before Election Day (CNN)
Keith Ellison Wins Primary In Minnesota, As DNC Reviews Domestic Abuse Allegations (NPR)
Trump ally Kobach wins Republican governor primary in Kansas (Reuters)
Christine Hallquist, a Transgender Woman, Wins Vermont Governor's Primary (New York Times)
Trump's Trade War Is Rattling China's Leaders (New York Times)
