Your Tuesday morning political news briefing from UtahPolicy.com

Laden...

5 jaren geleden

Html
Tekst

Trouble viewing this email? Read it online Utah Policy Daily Newsletter

Utah's Daily Policy Resource, Brought to you by Utah Policy

Message Center

Want to be a part of our "Political Insider" group?

Go to this link right now and tell us why we should include you as one of our Republican or Democratic panelists?

Situational awareness - December 18, 2018

Good Tuesday morning from Salt Lake City.

Just because it's the holiday season, political news doesn't stop...and neither do we. You're reading Utah's most reliable daily political newsletter. We help get you up to speed on the most important local and national political stories of the day. You can follow our social media feeds on Twitter and Facebook.

Talk to us! If you have any news tips, suggestions, complaints, corrections or just want to give us some feedback, feel free to drop us an email.

Tuesday's essentials: Mia Love's campaign spent an astonishing amount of money on her re-election bid. Congress may not be able to avoid a partial government shutdown. Russians targeted special counsel Robert Mueller online shortly after he began his investigation.

TICK TOCK

41 days until the first day of the 2019 Utah Legislature (1/28/2019)
86 days until the final day of the 2019 Utah Legislature (3/14/2019)
167 days until the municipal election filing period opens (6/3/2019)
171 days until the municipal election filing period ends (6/7/2019)
238 days to the 2019 Utah primary elections (8/13/2019)
322 days to the 2019 municipal elections (11/5/2019)
412 days to the 2020 Iowa Caucuses (2/3/2020)
626 days until the 2020 presidential election (11/3/2020)

Today At Utah Policy

Mia Love spent the most per vote in 2018, dwarfing every other Utah congressional candidate
By Bryan Schott, Managing Editor
The 2018 election cost Republican Mia Love a whopping $42.07 per vote in her unsuccessful bid to win re-election this year. Her Democratic opponent, Ben McAdams spent about half that in his upset win....Give us your nominations for the top Utah political news stories of 2018
By Bryan Schott, Managing Editor
What were the top stories from a year chock full of political news in the Beehive State? ...Homelessness in Utah increased in 2018
By Press release
Local communities throughout Utah report overall homelessness increased in 2018, according to the latest national estimate by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development....

OTHER UTAH HEADLINES

Deseret News

Editorial: Utah needs research, resources and compassion to stem rising suicide rates

More e-scooters could be on the way in Salt Lake City. Here's how residents feel about them so far

Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes on shortlist to replace Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke

Hatch, Curtis bill for human trafficking advisory council goes to president

Judge orders Utah activist Tony Yapias to serve 15 days in jail

Utah County leaders, Gov. Herbert reach deal to end legal standoff over UTA board member

Salt Lake Tribune

Op-ed: It's time to put 'weak beer' on ice in Utah

'We are not fully prepared and fully in': Utah cities move forward with a new voting method, but they could still back out

Utah's Rob Bishop and Sean Reyes are candidates to replace Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke

Governor, Utah County end battle over UTA board nomination

Other

Utah County submits third name to Governor for UTA board nomination (Daily Herald)

NATIONAL HEADLINES

About a quarter of the federal government will shut down on Friday night at midnight unless Congress can pass some sort of spending bill. That doesn't look likely. Republicans in Congress are trying to persuade President Trump to back off his demand for border wall funding, but Trump seems to believe the issue is a winning one for him. One possible scenario has a shutdown lasting until at least Jan. 3 when Congress gets back into town following the holidays - https://politi.co/2EA5iPF
Republican Rep. Steven Palazzo of Mississippi is proposing legislation directing the Treasury Department to issue special government savings bonds to pay for President Trump's proposed border wall between the U.S. and Mexico - https://bloom.bg/2EqXoqW
Former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn will be sentenced today for lying to the FBI. Ahead of that hearing, special counsel Robert Mueller's team released a memo detailing his interview with the FBI that led to the criminal charges against him - https://nyti.ms/2EtSPfe
President Trump may provide more written answers to follow-up questions from Robert Mueller's team - http://bit.ly/2ErHKeQ
Russian disinformation efforts targeted special counsel Robert Mueller shortly after he was appointed to investigate Russian interference in the 2016 election. The effort included fake social media accounts on every available platform - https://wapo.st/2EsPiOr
Russian social media efforts during the 2016 campaign targeted African-Americans to try and suppress turnout among Democratic voters to help Donald Trump win the contest - https://nyti.ms/2EvAoXU
Former FBI director James Comey blistered Republicans in Congress and President Trump for trying "to burn down the entire FBI." He also said the GOP needs to grow a spine and "stand up and speak the truth" when dealing with the Trump administration - https://wapo.st/2EtMOzp
MSNBC host Chris Matthews predicts President Trump could resign "in the coming weeks" as part of a plea deal with special counsel Robert Mueller - http://bit.ly/2EBE37i
A new poll shows Republican voters in Iowa say they support President Donald Trump but would welcome with other candidates challenging him for the 2020 GOP nomination - http://bit.ly/2EvIJuF
Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander announced he would not seek another term in 2020 - https://wapo.st/2Et7U0G
The Trump administration is intentionally slowing down asylum applications at the border in an effort to discourage migrants from attempting to come to the U.S. - http://bit.ly/2EBxP7c
The TSA says they will dial back a controversial passenger monitoring program that tracked Americans who are not on any watchlists or suspected of criminal behavior - https://cnn.it/2Etyy9M
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Monday he plans to work to legalize recreational marijuana in that state in the next year. The move could bring in more than $17 billion in tax revenue annually - http://bit.ly/2Er9Xm2
Fox News host Tucker Carlson is doubling down on his anti-migrant remarks that are prompting several sponsors to pull their support for his program - http://bit.ly/2Es9KPn
The number of Americans who expect the economy to worsen next year is at the highest point since 2013 - http://bit.ly/2ExWjhG
Boring but important: The Federal Reserve is expected to raise interest rates on Wednesday for the fifth consecutive quarter, which is fueling fears the move could cause the economy to slide into a recession - https://nyti.ms/2Eq8zA9
A new report says women in the U.S. will make as much money as men in 202 years - https://bloom.bg/2ED6C3Y
Homelessness in the U.S. rose slightly last year despite a strong economy - https://nyti.ms/2EvAHSy
Middle school students rejoice! A federal court ruled New York's ban on nunchucks is unconstitutional - http://bit.ly/2EBDNFm

ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1787 - New Jersey becomes the third state to ratify the Constitution.
1865 - Secretary of State William Seward proclaims the adoption of the Thirteenth Amendment, abolishing slavery throughout the United States.
1915 - President Woodrow Wilson, whose first wife died a year earlier, married Edith Bolling Galt.
1917 - The resolution containing the language of the Eighteenth Amendment to enact Prohibition is passed by Congress.
1972 - Following the collapse of peace talks with North Vietnam, President Richard Nixon announced the beginning of Operation Linebacker II, a "maximum effort" bombing campaign.
2010 - Congress voted to repeal the "don't ask, don't tell" policy that prohibited openly gay men and women from serving in the military.

Policy News

Hatch's human trafficking bill heads to president's desk
Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Representative John Curtis (R-UT) released the following statements after the Public-Private Partnership Advisory Council to End Human Trafficking Act passed in both the Senate and the House of Representatives....