Daily Briefing - October 6, 2011
by Bryan Schott, Managing Editor
10/06/2011 | 487 views | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend | print

There are 33 days until the 2011 election, 109 days until the start of the 2012 Legislative Session, 123 days (maybe) until the Iowa Caucuses and 402 days until the 2012 Presidential election.



Both Rep. Chris Herrod and Sen. Dan Liljenquist are seriously mulling a run against Sen. Orrin Hatch in 2012, while Rep. Stephen Sandstrom is considering running for Congress in Utah's new 4th Congressional District [Tribune, KUTV].



Utah lawmakers say they're glad that the redistricting process is on hold while leaders search for a compromise [Deseret News, Daily Herald].



The LDS Church recently polled its membership on illegal immigration [Tribune].



Sen. Mike Lee wants to drop the tax rate on money U.S. companies make overseas from 35 to 5-percent [Tribune, Deseret News].



Crime rates dropped in Utah in 2010, but a number of large cities saw a spike in violent crime [Tribune].



The Utah Attorney General's office says the DABC recently closed a meeting in violation of the state's open-meetings law [ABC 4].



Provo Mayor John Curtis is cleared in an ethics probe over some property he owns in the city [Tribune].



The Utah Transit Authority says ridership on the new TRAX lines, but is still falling short of their projections [Tribune].



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Ten Things You Need to Know for Friday
by Bryan Schott
May 24, 2013 | 7916 views | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend | print
Countdown: There are 166 days to the 2013 municipal elections, 249 days until the start of the 2014 Legislature, 525 days until the 2014 midterm elections and 962 days until the 2016 Iowa Caucuses. 

An analysis says expanding Medicaid coverage will save Utah more than $130 million and would give health insurance to 123,000 residents [Tribune].

A new report ranks Utah #1 for economic outlook next year [Utah Policy, Tribune].

House Majority Leader Brad Dee goes on a European vacation with three lobbyists, but Dee insists the trip was above board because everybody paid their own way and they didn’t discuss politics [Tribune].

Former Attorney General Mark Shurtleff is caught on tape offering to get $2 million for Utah Businessman Darl McBride if he would shut down a website critical of another Utah businessman. That money was to come from a third Utah businessman who was in trouble with the Attorney General’s office [Tribune].

Former Legislator and current blogger Holly Richardson says she’s had enough with the “culture of corruption” permeating the Attorney General’s office [Holly on the Hill].

Sen. Orrin Hatch wants to hear from Utahns who think they have been inappropriately targeted by the IRS as part of his investigation into misconduct by the agency [Tribune].

Kennecott lays off 100 workers because of the massive landslide at their Bingham Canyon Mine [Tribune, Deseret News].

The Boy Scouts vote to allow gay members in their ranks [Deseret News].

Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman launches a new political action committee to support Republicans who share his point of view [Tribune].

Gov. Gary Herbert says he is confident the state can work out a deal to avoid taxing the electricity used by the new National Security Agency data center at Camp Williams [Tribune].
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