Deseret News

• Republican women visit Capitol to highlight candidates, urge participation
• Utah House OKs bill that makes holding cellphone while driving a primary offense
• Poll: Utahns say state doesn’t need more restrictions on abortion
• Medical marijuana law changes pass Senate as deadline looms
• Utah lawmakers want to make Utah an ‘electric vehicle state’
• Utah Senate gives initial OK to expanding family planning services through Medicaid
• Utah lawmakers shoot down slew of gun bills

Salt Lake Tribune

• Reid Ewing: Questionable donations should not derail Olympia Hills approval
• Editorial: Clogged canyons? More bus, less fuss
• University of Utah’s South Korea campus takes precautions against coronavirus spread
• Amid hog farm controversies, petition drive and lawsuit, Utah legislator abandons bill to preempt county restrictions
• One Utah senator’s votes align more with President Trump. It’s not Mike Lee.
• Westwater, a Navajo community in rural Utah, might finally get running water and electricity
• Utah lawmakers advance yurt deregulation bill
• Poll: Most Utahns would oppose tighter abortion restrictions
• Utah lawmaker says his anti-protest bill is meant to promote ‘civility’
• Navajo Nation signs road maintenance agreement with San Juan County to improve rural bus routes
• Reversing years of rejection, Utah House OKs tougher ban on hand-held cellphones while driving. Now it’s on to the Senate.
• Gun lending bill hits a dead end in Utah House committee
• Polygamy bill passes House panel after hearing that asks whether bill will help victims or perpetrators
• Split Millcreek City Council adopts new ordinance regulating the state’s powerful billboard industry

Other

• Spanish Fork lawmaker’s bill to decriminalize polygamy passes through House committee (Daily Herald)
• Local lawmakers discuss importance of livestock predator removal legislation (Logan Herald Journal)

• Massive new development would give Salt Lake City an upscale Greek Town (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Energy fuels Utah’s economy, study says (Deseret News)
• Proposal for rural economic development could give Summit County access to $1M in grants annually (Park Record)

• Nearly two-thirds of voters expect Trump to win reelection in November, poll finds (USA Today)
• Bernie Sanders is the front-runner because of how we raised our kids (CNBC)
• Do Californians hate deregulation more than homelessness? (Washington Examiner)
• The Young Turks’ Progressive Founder Urged His Staff Not To Unionize (HuffPost)
• Dem Megadonor, Gun-Control Activist Harvey Weinstein Convicted on Rape Charges (Free Beacon)
• ‘So shady and disgusting’: Florida’s nonprofit pay scandal is worse than you think (Tampa Bay Times)
• Bay Area survey: Rich, poor, young and old unhappy here (Marin Independent Journal)
• A Coronavirus Pandemic Is Looking A Lot More Likely. Here's What That Means. (BuzzFeed)
• You’re Likely to Get the Coronavirus (Atlantic)
• Chris Matthews Issues On-Air Apology to Bernie Sanders: ‘I Was Wrong’ (Mediaite)
• MSNBC prepares to pivot (Vanity Fair)

"I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend." Thomas Jefferson

Coronavirus hits the economy

The markets plunged on Monday amid fears the COVID-19 virus is accelerating its spread around the globe [Washington Post].

Economists say a global pandemic from the virus could cost $1 trillion [Bloomberg].

The Trump administration is asking Congress for $2.5 billion to battle the virus [Bloomberg].

Another debate

There will be 7 Democrats on the stage tonight in South Carolina ahead of Saturday's primary [New York Times].

Expect Michael Bloomberg to attack frontrunner Bernie Sanders relentlessly in tonight's debate [Politico].

Supreme Court

President Donald Trump says Justices Ruth Bader Ginsberg and Sonia Sotomayor should recuse themselves from cases dealing with his administration [Fox News].

The Supreme Court will rule whether faith-based foster agencies can reject same-sex couples [NBC News].

That's a lot of cheesecake!

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has spent more than $8,600 buying cheesecakes as thank-you gifts for supporters over the last decade [New York Post].