Good Friday morning from Salt Lake City. Today is the 232nd day of the year. There are 134 days left in 2016.
Utahns oppose spending $53 on a coal port in Oakland. Lawmakers will have another special session in the fall. Donald Trump says he “regrets” some of his behavior on the campaign trail.
The clock:
- 81 days until the 2016 presidential election – (11/8/2016)
- 157 days until the first day of the 2017 Utah Legislature – (1/23/2017)
- 202 days until the final day of the 2017 Utah Legislature – (3/9/2017)
Ten talking points for Friday:
- Most Utahns oppose spending $53 million in special impact funding to build a coal port in Oakland, California [Utah Policy]. The four counties behind the plan have withdrawn their application, but they may try again in the future [Utah Policy, Tribune].
- Utah lawmakers will meet in a third special session this fall to make some adjustments to how gas tax money is distributed [Utah Policy].
- Could Hillary Clinton pull off a shocking win in Utah this year? Watch our political week-in-review to find out [Utah Policy].
- Well, that was unexpected. Donald Trump says he has “regret” for some of his conduct during this year’s campaign, although he didn’t offer specifics [CBS News].
- Why didn’t she say that earlier? Hillary Clinton told the F.B.I. that Colin Powell advised her to use personal email during her tenure as Secretary of State [New York Times].
- Donald Trump‘s running mate, Mike Pence, and his son, Donald Trump Jr., are coming to Utah in September [Tribune, Deseret News].
- Rep. Chris Stewart says he’s worried about Russian hackers possibly disrupting the presidential election in November [Deseret News].
- The Public Service Commission approves Rocky Mountain Power’s plan to provide electricity to a proposed Facebook data center in West Jordan [Tribune]. Rep. Joel Briscoe wants to limit how much tax money school districts can offer as economic incentives because the Jordan School District is considering a $94 million package for the Facebook center [Deseret News].
- Utah native Evan McMullin has apparently missed the deadline to get on the ballot in Alabama [Politico].
- The Justice Department announced plans to end the use of private prisons [Mother Jones].
On this day in history:
- 1934 – A plebiscite in Germany approved the vesting of sole executive power in Adolf Hitler as Fuhrer.
- 1960 – U-2 spy plane pilot Gary Powers was convicted in a Moscow court and sentenced to 10 years in prison. He was released 18 months later in exchange for Soviet spy Rudolf Abel.
- 1991 – a coup orchestrated by hard-line Communists and led by Vice President Gennady Yanayev removed Mikhail Gorbachev as president of the Soviet Union. The coup would endure for three days before being put down.
- 2004 – Internet search engine Google went public.
