Good Thursday morning from Salt Lake City. Today is the 252nd day of the year. There are 114 days left in 2016.
Gov. Gary Herbert says he’s not planning on a tax hike for public education. Mitt Romney wants Gary Johnson included in the presidential debates. Donald Trump has a big lead among non-college educated white voters.
The clock:
- 61 days until the 2016 presidential election – (11/8/2016)
- 137 days until the first day of the 2017 Utah Legislature – (1/23/2017)
- 182 days until the final day of the 2017 Utah Legislature – (3/9/2017)
Ten talking points for Thursday:
- Gov. Gary Herbert says he won’t include a tax hike for public education in his 2017 budget proposal [Utah Policy].
- In a last-ditch effort to stop a Bears Ears national monument, Gov. Gary Herbert says he’s planning to pitch a compromise to the Obama administration [Utah Policy, Tribune].
- Mitt Romney says he wants to see Libertarian nominee Gary Johnson get a spot on the debate stage later this month [Politico].
- Gov. Gary Herbert is still trying to dodge questions about whether he supports GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump [Tribune, Deseret News].
- Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton discuss military and national security issues during a “Commander in Chief” forum on Wednesday night. Trump spent a lot of time praising Vladimir Putin during the event while Clinton tried to downplay the email scandal that is still dogging her campaign [NBC News].
- Rep. Jason Chaffetz says Hillary Clinton created a security problem when she purchased used Blackberry phones off of EBay [NewsMax].
- A new poll shows Donald Trump has a decisive lead over Hillary Clinton among non-college educated white voters [Bloomberg].
- Democratic gubernatorial candidate Michael Weinholtz is pushing back against allegations that his fundraiser at a performance of “Saturday’s Voyeur” is offensive to Mormon voters [Tribune].
- National Democrats announce an effort to mobilize voters in Utah ahead of November’s election [Tribune].
- Sen. Steve Urquhart resigns his seat ahead of the election to take a job with the University of Utah [Utah Policy, Deseret News, Tribune].
On this day in history:
- 1565 – The first permanent European settlement in what is now the Continental United States was founded on the site of the present St. Augustine, Florida.
- 1664 – The Dutch surrendered New Amsterdam to the British, who renamed it New York.
- 1941 – A 900-day siege of Leningrad by German forces began during World War II.
- 1974 – President Gerald Ford granted an unconditional pardon to former President Richard M. Nixon.
