- What happened and why? Watch our Utah political week-in-review to get up to speed quickly [Utah Policy]. Here’s a podcast version if you’re on the go [Utah Policy].
- Bob Bernick says the right-wing “wackos” in the GOP may try to oust Chairman Rob Anderson after the decision to drop the lawsuit against SB54, but those efforts will probably fail [Utah Policy].
- Democratic legislative candidate Jacquelyn Orton failed to disclose some campaign donations in a timely manner, and now faces some possible fines from the state [Utah Policy].
- Utah’s Republican delegation in Congress heaped praise on the GOP tax reform bill which was unveiled Thursday [Tribune].
- Rep. Chris Stewart says Russian troll farms engaged in “cyberwarfare” during the 2016 campaign, but the online posts were designed to make Americans mad at each other, not help Donald Trump [Deseret News].
- The LDS Church is donating $10 million to build shelters for homeless people in Utah [Deseret News].
- A coalition of environmental organizations is suing the Trump administration over the plan to shrink the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments [BuzzFeed].
- A group of Utah residents started an online petition saying President Trump is not welcome in Utah ahead of the president’s planned visit to the Beehive State in December [Fox 13].
- Six Utah school districts are asking voters to approve bond proposals on election day totaling $800 million [Tribune].
- Angry Ballpark residents vented at Speaker Greg Hughes Thursday night over the number of displaced homeless people who were now in their community following the crackdown downtown [Deseret News].
- An independent panel says Utah lawmakers should get a pay raise from $273 per day to $285. Lawmakers have not received a boost in pay since 2013 [Tribune].
- A judge awarded the United Utah Party $115,000 in attorney fees resulting from their lawsuit against the state to secure a spot on Tuesday’s special congressional election ballot [Deseret News].
- Salt Lake City Council candidate Amy Fowler says she received threatening and sexually explicit messages on her Facebook page. She has filed a police report because of the incident [Deseret News].
- The State School Board voted to reconsider science teaching standards in Utah schools despite objections that the new standards did not include teaching intelligent design and seemingly push a political agenda on climate change [Deseret News].
