- Bob Bernick and Bryan Schott help you make sense of what happened this week in Utah politics [Utah Policy]. Here’s a podcast if you prefer [Utah Policy].
- Gov. Gary Herbert disputes a report that he’s reached a deal with lawmakers to release a legal opinion on the procedure for the 3rd CD special election. Legislative leaders say Herbert wants assurances they won’t sue him once the opinion is made public [Utah Policy].
- Bob Bernick says changing the Count My Vote ballot initiative to include the current dual-track system puts opponents of the proposal in a tough spot [Utah Policy].
- Updated election results confirm John Curtis won Tuesday’s special election to fill Utah’s vacant seat in Congress [Deseret News].
- Sen. Orrin Hatch takes the wraps off his plan to overhaul the nation’s tax code [Deseret News].
- Gov. Gary Herbert says he expects a “grand compromise” when President Donald Trump announces his plan for reducing the size of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments [Tribune].
- Some election-night ties have been broken with a new round of vote totals released Thursday [Tribune].
- Representative-elect John Curtis looks back on his time as Provo Mayor as he readies to head to Washington to take a seat in Congress [Daily Herald].
- The third phase of Operation Rio Grande, which will focus on providing jobs for the homeless, gets underway [Utah Policy, Deseret News, Tribune].
- Gov. Gary Herbert says he’s pleased organizers of the Count My Vote initiative have changed their proposal to include the current dual-track path to the ballot [Deseret News].
