Situational awareness – December 3, 2018

Good Monday morning from Salt Lake City.

The Utah Legislature meets today to consider the alternative to Prop. 2. The session gets underway at 10 am.

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I’m not crying…you are: Sully the service dog, who worked with former President George W. Bush, lies next to Bush’s casket in a picture posted by Bush’s spokesperson with the caption “mission complete.” Sully will accompany Bush’s casket to Washington where it will lie in state at the U.S Capitol. 

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Executive summary: Prop. 2 won’t be the first voter-approved ballot initiative that the Utah Legislature has undone. Women candidates gained ground in Utah in the 2018 midterms. The U.S. and China call for a cease-fire in their trade war.