Good Monday morning from Salt Lake City.
Here’s what is driving the day:
- Utah gets federal approval to launch the “bridge” Medicaid expansion today.
- Utahns overwhelmingly want to host another Winter Olympics.
- Trump threatens to close the southern border.
Political trivia winners:
Florence Ellinwood Allen is the native-born Utahn who was the first woman to serve on a state supreme court and the first woman to serve as a U.S. federal judge. She was appointed to the Ohio Supreme Court in 1922 and became a federal judge in 1934.
The first three readers to send in the correct answer were:
- Thom Carter
- Patrice Arent
- Natalie Gordon
We have a winner! Mike Mower conceded defeat on Friday, saying he was unable to answer the trivia question posed by Ron Fox. We’ll be sending a $25 gift card to him for the achievement.
If you’d like to be our guest quizmaster, send your political trivia questions to me at bschott@utahpolicy.com.
Political bracket “Sweet 16:
The first four matchups in our “Sweet 16” are live. Check out the brackets here.
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