Chaffetz and Bishop shoot for committee chairmanships. Utah finalizes its argument in the appeal of Amendment 3. Caucus meetings are this week.
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Countdown:
- The Utah Democratic Party caucus meetings are tomorrow
- 3 days until the Utah candidate filing period closes
- 3 days until the Utah GOP caucus meetings
- 39 days until the Utah State Republican and Democratic conventions
- 99 days until Utah’s 2014 primary elections
- 232 days to the 2014 midterm elections
- 315 days to the start of the 2015 Utah Legislature
- 595 days to the 2015 elections
- 660 days until the 2016 Iowa Caucuses
- 966 days to the 2016 presidential election
Today’s Utah political news highlights:
- Reps. Jason Chaffetz and Rob Bishop are gunning for committee chairmanships in the next Congress [Tribune].
- State attorneys argue allowing the ruling invalidating Amendment 3 to stand would be a “judicial wrecking ball” [Deseret News, Tribune].
- Keep track of all the candidate filings here [Utah Policy].
- Utahs Democrats and Republicans hold their mass meetings this week [Deseret News].
- Here’s a great primer on how to navigate the caucus system [Deseret News].
- Would Speaker Becky Lockhart be a contender if she were to run for governor in 2016? [Deseret News]
- Sen. Wayne Niederhauser says focusing on the budget during the first part of the 2014 session helped the process during the final days [Utah Policy].
- How did a bill allowing local elections to raise transit taxes die during the final hours of the 2014 Legislature? [Tribune]
- Utah’s county jails may have to start releasing some felony prisoners because they’re not getting enough money from the state to house them [Deseret News].
- Lawmakers passed a bill to cut down on adoption “forum shopping” [Tribune].
- Davis County’s elections this year will be a test case for voting by mail [Standard-Examiner].
- Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker will help lead a national effort to solve the problem of chronic homelessness among veterans [Deseret News].
On this day in history:
- The first St. Patrick’s Day parade was held in New York City.
- 1776 – British forces evacuated Boston during the Revolutionary War.
- 1905 – Franklin D. Roosevelt married his distant cousin, Eleanor Roosevelt in New York City.
- 1942 – General Douglas MacArthur arrived in Australia to become supreme commander of Allied forces in the southwest Pacific during World War II.
- 1959 – The Dalai Lama fled Tibet for India after a failed uprising by Tibetans against Chinese rule.
- 1969 – Golda Meir was sworn in as prime minister of Israel.
- 2003 – President George W. Bush gave Saddam Hussein 48 hours to leave Iraq.Â
- 2009 – The Seattle Post-Intelligencer published its final print edition.
- 2011 – The U.N. Security Council voted to authorize military action and impose a no-fly zone over Libya.
