Good Monday morning from Salt Lake City
TICK TOCK
Days to the New Hampshire primaries: 8 (2/11/2020)
Days to the Utah presidential primaries: 29 (3/3/2020)
Days to the final day of the 2020 Utah Legislature: 38 (3/12/2020)
Days to the 2020 Utah primary elections: 148 (6/30/2020)
Days to the 2020 election: 274 (11/3/2020)
Days to the start of the 2021 Utah Legislature: 357 (1/25/2021)
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Here are the stories you need to pay attention to this morning:
- McAdams’ fundraising swamps his Republican rivals.
- Lawmakers are facing a bleak budget year following the collapse of tax reform.
- The 2020 presidential race gets underway in Iowa.
TRIVIA WINNERS
Not too many of our readers knew that Utah’s first tax on food was implemented in 1933 by Gov. Henry Blood in a desperate bid to raise funds during the Great Depression. The tax was known as the Emergency Relief Fund or the “Blood Tax.”
Congratulations to Mike Mower, who was the third subscriber to send in the correct answer. He gets the honor of asking the next trivia question on Friday.
