Situational awareness – June 1, 2020

Good Monday morning from Salt Lake City


  TICK TOCK  

29 days to the 2020 Utah primary elections (6/30/2020)

155 Days to the 2020 election (11/3/2020)

233 days to inauguration day (01/20/2021)

238 days to the start of the 2021 Utah Legislature (1/25/2021)


Here are the stories you need to pay attention to this morning:

  • President Trump’s job approval rating in Utah slides back into negative territory.
  • Salt Lake City Mayor Mendenhall responds to Saturday’s violent protests.
  • President Trump blames the nationwide unrest on Antifa and says the U.S. will designate the group as a terrorist organization.

TRIVIA WINNER

There are just over 134 miles of public transit rail service (Trax and FrontRunner) operating in Utah today.

Congratulations to David Robertson who was selected at random from the readers who submitted a correct answer. 

He gets the honor of asking our next trivia question on Friday morning.


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