Welcome to Friday – and have a great weekend.
More Utahns than expected, nearly 85,000, have signed up for health insurance available through the Affordable Care Act, well above the goal of 57,000 (Deseret News) (Tribune).
Countdown:
- 54 days until Utah’s 2014 primary elections
- 185 days to the 2014 midterm elections
- 269 days to the start of the 2015 Utah Legislature
- 549 days to the 2015 elections
- 614 days until the 2016 Iowa Caucuses
- 920 days to the 2016 presidential election
Today’s Utah political news highlights:
- Rep. Jason Chaffetz grills officials on Bengazi attack that killed four Americans (Deseret News/AP)
- Tape reveals emotional meeting between Jeremy Johnson and Mark Shurtleff (Tribune).
- Nearly 85,000 Utahns signed up for health insurance available through the Affordable Care Act, well above the goal of 57,000 (Deseret News) (Tribune).
- Rep. David Lifferth apologizes for calling NAACP a racist organization (Tribune).
- Utah State Wildlife Board joins criticism of BLM for overpopulation of wild horses in southwestern Utah (Deseret News)
- Officials at transportation expo say Utah can cope with rapid growth with careful planning (Tribune).
- Western governors worry that endangered listing for sage grouse would reduce conservation efforts and cause more problems (Deseret News).
- Opinion: Scott Anderson writes that new federal mortgage lending rules will suppress the housing market (Deseret News).
- Op-ed: Sen. Mike Lee assails cronyism and wants to eliminate the Export-Import Bank (Deseret News).
- Tribune editorial says Rep. Chris Stewart is wrong to suggest federal agencies should rely on local law officers to enforce federal law (Tribune).
