Situational awareness – June 29, 2020

Good morning from Salt Lake City

Let’s Monday!


  TICK TOCK  

The 2020 Utah primary elections are tomorrow (6/30/2020)

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

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

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


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

  • The CDC says the number of coronavirus cases in the U.S. could be 10 times higher.
  • The Trump administration asks the Supreme Court to invalidate the Affordable Care Act.
  • Most Utahns say race relations in the U.S. are in bad shape.

TRIVIA WINNER

Our readers sure do know their Utah history. Congratulations to Doug DeVore who was randomly selected as our winner from the many subscribers who correctly identified Caleb West as Utah’s last territorial governor and Heber Wells as Utah’s first state governor. 


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