Situational awareness – July 9, 2020

Good morning from Salt Lake City

Let’s Thursday!


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

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

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


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

  • Gov. Gary Herbert is expected to announce Thursday whether he will issue a statewide mandate for wearing masks in public. Legislative leaders came out against a mandatory order on Wednesday night. 
  • President Trump threatens to withhold federal funding from schools that don’t open in the fall.
  • The Supreme Court set to rule on whether investigators can get access to President Trump’s tax returns.

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