Don’t expect much change from the SCOTUS decision allowing prayer before public meetings. Chaffetz says the White House is hiding Benghazi documents. Golf is big business for Utah.
Countdown:
- 49 days until Utah’s 2014 primary elections
- 182 days to the 2014 midterm elections
- 265 days to the start of the 2015 Utah Legislature
- 546 days to the 2015 elections
- 622 days until the 2016 Iowa Caucuses (tentative)
- 917 days to the 2016 presidential election
Today’s Utah political news highlights:
- The Supreme Court decision allowing prayer before public meetings probably won’t change much in Utah [Deseret News, Tribune].
- Rep. Jason Chaffetz is on the warpath again about Benghazi, accusing the White House of hiding documents [Deseret News].
- A movement to “draft” Mitt Romney for another presidential run is not expected to have much success in 2016 [Deseret News].
- A report says golf is a huge economic driver for the state [Tribune, Deseret News].
- Rep. Ronda Menlove reflects on her 10-years in the legislature [Deseret News].
- An effort to remove pollutants from Utah’s waste water could cost more than $1 billion [Deseret News].
- Drones are wreaking havoc with bighorn sheep and hikers in Zion National Park [Tribune].
- How Utah is using slick videos to change perceptions about the state [Utah Policy].
On this day in history:
- 1865 – Sigmund Freud, the father of psychoanalysis, was born.
- 1861 – Arkansas seceded from the Union.
- 1882 – Congress passed the Chinese Exclusion Act, which barred Chinese immigrants from the U.S. for 10 years.
- 1915 – Babe Ruth hit the first of his 714 major league home runs.
- 1937 – The dirigible Hindenburg burned and crashed in Lakehurst, N.J., killing 36 people.
- 1954 – Roger Bannister became the first athlete to run a mile in less than four minutes.
- 2002 – “Spider-Man” became the first movie to make more than $100 million in its opening weekend.
- 2004 – The final episode of “Friends” aired on NBC.