Utah must recognize same-sex marriages performed in the state. Oregon’s ban on same-sex marriage struck down. Lawmakers consider the future of the Utah State Fairpark.
Countdown:
- 35 days until Utah’s 2014 primary elections
- 168 days to the 2014 midterm elections
- 251 days to the start of the 2015 Utah Legislature
- 532 days to the 2015 elections
- 608 days until the 2016 Iowa Caucuses (tentative)
- 903 days to the 2016 presidential election
Today’s Utah political news highlights:
- A judge rules Utah must recognize the same-sex marriages performed in the state following the decision striking down Amendment 3 [Tribune, Deseret News, Daily Herald].
- A federal judge strikes down Oregon’s ban on same-sex marriage [National Journal].
- Does the Deseret News have “veto power” over any sale of the Salt Lake Tribune? [Utah Policy]
- The Tribune starts to experiment with sponsored content to boost revenue [City Weekly].
- Lawmakers are taking a hard look at the future of the Utah State Fairpark [Deseret News].
- President Obama will set aside 500,000 acres in New Mexico as a national monument on Wednesday. Rep. Rob Bishop is urging Obama to not take that step [Tribune].
- Environmentalists have filed suit to block a decision by the U.S. Forest Service to open land in the Uintah Basin to oil drilling [Tribune].
- The Bureau of Land Management will start selling leases for energy exploration on 100,000 acres in Southern Utah [Tribune].
- Enrollment at Utah’s colleges and universities is expected to grow rapidly over the next decade [Tribune].
On this day in history:
- 1506 – Christopher Columbus died in Spain.
- 1861 – North Carolina voted to secede from the Union.
- 1861 – The capital of the Confederacy was moved from Montgomery, Alabama to Richmond, Virginia.
- 1927 – Charles Lindbergh took off for Paris from New York on the first nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
- 1932 – Amelia Earhart took off for Ireland from Newfoundland to become the first women to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
- 1961 – A mob attacked a busload of Freedom Riders in Montgomery, Alabama prompting the federal government to send in U.S. marshals to restore order.
- 1969 – U.S. and South Vietnamese forces captured “Hamburger Hill” following one of the bloodiest battles of the Vietnam War.
- 1989 – Comedian Gilda Radner died of cancer at the age of 42.
- 1993 – The final episode of “Cheers” aired on NBC.
- 1995 – President Bill Clinton announced the two-block stretch of Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House would be permanently closed to traffic.
