Utah leaders weigh in on Shinseki’s resignation. Readers rally in support of the Salt Lake Tribune. Huntsman isn’t planning another run in 2016.Â
Countdown:
- 22 days to Utah’s 2014 primary election
- 155 days until the 2014 midterm elections
- 238 days to the opening day of the 2015 legislature
- 519 days until the 2015 elections
- 595 days to the 2016 Iowa Caucuses (tentative)
- 893 days until the 2016 presidential election
Monday’s top Utah political news stories:
- Utah leaders discuss the resignation of VA Secretary Eric Shinseki [Deseret News, Tribune].
- 11 Utah cities have until the end of June to decide whether to opt in to an Australian company’s plan to take over the UTOPIA fiber optic network [Tribune].
- Preservationists say they’re worried that historical and archeological sites may be in danger with increased access to Nine Mile Canyon [Tribune].
- Latinos graduated at a higher rate than white students last year at Highland High School [Tribune].
- Salt Lake City Council members have to make a number of decisions before taking a final vote on Mayor Ralph Becker’s 2015 budget [Tribune].
- A national voting rights group has turned their sights on Rep. Rob Bishop for not yet taking a stance on a bill to fix the Voting Rights Act [Tribune].
- Utahns rally downtown in support of the Salt Lake Tribune [Tribune, Deseret News].
- Is the Deseret News artificially inflating their circulation numbers? [Tribune].
- Jon Huntsman says he isn’t planning another presidential run in 2016, but that’s not set in stone [Deseret News].
- The Utah Division of Air Quality is considering a ban on wood-burning stoves at businesses [Deseret News].
On this day in history:
- 1851 – Maine became the first state to enact a law prohibiting alcohol.
- 1886 – President Grover Cleveland married Frances Folsom in a White House ceremony.
- 1897 – Mark Twain was quoted by the New York Journal as saying “the report of my death was an exaggeration.”
- 1924 – Congress granted U.S. citizenship to all American Indians.
- 1953 – Queen Elizabeth II was crowned in Westminster Abbey.
- 1979 – Pope John Paul II arrived in his native Poland on the first visit by a pope to a Communist country.
- 1981 – The “Donkey Kong” video arcade game made its U.S. debut.
- 1997 – Timothy McVeigh was convicted of murder and conspiracy in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.
- 1998 – Voters in California passed Proposition 227, requiring that all schoolchildren be taught in English.
- 2011 – Mitt Romney announced his bid for the Republican presidential nomination.
