Agents raid the homes of John Swallow and Mark Shurtleff. Utahns react to carbon cutting plan. Lee isn’t moving to the political middle ahead of 2016.
Countdown:
- 21 days to Utah’s 2014 primary election
- 154 days until the 2014 midterm elections
- 237 days to the opening day of the 2015 legislature
- 518 days until the 2015 elections
- 594 days to the 2016 Iowa Caucuses (tentative)
- 892 days until the 2016 presidential election
Tuesday’s top Utah political news stories:
- Law enforcement agents execute search warrants on the homes of John Swallow and Mark Shurtleff [Tribune, Deseret News].
- Utah officials react to a plan to cut carbon emissions from power plants by 30% [Tribune].
- Sen. Mike Lee is not moderating his politics in order to avoid an intra-party challenger in 2016 [Utah Policy].
- Salt Lake City Councilman Kyle LaMalfa says he’s not totally behind Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker’s plan to cut funding for fireworks to reduce pollution [Tribune].
- The Jordan School District is fighting an effort by South Jordan residents to split and form a separate school district [Tribune].
- A new poll says Utahns think immigration reform will benefit the state’s economy [Deseret News, Tribune].
- A massive soccer complex near the Jordan River is finally starting to take shape [Tribune].
On this day in history:
- 1621 – The Dutch West India Company received a charter for New Netherlands, which is present-day New York City.
- 1861 – Stephen Douglas, U.S. politician, died.
- 1937 – The Duke of Windsor married American divorcee Wallis Simpson, for whom he had abdicated the British throne.
- 1965 – Astronaut Edward White became the first American to walk in space, during the flight of Gemini 4.
- 1989 – Chinese troops began a sweep of Beijing to crush pro-democracy demonstrations.
- 1989 – Iran’s spiritual leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini died.
- 2008 – Barack Obama clinched the Democratic presidential nomination.