Will Shurtleff and Swallow be tried together? Utah seizes drivers licenses held by illegal immigrants. Local governments are hiking property taxes this year.
Countdown:
- 99 days until the 2014 midterm elections
- 182 days to the opening day of the 2015 legislature
- 463 days until the 2015 elections
- 539 days to the 2016 Iowa Caucuses (tentative)
- 834 days until the 2016 presidential election
Monday’s top news stories:
- It’s likely former Attorneys General John Swallow and Mark Shurtleff will try to avoid being tried together on the multiple felony charges brought against them [Tribune].
- A judge rules Shurtleff Swallow won’t have to testify in the trial of Mark Sessions Jenson [Tribune].
- A change in requirements to obtain a Utah drivers license helps the state invalidate licenses held by illegal immigrants [Tribune].
- A proposed surcharge by Rocky Mountain Power for customers who have solar panels draws opposition [Deseret News, Tribune].
- President Obama signs into law a Utah land-swap bill [Tribune].
- 40 local governments are hiking property taxes this year [Tribune, Deseret News].
- Sen. Steve Urquhart proposes selling cannabis oil at state liquor stores [Tribune].
- Burt’s Tiki Lounge could be the first establishment in Utah to take advantage of a change in Utah law allowing the sale of its state liquor license for a profit [Tribune].
On this day in history:
- 1794 – Maximillien Robespierre, a leading figure in the French Revolution, was sent to the guillotine.
- 1868- The Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, guaranteeing due process and the equal protection of the laws to former slaves, was declared in effect.
- 1914 – World War I began as Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia.
- 1965 – President Lyndon B. Johnson announced he was increasing the number of American troops in south Vietnam.
- 2009 – The Senate Judiciary Committee approved Sonia Sotomayor to be the first Hispanic justice on the Supreme Court.
