Swallow and Shurtleff make their first court appearance on criminal charges. Utah Republicans join the effort by Congress to sue President Obama. Some U.S. Senators want President Obama to create a new national monument in Utah.
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Countdown:
- 96 days until the 2014 midterm elections
- 179 days to the opening day of the 2015 legislature
- 460 days until the 2015 elections
- 536 days to the 2016 Iowa Caucuses (tentative)
- 831 days until the 2016 presidential election
Thursday’s top news stories:
- John Swallow and Mark Shurtleff make their first appearance in court as criminal defendants [Tribune, Deseret News].
- Will the Swallow and Shurtleff scandal have an effect on voter turnout in November? [Deseret News]
- Utah Republican members of the House join the effort to sue President Obama [Tribune].
- The U.S. economy posts a robust growth rate of 4-percent in the last quarter [Washington Post].
- 14 U.S. Senators send a letter to President Obama urging him to create a new national monument in Utah [Tribune].
- The South Jordan City Council approves a deal to prevent the city from splitting from the Jordan School District [Tribune, Deseret News].
- A study says Utah women are twice as likely as men to work at low-wage jobs [Tribune].
- Rural Utahns favor changes to the Endangered Species Act pushed by Rep. Rob Bishop [Deseret News].
- A lawsuit alleges the state of Utah is illegally putting a claim on disputed rural roads in Tooele County [Deseret News].
On this day in history:
- 1498 – Columbus arrived at the island of Trinidad.
- 1875 – Andrew Johnson, the 17th president of the United States, died in Tennessee at the age of 66.
- 1972 – Democratic vice-presidential candidate Thomas Eagleton withdrew from the ticket with George McGovern following disclosures that Eagleton had once undergone psychiatric treatment.
- 1991 – President George H.W. Bush and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev signed the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty in Moscow.
- 2011 – President Barack Obama and congressional leaders announced an agreement on emergency legislation to avert the nation’s first-ever financial default.
