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Ten Things You Need To Know for Tuesday Morning – August 13, 2014

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Lee wants donors to assure him their contributions were legal. Congress is wildly unpopular among Utah voters. Swallow and Shurtleff won’t appear in court until September.

 

Countdown:

  • 83 days until the 2014 midterm elections
  • 166 days to the opening day of the 2015 legislature
  • 447 days until the 2015 elections
  • 523 days to the 2016 Iowa Caucuses (tentative)
  • 818 days until the 2016 presidential election

Wednesday’s top headlines:

  • Sen. Mike Lee is asking donors to sign affidavits that their contributions did not violate campaign finance law [Tribune].
  • Congress is so unpopular with voters in Utah that top Congressional leaders are staying away from the Beehive State this election cycle [Utah Policy].
  • Utah has until mid-September to file an appeal to a federal court ruling that the state must recognize same-sex marriages [Tribune, Deseret News].
  • The next court date for former Attorneys General John Swallow and Mark Shurtleff has been pushed back to October [Tribune].
  • Jon Huntsman says he thinks Mitt Romney will not make a third run for the White House in 2016 [Tribune].
  • Sen. Mike Lee’s approval ratings may show a need for him to start moving to the political center [Utah Policy].
  • The White House is about to reverse a ban on lobbyists serving in government [Politico].
  • West Jordan City Manager Richard Davis resigned suddenly this week following a lawsuit accusing city officials of civil-rights abuses [Tribune].
  • New TRAX lines to the airport are not taking revenue from taxis and airport parking [Tribune].
  • The Davis County Board of Health wants to change their regulations on sellers of e-cigarettes [Tribune].

On this day in history:

  • 1521 – Spanish conqueror Hernando Cortez captured present-day Mexico City from the Aztecs.
  • 1961 – Berlin was divided as East Germany sealed off the border between the city’s eastern and western sectors in order to halt the flow of refugees.
  • 1981 – President Ronald Reagan signed a historic package of tax and budget cuts.
  • 2011 – Republican Rep. Michelle Bachmann won the Iowa straw poll.