A federal jugde orders two rejected candidates for state school board back on the ballot. Lee vows to block lame-duck legislation. Utah's GOP members of Congress send a letter asking Obama to not create a new national monument in the state.
Countdown:
- 53 days to the 2014 midterm election
- 136 days until the opening day of the 2015 Utah Legislature
- 417 days to the 2015 election
- 493 days to the 2016 Iowa Caucuses (tentative)
- 788 days until the 2016 presidential election
Friday's top-10 headlines:
- A federal judge who ruled Utah's way of electing state school board candidates is unconstitutional orders the state to place two rejected candidates on November's ballot [Tribune, Deseret News].
- Sens. Mike Lee and Ted Cruz vow to block any non-emergency legislation that comes up in Congress' lame-duck session after the election [Utah Policy, Tribune].
- Utah's Republican members of Congress send a letter to President Obama asking him not to create a new national monument at Canyonlands National Park [Tribune].
- Speaker John Boehner says the House is still set to vote on a stopgap funding bill to avoid another government shutdown [The Hill].
- Sen. Orrin Hatch says billionaire Warren Buffet called him to talk about tax inversions [Tribune].
- Vail Resorts purchases Park City Mountain Resort for $182.5 million, ending the legal limbo for the ski area [Tribune, Deseret News].
- A Taylorsville elementary school teacher shoots herself in the leg, reigniting the debate over guns in the classroom [Deseret News].
- The Utah Board of Regents select Deneece Huftalin as the new president of Salt Lake Community College [Tribune].
- Pre-orders for the new iPhone start today. Here's where you can find the best deals [Time].
- Sarah Palin's family was reportedly involved in a drunken brawl at an Alaska dog sled event [Washington Times].
On this day in history:
- 1609 – English explorer Henry Hudson sailed into the river that bears his name.
- 1944 – U.S. Army troops entered Germany for the first time during World War II.
- 1977 – South African black civil rights leader Steven Biko died while in police custody.
- 2001 – President George W. Bush asked Congress for $20 billion to rebuild and recover from the 9/11 attacks.
- 2002 – President George W. Bush told the United Nations to confront the "grave and gathering danger" of Saddam Hussein's Iraq or stand aside as the United States acted.
