Ten Things You Need to Know for Tuesday – May 5, 2015

Good Tuesday morning from Salt Lake City. Today is "National Teacher Appreciation Day," so let a teacher know how much you care.

Clinton to call for a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants. Salt Lake City residents oppose plans to tax commuters who work but don't live in the city. UVU faculty upset President Matthew Holland signed a letter opposing same-sex marriage.

Countdown:

• Days to the 2015 Utah municipal primary elections – 98
• Days to the 2015 election – 182
• Days to the 2016 Iowa Caucus (tentative) – 259
• Days to the opening day of the 2016 Utah Legislature – 266
• Days to the 2016 New Hampshire Primary – 267
• Days to the 2016 Utah primary election – 421
• Days until the 2016 presidential election – 554

Tuesday's top-10 headlines:

1. The Islamic State terror group ISIS claims responsibility for Sunday's gun attack on an anti-Muslim gathering in Texas [Fox News].
2. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton plans call for a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants during a campaign visit in Nevada [Washington Post].
3. Mike Huckabee is set to join the GOP presidential race [New York Post].
4. Salt Lake City residents would oppose plans to tax commuters who work but don't live in the city [Utah Policy].
5. Who are the most conservative and most liberal lawmakers on Utah's Capitol Hill? [Utah Policy].
6. A number of Utah Valley University professors are upset that President Matthew Holland signed on to a "friend of the court" brief opposing same-sex marriage [Tribune, KUTV].
7. A new liquor ordering system is causing some heartburn among employees at the DABC [Tribune].
8. Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker is set to announce the city's budget for next year [Deseret News].
9. Becker names Brian Dale as the new Salt Lake City Fire Chief [Tribune, ABC 4].
10. University of Utah professors unveil a new computer model to track air pollution in Salt Lake City [Deseret News, Fox 13, ABC 4].

On this day in history:

• 1821 – Napoleon Bonaparte died in exile on the island of St. Helena.
• 1925 – Biology teacher John Scopes was arrested for teaching Darwin's theory of evolution in violation of Tennessee state law.
• 1961 – Astronaut Alan Sheppard became the United States' first man in space in a brief sub-orbital flight from Cape Canaveral.
• 1985 – President Ronald Reagan attended a wreath-laying ceremony at a military cemetery in Bitburg, West Germany. The visit drew worldwide condemnation because 49 members of the Waffen-SS were buried there.