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Ten Things You Need to Know for Friday – May 29, 2015

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Good Friday morning from Salt Lake City. Today is "National Paperclip Day." The first patent for the paperclip was issued in 1867.

Hughes says Medicaid expansion talks are ongoing. A poll shows McAdams in good shape to win another term in 2016. Tooele County residents turn out to oppose prison relocation.

Countdown:

  • Days to the 2015 Utah municipal primary elections – 74
  • Days to the 2015 election – 158
  • Days to the 2016 Iowa Caucus (tentative) – 235
  • Days to the opening day of the 2016 Utah Legislature – 242
  • Days to the 2016 New Hampshire Primary – 243
  • Days to the 2016 Utah primary election – 397
  • Days until the 2016 presidential election – 530

Friday's top-10 headlines:

  1. House Speaker Greg Hughes talks about the ongoing Medicaid expansion talks and gives his thoughts on Rep. Justin Miller's legal problems [Utah Policy].
  2. Utah Superintendent Brad Smith urges lawmakers to focus less on throwing more money at education and more on improving student outcomes [Tribune, Deseret News].
  3. A new poll says a majority of Salt Lake County residents think Mayor Ben McAdams deserves another term in office [Utah Policy].
  4. Tooele County resident turn out in opposition to prison relocation during a legislative open house [Deseret News, Tribune, 2 News].
  5. The DABC is running out of beer and wine licenses [Tribune].
  6. The Department of the Interior releases management plans for the greater sage grouse as part of a larger land management proposal [Tribune, Deseret News].
  7. The Wasatch Front Regional Council unveils their 30-year transportation plan for Utah [KUER].
  8. More bad news for Utah's drought situation [Deseret News].
  9. Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert was indicted by the FBI for paying "hush money" to a longtime acquaintance [Chicago Sun Times].
  10. Former Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley is set to launch his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination this weekend [New York Times].

On this day in history:

  • 1765 – Patrick Henry denounced the Stamp Act before Virginia's House of Burgesses, saying, "If this be treason, make the most of it!"
  • 1790 – Rhode Island became the last of the original 13 states to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
  • 1953 – Edmund Hillary of New Zeland and Tenzing Norgay of Nepal became the first men to reach the top of Mount Everest.
  • 2012 – Texas primary election results gave Mitt Romney enough delegates to clinch the Republic presidential nomination.
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