Good Friday morning from Salt Lake City. There are 27 days left in 2015.
Senate passes Obamacare repeal. Utah’s Congressional delegation votes against a No Child Left Behind fix. Utahns say goodbye to Olene Walker.
The clock:
- 52 days to the opening day of the 2016 Utah Legislature – (1/25/2016)
- 59 days to the 2016 Iowa Caucus – (2/1/2016)
- 67 days to the 2016 New Hampshire Primary (tentative) – (2/9/2016)
- 98 days to the final day of the 2016 Utah Legislature – (3/10/2016)
- 109 days to the Utah Republican and Democratic caucus meetings (3/22/2016)
- 141 days to the Utah Republican and Democratic State Conventions (4/23/2016)
- 208 days to the 2016 Utah primary election – (6/28/2016)
- 340 days until the 2016 presidential election – (11/8/2016)
Friday’s top-10 headlines:
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The U.S. Senate passes a bill repealing Obamacare, bringing the step one step closer to heading to the president’s desk [The Hill].
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Donald Trump has his largest lead of the 2016 election season in a new poll, besting his nearest competitor by 20 points [CNN].
- The FBI is treating Wednesday’s mass shooting in San Bernadino as a possible terrorist attack [New York Times, Washington Post].
- Bob Bernick wonders how safe the Utah Capitol is following the San Bernadino attack [Utah Policy].
- All four of Utah’s House members vote against a bill updating No Child Left Behind [Tribune].
- The Pentagon announces all combat jobs are now open to women as well as men [Washington Post, New York Times].
- House Speaker Greg Hughes discusses the latest Medicaid expansion plan that will focus on the “most vulnerable” residents [Deseret News, Associated Press, ABC 4].
- To crack down on fraud, lawmakers may require drug treatment centers to be licensed [Deseret News, Tribune].
- UTA board member Justin Allen says he will not resign following a controversial trip to Switzerland [Tribune].
- Hundreds of Utahns say goodbye to former Gov. Olene Walker [Deseret News, Tribune, ABC 4].
On this day in history:
- 1783 – Gen. George Washington said farewell to his officers at Fraunces Tavern in New York.
- 1942 – President Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered the liquidation of the Works Progress Administration, created during the Great Depression to provide work for the unemployed.
- 1945 – The Senate approved U.S. participation in the United Nations.
- 1978 – Dianne Feinstein became San Francisco’s first woman mayor when she was named to replace George Moscone, who had been assassinated.
- 1992 – President George H.W. Bush ordered U.S. troops into Somalia.
