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Morning must reads for Thursday, April 27, 2017

Good Thursday morning from Salt Lake City. Today is the 117th day of the year. There are 248 days remaining in 2017.

Utahns give Gov. Herbert high marks. President Trump puts a bullseye on Bears Ears. Trump's tax plan would benefit wealthy Americans.

The clock:

23 days until the Utah Republican State Convention (5/20/2017)51 days until the Utah Democratic State Convention at Weber State University (6/17/2017)194 days until the 2017 municipal elections (11/7/2017)270 days until the opening day of the 2018 Utah Legislature (1/22/2018)315 days until the final day of the 2018 Utah Legislature (3/8/2018)558 days until the 2018 midterm elections (11/6/2018)1,286 days until the 2020 presidential election (11/3/2020)

Today's political TL; DR -

NEW POLL: Utahns continue to give Gov. Gary Herbert high favorable ratings [Utah Policy].
If Rep. Jason Chaffetz resigns from Congress early, he would be the first House member in Utah history to leave his seat before his term was up [Utah Policy].
President Donald Trump orders a review of national monument designations under the Antiquities Act from the last 20 years, which includes Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante [Deseret News, Tribune]. Utah elected officials and other stakeholders react to Trump's executive order [Deseret News].
Jon Huntsman Sr. says if the University of Utah had not reinstated Dr. Mary Beckerle as head of the Huntsman Cancer Institute, he would have withdrawn a $250 million donation to the school [Deseret News].
Former Utah Transit Authority board member Sheldon Killpack, who resigned after a trip to Switzerland, is now tied to a plan by a Swiss company to build a rail car manufacturing plant on UTA owned land in Clearfield [Tribune, Deseret News].
President Donald Trump unveils his tax reform proposal, which would provide massive tax cuts for wealthy Americans. However, Trump did not detail how to pay for the tax cuts without adding significantly to the deficit [Washington Post].
President Trump says he won't immediately pull the U.S. out of the NAFTA trade agreement but plans to renegotiate the treaty with Canada and Mexico [Bloomberg].
A renewed effort to repeal Obamacare may be DOA when it gets to the Senate. Only two Republicans need to vote "no" to kill the measure, and more than a handful are skeptical of the new plan [Politico].
President Trump signs an executive order to review federal education policies [New York Times].
Republicans in Congress introduce a stop-gap spending bill to put off a government shutdown for a week so that they can continue negotiating on a bigger spending measure [Politico].
Rep. Jason Chaffetz will miss 3-4 weeks in Congress to get surgery on his foot [Politico].
President Trump is "absolutely" looking at a plan to break up the 9th Circut Court of Appeals. Judges there have blocked two of his executive orders so far [Washington Examiner].
House Democrats plan to force a floor fight on a bill that would force President Donald Trump to disclose his tax information and visitor logs from the White House [Washington Post].
The Trump administration bussed all 100 U.S. Senators to the White House for an urgent classified briefing on North Korea [Wall Street Journal]. Meanwhile, a North Korean government official says the Hermit Kindgom will "never stop" their nuclear program [CNN].

On this day in history:

1521 - Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan was killed by natives of the Philippine Islands during his attempt to be the first to circumnavigate the world. His co-leader, Juan Sebastian de Elcano, completed the voyage in 1522.
1937 - The first Social Security payment was made in the United States.
1982 - John W. Hinckley Jr. went on trial in Washington, D.C., in the shooting of President Ronald Reagan. (He was acquitted by reason of insanity.)
2006 - Construction began on a 1,776-foot building on the site of the World Trade Center in New York City.

Today At Utah Policy

Poll: Utahns continue to give Gov. Gary Herbert high marks By Bob Bernick, Contributing Editor GOP Gov. Gary Herbert continues to have a high approval rating, a new UtahPolicy.com poll shows....

Chaffetz could become the first Utah member of Congress to quit early By Bryan Schott, Managing Editor If Jason Chaffetz resigns early, he will become the first-ever member of the U.S. House from Utah to quit his term....

Weekly survey: The fate of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante By Bryan Schott, Managing Editor President Trump signed an executive order to review national monument designations since 1996, which includes Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante. What do you think will be the outcome of this review? Vote now in our weekly survey....

Policy News

Time to build: Infrastructure Week preview Roads, bridges, rails, ports, airports, pipes, the power grid, broadband… it is all infrastructure....

President praises Hatch's leadership in giving Utahns a voice on Bears Ears Senator Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, the senior Republican in the United States Senate, praised President Trump for signing an executive order this morning calling for a review of national monuments—in particular, Utah’s Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National ...

Senator Lee thanks President Trump for beginning monument review Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) issued the following statement Wednesday after President Trump signed an Executive Order directing Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to review every monument designation made pursuant to the Antiquities Act since 1996....

Gov. Herbert statement on national monument review executive order After witnessing the president’s signing of the Executive Order for a Review of Designations under the Antiquities Act at the Department of the Interior in Washington, D.C. today, Gov. Gary R. Herbert offered the following comments:...

Rep. Stewart attends signing of Antiquities Act Executive Order Rep. Chris Stewart (R-Utah) joined President Trump for the signing of an Executive Order asking for a review of all of the National Monuments created in the last 21 years. This includes a review of Utah’s Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments....

Speaker Hughes responds to President Trump's executive order to review national monuments President Donald Trump signed an executive order to have Secretary of Interior Ryan Zinke review national monument designations and the history of the Antiquities Act, which was never intended to lock up large swathes of land as it has been used over the past two decades....

Local Headlines

Salt Lake Tribune

Orrin Hatch: It's time to undo the federal land grab of Bears Ears

Editorial: Utah liquor laws fly past peculiar and into weird

Trump orders review of national monuments, says Bears Ears 'should never have happened'

Salt Lake City Mayor Biskupski signs on as a leader of Sierra Club clean energy campaign

New tie to past scandal delays UTA approval of controversial land deal

Stakeholders jostle for position on nonprofit that will run Utah's homeless initiative

Foot surgery again pulls Chaffetz from duty, this time in Washington

State probe of University of Utah operations likely after Huntsman Cancer Institute upheaval

Deseret News

Derek B. Miller: Utah hasn't forgotten the power of free enterprise

Richard Davis: The new tea party activists ... the Democrats

Editorial: Safety is and ought to be our first priority

Patagonia, Chaffetz, others react to Trump's new executive order on national monuments

Deal to sell UTA property on hold amid concerns about impact on nonprosecution agreement

Dying homeless in Salt Lake City

Trump rolls out executive order reviewing federal education rules

Trump puts bull's-eye on Bears Ears National Monument

Chaffetz to miss key votes on budget because of need for foot surgery

Huntsman: Firing nearly cost University of Utah $250 million

Other

Jason Chaffetz will be away from Congress for emergency foot surgery (Daily Herald)

National Headlines

White House unveils dramatic plan to overhaul tax code in major test for Trump (Washington Post)

Senators Told North Korea Nuclear Threat Is Urgent (Washington Free Beacon)

FCC Chairman Pushes Sweeping Changes to Net Neutrality Rules (New York Times)

Trump contemplating plans to let US withdraw from NAFTA (Washington Post)

Republicans launch effort to roll back the Dodd-Frank banking regulations (Washington Post)

Easing Shutdown Worries, Trump Relents On Another Major Hurdle (NPR)

Freedom Caucus gets to yes on healthcare (The Hill)

Trump orders review of national monuments, claiming 'egregious abuse' (The Hill)

Trump Orders Review of Education Policies to Strengthen Local Control (New York Times)

Obama Balances Civic-Minded Side With the Lure of a $400000 Speech (New York Times)

A new federal office will seek to assist victims of crimes committed by immigrants (Los Angeles Times)

Wise Words

National Defense
"National defense is one of the cardinal duties of a statesman." John Adams

Lighter Side

Calling Freud
"North Korean leader Kim Jong-un warned that he might unleash a "super mighty preemptive strike." When she heard, Mrs. Kim Jong-un rolled her eyes and said, "Trust me, I wouldn't worry about it." Conan O'Brien

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