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Good Monday morning from Salt Lake City, and happy birthday to the Natural Bridges National Monument. Utah's first National Monument was established 110 years ago today by President Theodore Roosevelt.
Today is the deadline for ballot initiative organizers to submit signatures. Keep My Voice fails to get enough signatures to get on the ballot. James Comey unleashes a blistering attack on President Trump at the start of his book tour.
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The ballot initiatives aiming to secure a spot on the November ballot must turn in their signatures by 5 pm on Monday. Here's where they stand heading into the final day [Utah Policy].
Backers for the Keep My Voice ballot initiative say they won't turn in any signatures, which confirms what many believed - that they wouldn't come close to qualifying for the ballot. Organizers say they'll try again in 2020 [Utah Policy].
Will GOP delegates at Saturday's Republican convention force Mitt Romney into a primary? Check out what our "Political Insiders" and readers had to say on the matter [Utah Policy].
Which candidates are left standing following the political conventions? Check out who remains with our 2018 Candidate Trackers.
| Signature deadline looms for ballot initiatives By Bryan Schott, Managing Editor Monday at 5 pm is the deadline for backers of the ballot initiatives aiming for a spot on the November ballot to turn in the 113,000 signatures they need to qualify.... |
| Will GOP delegates force Mitt Romney into a primary? By Bryan Schott, Managing Editor Mitt Romney has already qualified for the GOP primary ballot through signature gatherers. Will Republican delegates force him into a primary election at Saturday's convention?... |
| Keep My Voice abandons their effort to get on the ballot; Organizers will try again in 2020 By Bryan Schott, Managing Editor Keep My Voice is abandoning their effort to win a spot on the 2018 ballot.... |
| 2018 Utah candidate tracker - Congress By Bryan Schott, Managing Editor There's a U.S. Senate seat up for election in 2018 as well as all four U.S. House seats. Here's the list of candidates ahead of the Republican and Democratic state conventions.... |
| 2018 Utah candidate tracker - Utah Senate By Bryan Schott, Managing Editor 2018 means another election cycle is upon us. Half of the Utah Senate seats are up for election this year. Here's the list of candidates are either headed to a primary or secured a spot in the general election.... |
| 2018 Utah candidate tracker - Utah House By Bryan Schott, Managing Editor All 75 Utah House seats are up for election this year. Here's our running list of who has clinched the nomination, and who is in a primary election.... |
| 'North Korea style'? Weber County Republicans move to punish signature-gathering candidates at convention By Bryan Schott, Managing Editor Some Republican candidates in Weber County are decrying convention rules that they say give candidates who eschewed the signature gathering route to get on the primary ballot an unfair advantage while severely punishing those who unsuccessfully tried to use the signature pat... |
| Manual override! - Bernick and Schott on politics Ep. 369 By Bryan Schott and Bob Bernick The Utah Legislature votes to hold their first veto override session since 2011.... |
| Bob Bernick's notebook: The mainstream fights back By Bob Bernick, Contributing Editor Some "mainstream" GOP delegates are preparing to fight back against what they perceive as inappropriate and disruptive actions by a minority of the party's State Central Committee.... |
| Utah tops social capital index of United States The Joint Economic Committee of the United States Congress issued a new report Wednesday, showing that Utah has the highest level of social capital of any state in the nation.... |
| Seminar: Learn how to comply with dual-use and defense article/service regulations and trade sanctions Please join us for a practical, interactive, and application-oriented session regarding:... |
| Westminster announces Orn B. Bodvarsson, Ph.D., as the Bill & Vieve Gore School of Business Dean Westminster College is pleased to announce Orn B. Bodvarsson, Ph.D., as the new dean for the Bill & Vieve Gore School of Business. Bodvarsson comes to Westminster from California State University, Sacramento as the former special assistant to the provost and vice preside... |
| You're invited: General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) presentation Does your company conduct business in Europe? If you answered, "yes," don't miss the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) presentation, hosted by Parsons Behle Lab, a subsidiary of Parsons Behle & Latimer.... |
| SLUG exec editor, restaurant owner SLCC's 2018 Distinguished Alumni Salt Lake Community College has named Angela Brown, executive editor of SLUG Magazine, and Manoli Katsanevas, owner of Manoli's restaurant, as SLCC's 2018 Distinguished Alumni award recipients.... |
| Casual Friday: Weekend Events & Outdoors Report Weekend EventsOutdoors Report--Tribune:Utah resorts made do, out-of-state guests came through, to salvage a low-snow ski season--Tribune:Entrance fees to go up by $5 at Utah's national parks - and most others across U.S. - after feds scrap plan to double some of those charge... |
Salt Lake Tribune
Jim Bradley: Mt. Baldy tram will alter the character of Alta
Op-ed: Utah and feds must resolve cannabis banking issue
Feds approve master plan for Utah's Alta Ski Resort calling for controversial upgrades
Rolly: What? A Utah lawmaker may have swiped a roommate's food while in college? Oh, the horror.
Deseret News
Frank Pignanelli & LaVarr Webb: Plenty of intrigue ahead at the GOP state convention
Op-ed: Don't be deceived by Utah's marijuana initiative
Op-ed: Utahns should be proud to have Philo T. Farnsworth represent their state
New report underscores tech is 'rocket fuel' to Utah's economy
Utah leaders praise military strike on Syria
Greg Hughes fires back at Salt Lake over port authority pushback
Hundreds rally at Utah Capitol to support 2nd Amendment
Other
Editorial: Gov. Herbert, LDS Church create smoke on medical cannabis (Daily Herald)
Pentagon stops taking F-35s from Lockheed, Hill AFB impacts unknown (Standard-Examiner)
Weber Commissioner Gibson says he won't be charged with any crime (Standard-Examiner)
Weber GOP selects nominees for commission seats, sheriff and more (Standard-Examiner)
As Summit County changes, farmers and ranchers persevere to keep lifestyle alive (Park Record)
Trump, allies praise Syria strikes as Moscow seethes (AFP)
Russian reinforcements head for Syria (Daily Mail)
Barbara Bush, Seriously Ill, Says She Won't Seek Further Treatment (New York Times)
Partisan tensions rise as Mueller bill delayed (The Hill)
Economy helps Trump approval (ABC News)
Ryan: Trillion-dollar deficits were inevitable (The Hill)
Joe Biden again says he hasn't ruled out 2020 run, will decide by year's end (Washington Post)
Supreme Court Weighs Widening States' Reach on Online Sales Taxes (Wall Street Journal)
Tomorrow
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New Weapon
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