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Pignanelli and Webb: How to spend Utah's hefty budget surplus

Op-ed: Roadside traffic stop or fishing expedition?

Utah Sen. Mike Lee suggests Sen. Mitt Romney take 'mulligan' on harsh words for Trump

What Senate committees did Sen. Mitt Romney land on?

Utah has resources to survive shutdown through January, but 'can't float this forever'

Their street 'swallowed' by homeless center, South Salt Lake neighbors take county buyouts

'We're the model': Mayor Jackie Biskupski lauds Salt Lake City's affordable housing efforts

Utah congressmen urge emergency measures to keep national parks open

Lawmaker wants to remove slavery exception from Utah Constitution

Sen. Mike Lee prods governor to stop defending 'unconstitutional' SB54

Sen. Mitt Romney scolds Michigan Democrat's profane reference to Trump

Utah bill aims to better protect sex assault, domestic violence victims before trial

Utah national parks affected by shutdown will get federal help 'within days'

Greg Hughes goes behind the scenes of Utah's medical marijuana compromise

New Utah County clerk 'Powers' her way forward to fix 'dysfunction' in elections office

Salt Lake Tribune

Editorial: On air quality, Utah sputters as Utahns cough

Utah lawmakers applaud move to keep national parks going, but which parks? And is the move legal?

If the government shutdown lasts much longer, food programs intended to help women and children could run out of funding

Utah's dip in Obamacare enrollment reverses as late sign-ups push the numbers above 2018

Trump's nomination of a Utahn, who is an immigration hardliner, to oversee refugee issues has now expired

Sen. Mike Lee urges Utah governor to drop state defense of 'unconstitutional' law that both Lee and Gov. Herbert used in their last elections

Utah's state constitution bans slavery - mostly. And Rep. Sandra Hollins says mostly isn't good enough.

Utah's U.S. House members seek emergency funding to keep national parks in the state fully staffed during shutdown

Property tax delinquents: a railroad disputes its big bill and 3 lawmakers miss the deadline, including one who blamed his wife

Other

Government shutdown has about 200 Utah forest service employees out of work (Daily Herald)

Four Utah County cities may pilot new ranked-choice voting (Daily Herald)

North Ogden mayoral hopefuls weigh in on amphitheater, Brent Taylor's legacy (Standard-Examiner)

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NATIONAL HEADLINES

• The partial government shutdown is entering its 16th day. White House and Congressional leaders continued negotiating over the weekend but didn't make much headway. The Trump administration is still insisting on $5.7 billion in funding to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border, but they floated the possibility of an additional $800 million for humanitarian aid - https://wapo.st/2FfDjnR
  
  
• President Donald Trump is floating declaring a "national emergency" to get his border wall built. Legal scholars say Trump cannot use emergency powers in that way - https://nyti.ms/2Fc3Wdn
  
  
• President Trump has started referring to his proposed border wall as a "steel barrier," but the change in terminology is not moving Democrats who are opposed - https://nyti.ms/2FcWYVw
  
  
• The Trump administration announced Sunday they would use entrance fees to reopen national parks that have been closed since last month. The money will be used to pay staff to clean up trash and bathrooms - https://wapo.st/2Felvt7
  
  
  • The House Natural Resources Committee announced plans to investigate the legality of dipping into visitor fees to reopen national parks - http://bit.ly/2Fjhggb
    
    
• U.S. towns with a large number of federal workers are bracing for the financial impact of the government shutdown - https://wapo.st/2FfKSuG
  
  
• Government subcontractors like janitors and security guards likely won't receive back pay if and when the government shutdown ends - http://bit.ly/2FhdwLN
  
  
• Vulnerable Republicans in the 2020 elections are seeking to distance themselves from President Trump - https://nbcnews.to/2FfRVmZ
  
  
• Former Vice President Joe Biden's associates say he sees himself as the Democrats' best chance of defeating President Trump in 2020 - https://nyti.ms/2FgaSWE
  
  
• President Trump's re-election campaign is moving to quash any opposition from Republicans that could embarrass him at the party's national convention in Charlotte next summer - https://politi.co/2Fezwac
  
  
• House Democrats are preparing to initiate dozens of investigations into President Trump's financial dealings and the more controversial policies of the administration - https://politi.co/2Fezpvi
  
  
• President Trump said Sunday he is in "no hurry" to name replacements for vacant Cabinet positions. The president says he likes the flexibility acting department heads gives him - http://bit.ly/2FfGHiz
  
  
• President Trump and North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un will likely hold their second face-to-face meeting in Vietnam according to published reports - https://bloom.bg/2FeDIXw
  
  
• National security adviser John Bolton gave a timeline for withdrawing U.S. troops from Syria that seemingly contradicts President Trump's insistence that the pullout would be immediate - https://wapo.st/2FeBFmi
  
  
• An American airstrike in Yemen killed one of the leaders of the deadly al Qaeda bombing of the U.S.S. Cole in 2000 - https://nyti.ms/2FfpYf5
  
  
• American officials are headed to Beijing for talks aimed at easing the trade war between the U.S. and China - http://bit.ly/2FfrePl

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ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY

• 1782 - The first American commercial bank, the Bank of North America, opens.
• 1920 - The New York State Assembly refuses to seat five duly elected Socialist assemblymen
• 1927 - The first transatlantic telephone service is established from New York City to London.
• 1939 - Marguerite Perey discovers Francium, the last element first discovered in nature, rather than by synthesis.
• 1953 President Harry Truman announced that the United States had developed the hydrogen bomb.
• 1980 - President Jimmy Carter authorizes legislation giving $1.5 billion in loans to bail out the Chrysler Corporation.
• 1999 - The Senate trial in the impeachment of President Bill Clinton begins.
• 2003 - President George W. Bush proposed a tax-cut package of $670 billion over 10 years.

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Policy News

Governor's statement on the death of Officer Joseph Shinners
Gov. Gary R. Herbert has issued the following statement regarding the death of Provo police officer Joseph Shinners:...

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More National Headlines

Manchin slams 'horrible' comments from Dem calling for Trump impeachment: 'So disgusting' (The Hill)

Elizabeth Warren defends her DNA test: 'I am not a person of color' (New York Post)

NAACP blames 'white supremacy' for Portland earthquake signs (Washington Times)

'The goal is not to open up the government': Sen. Graham says no shutdown end without wall (USA Today)

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez calls herself 'radical' (FOX News)

Collins will decide on reelection bid by end of year (Politico)

How Trump's tweet storms to rally support for the government shutdown seem to be working (CNBC)

China's faltering economy gives US stronger hand in trade talks, Trump says (Guardian)

Roaring U.S. jobs market banishes fears of recession (MarkeWatch)

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