What You Need to Know About Utah Politics Today - January 6, 2014
Same-sex marriage opponents call for Utah to ignore the ruling striking down Amendment 3. Utah lawmakers join other states in calling for a Constitutional Convention.
Countdown:
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21 days until the start of the 2014 Legislature
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169 days until Utah's 2014 primary elections
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302 days to the 2014 midterm elections
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665 days to the 2015 elections
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729 days until the 2016 Iowa Caucuses
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1036 days to the 2016 presidential election
Today's Utah News highlights:
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The plaintifs in the Amendment 3 case say granting Utah a stay to stop same-sex marriage would harm same-sex couples [Tribune].
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Rep. Merrill Nelson says the ruling allowing same-sex marriage in Utah will eventually be overturned [Deseret News].
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Opponents of same-sex marriage say the Legislature and Gov. Gary Herbert should ignore the ruling striking down Amendment 3 [Deseret News].
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Weber State University begins offering benefits to same-sex couples [Standard-Examiner].
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State officials don't expect Utah to become a destination for same-sex couples seeking to get married [Tribune].
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Mark Shurtleff and Jason Powers deny allegations made against them in recently unsealed warrants [KUTV].
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Sen. Todd Weiler talks more about his proposal to make the Attorney General's office appointed rather than elected [KUTV].
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Senate President Wayne Niderhauser and Rep. Ken Ivory plan to push for Utah to join other states in calling for a Constitutional Convention [Standard-Examiner].
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Rep. Gage Froerer is proposing a constitutional change to allow for recall elections for statewide officials, but not members of the Legislature [KUTV].
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A Utah law allowing prosecutors to get phone and internet records in suspected child-pornography cases without the approval of a judge is not being implemented in the way it was intended [Tribune].
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A number of newly-elected officials are set to take office this week across Utah [Tribune].
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New blood on the Layton City Council may lead to a stalemate on a number of development projects [Standard-Examiner].
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Utah's 2014 elections aren't expected to feature a lot of drama [Deseret News].
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Environmental advocates say a permit granted to Kennecott Utah Copper for a rock crushing facility should be revoked because the impacts the business would have on the environment haven't been fully examined [Tribune].
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Some clean air advocates say school-age children should stay inside even on moderate pollution days [Standard-Examiner].
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State officials say Utah's air quality, while bad, is not as horrible as it was 20 years ago [Deseret News].
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Salt Lake County Councilman Charlie Luke wants the state to ban the use of fireworks on "red" air quality days [Fox 13].
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The Ogden City Council may abandon an informal straw poll they've been using to select leadership positions on the council because it might violate Utah's open meetings laws [Standard-Examiner].
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Utah's economy looks to be in good shape heading into 2014 [Tribune].
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The number of suicides among inmates in Utah jails is on the rise [Tribune].
On this day in history:
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George Washington married Martha Custis in 1759.
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New Mexico became the 47th state in 1912.
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Former president Theodore Roosevelt died in 1919.
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Year-round daylight saving time began in the U.S. on a trial basis in response to the OPEC oil embargo in 1974.
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The U.S. Senate voted 88-4 to hold public hearings into the Iran-Contra affair in 1987.
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Figure skater Nancy Kerrigan was clubbed on the leg by to men including the husband of her rival Tonya Harding in 1994
