About Utah Politics - April 3, 2014

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Herbert vetoes three bills. Rep. Richard Greenwood will not seek another term in the House. More cuts coming to the Salt Lake Tribune.

Countdown:

22 days until the Utah State Republican and Democratic conventions
82 days until Utah's 2014 primary elections
215 days to the 2014 midterm elections
298 days to the start of the 2015 Utah Legislature
578 days to the 2015 elections
643 days until the 2016 Iowa Caucuses
949 days to the 2016 presidential election

Today's Utah political news highlights:

Gov. Gary Herbert vetoes three bills from the 2014 session, including onestemming from the John Swallow investigation [Utah Policy, Deseret News, Tribune, Daily Herald].
Rep. Richard Greenwood will not seek another term in the legislature [Utah Policy].
Gov. Herbert signs a bill expanding a public/private partnership to increase preschool opportunities for at-risk children [Daily Herald].
The Supreme Court strikes down some campaign contribution limits for federal races [Tribune].
The Salt Lake Tribune is bracing for more budget cuts [Tribune, Deseret News].
Economists predictslowed growth for Utah [Tribune].
U.S. Forest Service officials report an oil leak in the Dixie National Forest [Tribune].
A study from the University of Utah says reducing urban sprawl can increase economic mobility [Tribune].

On this day in history:

1860 - The Pony Express began service between St. Joseph, Missouri and Sacramento, California.
1865 - Union forces occupied the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia.
1882 - Jesse James was shot to death in St. Joseph, Missouri.
1924 - Actor Marlin Brando was born in Omaha, Nebraska.
1948 - President Harry Truman signed the Marshall Plan.
1968 - Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "mountaintop" speech less than 24 hours before he was assassinated.
1996 - Unabomber Theodore Kaczynski was arrested.
1998 - The Dow Jones industrial average topped 9,000 for the first time.
2009 - Iowa's Supreme Court legalized gay marriage.

Today At Utah Policy

Herbert Vetoes Three Bills; Lawmakers to Consider Override Session
Now that GOP Gov. Gary Herbert has vetoed three bills, it's up to the 104 part-time lawmakers to decide if they want to call themselves into a special veto-override session....

Bryan Schott's Political BS: Legacy Building
Time is running out for Sen. Orrin Hatch....

Greenwood Withdraws Bid for Re-Election
Rep. Richard Greenwood (R-Roy) has withdrawn from the House District 12 race, ending his bid for another term on Utah's Capitol Hill....

The Top-5 'Most Vulnerable' Utah House Seats in 2014
There's a bi-partisan bent to our list of the "most vulnerable" seats in the Utah House heading into the 2014 election. Three are currently held by Democrats and two belong to the GOP....

SB 54 Vote Could Cause Problems for Some Legislators
Fourteen GOP state House members and three Republican senators, all seeking re-election this year, are facing some tough questions by their party delegates over why they voted for SB54 in the 2014 Legislature, which ended just a few weeks ago....

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How the 2014 General Session Impacted Business
The Utah business community commends the Utah legislature for another great year for business....

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