Ten Things You Need to Know Today - Friday, October 23, 2015

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Friday, October 23, 2015 - 8:45am

Utah Policy

Good Friday morning from Salt Lake City. There are 69 days left in 2015.

Clinton faces an 11-hour grilling. Ryan jumps into the race for Speaker. Biskupski still holds a lead over Becker.

The clock:

11 days to the 2015 election - (11/3/2015)
87 days to the 2016 Iowa Caucus (tentative) - (1/18/2016)
94 days to the opening day of the 2016 Utah Legislature - (1/25/2016)
95 days to the 2016 New Hampshire Primary - (1/26/2016)
140 days to the final day of the 2016 Utah Legislature - (3/10/2016)
250 days to the 2016 Utah primary election - (6/28/2016)
382 days until the 2016 presidential election - (11/8/2016)

Friday's top-10 headlines:

Hillary Clinton survives an 11-hour grilling by the Benghazi committee and comes out mostly unscathed [Politico, New York Times, Washington Post, MSNBC, CBS News, Roll Call].
Wisconsin Republican Paul Ryan jumps into the race for Speaker, which he is expected to win [Washington Post].
A new poll shows Jackie Biskupski still holds a slight lead over Ralph Becker ahead of November's election [Utah Policy].
Becker picks up endorsements from most of the members of the Salt Lake City Council [Deseret News, Tribune].
The judge in the SB 54 case orders the Utah GOP to bring on another lawyer because their present counsel is overworked [Deseret News, Fox 13].
Gov. Gary Herbert says he's frustrated by the stalemate over Medicaid expansion [Utah Policy, Deseret News, KUER].
A judge denies embattled San Juan County Commissioner Phil Lyman's request for a new trial [Tribune, Deseret News, Fox 13].
Business leaders tout new and innovative ways to improve performance at Utah's schools [Utah Policy, Tribune, Deseret News, KUER].
West Valley City police officers are offered a cash incentive to live within the boundaries of the city [Deseret News].
Many Utahns will see their health insurance skyrocket 22 percent in the next year [Tribune].

On this day in history:

1707 - British Parliament met for the first time.
1962 - President John F. Kennedy signs Proclamation 3504, authorizing the naval blockade of Cuba following the discovery of Soviet missiles on the island.
1973 - President Richard Nixon agreed to turn White House tape recordings requested by the Watergate special prosecutor over to Judge John J. Sirica.
1983 - Suicide bomb attacks on peacekeeping troops in Beirut killed 241 U.S. Marines and 58 French soldiers.
2001 - Apple Computer introduced the iPod portable digital music player.

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