What You Need to Know About Utah Politics Today - December 31, 2013
Reyes sworn in as Attorney General. 10th Circuit sets expedited schedule for Amendment 3 appeal. Utah's population hits 2.9 million.
Countdown:
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27 days until the start of the 2014 Legislature
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175 days until Utah's 2014 primary elections
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308 days to the 2014 midterm elections
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671 days to the 2015 elections
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735 days until the 2016 Iowa Caucuses
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1042 days to the 2016 presidential election
Today's Utah news highlights:
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Sean Reyes is sworn in as Utah's next Attorney General [Tribune].
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Reyes says the estimated $2 million price tag for Utah to defend Amendment 3 in court is worth it [Tribune].
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The 10th Circuit Court sets an expedited schedule for the state's appeal of the ruling striking down Amendment 3 [Deseret News].
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Lawmakers will consider another constitutional amendment on marriage during the 2014 Legislative Session [Tribune].
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Sen. Jim Dabakis opines Utah's continued fight against same-sex marriage will damage the state's economy [Tribune].
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Utah's population hits 2.9 million as Census numbers peg the state's population as the second-fastest growing [Tribune].
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Utah loses out to Nevada as one of six test sites for unmanned aerial drones [Tribune].
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Bountiful gives four e-cigarette retailers they had ordered to close a one-year reprieve [Tribune].
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Parents are upset with the Jordan School District's plans to change school boundaries in order to deal with population growth [Deseret News].
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Flu season is hitting Utah. About 170 people have been hospitalized so far [KSL].
This day in history:
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President Abraham Lincoln signed an enabling act which set the stage for the Virginia's western counties to become the state of West Virginia in 1862
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Thomas Edison gave the first public demonstration of an electric incandescent lamp in 1879
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President Harry Truman officially declared the end of hostilities in World War II in 1946
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The Marshall Plan expired after providing more than $12 billion in foreign aid in 1951
