Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024
⏰ Tick Tock
27 days until the Electoral College meets. (12/17/2024)
47 days until Congress certifies the presidential election. (1/6/2025)
61 days until Donald Trump is inaugurated. (1/20/2024)
62 days to the start of the 2025 Utah Legislature. (1/21/2025)
👀 Here are some stories that caught my attention this morning:
- "Since his victory, Trump has ignored many of the rules and practices intended to guide a seamless transfer of power and handover of the oversight of 2.2 million federal employees. Instead, the president-elect, who has pledged to fire thousands of civil servants and slash billions of dollars in spending, has so far almost fully cut out the government agencies his predecessors have relied on to take charge of the federal government." [Washington Post]
- Republicans leery of trying to pay for tax cuts with Trump's tariffs. [Semafor]
- Biden Administration approves Ukraine's use of anti-personnel mines. [New York Times]
- Ethics Committee to meet, but it's not clear if vote on Gaetz report is on its agenda. [ABC News]
- A record 80 million Americans are expected to travel for Thanksgiving according to AAA. [Axios]
📰 Wednesday's headlines
Mike Lee to head Senate energy, natural resources committee in new Congress. [Tribune]
Audit: Could cutting low-performing college programs help Utah's academic outlook? [Utah News Dispatch]
Utah bans another book - the 14th so far - from all public schools. [Tribune]
U.S. military selects little-known Utah supplier for drone program. [Wall Street Journal]
Utah's housing crisis, with prices already out of reach for most, is likely to get worse. [Tribune]
Public weighs in on rezoning part of Salt Lake City for potential MLB stadium. [Fox 13]
Utah joins 17 other states opposing the federal regulation of cryptocurrency. [Utah News Dispatch]
Salt Lake City and other police agencies are encrypting their radio from public scanners. [Fox 13]
Who should make the rules when it comes to Utah's air quality? [Fox 13]
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