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Former Obama adviser: Hillary's biggest challenge is showing she's authentic. Ex-Utah Gov. Bangerter dies. First ads for 2016 back Sen. Lee.
Happy Wednesday. Former Obama adviser David Axelrod says Hillary Clinton's biggest challenge in her campaign will be showing voters that she is authentic and genuinely understands their concerns. "Humility is the order of the day," Axelrod says. [Politico]
Topping the news: Former Utah Gov. Norman Bangerter passed away last night. Utah's politicians honored and remembered him as a great leader. [Trib] [Trib] [DNews] [DNews] [UtahPolicy]
-> Campaign season has just begun, and one of the first ads Utahns will see is one that Citizens United spent $200,000 on in support of Sen. Mike Lee. [Trib] [AP]
Utah's Rep. Jason Chaffetz, who is head of the House Oversight Committee, said the head of the Drug Enforcement Agency should step down amid allegations that DEA agents attended sex parties while overseas and received little to no punishment. [AP] [CNN] [WaTimes] [NYTimes]
Tweets of the day: From @gopTODD: "It's snowing in Salt Lake City. [Insert global warming joke here.]"
In other news: It's tax day, the dreaded deadline that will affect anything from post office hours to consumer deals to your odds of getting in a fatal car crash. [Trib]
-> The Salt Lake City Council is seeking to put an initiative for a tax increase on November's ballot to raise money for transportation projects. [Trib]
-> Upper Ogden Valley residents have found that their protests against a well that they think is taking their water supply have only made their water rates more expensive. [StandardExaminer]
-> Paul Rolly further discusses Mia Love's help in getting a large group of hikers on a guided tour that was supposedly all booked out and Sen. Jim Dabakis' recent announcement that he's running for mayor. [Trib]
-> In honor of Equal Pay Day yesterday, here are nine women who changed Utah history. [Trib]
-> Members of the Lone Peak Community 4 Hope are asking district officials to consider implementing a suicide prevention counselor at Lone Peak High School. [Herald]
-> Orem is preparing its residents for an increase in utility fees to fund infrastructure improvements. [Herald]
-> Ninety-five-year-old Pearl Harbor survivor Marion Kesler passed away Friday. [Trib]
-> The demolition of a bridge is scheduled to close Interstate 15 in Bountiful this weekend and cause heavy congestion in the area. [Trib]
Nationally: President Barack Obama succumbed to bipartisan pressures yesterday, agreeing on a compromise that will empower Congress to reject his upcoming nuclear pact with Iran. [AP] [NYTimes] [WSJ] [NPR]
-> After a historic meeting with Cuba's president, the White House announced that Obama will be removing Cuba from the list of state sponsors of terrorism, saying the country hasn't supported terrorism in the last six months and will not in the future. [AP] [Politico] [USAToday] [Fox] [BBC]
-> The GOP is planning to frame Hillary Clinton in the same way the Democrats framed Mitt Romney in 2012: as a wealthy elite who is out of touch with the average American. [Politico]
Where are they?
Rep. Jason Chaffetz attends an Oversight hearing on Ex-Im Bank and meets with the Utah Outdoor Industry, James Gilson with the Utah State Bar and the Provo River Water Users.
Rep. Chris Stewart attends a 4-H breakfast, meets with an Air Force general, meets with the ambassadors of Azerbaijan and Israel, attends committee meetings and sits down with the Utah Pork Producers and the Utah Transportation Coalition.
Gov. Gary Herbert attends a Cafe Rio Grand Re-opening ceremony and the Governor's Science Medal Awards dinner.
SLC Mayor Ralph Becker has no public events.
President Barack Obama meets with Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Guinean President Alpha Condé and Sierra Leonean President Ernest Bai Koroma to discuss Ebola response progress. Travels to North Carolina to participate in a town hall with BlogHer and SheKnows about working family issues at ImaginOn.
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— Thomas Burr and Erica Palmer
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