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Romney: Hillary Clinton politicized Baltimore riots to boost black support. Poll: Only 30 percent of SLC residents want tax hike. Study: Utah most controlling state for alcohol.

Happy Tuesday. Mitt Romney may not be running for president this time around but he's not staying quiet. In an interview with Fox News, Romney said that Hillary Clinton has politicized the Baltimore riots to curry favor with the black community. "I thought it was a very inappropriate thing for her to do, and I think it was political in nature for her to get more support in the African-American community, and I think it was a big mistake on her part and simply wrong, Romney said. [TheHill]

Topping the news: Only 30 percent of SLC residents want to hike the sales tax to target commuters who come into the city to work but don't live there, a new poll shows. [UtahPolicy]

-> Utah is the most controlling state when it comes to liquor but that has turned out to be a big asset to the state in profit. [Fox13] And Ben Winslow runs down the questions you may have about how Utah's system works. [Fox13]

-> California tech executive Carly Fiorina hopes to be the GOP counterpoint to Hillary Clinton. But Fiorina made an online mistake that is kinda embarrassing. [Inquirer]

Tweets of the day: From @moviecricket: "Wouldn't a smart tech executive know to lock up possible web domain names before announcing a presidential run?

Happy Birthday: To state Rep. Brad Dee and Taylorsville Community Development Director Mark McGrath.

Tune in: Mormon mothers of LGBTQ children — so-called Mama Dragons — are finding each other online and in ally groups, searching for ways to support their children and advocating for more understanding from their church. On Tuesday at 12:15 p.m., Mama Dragons Jen Blair and Alyson Deussen join Jennifer Napier-Pearce to share their stories and how their activism has affected their families and faith. Watch Trib Talk at sltrib.com.

In other news: UVU President Matthew Holland signed a petition against gay marriage and many of the university's professors are not happy about it. [Trib] [KUTV]

-> Sen. Mike Lee has turned his Senate office into a factory for conservative ideas. [NJ]

-> Utah's most conservative lawmakers are Rep. Marc Roberts and Sen. Margaret Dayton and most liberal are Sen. Jim Dabakis, and Reps. Patrice Arent and Rebecca Chavez-Houck, according to a mash up of political scorecards. [UtahPolicy]

-> Salt Lake City ranks fourth on the list of best cities to own a car. [Trib]

-> The University of Utah developed a new program to track greenhouse gas emissions in the Salt Lake Valley. [DNews]

-> KUER has launched a five part series on Utah's troubled water system, starting with the proposed Lake Powell Pipeline. [KUER]

-> Salt Lake City has a new fire chief, who comes with 30 years of experience. [Trib]

-> Midvale Mayor JoAnn Seghini is 77 and still enjoying her job in what she says will be her last term. [DNews]

->Pleasant View receives a new city councilman. Tony Pitman is replacing Mel Marker who is going on an LDS mission. [StandEx]

Nationally: President Barack Obama is turning his "My Brother's Keeper program into a non-profit group that will seek to reverse the disadvantages young minority men face, which he in part blames on the recent protests of police actions in Ferguson, Missouri and Baltimore. [AP] [CNN] [NYTimes]

-> The State Department said it found no evidence that donors to the Clinton Foundation resulted in conflicts of interest, though critics have questioned how close former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has been to some financial backers. [AP]

-> Ben Carson, a retired neurosurgeon from Detroit, enters the Republican presidential race as an underdog and the only prominent African American. [CNN] [NYTimes] Here are the nine best moments from his campaign announcement. [WaPost]

-> And today, the GOP field welcomes former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee. [USAToday]

-> Obama's plan to reduce carbon emissions from power plants could save 3,500 lives a year in the U.S. according to a recent Harvard study. [AP] [NYTimes] [WaPost]

Where are they?

Gov. Gary Herbert goes to a Public Safety Summit in Layton and then gives out the Governor's Award for Excellence at the Capitol.

Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox also attends the Public Safety Summit.

SLC Mayor Ralph Becker attends a parks and open space meeting before visiting with Columbia, S.C. Mayor Stephen Benjamin. In the evening, the mayor releases his budget plan for the year.

President Barack Obama meets with Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter and then hosts a Cinco de Mayo reception at the White House.

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— Thomas Burr and Caleb Larkin

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