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Reid punches back at Trump for making fun of his eye injury. Hatch, Lee introduce bill for Antiquities Act exemption. Herbert to debate Weinholtz.
Happy Friday. Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid is punching right back at Donald Trump for poking fun at his grisly eye injury, calling the GOP presidential nominee a "con artist." Said the retiring Nevada senator, "I may not be able to see out of my right eye, but with my good eye, I can see that Trump is a man who inherited his money and spent his entire life pretending like he earned it."
-> Meanwhile, Reid owned up to the fact he didn't have proof in 2012 that Mitt Romney wasn't paying taxes but the senator has no regrets for tossing out that allegation. [<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/09/15/harry-reid-lied-about-mitt-romneys-taxes-hes-still-not-sorry/">WaPost</a>]
<strong>Topping the news:</strong> Sens. Mike Lee and Orrin Hatch introduced legislation that would exempt Utah from the Antiquities Act to prevent the president from naming a new national monument within the state. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4357021-155/hatch-lee-seeking-utah-exemption-from"; target="_blank">Trib</a>] [<a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865662502/Hatch-Lee-push-parity-act-to-exempt-Utah-from-monument-creation.html"; target="_blank">DNews</a>]
-> Gov. Gary Herbert did some schedule rearranging after initially declining to debate with Democratic opponent Mike Weinholtz at the League of Cities and Towns on Friday. Herbert will squeeze the debate in on the same day as his massive fundraising gala. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4358326-155/herbert-reverses-course-will-debate-weinholtz?page=1"; target="_blank">Trib</a>] [<a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865662549/GOP-Gov-Gary-Herbert-agrees-to-debate-Democratic-challenger-Mike-Weinholtz-on-Friday.html"; target="_blank">DNews</a>] [<a href="http://kutv.com/news/local/herbert-now-attending-debate-at-cities-towns-gathering"; target="_blank">KUTV</a>] [<a href="http://kuer.org/post/governor-herbert-changes-course-agrees-second-debate-democrat-mike-weinholtz"; target="_blank">KUER</a>]
-> Fox 13 News fact checks the accusations against Doug Owens in Rep. Mia Love's latest TV ad. [<a href="http://fox13now.com/2016/09/14/truth-testing-the-first-negative-ad-of-utahs-2016-election/?platform=hootsuite"; target="_blank">Fox13</a>]
<strong>Tweets of the day: </strong>From @<a href="https://twitter.com/RexHuppke"; target="_blank">RexHuppke</a>: "I'm pretty sure the Constitution says that if you don't believe a two-term president is an American you can't be president of America."
From @<a href="https://twitter.com/StephenAtHome"; target="_blank">StephenAtHome</a>: "Anyone see this @Snowden movie yet? I'm gonna watch it the way it was meant to be seen — illegally downloaded from the studio's servers."
<strong>Behind the Headlines:</strong> Tribune reporters Emma Penrod, Robert Gehrke and Thomas Burr, as well as editorial writer George Pyle, join The Salt Lake Tribune's Benjamin Wood to talk about the week's top stories, including the Public Lands Initiative, Utah's water plans and Mormon Republicans. Listen at KCPW.org or tune in to KCPW or Utah Public Radio for the broadcast from <span class="aBn"><span class="aQJ">9-10 a.m.</span></span>
<strong>In other news:</strong> Teachers and lawmakers react to this year's school grades, released Thursday, which follow a tough curve set up by a new law. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4356215-155/school-grades-down-statewide-after-lawmakers?page=1"; target="_blank">Trib</a>] [<a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865662486/Despite-SAGE-improvements-Utah-school-grades-down-overall.html"; target="_blank">DNews</a>] [<a href="http://fox13now.com/2016/09/15/utah-school-report-cards-show-as-hard-to-come-by-due-to-new-grading-system/"; target="_blank">Fox13</a>] Read the full list of Utah school grades <a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4353243-155/list-new-2016-grades-for-wasatch"; target="_blank">here</a>.
-> Construction for the Bus Rapid Transit project will continue, according to the Utah Supreme Court, while the court decides protest groups' lawsuit seeking to allow a referendum in the 2017 election that could reverse Provo and Orem cities' street leases for the bus project. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4356692-155/court-allows-transit-project-to-proceed"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]
-> Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce member Jason Mathis called violence and crime around the homeless shelter in the city's Rio Grande district a dire crisis, pleading with other Salt Lake agencies to help find a solution. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4357733-155/you-might-think-i-am-talking?page=1"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]
-> The public comment period is open for the four nominees for a spot in the Sunset City Justice Court. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4357620-155/comments-sought-on-nominees-for-sunset"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]
-> Free screenings of an FBI and DEA-made documentary on opioid addiction with following panel discussions will take place in Orem, West Jordan, and Ogden next week as part of National Heroin and Opioid Awareness Week. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4357862-155/free-screenings-planned-of-documentary-about"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]
-> Pat Bagley draws up his rendition of this week's Wells Fargo scandal. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/4358518-155/bagley-cartoon-wells-fargo-weenie-wagon"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]
-> Paul Rolly rounds up local stories of kindness. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4283237-155/rolly-utahns-helping-utahns-its?page=2"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]
<strong>Nationally:</strong> After a few days of silence from the Hillary Clinton campaign while she rested on doctor's orders, Clinton returned Thursday to the campaign trail at a rally in North Carolina with a fresh perspective. [<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/15/politics/hillary-clinton-greensboro-north-carolina/index.html"; target="_blank">CNN</a>] [<a href="http://www.politico.com/story/2016/09/hillary-clinton-sick-days-campaign-reset-228253"; target="_blank">Politico</a>]
-> Donald Trump's campaign announced that Trump's longstanding belief that President Barack Obama wasn't born in the United States has changed, but Trump dodged the chance to say so himself. [<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-defiant-as-polls-rise-wont-say-obama-was-born-in-united-states/2016/09/15/48913162-7b61-11e6-ac8e-cf8e0dd91dc7_story.html"; target="_blank">WaPost</a>] [<a href="http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/trump-again-refuses-say-whether-obama-was-born-u-s-n649221"; target="_blank">NBCNews</a>] [<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/15/politics/donald-trump-obama-birther-united-states/index.html"; target="_blank">CNN</a>]
-> Utah Rep. Chris Stewart signed a House Intelligence Committee letter urging President Barack Obama not to pardon former runaway NSA worker Edward Snowden for leaking classified documents. [<a href="http://kutv.com/news/local/utah-congressman-asks-president-obama-not-to-pardon-edward-snowden"; target="_blank">KUTV</a>] [<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/09/15/republicans-and-some-democrats-fight-back-against-snowden-clemency-campaign/"; target="_blank">WaPost</a>] [<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/16/us/politics/edward-snowden-no-pardon-house-intelligence.html?ref=politics&_r=0"; target="_blank">NYTimes</a>]
<strong>Where are they?</strong>
<ul>
<li>Rep. Jason <strong><a href="https://twitter.com/jasoninthehouse"; target="_blank">Chaffetz</a></strong> heads to New York for media appearances.</li>
<li>State Auditor John <strong><a href="https://twitter.com/FrugalDougall"; target="_blank">Dougall</a> </strong>speaks at the Utah League of Cities and Towns conference and at a Murray event.</li>
<li>President Barack <strong><a href="https://twitter.com/BarackObama"; target="_blank">Obama</a> </strong>holds a meeting in the Oval Office with business, government and national security leaders about the Trans-Pacific Partnership before participating in a traditional ambassador credentialing ceremony for foreign ambassadors recently posted in Washington.</li>
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