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Trump aide says he won't pursue investigations of Hillary Clinton. Poll shows most Americans think Trump will do a good job as president. Utah AG warns against a Muslim registry.

Happy Tuesday. Two weeks after Election Day, most Americans say President-elect Donald Trump will ultimately do a good job as president, though fewer approve of the way he's handled the transition so far. A new poll shows a narrow majority (53%), say they think Trump will do a very or fairly good job as president, and 40% say they have a lot of confidence in Trump to deal with the economy. [<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/22/politics/donald-trump-presidency-poll-transition/index.html">CNN</a>]

-> Also this morning, Trump top campaign aide says the president-elect will break a campaign promise and not pursue further investigations of Hillary Clinton related to her private email server or the Clinton Foundation. [<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/22/politics/conway-no-clinton-charges-donald-trump/index.html">CNN</a>]

<strong>Topping the news:</strong> Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes, a Trump supporter, says the Muslim registry — based on the precedent of WWII Japanese internment camps — floated by Trump's transition team is unacceptable. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4617904-155/ag-reyes-says-talk-of-muslim"; target="_blank">Trib</a>] [<a href="http://fox13now.com/2016/11/21/utah-ag-raises-concerns-about-muslim-registries-and-internment-camps/"; target="_blank">Fox13</a>] [<a href="http://kutv.com/news/local/reyes-expresses-concern"; target="_blank">KUTV</a>]

-> The New American Economy Utah Coalition sprung up on Monday, boasting membership of Conservative leaders and local businesses, to push for an immigration reform that secures the border, welcomes high-skilled workers and stays away from deportation. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4617114-155/new-coalition-of-utah-businesses-conservatives"; target="_blank">Trib</a>] [<a href="http://fox13now.com/2016/11/21/republican-coalition-urges-immigration-reform-without-mass-deportations/"; target="_blank">Fox13</a>] [<a href="http://kuer.org/post/utah-business-civic-leaders-join-national-immigration-reform-group"; target="_blank">KUER</a>]

-> A new poll shows three-quarters of Utahns oppose the idea of "Constitutional Carry," which would allow residents to carry concealed firearms without a permit. [<a href="http://utahpolicy.com/index.php/features/today-at-utah-policy/11525-">UtahPolicy</a>]

-> Utah House Speaker Greg Hughes has been in touch with the Trump transition team, and it could just land him a job as secretary of Transportation in the new administration. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4617121-155/utah-house-speaker-greg-hughes-in"; target="_blank">Trib</a>] [<a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865667738/Utah-House-Speaker-Greg-Hughes-in-contact-with-Trump-team-on-transportation.html"; target="_blank">DNews</a>] [<a href="http://fox13now.com/2016/11/21/is-president-elect-trump-considering-utahs-house-speaker-for-transportation-secretary/"; target="_blank">Fox13</a>]

<strong>Tweets of the day: </strong>From @<a href="https://twitter.com/aedwardslevy"; target="_blank">aedwardslevy</a>: "January, in the White House: 'why are all our computers missing the right alt key?'"

From @<a href="https://twitter.com/slowbeard"; target="_blank">slowbeard</a>: "If Clinton had won we'd be discussing minimum wage and maternity leave. Instead we get to argue about the preferred nomenclature for nazis."

From @<a href="https://twitter.com/jameshamblin"; target="_blank">jameshamblin</a>: "Maybe people haven't been to a drained swamp but it's mostly mud and dead fish."

From @<a href="https://twitter.com/SCOTUSHUMOR"; target="_blank">SCOTUSHUMOR</a>: "Time for my annual con law reminder: If the turkey hasn't committed an offense against the U.S., the President has no authority to pardon it."

<strong>In other news: </strong>It'll be a crowded holiday week in Utah as hordes of travelers head to the airport Wednesday and UTA scales back its services on Thanksgiving and Black Friday. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4616439-155/thanksgiving-week-i-15-delays-big-airport"; target="_blank">Trib</a>] [<a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865667745/Thanksgiving-weekend-could-be-most-traveled-holiday-in-9-years-AAA-says.html"; target="_blank">DNews</a>]

-> Bryan Schott argues there's a possible path for Democrats to win the U.S. Senate seat in Utah in 2018. [<a href="http://utahpolicy.com/index.php/features/today-at-utah-policy/11526-">UtahPolicy</a>]

-> Planners for developing the Draper prison site once the institution moves north are on a tight schedule to gather all the stakeholder input they want, even with a four-year timeline. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4617476-155/clock-is-ticking-on-plans-for"; target="_blank">Trib</a>] [<a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865667722/Planners-looking-for-Point-of-the-Mountain-vision.html"; target="_blank">DNews</a>] [<a href="http://kutv.com/news/local/public-can-soon-start-weighing-in-on-draper-planning-project"; target="_blank">APviaKUTV</a>]

-> Utah State Parks will start dredging the Great Salt Lake's marina in January to increase the water level enough to keep rescue boats docked there, but the rest of the sailboats will have to go. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4617884-155/great-salt-lake-undergoing-big-changes?page=1"; target="_blank">Trib</a>] [<a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865667737/Great-Salt-Lake-causeway-breach-planned-for-December.html"; target="_blank">DNews</a>] [<a href="http://kutv.com/news/local/causeway-dividing-great-salt-lake-to-be-breached-next-month"; target="_blank">KUTV</a>]

-> The public will have to wait to hear the privately-picked locations of four new 150-bed homeless shelters in Salt Lake City after Mayor Jackie Biskupski delayed the announcement scheduled for Monday. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4616599-155/new-homeless-shelter-announcement-any?page=1"; target="_blank">Trib</a>] [<a href="http://www.good4utah.com/news/local-news/still-a-secret-location-of-new-homeless-shelters"; target="_blank">ABC4</a>] [<a href="http://kutv.com/news/local/salt-lakes-failure-to-announce-homeless-shelter-sites-is-citys-third-missed-deadline"; target="_blank">KUTV</a>]

-> The Volunteers of America homeless youth shelter in Salt Lake City has been taking millennials in and giving them a home, food, structure, counseling and classes for six months now in an effort to get them on their feet — and it's working. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4584996-155/the-kids-are-all-right-at?fullpage=1"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]

-> Two months after Blue Castle Holdings owed its first payments to San Juan and Kane county water districts for cooling the reactors at its future Green River nuclear power plant, it hasn't paid up and instead wants to rewrite the contract to match the modern market. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4595434-155/nuke-proponents-seeking-new-deal-with?page=1"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]

<span style="line-height: 1.5;">-> A trial in Canada will begin Tuesday that looks into Canadian FLDS members whisking young girls to the United States for polygamous marriage and sexual exploitation. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4570317-155/trial-to-begin-in-canada-for?page=1"; target="_blank">Trib</a>] One of the victims, Millie Blackmore, was recently spotted by a half-brother living with her mom back in her British Columbia hometown. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4613309-155/former-child-bride-living-again-in"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]</span>

-> Lawyers for Brigham Young University and The Salt Lake Tribune grappled in court Monday with whether BYU's police force was established by the university or the state. The judge's written ruling on the matter will determine if the agency falls under open records laws. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4616558-155/no-ruling-yet-in-whether-brigham"; target="_blank">Trib</a>] [<a href="http://kuer.org/post/salt-lake-tribune-challenges-open-records-committee-over-denied-byu-police-records#stream/0"; target="_blank">KUER</a>] [<a href="http://www.heraldextra.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/salt-lake-tribune-asks-judge-to-make-byu-police-records/article_89769723-7365-5390-a8cc-66f7b1a6f89f.html"; target="_blank">APviaHerald</a>]

-> Last week's first snow and this week's promise of more has some Utah ski resorts giddy about opening as early as this weekend. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4617940-155/storm-raises-utahs-hopes-of-running"; target="_blank">Trib</a>] [<a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865667660/Sunshine-doesnt-dampen-spirits-2-or-expectations-2-of-local-ski-resorts-as-season-opens-this-week.html"; target="_blank">DNews</a>]

-> Pat Bagley offers his two cents on protesters' vs. big oil's priorities in the Standing Rock standoff. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/4617934-155/bagley-cartoon-protectors-of-the-sacred"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]

<strong>Nationally:</strong> Followers of the alt-right white nationalist movement gathered for a conference in Washington over the weekend to celebrate the rise of their platform to prominence in the election of Donald Trump — and the event wasn't without Nazi salutes. [<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/21/us/alt-right-salutes-donald-trump.html"; target="_blank">NYTimes</a>]

-> The president-elect took to YouTube Monday to reveal his first plans for office: quick and easy executive orders that include withdrawing the United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership and canceling Barack Obama's environmental restrictions. [<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/21/politics/donald-trump-outlines-policy-plan-for-first-100-days/index.html"; target="_blank">CNN</a>] [<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/21/us/politics/donald-trump-presidency.html?ref=politics&_r=0"; target="_blank">NYTimes</a>] [<a href="http://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/donald-trump-executive-actions-231726"; target="_blank">Politico</a>]

-> Between Melania and Barron Trump planning to stay in New York City for first part of Donald Trump's presidency and Trump insisting on commuting between the Capitol and the Big Apple, law enforcement in NYC will spend more $1 million a day to protect the Trumps. [<a href="http://money.cnn.com/2016/11/21/news/protecting-donald-trump/index.html"; target="_blank">CNN</a>]

<strong>Where are they?</strong>

<ul>

<li>Gov. Gary <strong><a href="https://twitter.com/GovHerbert"; target="_blank">Herbert</a></strong> meets with the Board of Examiners and settles in for a budget review.</li>

<li>Lt. Gov. Spencer <strong><a href="https://twitter.com/SpencerJCox"; target="_blank">Cox</a></strong> drops by a Snow College honors ethics class before returning to the Capitol to review a budget.</li>

<li>State Auditor John <strong><a href="https://twitter.com/FrugalDougall"; target="_blank">Dougall</a> </strong>hops on phone calls with Millard County commissions, the Department of Workforce Services and the Attorney General's office before heading to the Board of Examiners meeting and getting to know a newly elected school board member.</li>

<li>President Barack <strong><a href="https://twitter.com/BarackObama"; target="_blank">Obama</a> </strong>lunches with Vice President Joe Biden and presents 21 recipients with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.</li>

</ul>

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