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Ethics watchdogs already challenging Trump in court. Day One for the Utah Legislature as education funding tops the priorities. A roundup of all the inaugural and women's march news.
Happy Monday.It's his first week in office and President Donald Trump is already getting challenged in court. A watchdog group, backed by former White House ethics lawyers, is suing the new president saying foreign payments to his company violates the Constitution. [<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/22/us/politics/trump-foreign-payments-constitution-lawsuit.html?_r=0"; target="_blank">NYTimes</a>] [<a href="http://money.cnn.com/2017/01/22/news/donald-trump-constitution-lawsuit/index.html"; target="_blank">CNN</a>]
<strong>Topping the news: </strong>Education funding is the top priority when the Legislature convenes today, but there are plenty of other issues that should get serious attention, including homelessness, transportation, medical marijuana, public lands, air quality and maybe alcohol policy. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4843334-155/education-funding-tops-legislators-agenda-during">Trib</a>] [<a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865671567/2017-Legislature-preview-Funding-growth-retaining-teachers-among-challenges-facing-lawmakers.html"; target="_blank">DNews</a>]
-> In his inaugural address before hundreds of thousands of people, Trump promised to listen to the working class, always put America's interests ahead of those of its allies and stop the "American carnage." [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4843936-155/amid-praise-and-protest-donald-trump"; target="_blank">Trib</a>] [<a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765692251/Trump-takes-charge-Sworn-in-as-nations-45th-president.html">DNews</a>] [<a href="http://www.good4utah.com/news/local-news/trump-becomes-45th-president-of-the-united-states/643278671">ABC4</a>] [<a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38697908">BBCNews</a>] [<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-inaugural-speech-sharp-break-with-past-and-his-party/2017/01/20/bcfc06d6-de7a-11e6-918c-99ede3c8cafa_story.html?utm_term=.33bba69a7297">WaPost</a>]
-> Meet some of the Utahns who joined in the massive women's march in Washington, D.C. on Friday, a gathering significantly bigger than Trump's inaugural. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4846861-155/among-the-massive-womens-march-crowd?fullpage=1">Trib</a>] [<a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865671559/Hundreds-of-Utah-women-walking-now-in-Womens-March-on-Washington.html">DNews</a>] [<a href="http://www.good4utah.com/news/top-stories/utah-women-march-on-washington/643790076">ABC4</a>] [<a href="http://kutv.com/news/local/utahns-brave-long-lines-in-washington-to-enjoy-inaugural-balls">KUTV</a>] [<a href="http://fox13now.com/2017/01/20/student-leaders-from-utah-visit-washington-for-inauguration/">Fox13</a>]
-> Nearly 8,000 people marched in Park City [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/entertainment/4846526-155/we-shouldnt-have-to-fight-for">Trib</a>], 1,000 in downtown Salt Lake City [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4843395-155/about-1000-utahns-rally-against-president">Trib</a>], and 300 in Ogden [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4847223-155/ogden-women-join-those-across-the">Trib</a>] as part of women's marches that took place throughout the globe. [<a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865671565/Utahns-celebrities-turn-out-for-womens-march-at-Sundance-Film-Festival.html">DNews</a>] [<a href="http://kutv.com/news/local/thousands-descend-in-park-city-for-womens-march-on-main-day-after-trumps-inauguration">KUTV</a>] [<a href="http://fox13now.com/2017/01/21/thousands-expected-to-attend-womens-march-in-park-city/">Fox13</a>] (More inaugural news below)
<strong>Tweets of the day: </strong>From <a href="https://twitter.com/gopTODD">@gopTODD</a>: "The Elders Quorum of the Washington DC 2nd Ward is looking for help moving in a new family today at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave."
From <a href="https://twitter.com/edbraddy">@edbraddy</a>: "Sen. Orrin Hatch was the designated 'survivor' who missed the Inauguration just in case. I heard 69 Dems thought that's what they were doing."
From <a href="https://twitter.com/jackfowler">@jackfowler</a>: "Well since he doesn't drink, <a href="https://twitter.com/OrrinHatch">@OrrinHatch</a> has lots of experience as designated driver. Might as well have made him Designated Survivor."
<strong>Opinion section: </strong>Kenneth Maryboy, president-elect of the Mexican Water Chapter House and of the Navajo Medicine Man Association, calls for Utah legislators to end its criticism of the Bears Ears National Monument. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/4844651-155/editorial-blame-elected-leaders-for-scandals">Trib</a>]
-> Holly Richardson, a Tribune regular and conservative activist, says Hatch shouldn't run again and that no one is indispensable. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/4840060-155/holly-richardson-no-one-is-indispensable"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]
-> Robert Gehrke says the new president deviated from past inaugural speeches, relying on Americans' base emotions of fear, resentment, isolationism and anger. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4844706-155/gehrke-trumps-dark-message-belies-a">Trib</a>]
-> And Gehrke tries his hand at drafting House Speaker Greg Hughes' opening day legislative speech for him. It's good. And funny. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4847537-155/gehrke-this-isnt-the-speech-thatll"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]
-> Four county commissioners support Hatch and his bid for an eighth term in office. [<a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865671578/My-view-Sen-Hatch-can-still-do-tremendous-good-for-Utah.html"; target="_blank">DNews</a>]
-> Julie Day, quality medical director for the University of Utah Community Physician Group, explores the monetary and human costs of repealing the Affordable Care Act. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/4835203-155/op-ed-aca-repeal-could-be-a">Trib</a>]
-> Pat Bagley encourages Utah voters to "follow the money" to see where legislators collect the campaign cash that may affect their policy decisions. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/4844977-155/bagley-cartoon-follow-the-money">Trib</a>]
-> George Pyle suggests that Trump's meanness is likely the central characteristic of his new administration. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/4840625-155/george-pyle-now-we-will-see?page=2"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]
-> Paul Rolly argues a series of audits shows Utah's quasi-governmental groups are ethical nightmares. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/home/4835186-155/rolly-the-latest-audits-of-quasi-government">Trib</a>]
-> Alan Ormsby, state director of AARP, champions a bill that would create a new small employer retirement plan. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/4835169-155/op-ed-utahns-need-this-plan-to"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]
-> Kate Kelly, a human rights attorney, and Leah Torres, an OB/Gyn, criticize a bill that would require doctors to inform patients that an abortion pill's effects could be reversed. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/4835866-155/op-ed-hb141-is-more-bad-medicine"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]
-> Christine Cooke, an education policy analyst at the Sutherland Institute, says new money for education should be tied to new ideas, some of them radical departures from the current public education system. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/4835828-155/op-ed-more-than-money-utah-schools"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]
-> Lane Beattie, president and CEO of the Salt Lake Chamber, argues that if Utah wants to stay on top of national rankings its leaders must address education funding, regulatory reform, homelessness and air quality. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/4835825-155/op-ed-utahs-economic-vitality-will-continue"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]
-> Mike Edmonds and Billy Hesterman, with the Utah Taxpayers Association, offer alternatives to increasing the income tax to boost education funding. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/4843693-155/op-ed-try-these-tax-changes-instead"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]
-> Damian Kidd explains why he's considering a run against Rep. Jason Chaffetz. [<a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865671491/My-view-Im-done-supporting-and-listening-to-Jason-Chaffetz.html"; target="_blank">DNews</a>]
-> Three prominent members of the Intergenerational Poverty Advisory Committee —Utah Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox, Workforce Services's Jon Pierpont and H. David Burton — say local leaders can fight poverty if they work together. [<a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865671574/My-view-Creating-better-outcomes-for-Utah7s-families-in-the-cycle-of-poverty.html"; target="_blank">DNews</a>]
-> John F. Bennett, with the Utah Quality Growth Commission, argues that protecting watershed is important, but so are private property rights. [<a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865671579/My-view-Conservation-of-critical-land-and-protection-of-private-property-are-vital.html"; target="_blank">DNews</a>]
-> LaVarr Webb and Frank Pignanelli debate what we'll see out of the Legislature in 2017. [<a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865671572/They7re-baaaack—Lawmakers-reappear-tomorrow.html"; target="_blank">DNews</a>]
<strong>Inauguration wrap-up: </strong>Hours after his inauguration ceremony, President Trump signed his first executive order, which directs federal agencies to begin scaling back enforcement of the Affordable Care Act to "minimize the economic burden" of the law. He's expected to sign more such orders today. [<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/20/us/politics/trump-executive-order-obamacare.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fus&action=click&contentCollection=us&region=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=25&pgtype=sectionfront">NYTimes</a>] [<a href="http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/01/21/510901402/trumps-executive-order-could-dismantle-parts-of-aca-before-replacement-is-ready">NPR</a>] [<a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/trump-signs-bill-actions-president-44928747">ABCNews</a>] [<a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jan/21/president-trumps-aca-order-appears-target-mandate/?">WaTimes</a>]
-> Get an inside look at why one Utah millennial couple wanted to see Trump's inauguration and how his speech almost brought them to tears. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4843938-155/utah-couple-hopeful-americas-new-president"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]
-> Hatch missed the inauguration to serve in the role of designated survivor, ensuring continuity of government in case of a catastrophic event. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/home/4843730-155/sen-orrin-hatch-is-the-real">Trib</a>] [<a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865671497/As-designated-survivor-Hatch-was-far-from-Trump-inauguration.html">DNews</a>] [<a href="http://kutv.com/news/local/sen-hatch-acts-as-designated-survivor-during-58th-presidential-inauguration">KUTV</a>] [<a href="http://fox13now.com/2017/01/20/utah-sen-orrin-hatch-skips-inauguration-because-hes-the-designated-survivor/">Fox13</a>]
-> The Mormon Tabernacle Choir sang "America the Beautiful" during its seventh performance at a presidential inauguration. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4843939-155/mormon-tabernacle-choir-gives-seventh-inauguration"; target="_blank">Trib</a>] [<a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765692250/Jackie-Evancho-Mormon-Tabernacle-Choir-perform-at-inaugural.html">DNews</a>] [<a href="http://www.good4utah.com/news/local-news/mormon-tabernacle-choir-sings-america-the-beautiful-at-trumps-inauguration/643360623">ABC4</a>]
-> After shaking Hillary Clinton's hand at Trump's inauguration, Rep. Jason Chaffetz posted a photo on Instagram complete with a promise to continue investigating the former Democratic candidate. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/home/4844857-155/chaffetz-shakes-hands-with-clinton-vows">Trib</a>]
-> Utah clergy who are concerned about Trump gathered for an interfaith service. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4844094-155/prayers-for-a-brighter-day-fill"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]
-> "Kill Trump" was spray painted on a downtown Salt Lake City storefront. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4843863-155/kill-trump-spray-painted-onto-salt-lake"; target="_blank">Trib</a>] [<a href="http://www.good4utah.com/news/local-news/anti-trump-vandalism-appears-in-slc-on-inauguration-day/643604855">ABC4</a>] [<a href="http://kutv.com/news/local/kill-trump-graffiti-appears-in-downtown-slc-hours-before-inauguration-ceremony">KUTV</a>] [<a href="http://fox13now.com/2017/01/20/death-threat-against-president-trump-spray-painted-across-salt-lake-city-storefront/">Fox13</a>]
<strong>Weekend in review:</strong> Harry Reid, the recently retired Nevada senator and democrat who holds status as the highest-ranked elected Mormon in the nation's history, says, "no group has been more difficult and hard on me than [LDS] church members." [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/lifestyle/faith/4846862-155/reid-no-group-is-harder-on">Trib</a>] [<a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865671566/Brother-Harry-Reid-talks-about-helping-LDS-Church-controversy-retirement-Trump.html">DNews</a>]
-> Without more jail beds and more treatment slots, drug users in the Rio Grande district can continue to flaunt laws without fearing serious consequences. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4843563-155/without-more-jail-beds-or-treatment"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]
-> An environmental group says the Utah Division of Air Quality has improperly withheld records, which the group is now suing for to determine whether two gravel pits comply with air-quality requirements. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4844838-155/environmental-group-sues-state-over-pollution">Trib</a>]
-> A few hundred Utahns gathered at a "Clean Air, No Excuses" rally at the Capitol, calling on their elected officials to make clean air initiatives a priority this session. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4840088-155/photo-gallery-hundreds-of-utahns-rally">Trib</a>] [<a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865671589/Hundreds-brave-snowstorm-to-rally-legislators-to-clean-up-Utah-air.html">DNews</a>]
-> Utah officials voted unanimously to hold off on a trade of state school trust land parcels in the new Bears Ears National Monument for other federal land—a trade Trump's administration will now oversee. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/home/4835113-155/utah-not-ready-to-sign-off">Trib</a>]
<span style="line-height: 1.5;">-> The Board of Regents approved a new policy that will require universities across the state to share information about transfer students who have committed sexual violence. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/home/4844302-155/regents-approve-new-sexual-assault-policy?page=1">Trib</a>]</span>
-> BYU President Kevin Worthen defends the new people in charge of campus sexual assault investigations, while some students seek a meeting with him to talk about their frustrations. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4835422-155/byu-president-defends-new-hires-in"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]
-> The judge presiding over former Utah Attorney General John Swallow's public corruption case won't be disqualified, despite Swallow's assertion that she's shown biases against him. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/home/4844602-155/courts-deny-swallows-motion-to-disqualify">Trib</a>] [<a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865671531/Presiding-judge-rejects-Swallow-motion-to-toss-judge-from-his-case.html">DNews</a>]
-> Before his term expired, President Barack Obama shortened the prison sentence of two more Utahns. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4839928-155/obama-shortens-drug-sentences-of-two"; target="_blank">Trib</a>] [<a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865671447/Obama-commutes-sentences-of-3-Utah-drug-offenders.html">DNews</a>]
-> Sen. Orrin Hatch defended Steve Mnuchin, Trump's pick for treasury secretary, saying he is undoubtedly qualified. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4840445-155/hatch-warns-democrats-against-smearing-treasury"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]
-> After a blistering state audit on the Unified Fire Authority, Salt Lake County's auditor is going to look into the expenses charged by county council members. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4840162-155/fire-department-audit-triggers-county-review"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]
-> Emails released by a federal ethics official seem to indicate that Rep. Jason Chaffetz was overstating when he said the official refused to meet with him. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4840769-155/chaffetz-actually-skipped-the-meeting-says"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]
-> More than one-fourth of cigarettes smoked in Utah are smuggled in, largely to avoid the state's high cigarette tax. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4833864-155/contraband-cigarettes-among-utah-smokers-favorite"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]
-> Though SLC Mayor Jackie Biskupski has generated controversy for her selection of four new homeless shelter sites, a new poll shows most Salt Lake residents approve of her plan. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4843954-155/poll-amid-shelter-site-outcry-most">Trib</a>]
<strong>Nationally:</strong> Breaking a campaign promise, Trump won't release his tax returns, according to an aide. [<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/01/22/trump-wont-release-his-tax-returns-because-people-dont-care-top-adviser-says/?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_pp-taxreturns-1116am%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.a5fc3b1d84ef">WaPost</a>] [<a href="http://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/donald-trump-tax-returns-conway-233991">Politico</a>]
-> Trump used a visit to the Central Intelligence Agency to claim the media had deliberately understated the number of people at his inauguration, despite photo evidence disputing his claim of 1.5 million attendees. [<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/21/us/politics/trump-white-house-briefing-inauguration-crowd-size.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fus&action=click&contentCollection=us&region=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=10&pgtype=sectionfront&_r=0">NYTimes</a>] [<a href="http://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/trump-media-relations-233981">Politico</a>] [<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-wages-war-against-the-media-as-demonstrators-protest-his-presidency/2017/01/21/705be9a2-e00c-11e6-ad42-f3375f271c9c_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_resistance9pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.6dd496be5407">WaPost</a>] [<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jan/22/trump-inauguration-crowd-sean-spicers-claims-versus-the-evidence">Guardian</a>]
-> Kellyanne Conway said press secretary Sean Spicer offered "alternative facts" in his five-minute statement about the size of the inauguration crowd. What he said was wrong. Here is what really happened. [<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/22/us/politics/president-trump-inauguration-crowd-white-house.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0"; target="_blank">NYTimes</a>] [<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/22/politics/kellyanne-conway-alternative-facts/index.html"; target="_blank">CNN</a>]
-> The Department of Justice said Friday that Trump's appointment of his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, as a senior White House adviser would be lawful and not in violation of a federal anti-nepotism law.[<a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-jared-kushner-work-in-the-white-house-justice-department/">NBCNews</a>] [<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/21/us/politics/donald-trump-jared-kushner-justice-department.html">NYTimes</a>] [<a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-jared-kushner-work-in-the-white-house-justice-department/">CBSNews</a>]
-> Senate Republicans hope to move forward this week with confirmations of Trump's cabinet picks. [<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/22/us/politics/senate-republicans-cabinet-confirmations-president-trump.html?ref=politics&_r=0">NYTimes</a>] [<a href="http://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/mcconnell-senate-trump-cabinet-233993">Politico</a>] [<a href="http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/inauguration-2017/senate-confirms-gen-james-mattis-defense-secretary-n710061">NBCNews</a>] [<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/01/20/senate-set-to-confirm-two-trump-cabinet-nominees-friday-others-will-wait/?utm_term=.1a4a7c4a476e">WaPost</a>]
<strong>Where are they?</strong>
<ul>
<li>Rep. Mia <a href="https://twitter.com/RepMiaLove"; target="_blank"><strong>Love</strong></a> attends a retreat for the Financial Services Committee.</li>
<li>Gov. Gary <strong><a href="https://twitter.com/GovHerbert"; target="_blank">Herbert</a></strong> meets with his staff and prepares for his State of the State address.</li>
<li>Lt. Gov. Spencer <strong><a href="https://twitter.com/SpencerJCox"; target="_blank">Cox</a></strong> meets with the governor and his leadership team.</li>
<li>State Auditor John <strong><a href="https://twitter.com/FrugalDougall"; target="_blank">Dougall</a> </strong>reviews draft legislative presentations and meets with legislators.</li>
<li>SL Co. Mayor Ben <strong><a href="https://twitter.com/MayorBenMcAdams"; target="_blank">McAdams</a></strong> talks to the media and meets with his senior advisers.</li>
<li>President Donald <strong><a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump">Trump</a></strong> spends the morning hosting a breakfast and listening session for business leaders before signing some executive orders. In the afternoon, Trump hosts a listening session with union leaders and then meets with congressional leaders of both parties.</li>
</ul>
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