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Trump's immigration order exposes White House and GOP rifts. Utah's members of Congress praise national security efforts but raise questions about order. Sandy mosque tightens security after Canada attack.
Happy Tuesday. The fallout so far of President Donald Trump's sweeping immigration order exposed tender rifts within the Republican Party, alarmed members of his Cabinet, fueled suspicions among his top advisers — and left the defiant commander in chief stewing over who was to blame. And it's only the beginning of Week Two. [<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/from-order-to-disorder-how-trumps-immigration-directive-exposed-gop-rifts/2017/01/30/b4e42044-e70f-11e6-b82f-687d6e6a3e7c_story.html?postshare=4441485830052982&tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.04f6a24db7bf">WaPost</a>]
<strong>Topping the news: </strong>Utah Republicans in Congress praise Trump's focus on national security but question the broad method in blocking refugees from seven Muslim-majority countries. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4881795-155/utah-members-of-congress-back-refugee"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]
<p class="p1">-> Utah's refugee programs react to the fallout from federal refugee bans. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4882238-155/plan-for-at-least-60-refugees">Trib</a>] [<a href="http://fox13now.com/2017/01/30/refugee-resettlement-utah-programs-in-limbo-after-immigration-ban/"; target="_blank">Fox13</a>]</p>
<p class="p1">-> The president of Utah State University released a statement Monday addressing Trump's executive order about immigration and affirming the school's commitment to promoting diversity and inclusion on campus. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4882242-155/utah-state-president-concerned-with-how"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]</p>
-> Though a Utah Muslim leader said the state is a safe environment for members of his religion, a mosque in Sandy still plans to increase its police presence after a deadly attack on a Canadian mosque over the weekend. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4882058-155/utah-mosque-to-seek-greater-police"; target="_blank">Trib</a>] [<a href="http://www.good4utah.com/news/local-news/utah-imaam-expresses-gratitude-despite-chaos-in-muslim-community/647351732"; target="_blank">ABC4</a>]
<strong>Tweets of the day: </strong>From <a class="ProfileHeaderCard-screennameLink u-linkComplex js-nav" href="https://twitter.com/hcraighall"; target="_blank">@hcraighall</a>: "Most commonly heard phrase at <s>#</s>utleg before your bill is ripped apart: 'I appreciate the good sponsor's work on this bill.' :)"
From <a class="ProfileHeaderCard-screennameLink u-linkComplex js-nav" href="https://twitter.com/westonclark"; target="_blank">@westonclark</a>: "American voters tried to turn TV star, <a class="m_3594411817733205238gmail-twitter-atreply m_3594411817733205238gmail-pretty-link m_3594411817733205238gmail-js-nav" href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump"; target="_blank">@realDonaldTrump</a>, into a president. Instead, President Trump has turned America into a reality show."
From <a class="ProfileHeaderCard-screennameLink u-linkComplex js-nav" href="https://twitter.com/Patbagley"; target="_blank">@Patbagley</a>: "Remember when we were looking forward to election being over so we could get on with our lives?"
From <a class="ProfileHeaderCard-screennameLink u-linkComplex js-nav" href="https://twitter.com/SnarkyLGCox"; target="_blank">@SnarkyLGCox</a>: "Too bad we didn't subject Trump to 'extreme vetting' before electing him. Alas..."
<strong>Happy Birthday: </strong>To Michael Kempner and former state Sen. Pat Jones.
<strong>In other news:</strong> On the third straight day of demonstrations<span class="Apple-converted-space"> in Utah </span>against Trump's actions, about 100 people gathered in downtown Salt Lake City to protest the nomination of Betsy DeVos as education secretary, citing her lack of experience. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4882033-155/utah-protesters-urge-senators-to-deny"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]
<p class="p1">-> As the Salt Lake County Council attempts to balance environmental protection and private property rights, the public has a chance to weigh in on proposed ordinances on zoning in the foothills and canyons. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4867989-155/its-the-publics-turn-to-weigh"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]</p>
<p class="p1">-> Rocky Mountain Power put negotiations on hold that would create an 11-state regional electric grid as it waits to see how much authority California would retain in the deal. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4858497-155/questions-about-californias-clout-stall-plan"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]</p>
<p class="p1">-> The Salt Lake City mayor's office released early drafts of a policy that would release body-camera footage of any officer-involved shooting to the public after six months, regardless of related investigations. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4880978-155/salt-lake-city-mayor-releases-draft"; target="_blank">Trib</a>] [<a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865672198/Mayor-proposes-order-for-releasing-police-body-camera-videos.html"; target="_blank">DNews</a>]</p>
<p class="p1">-> Utah Transit Authority fired an employee after an investigation into a FrontRunner collision with a FedEx semi-trailer showed the employee had improperly raised crossing gates at the intersection. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4881154-155/uta-employee-fired-over-frontrunner-fedex-truck"; target="_blank">Trib</a>] [<a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865672164/UTA-says-human-error-caused-crash-between-FrontRunner-FedEx-truck.html"; target="_blank">DNews</a>] [<a href="http://kutv.com/news/local/uta-human-error-caused-frontrunner-crash-with-semi"; target="_blank">KUTV</a>] [<a href="http://fox13now.com/2017/01/30/uta-fires-employee-for-causing-accident-involving-frontrunner-train-fedex-truck/"; target="_blank">Fox13</a>]</p>
<p class="p1">-> The executive director of the Utah Department of Administrative Services says a lobbyist on Capitol Hill has spent years spreading false accusations against state procurement officer Kent Beers. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4881567-155/state-leaders-call-for-end-of"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]</p>
<span style="line-height: 1.5;">-> </span>Utah ranks 43rd in the nation for the numbers of doctors per person, but the shortage is worsening as physicians age faster than the state can replace them. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4780320-155/utahs-physician-shortage-worsens-as-more?fullpage=1"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]
-> Pat Bagley issues a reminder that for the first 100 years of the LDS Church most of its members were immigrants and refugees. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/4882184-155/bagley-cartoon-old-time-religious-ban"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]
-> Paul Rolly looks at a quashed women's march at Alta Ski Area. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4866473-155/rolly-schuss-or-shush-alta-ski?fullpage=1"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]
<strong>From the Hill: </strong>Though Republicans conceded they violated some Utah House rules over a hearing on resolutions asking President Donald Trump to rescind Bears Ears National Monument and to erase large portions of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, they voted to reject Democratic calls for a do-over. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4881348-155/house-gop-broke-rules-on-bears"; target="_blank">Trib</a>] [<a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865672196/House-Democrats-try-to-stop-floor-debate-on-Bears-Ears-resolution.html"; target="_blank">DNews</a>]
-> Though critics of online sales surcharges call them "taxation without representation," the debate over funding for education may improve the chances of an internet sales tax passing this year. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4862592-155/online-sales-tax-fight-set-to"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]
-> A House committee unanimously agreed to expand Utah's research into medical marijuana, which the bill's sponsor, Rep. Brad Daw, says would allow scientific evidence to guide policy. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4881927-155/a-year-after-almost-legalizing-it"; target="_blank">Trib</a>] [<a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865672191/House-panel-passes-medical-marijuana-research-bill.html"; target="_blank">DNews</a>]
-> A bill creating runoff elections may pass through both chambers of the Legislature by the end of this week — a move that could potentially stop the Utah Republican Party's legal challenges to recent changes in the state's election laws. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4881820-155/bill-to-create-runoff-elections-in"; target="_blank">Trib</a>] [<a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865672200/Bill-setting-up-runoff-elections-advances-to-full-Senate.html"; target="_blank">DNews</a>]
-> Amidst disagreements over whether insurance companies or doctors should decide when to prescribe opioids, lawmakers temporarily delayed consideration of a bill requiring insurance companies to adopt policies to help prevent opiate overdoses. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4881416-155/doctors-in-the-utah-house-tussle"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]
-> A bill from Rep. Ken Ivory that seeks to expand telemedicine services had critics questioning whether the legislation restricts abortion access for women in rural areas. [<a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865672202/Lawmaker-revives-telemedicine-bill-that-could-restrict-abortions.html"; target="_blank">DNews</a>]
<p class="p1">-> Proponents of a new bill that would increase confidentiality in conversations between sexual assault survivors and college advocates hope the legislation will increase the number of reports on campuses, but national advocates are still wary. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4881219-155/national-advocate-wary-as-utah-advocates?fullpage=1"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]</p>
<p class="p1">-> Backed in the Legislature by a former teacher, a bill from Rep. Keven Stratton would protect teachers from "abusive conduct" at the hands of students and parents. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4881944-155/bill-to-protect-teachers-from-abusive"; target="_blank">Trib</a>] [<a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865672203/Bill-proposes-relief-for-teachers-bullied-by-parents-and-students.html"; target="_blank">DNews</a>]</p>
<p class="p1">-> The Utah Legislature's House Education Committee endorsed a bill restricting physical restraint of students at the hands of school employees to self defense, obtainment of a weapon or to protect another student from physical injury. [<a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865672210/Bill-that-limits-use-of-physical-restraint-of-students-by-school-employees-moves-to-House.html"; target="_blank">DNews</a>]</p>
<p class="p1">-> Rep. Steve Eliason says his bill, which bans individuals from providing panhandlers with money or property on a freeway offramp, is designed to protect pedestrians. [<a href="http://fox13now.com/2017/01/30/pedestrian-safety-bill-could-impact-panhandlers-and-firefighters-charity-work/"; target="_blank">Fox13</a>]</p>
<p class="p1">-> A new bill from Senate Minority Leader Gene Davis makes it a crime to leave an animal tethered without access to shelter in certain weather conditions. [<a href="http://fox13now.com/2017/01/30/new-bill-makes-it-a-crime-to-leave-animal-tethered-without-shelter/"; target="_blank">Fox13</a>]</p>
<strong>Nationally: </strong>President Donald Trump fired acting Attorney General Sally Q. Yates after she refused to defend his executive order closing the United States' borders to refugees and individuals from seven Muslim-majority countries. [<a href="http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/acting-attorney-general-bars-justice-department-defending-immigration-order-n714451"; target="_blank">NBCNews</a>] [<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/30/us/politics/trump-immigration-ban-memo.html"; target="_blank">NYTimes</a>] [<a href="http://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/trump-immigration-executive-order-234401"; target="_blank">Politico</a>] [<a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jan/30/sally-yates-acting-attorney-general-fired-trump/?utm_source=RSS_Feedutm_medium=RSS"; target="_blank">WaTimes</a>]
-> Former President Barack Obama broke the 10-day silence he's maintained since leaving office, voicing his disapproval of Trump's immigration actions. [<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/30/us/politics/obama-trump-immigration-ban.html"; target="_blank">NYTimes</a>] [<a href="http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/obama-breaks-silence-speaks-trumps-immigration-ban/"; target="_blank">PBSNews</a>] [<a href="http://www.npr.org/2017/01/30/512487565/obama-criticizes-trumps-immigration-ban-heartened-by-protests"; target="_blank">NPRNews</a>] [<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/obama-in-a-rare-move-for-an-ex-president-breaks-silence-to-criticize-trump-on-immigration/2017/01/30/2d221bca-e72d-11e6-80c2-30e57e57e05d_story.html"; target="_blank">WaPost</a>]
-> Trump signed an executive order requiring that two federal regulations should be revoked for every new one. [<a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/business-38800090"; target="_blank">BBCNews</a>] [<a href="http://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/trump-signs-executive-order-requiring-that-for-every-one-new-regulation-two-must-be-revoked-234365"; target="_blank">Politico</a>] [<a href="http://time.com/4653457/donald-trump-executive-order-small-business-regulations/"; target="_blank">TIME</a>] [<a href="http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/trump-signs-executive-order-reduce-regulations-n714151"; target="_blank">NBCNews</a>]
-> The man Trump cites with raising the specter of millions of votes being cast illegally was registered to vote in three states. [<a href="https://apnews.com/80497cfb5f054c9b8c9e0f8f5ca30a62?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=AP">AP</a>]
<p class="p1">-> Democrats are expected to filibuster Trump's nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court. [<a href="http://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/senate-democrats-filibuster-supreme-court-pick-234368"; target="_blank">Politico</a>] [<a href="http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/316901-dem-senator-party-will-filibuster-trump-supreme-court-nominee">TheHill</a>] [<a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/news/senate-to-face-intense-pressure-after-trumps-supreme-court-nomination/"; target="_blank">CBSNews</a>]</p>
<strong>Where are they?</strong>
<ul>
<li>Rep. Jason <strong><a href="https://twitter.com/jasoninthehouse"; target="_blank">Chaffetz</a> </strong>chairs a committee bill markup and a roundtable discussion on ethics and meets with the Utah School Boards Association and the Utah National Guard.</li>
<li>Rep. Mia <strong><a href="https://twitter.com/RepMiaLove"; target="_blank">Love</a> </strong>spends time at a Republican conference and meets with the Utah School Board association, the Financial Institutions subcommittee and the Select Panel on Infant Lives.</li>
<li>Gov. Gary <strong><a href="https://twitter.com/GovHerbert"; target="_blank">Herbert</a></strong> attends a commission on education excellence, conducts judicial interviews and meets with The Piano Guys' Jon Schmidt and legislative leadership.</li>
<li>Lt. Gov. Spencer <strong><a href="https://twitter.com/SpencerJCox"; target="_blank">Cox</a></strong> attends a commission on education excellence in the morning and an emerging leaders initiative launch in the evening, conducting judicial interviews and meeting with legislative leadership in between.</li>
<li>State Auditor John <strong><a href="https://twitter.com/FrugalDougall"; target="_blank">Dougall</a></strong> presents to the Executive Offices and Criminal Justice Appropriations Committee and reviews draft legislative presentations.</li>
<li>President Donald <strong><strong><a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor">Trump</a> </strong></strong>receives his daily briefing before meeting with Pharma and his chief of staff, Reince Priebus. In the afternoon, he eats lunch with former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, holds a listening session with cyber security experts and signs an executive order. In the evening, he announces the nominee for the Supreme Court of the United States.</li>
</ul>
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