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GOP voters say time to unite. Utah Democrats complain about primary letters. Herbert has strong approval rating.

Happy Friday. The Republican Party is split on its presumptive nominee, Donald Trump, with big portions of the party disagreeing with his policies and believing he is leading the GOP down the wrong path. Still, 80 percent of Republican voters, in a new poll, say it is time to unify behind Trump, because in an election you either win or you lose. [<a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/news/cbsnyt-national-poll-hillary-clintons-lead-over-donald-trump-narrows/"; target="_blank">CBSNews</a>]

<strong>Topping the news:</strong> Utah Democratic Chairman Peter Corroon says county clerks are essentially running a Republican registration drive by asking unaffiliated voters which primary ballot they prefer. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/3912034-155/democratic-chief-claims-county-clerks-are"; target="_blank">Trib</a>] [<a href="http://kutv.com/news/local/utah-democrats-call-for-change-to-vote-by-mail-process"; target="_blank">KUTV</a>] [<a href="http://kuer.org/post/utah-democrats-file-complaint-over-letters-sent-unaffiliated-voters"; target="_blank">KUER</a>]

-> UTA's new closed-door practice for its committee meetings blocked public access to discussions of how to serve minorities and a possible tripling of a fee for public records. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/3911001-155/what-does-uta-discuss-behind-closed"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]

-> BYU students who report their sexual assaults say the school assumes they are guilty and punishes them according to the Honor Code. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/3897390-155/byu-students-who-reported-sex-assaults"; target="_blank">Trib</a>] Meanwhile, BYU has formed a committee and launched a website to review comments on how the school responds to reports of sexual assault. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/3911324-155/byu-launches-website-to-gather-suggestions"; target="_blank">Trib</a>] [<a href="http://fox13now.com/2016/05/19/byu-seeks-feedback-on-schools-response-to-students-who-report-sexual-assaults/"; target="_blank">Fox13</a>] [<a href="http://kutv.com/news/local/byu-requests-publics-feedback-on-its-handling-of-sexual-assault"; target="_blank">KUTV</a>] [<a href="http://www.good4utah.com/news/local-news/advisory-council-to-study-byu-response-to-sexual-assault-cases"; target="_blank">ABC4</a>]

<strong>Tweets of the day: </strong>From <a href="https://twitter.com/kathybiele"; target="_blank">@kathybiele</a>: "I just hope we don't wake up to find that Isis has taken over or Trump is president. #poweroutage."

From <a href="https://twitter.com/ShirlLeBaron"; target="_blank">@ShirlLeBaron</a>: "It's not the college degrees that count; but the degrees of humanity, kindness, patience, loyalty, trust and compassion one has that count."

From <a href="https://twitter.com/jermsguy"; target="_blank">@jermsguy</a>: "Two formers governors. Whatever you think of them, this is the most credible presidential ticket the Libertarians have ever run."

<strong>Happy Birthday:</strong> to Joe Pyrah, Janeen Halverson and Michael Jolly on Sunday.

<strong>Tune in: </strong><span class="s1">Tribune reporters Emma Penrod, Jessica Miller and Robert Gehrke as well as health, education and environment editor Rachel Piper join Jennifer Napier-Pearce to talk about the week's top news stories including a resolution on a Bears Ears monument, a billboard campaign against Gov. Herbert and a federal statement on transgender students. Tune in to Behind the Headlines live at 9 a.m. on KCPW or Utah Public Radio.</span>

<strong>In other news: </strong> Gov. Gary Herbert signed a special session legislative resolution that oppose President Obama's interference in Bears Ears National Monument without state approval and a bill that restores funding to several education programs. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/3912423-155/herbert-signs-monument-resolution-education-funding"; target="_blank">Trib</a>] [<a href="http://kuer.org/post/herbert-sign-resolution-against-bears-ears"; target="_blank">KUER</a>]

-> A poll shows Herbert with strong approval ratings and his Republican and Democratic challengers are largely unknown. [<a href="http://utahpolicy.com/index.php/features/today-at-utah-policy/9578-"; target="_blank">UtahPolicy</a>]

-> A morning power outage affecting 3,500 customers around the Univeristy of Utah was repaired fairly quickly. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/3910989-155/power-outage-u-of-u-campus"; target="_blank">Trib</a>] Late last night, 63,000 customers lost power in Salt Lake Valley. [<a href="http://kutv.com/news/local/nearly-38000-salt-lake-valley-customers-without-power-in-widespread-outage"; target="_blank">KUTV</a>] [<a href="http://fox13now.com/2016/05/19/more-than-11000-without-power-in-salt-lake-city-magna-and-west-valley-city/"; target="_blank">Fox13</a>] [<a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765686618/Rocky-Mountain-Power-Thousands-on-Wasatch-Front-without-power.html"; target="_blank">DNews</a>]

 

-> Gov. Gary Herbert said the Obama administration's transgender bathroom directive could increase bullying for transgender students. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/3912255-155/herbert-says-transgender-restroom-directive-may"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]

-> The FLDS Church may be building a temple in South Dakota. [<a href="http://fox13now.com/2016/05/19/is-the-flds-church-building-a-new-temple-in-south-dakota/"; target="_blank">Fox13</a>]

-> President Barack Obama nominated Utah State Court Administrator Daniel Becker to the Board of Directors of the State Justice Institute. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/3910256-155/obama-nominates-utahs-court-administrator-to"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]

-> The House passed a bill, first discussed by Rep. Chris Stewart, that uses left-over Ebola funds to combat Zika virus, but the White House is threatening a veto.<strong> </strong>[<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/3910191-155/house-passes-chris-stewart-led-zika-bill"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]

-> Utah attorneys say the state can constitutionally restrict alcohol at Brewvies Theater because it shows "adult entertainment." [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/3911561-155/utah-ban-on-alcohol-sales-and"; target="_blank">Trib</a>] [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/3907508-155/local-water-managers-ask-for-help"; target="_blank">Fox13</a>]

-> Four Utah water districts are asking legislators for funds to repair their infrastructure. Water rates could still quadruple in the next 40 to 50 years.  [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/3907508-155/local-water-managers-ask-for-help"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]

-> Two Polynesian men who accused a Salt Lake City bar of denying them service because of their ethnicity settled the lawsuit for $2,500 each. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/3912154-155/polynesians-refused-service-at-utah-bar"; target="_blank">Trib</a>] [<a href="http://fox13now.com/2016/05/19/lawsuit-settled-after-salt-lake-city-bar-denied-polynesian-men-service/"; target="_blank">Fox13</a>]

-> Ronald G. Russell faces only one more vote before the Senate officially ratifies his federal district court nomination, but time is running out. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/3910526-155/utah-federal-court-nominee-ronald-russell"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]

-> Miners worry that federal coal reforms put their jobs – and the rural way of life – at risk. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/3911450-155/miners-fear-federal-coal-reforms-jeopardize"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]

-> Bob Bernick says Herbert suffers foot-in-mouth-fundraising disease. [<a href="http://utahpolicy.com/index.php/features/today-at-utah-policy/9577-"; target="_blank">UtahPolicy</a>]

-> Pat Bagley comments on the Pope's relationship with Wall Street. <a href="http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/3912075-155/bagley-cartoon-the-pope-and-wall"; target="_blank">[Trib</a>]

-> Paul Rolly tells the story of how the Utah Transit Authority stopped a train to save an 8-year-old autistic boy. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/3898002-155/rolly-danger-lurking-at-trax-bridge"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]

<strong>Nationally: </strong>Egyptian officials say the EgyptAir flight 304 crash may have been an act of terrorism. [<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/20/world/middleeast/egyptair-flight-804.html?_r=0"; target="_blank">NYTimes</a>] [<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/egyptair-flight-from-paris-to-cairo-vanishes-over-sea-investigators-rule-out-nothing/2016/05/19/db504838-1da8-11e6-9c81-4be1c14fb8c8_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_egyptair-1140pm-top%3Ahomepage%2Fstory" target="_blank">WaPost</a>] Donald Trump used the event to push his temporary Muslim ban policy and to attack Hillary Clinton. [<a href="http://www.politico.com/story/2016/05/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-egypt-air-223392"; target="_blank">Politico</a>] [<a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/05/the-trump-clinton-election-as-epitomized-by-egyptair-804/483494/"; target="_blank">Atlantic</a>]

-> The Democratic National Committee plans to hand Bernie Sanders more coveted convention platform committee seats in hopes of building unity, but his determination to finish the presidential race has only grown stronger over the last few weeks.  [<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/dnc-to-offer-sanders-a-convention-concession/2016/05/19/99706b54-1df4-11e6-8c7b-6931e66333e7_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_democrats-11pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory" target="_blank">WaPost</a>]

-> Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson, the former governor of New Mexico, announced former Massachusetts Gov. William Weld will be his running mate. Both served as Republicans and are offering themselves as an alternative to Trump.  [<a href="http://bigstory.ap.org/article/ea9c644d880c49baaeeee7a360b5b070/libertarian-gary-johnson-secures-running-mate"; target="_blank">AP</a>]

-> Policy experts say Donald Trump's immigrant deportation plan is not logically or scientifically possible. [<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/20/us/politics/donald-trump-immigration.html?version=meter+at+7&module=meter-Links&pgtype=article&contentId=&mediaId=&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F&priority=true&action=click&contentCollection=meter-links-click" target="_blank">NYTimes</a>]

-> "60 Minutes" icon Morley Safer dies a week after retiring at the age of 84. [<a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/news/60-minutes-morley-safer-dies-at-84/"; target="_blank">CBSNews</a>] [<a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2016/05/19/cbs-icon-morley-safer-dead-age-84/84592038/"; target="_blank">USAToday</a>]

<strong>Where are they?</strong>

<ul>

<li>Rep. Chris <strong><a href="https://twitter.com/RepChrisStewart"; target="_blank">Stewart</a> </strong>attends a defense technology demonstration in Northern Utah and honors his former District Director, Dell Smith, at a retirement party.</li>

<li>Gov. Gary <strong><a href="https://twitter.com/GovHerbert"; target="_blank">Herbert</a></strong> has phone calls with fellow governors and an NGA staff call to discuss summer meetings. He attends a Public-Private Partnership in Coding event at Maple Ridge Elementary School, and he visits the Utah County Academy of Sciences Collegiate High School. He attends the Influential Women In Scouting Awards Ceremony in the evening.</li>

<li>Lt. Gov. Spencer <strong><a href="https://twitter.com/SpencerJCox"; target="_blank">Cox</a></strong> attends the Alzheimer's Reason to Hope luncheon. In the afternoon, he attends a retirement gathering for Dell Smith at the Capitol and a Days of '47 Rodeo Board Meeting in Salt Lake.</li>

<li>State Auditor John <strong><a href="http://twitter.com/FrugalDougall"; target="_blank">Dougall</a></strong> speaks to auditors at the Institute of Internal Auditors and the Information Systems Audit and Control Associations Spring Conference.</li>

<li>President Barack <strong><a href="https://twitter.com/BarackObama"; target="_blank">Obama</a></strong> receives a briefing on the Zika virus from members of his public health team.</li>

</ul>

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