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Ex-Romney advisers fear Trump's immigration rhetoric will deeply hurt. Legislature votes to move prison to SLC. Utahns sue NSA, FBI over alleged Olympics surveillance.
Happy Thursday. Mitt Romney's infamous "self-deport" comment on immigration hurt his chances with Latino voters — President Obama won 71 percent of that voter bloc — and Republicans, including many former Romney advisers, are concerned that Donald Trumps rhetoric will further damage relations with a much-needed demographic of voters. [http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/251528-trump-takes-heat-from-romney-advisers-on-immigration" target="_blank">TheHill]
Topping the news: By big margins, the Utah Legislature voted to move the state prison to Salt Lake City sparking outrage by city leaders. The resolution now lies in the hands of Gov. Gary Herbert, who is expected to comment on the matter at his news conference today. [http://www.sltrib.com/news/2856875-155/legislature-oks-prison-move-to-salt" target="_blank">Trib] [http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865634934/Legislature-approves-moving-prison-to-Salt-Lake-City-site.html">DNews] [http://kutv.com/news/local/house-votes-to-move-prison-to-slc" target="_blank">KUTV] [http://www.good4utah.com/story/d/story/utah-lawmakers-pass-resolution-to-move-prison-to-s/26790/kaXHCWnDuUKN2VUu1y6YKA">ABC4] [http://fox13now.com/2015/08/19/lawmakers-vote-to-relocate-utah-state-prison-to-salt-lake-city/" target="_blank">Fox13] [http://kuer.org/post/legislature-approves-prison-relocation" target="_blank">KUER] [http://utahpolicy.com/index.php/features/today-at-utah-policy/6730-" target="_blank">UtahPolicy] Four other bills were passed during the legislative session. [http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865634937/Legislature-passes-four-bills-not-related-to-prison-in-special-session.html">DNews]
-> Former SLC Mayor Rocky Anderson filed a lawsuit against President George W. Bush, former Vice President Dick Cheney and others over alleged widespread government surveillance during the 2002 Winter Olympics. The plaintiffs include state Sen. Howard Stephenson, R-Draper, former Salt Lake City Councilwoman Deeda Seed and historian Will Bagley. [http://www.sltrib.com/news/2856173-155/utahns-sue-over-government-spying-during">Trib] [http://fox13now.com/2015/08/19/former-slc-mayor-sues-nsa-george-w-bush-and-dick-cheney-over-2002-olympic-spying/">Fox13]
-> Rep. Chris Stewart, who backs Sen. Marco Rubio, says Donald Trump has his the apex of his support. [http://utahpolicy.com/index.php/features/today-at-utah-policy/6728-" target="_blank">UtahPolicy]
-> Salt Lake County is a magnet for workers, drawing commuters from 28 of Utah's counties. Daggett is the odd man out. [http://www.sltrib.com/news/2847755-155/census-commuters-to-salt-lake-county" target="_blank">Trib]
Tweets of the day: From http://twitter.com/kasie">@kasie: "'That wall nobody gets through....it did take them 500 years in all fairness,' Donald Trump says of the Great Wall of China"
From http://twitter.com/DeidreHenderson">@DeidreHenderson: "For some reason a certain Johnny Cash song keeps a rollin' through my mind. https://twitter.com/hashtag/draperprisonblues?src=hash">#draperprisonblues https://twitter.com/hashtag/utpol?src=hash">#utpol"
Facebook post du jour: From https://www.facebook.com/EvelynREverton">Evelyn Everton at the Salt Lake City International Airport: "I just watched Senator Ted Cruz walk through the airport virtually unnoticed. I guess he has a little work to do on face recognition."
Happy Birthday: Today the director of Salt Lake's Rape Recovery Center, Holly Mullen, deputy chief of staff to Gov. Herbert, Mike Mower, and the esteemed Joe Morton, Washington correspondent for the Omaha World-Herald.
Tune in: State Sen. Luz Escamilla, state Rep. Eric Hutchings and Tribune reporter Matt Canham join Jennifer Napier-Pearce to talk about the latest in the prison relocation controversy. Watch Trib Talk live at 12:15 p.m. MDT on http://sltrib.com" target="_blank">sltrib.com.
In other news: After Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes toured the site of the Silverton, Colo., wastewater spill, he said he is contemplating legal action if the EPA's plan fails to sufficiently help Utah residents downstream. [http://www.sltrib.com/news/2856518-155/interior-department-to-lead-review-of">Trib] [http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865634936/Utah-Attorney-General-Sean-Reyes-visits-site-of-Gold-King-Mine-spill-speaks-with-EPA-officials.html">DNews] [http://www.good4utah.com/story/d/story/utah-state-officials-among-first-to-visit-gold-kin/39216/eP-mJxnwcECaGj4yWDIOXA">ABC4]
-> Pat Bagley gives his take on the GOP's solutions to immigration [http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/2856550-155/bagley-cartoon-gop-immigration-solutions" target="_blank">Trib]
-> Gov. Gary Herbert and Rep. Mia Love joined a crowd of 300 in a rally calling for defunding Planned Parenthood. This comes the week after Herbert announced that the Utah Department of Health will no longer handover federal funds to the organization. [http://www.sltrib.com/news/2856645-155/herbert-love-join-in-rally-calling">Trib] [http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865634939/Gov-Gary-Herbert-Rep-Mia-Love-join-Planned-Parenthood-protest-at-Capitol.html">DNews]
-> Federal education managers are investigating Salt Lake City School District schools over allegations of discrimination, retaliation and unfair treatment of minority students after school board member Michael Clara filed a complaint in June with the civil rights office. [http://www.sltrib.com/news/2855172-155/feds-investigating-claims-of-racial-discrimination">Trib] [http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865634930/Salt-Lake-school-district-under-federal-investigation-for-claims-of-discrimination.html">DNews]
-> Jim Gerhardt, vice president of the Colorado Drug Investigators Association, gave the Health and Human Services Interim Committee a presentation highlighting the many problems the state has had since legalizing medical marijuana, but Sen. Mark Madsen said the Utah resolution already addresses those issues. [http://www.sltrib.com/news/2855724-155/colorado-drug-investigator-to-utah-beware">Trib] [http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865634872/Experts-discuss-health-impacts-of-medical-marijuana-in-Utah.html">DNews] [http://fox13now.com/2015/08/19/interim-committee-talks-about-legalizing-medical-marijuana-in-utah/">Fox13] [http://kuer.org/post/could-medical-marijuana-reduce-dependence-opiates-utah" target="_blank">KUER]
-> Salt Lake City leaders broke ground for an affordable housing project that will have 68 units, 22 of which would accommodate special-needs residents. [http://www.sltrib.com/news/2854940-155/new-apartment-project-on-900-east">Trib]
-> UDOT revealed that 18 percent of vehicles in the carpool lane on Utah's Interstate 15 are violating the law. Despite issuing 1,616 tickets for these violations in the last year, Deputy UDOT director Shane Marshall said enforcement is tricky because it's difficult to pull cars over in the small left shoulder of the highway. [http://www.sltrib.com/news/2856513-155/one-of-every-five-drivers-in">Trib]
-> A legislative committee discussed a proposal to give the state's 15 largest school districts each a seat on the state school board but would force the remaining districts to share four to six seats. [http://www.sltrib.com/news/2856126-155/redrawing-state-school-board-districts-considered">Trib]
-> In a move tied to the prison relocation debate, state Rep. Fred Cox proposed tweaking the requirement that residents must file initial paperwork for a referendum to overturn new state laws within five days of the legislative session's end. [http://www.sltrib.com/news/2856311-155/dislike-a-law-proposal-may-make">Trib]
-> Some Utah legislators, such as Sen. Daniel Thatcher, want local law-enforcement agencies to write and follow their own standards when it comes to how and when police body cameras should be used, but others said the hands-off approach could lead to public distrust. [http://www.sltrib.com/news/2855958-155/police-body-cameras-statewide-policies-or">Trib] [http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865629122/Utah-lawmakers-debate-police-use-of-body-cameras.html?pg=all">DNews]
->Lawmakers debated whether or not to give party delegates the right to select nominees if no candidate wins a majority in a partisan primary election after finding that most ways to stage run-off elections are too expensive, complicated or time-consuming. [http://www.sltrib.com/news/2855641-155/lawmakers-debate-giving-parties-power-to">Trib]
Nationally: GOP presidential hopeful and Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul took a break from campaigning this week for a humanitarian mission in Haiti, where he and six others helped restore sight to dozens of Haitians. [http://bigstory.ap.org/article/6d41e08b852f4f28a702fe8de50e483a/rand-paul-humanitarian-haiti-pit-bull-2016">AP]
-> Were his wife to be elected, Bill Clinton would hold the record for the oldest presidential spouse in history after his 69th birthday this week. Those who have formerly held the record, depending on how it is defined, are former First Ladies Anna Harrison and Barbara Bush. [http://onpolitics.usatoday.com/2015/08/19/bill-clinton-turns-69-bids-for-oldest-presidential-spouse/">USAToday]
-> With more than 750,000 views on YouTube, this Bad Lip Reading video mocks the first Republican debate of 2015, which was originally broadcast on Fox News. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/08/19/bad-lip-reading-sends-up-the-gop-debate-and-its-hilarious-video/?postshare=9501440004464964">WaPost]
-> Steve Schale, who served as President Barack Obama's top Florida strategist during both of his presidential campaigns, has joined the Draft Biden committee, hoping to add the vice president to the short list of Democratic presidential hopefuls. [http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/top-obama-strategist-joins-draft-biden-effort-n412706">NBC]
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