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Romney's 'dignity of work' comment. Utah: still Mormon. Fact-checking pro- and anti-Hatch groups.
Happy Monday. After last week's dust up following a Democratic strategist's comments that stay-at-home-mom Ann Romney hadn't worked a day in her life, it now turns out that Mitt Romney had signed legislation as Massachusetts governor that required mothers to learn the "dignity of work."
-> "I said, for instance, that even if you have a child two years of age, you need to go to work. And people said, 'Well that's heartless,' and I said 'No, no, I'm willing to spend more giving daycare to allow those parents to go back to work. It'll cost the state more providing that daycare, but I want the individuals to have the dignity of work.'" [WaPost]
Topping the news: Utah's population remains 62.2 percent Mormon, about the same as recent years. [Trib]
-> After a Secret Service prostitution scandal rocks President Barack Obama's summit visit, the White House tries to move on. [WaPost]
Today's news: The AP's Kevin Freking and Josh Loftin fact check the claims by the groups targeting and defending Sen. Orrin Hatch. [APviaDNews]
-> Rep. Jason Chaffetz calls the Secret Service misconduct "totally unacceptable." [Fox13]
-> Salt Lake City's Buddhist Temple was rededicated after it underwent significant expansion and renovation. [ABC4]
Opinion section: Peg McEntee defends Ann Romney, saying that working outside the home should remain the mother's right to choose. [Trib]
-> Paul Rolly argues that UTA police are quick to ticket but slow to protect. [Trib]
-> Pat Bagley offers his take on the way the state government steers its politics. [Trib]
-> George Pyle says the risk is too great to have a governor managing the state that wants so little to do with government. [Trib]
-> Sen. Orrin Hatch makes a pitch to Utahns, saying he will uphold "Utah values" if reelected to a seventh term as senator. [Trib]
-> Daniel Becker argues that despite a new court rule, family cases aren't so private after all. [Trib]
-> Frank Pignanelli and LaVarr Webb say the next six months will be a wild ride for Mormons while their religion is put in the political spotlight like never before. [Trib]
-> Mark Alvarez talks about the many gaps exist within the government's immigration system and how they are overcome. [Trib]
-> Paul Rolly says Kim Burningham's pre-retirement checklist is long and difficult to meet in person. [Trib]
-> Bill Coon says Utah -- not the federal government -- is overreaching in its demand for federal lands. [Trib]
-> Barbara Bruno argues that the City Creek Center did nothing to revitalize downtown -- it only made it regulated, white-washed Disneyland-like environment. [Trib]
-> Thomas Bingham argues that Utah's breakdown rule doesn't excuse poor pollution practices. [Trib]
-> Bob Bernick notes what a difference two years makes in Utah politics. [UtahPolicy]
-> Former Sen. Bob Bennett speculates about a story on the U.S. spying on Iran. [DNews]
Tweet of the day: From @mikegehrke: "Now you know what to get for the person who has everything RT @wexler: Ann Romney calls Hilary Rosen's remark an early birthday gift.'"
Happy Birthday: To Ann Romney, Doug Heye and AP's Jennifer Dobner.
2012 Watch: Mitt and Ann Romney have requested an extension on the 2011 tax returns, announcing the request the same day Obama made his tax returns public. [WaPost]
-> Romney and President Barack Obama's family roots both trace back to polygamy. [WaPost]
-> Hilary Rosen's slight to Ann Romney could be a benefit the Romney campaign. [CSMonitor]
-> The Obama camp's strategy is to target Romney's wealth, criticizing him for being out of touch with average Americans. [USAToday] [LATimes]
-> Both Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul ignore pleads to drop their campaigns to rally around Romney. [NYTimes]
-> Romney raises more campaign cash in Michigan than Obama does. [DetFreePress]
-> Romney seeks to repair his relationship with the National Rifle Association to garner the support of a powerful group with a large, conservative base. [NYTimes]
Weekend in review: Mark Crockett and Mike Winder advance to the GOP primary ahead of four Republican rivals, neither amassing the 60 percent vote to secure the Republican nomination. [Trib] [DNews] [Fox13]
-> Ben McAdams beats out Ross Romero to win the Democratic nod in the SL County mayoral race. [Trib] [UtahPolicy] [DNews] [Fox13]
-> Sen. John Valentine breezes through the Utah County Republican Convention with more than 60 percent of the vote, leaving other GOP veterans behind. [Trib] [Herald] [DNews] [ABC4]. Here's a look at full results from the Salt Lake and Utah county conventions: [DNews]
-> GOP House and Senate candidates push to amass as much money and as many delegates as possible before the Republican primary. [DNews]
-> Rep. Jason Chaffetz calls it "hogwash" that the Pentagon didn't know one of its contractors owed millions in back taxes. [USAToday]
-> Springdale -- the gateway to Zion National Park -- becomes Utah's 15th city to adopt an anti-gay discrimination laws. [Trib]
-> Utah's former solicitor general Annina Mitchell claims that AG candidate John Swallow is over-hyping his role in challenging President Barack Obama's health reform law. [Trib]
-> A Salt Lake Tribune poll finds that a majority of Utahns -- and Mormons -- back the effort to assert control over federal lands in the Beehive State. [Trib]
-> A sales tax fund will fuel millions in road work after an earmark generated more than expected, providing $71 million next year and $113 million by 2015. [Trib]
-> UDOT buys 100 homes to make way for Mountain View Corridor, a part of which will open months early on June 2. [Trib]
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