State of the “Uniom” tickets get reprinted. Romney says he’s allergic to hay, but doesn’t say Senate plans. Utah Senate votes for Martha over Philo.
Happy Tuesday. Oops. Some tickets to President Donald Trump’s first State of the Union Address were printed with the typo “State of the Uniom.” And nobody seemed to notice initially. The tickets were reprinted but we’re fairly sure would be a nice keepsake if you can find one. [FoxNews]
Topping the news: Mitt Romney spoke to ranchers and farmers at the Utah Fusion Conference and Trade Show on Friday. He declined to confirm any plans he has for a Senate run, though he noted that he’s allergic to hay. [Spectrum]
-> The Utah Senate approved a bill Monday that would replace the U.S. Capitol’s statue of TV inventor Philo T. Farnsworth with a statue of Martha Hughes Cannon, the first female state senator. [Trib] [DNews] [Fox13]
Tweets of the day: From @MEPFuller: “And somewhere in the Capitol, a worker in the print shop cackles with delight over his State of the Uniom handy work. ‘Welcome to The Resistance,’ he whispers.”
-> From @aedwardslevy: “this is like 15 minutes away from being covfefe-level unfunny but I’m going to enjoy it in the meamtime”
In other news: Salt Lake County announced the start of a $300,000 Operation Rio Grande program Monday that will provide recovering drug addicts with treatment in a residential recovery facility following release from jail and initial drug treatment. [Trib] [DNews] [ABC4] [KSL]
-> The Utah Senate Transportation Committee endorsed a bill Monday that ensures the $1.5 billion in bonds for highway projects and the construction of the new state prison. [Trib]
-> The Utah Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee advanced a bill Monday that could add to the list of crimes eligible for the death penalty — though some are concerned that a law that is too broad could put Utah’s capital punishment at risk in court challenge. [Trib] [DNews]
-> The Utah House Business and Labor Committee approved a bill Monday that would allow Utahns the option for water cremation after death — a green alternative to traditional burial or cremation. [Trib]
-> According to a new poll, support is growing for the Our Schools Now initiative, a proposed ballot measure that is seeking to hike income and sales taxes in order to provide $715 million in funding to public schools. [Trib]
-> State Rep. Justin Fawson, R-North Ogden, is sponsoring a bill that would change the wording of state law to allow charter school administrators to use preferential enrollment to limit the number of students a charter school can take. [Trib]
-> The Salt Lake City International Airport saw a 4.5 percent increase in the number of passengers in 2017, coming in at a record high of over 24 million. [Trib] [KUTV]
-> Pat Bagley depicts “The State of the TelePrompTer.” [Trib]
-> Robert Gehrke encourages Utah lawmakers to listen to attorneys who advise them on the constitutionality of proposed legislation. [Trib]
Nationally: House Republicans voted Monday evening to release a secret memo that is part of the investigation into Russian collusion in the 2016 election — despite pushback from Democrats. The memo supposedly accuses the Justice Department and the FBI of misusing their authority. [NYTimes]
-> FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe resigned Monday in the wake of an internal probe concerning his actions in an investigation of Hillary Clinton and continued criticism from Trump. McCabe’s departure, though expected, was sudden. [WaPost]
-> The Senate voted Monday against a bill that would ban abortions after 20 weeks. [WaPost]
-> Melania Trump is expected to attend Tuesday’s State of the Union Address. She has kept a low profile since reports surfaced about her husband paying a porn star to keep an affair secret just before the 2016 election. [NYTimes]
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— Thomas Burr and Madalyn Gunnell
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