Donald Trump’s campaign “better leveraged” Facebook during the 2016 election than Hillary Clinton’s team, the tech company says. The Utah Legislature passed a complex inland port bill at the end of session and at Salt Lake City’s expense. Utahns reflect on the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination.
Happy Wednesday. President Donald Trump’s campaign bragged often during the 2016 presidential election that it was better at Facebook than Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton’s team. It turns out that was right, according to the company’s data scientists. An internal memo compiled by Facebook after the election reads, in part: “Trump’s FB campaigns were more complex than Clinton’s and better leveraged Facebook’s ability to optimize for outcomes.” [Bloomberg]
Topping the news: With a bill passed one day before the legislative session ended, the state got an inland port it had long wanted — at Salt Lake City’s expense. [Trib]
-> Utah will see cleaner gasoline within the next year, but will it make a difference if President Donald Trump rolls back vehicle emission standards? [Trib] [ABC4]
-> On the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination, take a look back on the impact the civil rights leader had in Utah. [Trib]
-> Members of the Black Student Union at the University of Utah say there’s still a lot of work to do to combat racism today. [Trib]
Tweets of the day: From @kaitlancollins: “What a strange time we are living in. The chief of staff is now making a habit of phoning administration officials — the secretary of state, the Veterans Affairs secretary — to inform them that the president will likely be firing them shortly — on Twitter.”
-> From @VeraMBergen: “Overheard at the Mexico City airport: ‘Oye, we’re fine paying for Trump’s border wall — as long as it’s built along the original border.’”
In other news: The Interior Department is reconsidering its decision to increase the entrance fee for many national parks, including Bryce Canyon and Zion in Utah. [ABC4]
-> Salt Lake City announced it would end its bike registration fee in an effort to increase the number of people who license their bikes. [Trib] [DNews]
-> Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski is calling on Utahns to do anything they can to help Rohingya refugees who fled Myanmar. [ABC4]
-> Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams has proposed to designate several low-income areas across the state as opportunity zones where tax incentives will be used to attract new jobs and infrastructure. [DNews] [ABC4]
-> Pat Bagley shows the necessity of paying attention during the Trump administration. [Trib]
-> Paul Rolly describes some of the more interesting candidates running for U.S. Senate in Utah. [Trib]
Nationally: President Donald Trump floated plans to order the military to guard the U.S-Mexico border until his proposed wall and other immigration restrictions are implemented. [NYTimes]
-> Three people were injured after a shooter opened fire at YouTube headquarters before turning the gun on herself. [NYTimes]
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— Courtney Tanner and Eric Baker
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