She’s taking a huge gamble, but Sen. Elizabeth Warren believes swearing off big-donor meetings, high-ticket fundraisers and private calls with contributors will resonate with voters in her bid for the White House. She is embracing what may well be the strictest campaign finance limits of a major-party presidential candidate in modern history. Will the risk pay off? Not right off, anyway. Reports show she raised about $300,000 in the 24 hours after her announcement. Meantime Sen Bernie Sanders reportedly raked in $6 million in the day after he jumped in. [Politico]
Happy Tuesday.
Topping the news: The Utah state Senate gave initial approval to allow grocery store sales of 4.8 percent beer, up from 3.2 percent, despite opposition to the measure by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. [Trib] [DNews] [Fox13]
-> Utah lawmakers are considering legislation that would block Utah cities and counties from banning or imposing taxes on plastic bags. [Trib]
-> Members of the Utah House killed a bill that would ban hand-held cellphones while driving yet voted in favor of a less popular piece of legislation to let vehicles run red lights in some situations. [Trib] [KSL] [Fox13] [KUTV]
Tweets of the day: @poetickate: “The good thing about all of these earthquakes is that when the big one hits and we’re all dead, 4.8 beer in utah grocery stores won’t seem like such a big deal anymore”
-> @itsJeffTiedrich: “Fun true fact: North Korea previously pledged denuclearization in 1985, 1992, 1994, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2016 and 2017. Each pledge was a lie. If you believe any new promise Kim makes this week, I have five failed casinos in Atlantic City to sell you.”
-> @LindseyGrahamSC: “I hope talks bear fruit because they are our last, best chance to end the nuclear conflict with North Korea on peaceful terms. President Trump is right to talk, but must be willing to walk. The ball is in North Korea’s court.”
-> @DalaiLama: “We won’t bring about peace in the world merely by praying for it; we have to take steps to tackle the violence and corruption that disrupt peace. We can’t expect change if we don’t take action.”
Happy Birthday: to Lee Lonsberry, Rep. Rob Bishop’s communications director.
In other news: A lawmaker is seeking $300,000 from the state to build an Olympic-grade skatepark by mid-August, which is when the Vans Park Series park terrain skateboarding World Championship will come to Utah. [Trib]
-> Utah lawmakers are considering infusing $5.3 million into the retirement benefits of police and firefighters to stabilize the program after the 2010 state pension reform that cut benefits. [Trib]
-> A bill originally intended to outlaw marriages of Utahns under the age of 18 has been amended to require 16-year olds to get permission from a juvenile judge to marry. [Trib] [DNews] [KSL]
->The Utah Department of Corrections released the parole log of Melvin S. Rowland, the man who shot and killed University of Utah track star Lauren McCluskey. The records show a series of parole violations that resulted in warnings, but not a return to prison. [Trib]
-> A bill that would assist individuals who flee polygamy by offering aid from the state’s victims reparations fund passed the House and now heads to the Senate. [Trib]
-> Former San Juan County Commissioner and now state lawmaker Phil Lyman’s bill seeking to criminalize unauthorized road closures is on its way to the full House after clearing a committee Monday. [Trib]
-> The House Transportation Committee killed a second bill to extend the ban on big rigs on Legacy Highway. [Trib] [KSL]
-> Utah Congressman Chris Stewart warns in an op-ed of a rising threat of socialism in the United States -- a threat that he says is imminent and sure to put the nation on a path of deprivation and despair. [Trib]
-> Tribune columnist Robert Gehrke says that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has been more active and openly engaged during this year’s legislative session than in the past. He cited the church’s neutral stance on a hate crimes bill and its negotiations on banning conversion therapy. [Trib]
-> Tribune cartoonist Pat Bagley gives his take on the Legislature’s approval of an EnergySolutions’ bill that could lead to permanent storage of depleted uranium in the state. [Trib]
Nationally: Only one more Republican senator needs to indicate support for a resolution blocking President Trump’s emergency declaration to veto the executive order. North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis said he would join the 47 Senate Democrats and several other Republican senators opposing the declaration. [Politico] [NYTimes]
-> A woman who worked on President Donald Trump’s election campaign in 2016 sued the president for allegedly kissing her without consent — a claim that Trump has denied along with several of his aides. The woman, who is black, also accused the president of paying her less than her white and male colleagues. [NYTimes] [Politico] [WaPost]
-> As Britain’s scheduled European Union exit approaches, the Labour Party announced that it could support a second Brexit vote. [NYTimes] [Politico] [WaPost]
-> Current law prohibits the United States from engaging in trade with North Korea because of the country’s numerous human-rights abuses, yet President Trump said he plans to pitch Kim Jong Un “a vision of North Korean modernization” during their upcoming meeting. [Politico]
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-- Dan Harrie and Sahalie Donaldson
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