Happy Tuesday!
If not for the bias of the Nobel Peace Prize selection committee, President Donald Trump would most certainly get the award. How do we know? He says so.
“I would get a Nobel Prize for a lot of things, if they give it out fairly, which they don’t,” Trump told reporters.
Topping the news: The new $3.6 billion Salt Lake City International Airport is set to embark on its first opening phase on Sept. 15, 2020. [Trib] [DNews]
-> A new planned development south of Moab could add thousands to the population in the area. [Trib]
-> In response to losing roughly 3,200 Utah residents to suicide, Utah leaders have announced a $2 million suicide prevention campaign. [Trib] [StandEx]
Tweets of the day: @JesseFFerguson: “Trump’s wingers are FAR tougher on Greta Thunberg than they are on Vladimir Putin, Kim Jong Un or Mohammad bin Salman.”
-> @DineshDSousa: “Children—notably Nordic white girls with braids and red cheeks—were often used in Nazi propaganda. An old Goebbels technique! Looks like today’s progressive Left is still learning its game from an earlier Left in the 1930s”
Happy Birthday: State Rep Bradley Last, USU’s Michael J. Kennedy, and former Salt Lake County deputy mayor Nichole Dunn.
Trib Talk: On the latest episodes of the “Trib Talk” podcast, Salt Lake City mayoral candidates Erin Mendenhall and Luz Escamilla sit down with Tribune reporter Benjamin Wood in separate interviews for at-length discussions of their plans for the office and their vision for the capital city.
Part 1: https://www.sltrib.com/news/2019/09/23/trib-talk-mayoral/
Part 2: https://www.sltrib.com/news/2019/09/23/trib-talk-mayoral-2/
Also in the news: Utah Gov. Gary Herbert has signed a series of bills, passed in special session, that make changes to laws governing medical cannabis and beer, among other things. [Trib] [Fox13]
-> Rep. Chris Stewart said that Democrats need to “pump the brakes” when it comes to calling for President Donald Trump’s impeachment over the recent whistleblower complaint. [DNews]
-> Draper and Salt Lake County are celebrating the journey of preserving 4,500 acres of open space in Corner Canyon and Traverse Ridge. [DNews]
-> Jamie Cheek, an Ogden resident, is the first Democratic candidate to announce a run for Rep. Rob Bishop’s 1st Congressional District seat. [Trib]
-> On Saturday, Former Vice President Joe Biden will spend less than four hours in Utah, with no room for public appearances. [DNews]
-> The internet is buzzing about the possibility of women being able to go topless in public, following the 10th U.S. Circuit Court’s ruling in Free the Nipple v. Fort Collins. [Trib] [Fox13]
-> In Lehi, Northbound Interstate 15 will be closed for four nights this week, from Tuesday through Friday. [Trib]
-> Gehrke says Salt Lake City’s after-school program is a mess. [Trib]
-> Pat Bagley illustrates who’s driving the bus toward impeachment. [Trib]
Nationally: House Democrats are, more than ever, pushing their demand for the impeachment of President Trump following the recent whistleblower complaint that Trump attempted to get to Ukraine to investigate corruption allegations against Democrat Joe Biden. [Politico] [CNN] [NYTimes]
-> Trump ordered a hold on military aid to Ukraine days before his call to its leader. [WaPost]
-> Senate Republicans are saying the uproar over the whistleblower complaint is “a lot of hysteria over very little.” [CNN]
-> Trump makes a claim that Republicans would get the “electric chair” if they did what Trump inaccurately says former Vice President Joe Biden did. [CNN]
-> Activist Greta Thunberg grabs the national spotlight with her emotional speech saying she will never forgive the world for failing on climate change. [CNN]
-> President Donal Trump popped by a U.N. climate crisis gathering but didn’t say much. [CNN] [Politico]
-> New York prosecutors are urging a federal judge to reject Trump’s effort to block a subpoena for his tax returns on the basis of “sweeping immunity.” [Politico]
-> Beto O’Rourke is now doing whatever he wants on the campaign trail, he doesn’t care about “political niceties” anymore. [NYTimes]
-> The Agriculture Department is being flooded with appeals to stop the purge of Food Stamps. [NYTimes]
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- Dan Harrie and Clara Hatcher
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