Friday, Nov. 22, 2024

🎧 New podcast episode

In the new episode of "Special Session":

🚫 Matt Gaetz withdraws from consideration as Attorney General. How it impacts Sen. Mike Lee and Senator-elect John Curtis?

💸 Legislative candidates spent $5.8 million in 2024.

💬 A conversation with Michelle Quist about running for Attorney General as a third-party candidate.

📬 Plus, we dip into the mailbag.

You can subscribe to "Special Session with Bryan Schott" on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, or wherever you get your podcasts.

⏰ Tick Tock

25 days until the Electoral College meets. (12/17/2024)
45 days until Congress certifies the presidential election. (1/6/2025)
59 days until Donald Trump is inaugurated. (1/20/2024)
60 days to the start of the 2025 Utah Legislature. (1/21/2025)

👀 Here are some stories that caught my attention this morning:

  1. One of Kamala Harris' pollsters says "reasons one, two and three" why she lost were "the economy and inflation." [Washington Post]
  2. "President-elect Donald Trump is considering shaking up the leadership at the FBI by firing the director and installing an experienced former agent and MAGA loyalist in the top two roles." [CNN]
  3. "Matt Gaetz's former congressional colleagues, in both parties, raised a collective cheer Thursday as the onetime Florida congressman withdrew his nomination for attorney general." [Axios]
  4. U.S. jobless claims fell by 6,000 to 213,000 for the week of Nov. 16, which is fewer than expected. [Associated Press]

📰 Friday's headlines

Utah lawmaker behind anti-trans laws says transgender people changing birth certificates, IDs is an "issue." [Tribune]

Lawmakers looking to tweak last session's sweeping school safety bill. [Utah News Dispatch]

What are state senators saying about calls to cut higher ed budget? [Deseret News]

Utah lawmakers' next big housing bill is taking shape. Here's what it includes - so far. [Utah News Dispatch]

Utah university presidents accused of misconduct can no longer collect salary after resigning. [Tribune]

Parents claim exercise used as "corporal punishment" for students in Sevier County. [KUTV]

Some call for change to Granite School District's plans for new bathrooms at 2 high schools. [KSL]

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