Wednesday, April 30, 2025
⏰ Tick Tock
8 days remaining to verify signatures for the HB267 referendum. (5/7/2025)
105 days to Utah's 2025 municipal primary elections (8/12/2025)
189 days until Election Day (11/4/2025)
553 days until the 2026 midterm elections (11/3/2026)
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Utah Headlines
Utah seeks to restore Medicaid work requirements under Trump. [Utah Political Watch]
Salt Lake County sells portion of Salt Palace to Smith Entertainment Group for $55M. [KSL]
Report: Federal government helps fund Utah schools – but in shrinking amounts. [Deseret News]
Zion National Park, surrounding areas haven't felt tourism downturn...yet. [Fox 13]
"The West will lead": Utah, Idaho, Wyoming team up on nuclear energy development. [Utah News Dispatch]
Power bills for many Utahns are going up. Here's why. [Tribune]
Utah refugee resettlement program finds self-sufficiency amid federal funding cuts. [Utah News Dispatch]
Utah farmers signed up for federally funded therapy. Then the money stopped. [Tribune]
National/International
Despite Trump's promised cuts, U.S. spent about $220 billion more in first 100 days than last year. [CBS News]
Wall Street banks predict GDP contraction after U.S. trade deficit hits record. [Financial Times]
U.S. economy contracts for first time since 2022 on imports surge. [Bloomberg]
UPS says it is cutting 20,000 staff and shuttering over 70 facilities. [Business Insider]
Consumer confidence slides for fifth straight month. [Barrons]
House Republicans shut down a tool allowing members of Congress to force votes demanding information from the Trump administration. [New York Times]
GOP lawmakers unnerved by Trump's intensifying fight with judiciary. [The Hill]
Trump administration tells Congress it plans to label Haitian gangs as foreign terror organizations. [Associated Press]
President Donald Trump lied 32 times during his lengthy interview with Time. [Washington Post]
Briefly...
USDA withdraws plan to limit salmonella in raw poultry. [Food Dive]
COVID vaccine works faster with both doses in the same arm. [Nature]
