Today is the final day of the 2012 Legislative Session. There are 5 days until the Utah Democratic Party Caucus meetings, 7 days until the Utah Republican Party Caucus meetings, 110 days until the Utah Republican Presidential Caucuses and 244 days until the 2012 election.

Lawmakers finally resolve their remaining budget issues [Utah Policy, Tribune]. 

Two bills picking a fight with the federal government over public lands are on their way to the governor's desk [Tribune]. Utah progressives rally against the measures and other issues at the Legislature [Tribune].

The Senate advances a measure setting a 72-hour waiting period before a woman can get an abortion [Tribune, Deseret News].

An attempt to change a bill mandating "abstinence only" sex education to include a human sexuality program for parents fails after sparking controversy in the house [Deseret News].

That abstinence only bill has officially become a campaign issue for 2012 as Democratic gubernatorial candidate Peter Cooke calls on Gov. Gary Herbert to veto the measure when it gets to his desk [ABC 4].

Sen. David Hinkins says a proposal to subject some welfare recipients to drug testing "doesn't go far enough," suggesting that those on public assistance get to "sit around and go fishing" [Tribune].

A bill to set guidelines for "good landlord" programs somehow exempts lawmakers from those programs [Tribune]. 

Salt Lake City police chief Chris Burbank testifies before congress against immigration legislation [Tribune, Deseret News].

Congressional candidate Carl Wimmer says he thinks conservative super PAC's will start making independent expenditures on behalf of his campaign prior to the state convention [Utah Policy]. 

The long GOP nominating contest could help the state Republican Party reach their goal of bringing 200,000 additional Republicans to the polls at their June primary [Utah Policy].