Briefing Local – December 5, 2017

  • POLL: 53% of Utahns say they approve of the job performance of Sen. Mike Lee. The approval ratings for Sen. Orrin Hatch inch up a bit after being in negative territory [Utah Policy].
  • President Donald Trump visited Utah on Monday and slashed the size of both Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments [Utah Policy].
  • Sen. Orrin Hatch defends President Trump’s endorsement of controversial Alabama Republican Roy Moore saying the president had no choice but to support the Republican in the special election [Utah Policy].
  • Rep. Rob Bishop will be on the House team negotiating the tax reform package with the Senate [Utah Policy].
  • Rep. Chris Stewart gets into a heated exchange with two MSNBC hosts when they ask him specifics about the GOP tax bill [Utah Policy].
  • A coalition of Native American tribes plans to sue the Trump Administration over his executive action to shrink the Bears Ears National Monument [Deseret News, Tribune].
  • Thousands of protesters flooded downtown Salt Lake City during president Trump’s time in Utah [Tribune].
  • President Trump’s executive order on Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante splits the two massive monuments into five smaller ones [Tribune].
  • President Donald Trump met with LDS Church officials during his brief visit to Utah on Monday [Daily Herald].
  • Rep. John Curtis names former Utah Rep. Lorie Fowlke as his district director [Deseret News].
  • A study says Utah County needs to offer more competitive pay to attract and retain employees [Daily Herald].