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Host: Heidi Hatch
Guests: Maura Carabello & Greg Hughes
WAR IN UKRAINE:
Update on missile strikes/reported deaths
Oil Independence– gas prices are already high- is it time to re-open the Keystone pipeline and drilling on Utah lands?
Biden takeaways:
- Won’t talk to Putin
- Putin not kicked out of SWIFT
- Won’t comment on China
- Oligarchs and high-tech imports sanctioned
Hall of Fame boxer, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko intends to fight for Ukraine with brother, Wladimir (Greg’s assigned reading)
ONE WEEK LEFT IN LEGISLATIVE SESSION:
Ballot initiative to end vote by mail dies
Education Earmark: “Utah legislative leaders are looking at a constitutional amendment that could change the longtime practice of using income tax revenue to fund public education. That, in turn, could lead to the eventual removal of the food sales tax, which many have pushed for this legislative session – but which has yet to happen.”
Eviction Expungement HB 359 still on the table
Mental Healthcare for doctors outside network passed house committee unanimously
UDOH has tacked on a large fiscal note to the birth certificate bill.
FILING DEADLINE BUMPED UP
Feb 28- March 4
CDC NEW MASK GUIDELINES EASED
The new metrics will still consider caseloads, but also consider hospitalizations and local hospital capacity, which have been markedly improved during the emergence of the omicron variant.
BIDEN SUPREME COURT NOMINEE ANNOUNCED FRIDAY?
The Long Crusade of Clarence and Ginni Thomas (Maura’s assigned reading)