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Host: Heidi Hatch
Guests: Maura Carabello & Greg Hughes
Filing Deadline 5pm Friday: Who’s in, who’s out and who is running for a different office?
LINK: All but 8 Utah legislators file to run for re-election
All but 8 Utah legislators file to run for re-election https://t.co/u8akiZMpx9
— Heidi Hatch KUTV (@tvheidihatch) March 5, 2022
Utah Sen. Mike Lee Hosts South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem and Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul for a fundraiser.
Greg Hughes will MC the event
Evan McMullin officially files to run against Lee as an independent
STATE OF THE UNION: How did President Biden do?
Romney sat with Manchin
NO CONFIDENCE DECLARATION – FORMER PROSECUTORS
Former prosecutors who worked at the Utah County Attorney’s Office under elected County Attorney David Leavitt issue a public declaration of no confidence. They issued the declaration in a formal letter sent to 2News Investigates.
LEGISLATIVE SESSION:
- Hits and misses? Greg and Maura’s picks
- Hope Scholarship/vouchers dead
- All day Kindergarten
The Senate adjourned Thursday without taking up:
Transgender athlete bill now circled: what does that mean?
EDITOR’S NOTE: After this week’s Take 2 podcast was recorded, the Utah Senate and House passed a different version of transgender athlete bill that would ban all transgender students from participating in school sports. Utah Gov. Spencer Cox immediately announced he would veto the bill.
From @acluutah: "Almost no one involved in #HB11 wanted a discriminatory ban against transgender youth participating in sports. But that is what #HB11 has become due to a flawed and secretive negotiation process." #utpol #utleg
— Daniel Woodruff (@danielmwoodruff) March 5, 2022
Vaccine passport ban
This hearing got wild with an arrest after a man refused to take off his sticker
HB 440 Salt Lake County needs to pick an overflow shelter, or the state will:
“That’s just one part of House Bill 440, a hefty measure sponsored by Rep. Steve Eliason (R-Sandy) and Sen. Jake Anderegg (R-Lehi) that seeks to lay out the next steps for dealing with homelessness across the state.”