House Republicans postpone unveiling tax reform proposal, call rollout a ‘tough lift.’ Utah Rep. Rob Bishop returns from Puerto Rico, calls for resource repair in the hurricane-ravaged territory. Salt Lake County so far seeing low voter turnout.
Happy Wednesday. House Republicans have delayed releasing their tax reform plan — expected to come out today, but now likely to be unveiled tomorrow — to iron out some late disagreements. “The whole Ways and Means crew knew this would be a tough lift — and we’ve not even gotten to the rollout of the actual details yet,” said Republican Rep. Doug Collins of Georgia. [Politico]
Topping the news: Utah Rep. Rob Bishop, chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, visited Puerto Rico and said resources in the hurricane-ravaged territory need to improve, not just replaced. [Trib]
-> With less than a week before the election, Salt Lake County has seen just 18 percent of its vote-by-mail ballots returned. [Trib] [DNews]
-> The suspect in the University of Utah shooting has been arrested. [Trib] [ABC4] [Fox13] [KUTV] [KUER]
Tweets of the day: From @pbump: “First time I’ve been reporting a story and been asked if I was a reporter or just *dressed* as one.”
-> From @pourmecoffee: “John Kelly was brought on as the responsible adult to help this White House focus on key priorities, such as re-litigating the Civil War.”
Happy Birthday: To Peter Urban.
Heads up: The Salt Lake Tribune team that produced the Pulitzer Prize-winning coverage of sexual assault on Utah’s college campuses will speak at Utah Valley University (Sorenson Student Center) on Friday at 7 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.
In other news: Utah nurse Alex Wubbels, who was arrested in August after refusing to let police officers draw blood from an unconscious patient, agreed to a settlement of $500,000. [Trib] [DNews] [ABC4] [Fox13] [KUTV]
-> Gov. Gary Herbert nominated Third District Judge Paige Petersen to the Utah Supreme Court. [Trib] [DNews] [ABC4] [Fox13] [KUTV] [KUER]
-> President Donald Trump dominated the discussion in the final debate among the candidates looking to replace former Utah Rep. Jason Chaffetz. [Trib]
-> Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox announced his new chief of staff will be Kirsten Rappleye and the new state elections director will be Justin Lee. [Trib] [DNews]
Nationally: Eight people were killed and 11 injured after a driver plowed onto a bike path in Manhattan. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio called it a terrorist attack. [NYTimes]
-> Advertisements connected to Russia were posted after the election to undermine President Donald Trump, according to lawyers from Facebook and Twitter. [Politico]
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— Courtney Tanner and Karenna Meredith