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# Utah's public lands for sale
- URL: https://utahpolitics.news/utahs-public-lands-for-sale/
- Published: 2025-06-19T13:48:18.000Z
- Updated: 2025-07-09T15:51:01.000Z
- Author: Bryan Schott
- Tags: Morning Memo

## Thursday, June 19, 2025

### Happy Juneteenth!

## ⏰ Tick Tock

Days to Utah's 2025 municipal primary elections (8/12/2025) - **54**  
Days until Election Day (11/4/2025) - **138**  
Days until the 2026 midterm elections (11/3/2026) - **502**  
Days until the 2028 presidential election (11/7/2028) - **1,237**

## 👀 Here's what you need to know for Thursday morning:

### UTAH AND THE WEST

Sen. Mike Lee proposes legislation that puts 18+ million acres of Utah public land up for sale. \[[Fox 13](https://www.fox13now.com/news/local-news/sen-mike-lee-proposes-legislation-that-puts-18-million-acres-of-utah-public-land-up-for-sale?ref=utahpolitics.news)\]

Salt Lake police chief meets with lawmakers after deadly shooting at "No Kings" protest. \[[KSL](https://ksltv.com/local-news/salt-lake-police-chief-brian-redd-utah-lawmakers-meeting-shooting-no-kings-protest/787691/?ref=utahpolitics.news)\]

Legislative panel advances first nuclear bill ahead of next year's general session. \[[Utah News Dispatch](https://utahnewsdispatch.com/2025/06/18/legislative-panel-advances-first-nuclear-bill-ahead-of-next-years-general-session/?ref=utahpolitics.news)\]

Audit found Utah teachers removing classroom books ahead of "sensitive materials" law. \[[Fox 13](https://www.fox13now.com/news/local-news/northern-utah/audit-found-utah-teachers-removing-classroom-books-ahead-of-sensitive-materials-law?ref=utahpolitics.news)\]

Lawmakers take a "field trip" to examine Utah charter schools, statewide test performance. \[[Deseret News](https://www.deseret.com/utah/2025/06/18/lawmakers-take-educational-field-trip/?ref=utahpolitics.news)\]

Supreme Court sides with Utah in case over clean air regulations. \[[KSL](https://www.ksl.com/article/51332330/supreme-court-sides-with-utah-in-case-over-clean-air-regulations?ref=utahpolitics.news)\]

Understanding Utah's gun laws after deadly shooting at "No Kings" march. \[[Salt Lake Tribune](https://www.sltrib.com/news/2025/06/19/can-you-carry-gun-public-utah/?ref=utahpolitics.news)\]

Utah college student detained by ICE after brief traffic stop to be released on bond. \[[NBC News](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/utah-college-student-detained-ice-brief-traffic-stop-released-bond-rcna213770?ref=utahpolitics.news)\]

Poll: Almost two-thirds of Utahns support contentious "Utah Fits All" school voucher program. \[[Deseret News](https://deseretnews-deseretnews-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/utah/2025/06/18/poll-suggests-wide-support-for-utah-fits-all/?ref=utahpolitics.news)\]

### NATIONAL

Senate GOP leaders are working overtime to convince their Republican colleagues to sign on to the cuts to Medicaid in the "big beautiful bill." \[[The Hill](https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5358330-medicaid-spending-cuts-senate-republicans/?ref=utahpolitics.news)\]

### INTERNATIONAL

President Donald Trump claims Iran was a "few weeks" away from developing a nuclear weapon. \[[Sky News](https://news.sky.com/story/flatplan-13385821?ref=utahpolitics.news)\]

- President Trump and the intelligence community appear at odds over how much of a threat Iran's nuclear program presents. \[[NBC News](https://www.nbcnews.com/world/iran/us-intelligence-assessment-irans-nuclear-program-remains-unchanged-rcna213879?ref=utahpolitics.news)\]

The State Department will start screening the social media and online presence of foreign nationals applying for educational visas. \[[Politico](https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/18/social-media-screening-student-visas-00413160?cid=apn&ref=utahpolitics.news)\]

### ECONOMY

The housing market slump is worsening. \[[Axios](https://www.axios.com/2025/06/18/trump-tariffs-deportations-housing-market?ref=utahpolitics.news)\]

The federal government is proposing to allow wealthy families to pass on more of their money without paying an inheritance tax. \[[Washington Post](https://archive.is/20250618101553/https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/06/18/inheritance-tax-exemption-increase/?ref=utahpolitics.news)\]