Beginning at 8:00 am this morning, appropriation subcommittees will begin meeting to discuss where to spend your tax dollars.

Sen. Fillmore will present SB69, the bell-to-bell ban on cell phones, in the Senate Education committee at 2:00 pm. He also has 5 other bills he will be presenting in the same committee.

Sen. Jen Plumb will be asking the Health and Human Services committee to pass SB50, a bill requiring health insurance companies to pay for anesthesia services needed for any procedure also covered by the company.

8:00 am: Appropriations subcommittees

11:00 am: House and Senate floor time

1:30 pm: House and Senate floor time

2:00 pm:

Disagree on the law — not our integrity, Utah’s chief justice tells lawmakers (Deseret News)

'Tensions are high.' Utah Supreme Court Chief Justice calls for courtesy from lawmakers (Fox13)

Utah state Senate Democrats say they are focused on safety and quality of life issues (Deseret News)

A third-party senator, a ‘teacher of the year’ and an ‘ordinary citizen.’ Meet Utah’s new lawmakers (Utah News Dispatch)

Teacher-turned-lawmaker aims to 'get politics out of education' with nonpartisan push for Utah Board of Education (KSL Newsradio)

Courts, housing and too many bills? Utah kicks off 45-day legislative session (KSL)

New bill proposes proof of citizenship for Utah elections, but not federal ones (ABC4)

Cox says he knows nothing about rumored ICE facility in Salt Lake City (Fox13)

Utah Legislature kicks off 1st day of 2026 session with calls to focus on people, cost of living (Utah News Dispatch)

Editorial Board: Greenland is an unnecessary point of contention among allies (Deseret News)

Mike Lee calls for public execution of accused Charlie Kirk killer (Salt Lake Tribune)

Charging documents reveal new details about LDS church shooting after man charged with obstruction of justice (ABC4)

How competitive pinball evolved into a thriving culture in Utah (Deseret News)

What Greenland-fueled trade tensions are doing to U.S. stock market (Deseret News)

Amazon CEO: Prices have gone up from tariffs (CNBC)

Americans paying almost entirely for Trump tariffs: Study (The Hill)

Departing state board member Christina Boggess criticizes Utah’s public education system (KUTV)

The US Wildland Fire Service has officially launched — but Congress isn't funding it (UPR)

Pregnant, alone and bused to Utah: How the state became a hub for out-of-state adoptions (Salt Lake Tribune)

Girls might want to do this now to lower risk of breast cancer later (Deseret News)

Home sellers outnumber buyers by a record margin, upping buyers’ bargaining power (Redfin)

JD and Usha Vance announce they are pregnant with fourth child (Deseret News)

The new ‘Be The People’ campaign wants to unite hundreds of millions of Americans to solve problems (PBS)

Air Force One returns to Washington area due to minor electrical issue, White House says (AP)

5 issues Trump covered after he crashed the White House press briefing (Deseret News)

Congressional Democrats push to include ICE guardrails in DHS funding bill (Deseret News)

Minnesota leaders subpoenaed in US criminal probe over opposition to immigration crackdown (Reuters)

US Supreme Court considers Trump's bid to fire Fed's Lisa Cook (Reuters)

Surrounded by billionaires in Davos, Trump plans to lay out how he’ll make housing more affordable (AP)

Trump’s Greenland threats spark outrage from EU and test longtime NATO alliance (AP)

Danish veterans of US wars feel betrayed by Trump’s threats against Greenland (AP)

Russia cheers the growing NATO rift over Greenland (Wall Street Journal)

Lindsey Halligan out as U.S. attorney following pressure from judges. One called her use of the U.S. attorney title a “charade.” (Washington Post)

Thousands protest against Trump immigration policies (Reuters)

ICE targeted off-duty police officers in Twin Cities, local police say (Washington Post)

I’ve covered police abuse for 20 years. What ICE is doing is different. (New York Times)

DHS seeking to deport two men who said fellow ICE detainee was killed by guards in detention facility (Washington Post)

Ukraine endures its bitterest winter as Russia targets heating and power (Reuters)

At Davos, Canada’s prime minister warns of ‘rupture in the world order’ (Washington Post)

Jan 22 — State of the State address, 6:30 pm

Feb 4–7 — Summit with Silicon Slopes and Visit Salt Lake

Mar 6 — Legislative session ends

1648 - Long before the suffrage movement, Margaret Brent asked the Maryland General Assembly to grant her voting privileges. While the assembly of men denied Brent her request for not one, but two votes, she proved to be a savvy attorney and landowner in her own right.

1738 - Ethan Allen, future Revolutionary War hero and key founder of the Republic of Vermont is born.

1793 - King Louis XVI executed by guillotine during the French Revolution.

1924 - Vladimir Lenin dies of a brain hemorrhage at age 54.

1935 - Raye Montague is born. the groundbreaking engineer and ship designer, smashed both gender and racial barriers to revolutionize Naval ship design and become the U.S. Navy's first female program manager of ships.

1950 - George Orwell dies at age 46.

1953 - Children’s author Richard Scarry is born and so is Paul Allen, who went on to start a little company in a garage, a company he and his partner Bill Gates called “Microsoft.”

1975 - Female journalists are allowed into men’s professional sports’ locker room for the first time, after the NHL All-Star Game in Montreal.

1977 - President Jimmy Carter pardons draft dodgers.

1978 - “Saturday Night Fever” by the Bee Gees goes #1, where it stays for 24 weeks.

2008 - Black Monday for worldwide stock markets

2017 - The Women’s March in Washington D.C. and around the nation occurred on Donald Trump’s first full day in office to protest the perceived threats to civil and human rights. 

2020 - World’s oldest asteroid impact (2.2 billion years) found in Yarrabubba, Western Australia.

2020 - First case of COVID-19 diagnosed in the U.S.