Interior Secretary David Bernhardt has close ties to Rocky Mountain Resources, which is trying to expand a limestone quarry near a tourist town in Colorado. While he pledged to recuse himself from decisions involving his former lobbying firm’s clients, that two-year vow expires in August. That makes officials of Glenwood Springs and environmental groups nervous. [Politico]
Topping the news: Last winter’s government shutdown forced about a third of federal workers in Utah to miss housing payments or visit a food pantry. [Trib]
-> Former Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch and former Rep.