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Political Cornflakes: Former President Barack Obama is in talks with Netflix to produce a series of TV shows

FILE- In this Dec. 5, 2017, file photo, former President Barack Obama address the participants at a summit on climate change involving mayors from around the globe in Chicago. Obama has no plans to become U.N. secretary-general, despite a false story claiming he has announced a bid. A story appearing on more than two-dozen websites says Obama is seeking the job “to advance his globalist agenda on the world stage.” Obama’s office says the story is not true and he’s happy as a private citizen. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

Former President Barack Obama is in talks with Netflix to produce a series of TV shows. The 2018 Utah legislative session is over — check out the bills that dominated. Voters, too, played a larger role this year with ballot initiatives.

Happy Friday. Barack Obama on Netflix? Negotiations are underway. The former president is in talks with the popular streaming service to produce a series of TV shows. One program idea would have him moderating discussions on health care, immigration and climate change. [NYTimes]

Topping the news: The 2018 Utah legislative session ended Thursday. Here are the bills and stories that dominated the closing days. [Trib] [KUTV]

-> This year, voters armed with ballot initiatives played a larger role in negotiations on Capitol Hill. [Trib]

-> Lawmakers announced plans a week ago to combat gun violence and enhance student safety, but they fell short in passing a resolution. [Trib]

-> Educators discussed a handful of schools-related proposals this year, which the state superintendent of public instruction said allowed them “to have those deeper, more focused conversations.” [Trib]

Tweets of the day: From @ryanbeckwith: “NEVER TARIFF US APART”

-> From @davidfrum: “Sanders is trying to explain: ‘There was no agreement and Stormy Daniels is in breach of it.’”

-> From @MEPFuller: “Things I just had to look up on the wifi for the U.S. House of Representatives: Is “pornstar” one word or two?“

Happy Birthday: To Tim Robison, director of congressional affairs for the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Behind the Headlines: Tribune reporters Lee Davidson and Benjamin Wood, government and politics editor Dan Harrie and columnist Michelle Quist join KCPW’s Roger McDonough to reflect on the session and talk about the week’s top stories. Stream “Behind the Headlines” online at kcpw.org or tune in to KCPW 88.3 FM or Utah Public Radio for the broadcast Friday at 9 a.m.

In other news: BYU has asked Mitt Romney to stop using footage shot on its campus to promote his campaign for U.S. Senate. [Trib]

-> The Sinclair Broadcast Group — which owns TV stations KUTV, KJZZ and KMYU — has required its anchors to read statements that condemn “fake news” reporting by national outlets. [Trib]

-> President Donald Trump met with representatives of the video game industry and its critics at the White House on Thursday. Utah experts, though, say there’s no science behind their discussion that people who watch violence in video games become violent enough to kill in the real world. [Trib]

-> Given Utah’s growing population, some members of the Salt Lake City Council are worried that the plan to close The Road Home shelter by 2019 — as three new homeless resource centers open — is unrealistic. [Trib]

-> Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch met with a survivor of the Florida school shooting and discussed security. [ABC4]

-> After a non-FLDS woman was elected mayor of Hildale, Utah, six of the town’s seven municipal workers quit. [APviaTrib]

-> Radio station KRCL held a rally at the Utah Capitol in honor of International Women’s Day. [Trib] [DNews] [ABC4]

-> Pat Bagley depicts President Donald Trump’s new tariff proposals as a delicate balancing act in a possible trade war. [Trib]

Nationally: North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, has extended an invitation to President Donald Trump to discuss the subject of its nuclear arsenal. [NYTimes]

-> Despite mounting pressure, Trump imposed a new series of tariffs on steel and aluminum. [WaPost]

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— Courtney Tanner and Eric Baker

Twitter.com/CourtneyLTanner and Twitter.com/ebaker44