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• 2 Utahns killed, 1 in critical condition in Minnesota crash

  14-02-2018 23:57
  
  Two Utah men were killed and one woman was critically injured after a Wednesday morning crash in central Minnesota, officials said.
  
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• UDOT to begin revamping I-215 Feb. 22

  14-02-2018 23:40
  NORTH SALT LAKE — The Utah Department of Transportation is warning motorists to expect severe congestion as work gets underway on two projects on I-215 next week.Beginning Feb. 22, crews will start tearing up and replacing two lanes of concrete in both directions on the freeway between 2100 North and the Redwood Road interchange. The asphalt segment from the I-15 bridge to I-15 will also be removed and replaced.That project will be followed by construction of a new diverging diamond interc
  
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• User submitted: Sunsets, sunsets and more sunsets

  14-02-2018 23:29
  
  Take a moment to appreciate the beauty of the skies, the sun and the Utah scenery with this week's user submitted photo gallery.
  
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• Utah company KT Tape in Olympic spotlight thanks to its adhesive tape

  14-02-2018 23:12
  AMERICAN FORK — American figure skater Mirai Nagasu thrilled fans with her athleticism and artistry on the ice during Monday's Olympics coverage, but her performance also raised questions on social media.People were curious about an odd dark coloring on her upper thigh. It turned out to be KT Tape — made by a Utah company."I'm guessing she had a strain in that upper thigh area," Greg Venner, CEO of KT Tape, said of Nagasu.Over the past decade, KT Tape has grown in American Fork, doub
  
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• Vaping in Utah: Trendy, high-tech and unhealthy, but better than smoking?

  14-02-2018 23:01
  
  E-cigarette use among Utah teens is growing, and the concern that using them will lead to more dangerous habits, such as smoking cigarettes, is increasing right along with it.
  
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• Victim in South Salt Lake shooting dies; teen arrested in deadly West Valley shooting

  14-02-2018 22:53
  SOUTH SALT LAKE — A 16-year-old boy shot on a South Salt Lake sidewalk Tuesday has died.South Salt Lake police confirmed that the boy, whose name was not released pending notification of extended family, passed away just after midnight Tuesday.The fatal shooting was one of two on Tuesday in Salt Lake County that happened within a half-hour of each other. As of Wednesday afternoon police said there was no evidence linking the two incidents.In South Salt Lake, the teen was shot just after 4
  
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• Boy shot in South Salt Lake dies; teen arrested in separate West Valley killing

  14-02-2018 22:53
  SOUTH SALT LAKE — A 16-year-old boy shot on a South Salt Lake sidewalk as he walked home from school Tuesday has died.South Salt Lake police confirmed that the boy passed away just after midnight on Wednesday.While police have not officially released the boy's name, several social media posts and a GoFundMe page have identified him as Alan Hernandez Lopez."Alan was a loving and sweet boy. He helped at home as much as he could, taking care of his siblings and working part time to assist his
  
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• Police ID California man killed in West Valley City shooting; teen arrested

  14-02-2018 22:50
  
  A 15-year-old was arrested in connection with a shooting that left a California man dead and two others injured Tuesday afternoon, police said.
  
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• One killed in Riverton crash with school bus

  14-02-2018 22:32
  RIVERTON — One person was killed Wednesday after police say a car rammed into the back of a school bus.The crash happened at the intersection of 12600 South and Bangerter Highway about 1:45 p.m. The school bus was either stopped or had just started to move again when it was hit from behind by another vehicle, said Unified police detective Ken Hansen.The driver was declared dead at the scene. No information was immediately available about the driver.There were two children on the bus who su
  
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• Herriman High athlete dies in Riverton crash with school bus

  14-02-2018 22:32
  RIVERTON — A Herriman High School senior who played baseball and football was killed Wednesday after police say his car rammed into the back of a school bus.Bryson Hathaway, 17, died in the collision at 12600 South and Bangerter Highway about 1:45 p.m, Unified police said Wednesday.The school's football team on Facebook said "we are devastated and heartbroken by the news of losing one of our brothers," and sent condolences to the boy's dad, the team's defensive coordinator."Please hug your
  
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• 1 killed in Riverton crash with school bus

  14-02-2018 22:32
  RIVERTON — One person was killed Wednesday after police say a car rammed into the back of a school bus.The crash happened at the intersection of 12600 South and Bangerter Highway about 1:45 p.m. The school bus was stopped at the traffic light when it was hit from behind by another vehicle, said Unified police detective Ken Hansen.The impact was so great that the car went about halfway underneath the bus.A ninth-grade girl and the driver were the only two on the school bus at the time, Hans
  
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• Utah House passes resolution for Martha Hughes Cannon statue in U.S. Capitol

  14-02-2018 22:29
  SALT LAKE CITY — Start packing your bags Philo T. Farnsworth, because Martha Hughes Cannon might be moving in.The Utah House overwhelmingly passed a resolution Wednesday to replace Farnsworth with Hughes in National Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol, where each state is allowed to display two notable people in their histories. The other Utah statue is of Brigham Young."She is the right person to be honoring at the right time," said Rep. Becky Edwards, R-North Salt Lake, the House sponsor o
  
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• State employee accused of hacking into co-worker's computer charged with felony

  14-02-2018 21:42
  SALT LAKE CITY — A state employee accused of illegally getting into his co-worker's computer, changing her Facebook password and reading her messages has been charged with a felony.Eric Brian Thompson, 42, of Farmington, was charged Wednesday in 3rd District Court with computer fraud, a third-degree felony.In May of 2016, Thompson was an employee of the state of Utah, according to charging documents. The charges do not say what agency he worked with.A female co-worker "voiced her frustrati
  
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• Got milk? Committee advances bill for small raw milk producers

  14-02-2018 20:57
  SALT LAKE CITY — Critics of a bill that would allow small producers of raw milk to sell up to 120 gallons of their product on their premises say there is too much uncertainty regarding the public safety risks and a lack of regulatory oversight.Supporters of SB108, sponsored by Sen. Dave Hinkins, R-Orangeville, say 40 states allow the sale of raw milk and consumers are educated enough to make discerning choices."Are we afraid of raw milk just because we are afraid of raw milk or is it dange
  
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• Former evidence room employee under investigation in Weber County

  14-02-2018 20:55
  OGDEN — The Weber County Sheriff's Office has launched an investigation into a former evidence room employee who may have been under the influence while on duty."She was in charge of the evidence room. And there was evidence that she was possibly under the influence of an unkonwn substance," Weber County Sheriff's Lt. Matt Jensen said.No one had been arrested as of Wednesday, and the name of the woman was not released pending the outcome of the investigation.Jensen could not say what subst
  
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• Employee for signature-gathering business charged with forging names on 3 petitions

  14-02-2018 20:48
  FARMINGTON — An employee for a signature-gathering company was charged Tuesday with forging signatures of Davis County voters on petitions on three political issues.Paul James Patterson, 38, faces three counts of misconduct of electors or officers, a class A misdemeanor, after the Davis County Clerk's Office became suspicious of signatures he had gathered on initiatives for medical cannabis, direct primary elections and school funding.Patterson, who was an employee for Gather and had been
  
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• New surveillance video shows moments before car strikes skateboarder

  14-02-2018 20:31
  
  Newly released surveillance video shows the moments before a 25-year-old skateboarder was struck by a car before the vehicle sped off on Feb. 4.
  
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• Utah House committee backs bill aimed at unplugging power provision disputes

  14-02-2018 20:24
  SALT LAKE CITY — Territorial issues that have erupted between a special electric service district and handful of south Utah County cities would be grounded under provisions of a bill supported by a House committee Wednesday.House Majority Whip Francis Gibson, R-Mapleton, said a decades-old contract between the South Utah Valley Electric Service District, created by the Legislature in the mid-'80s, and the cities of Elk Ridge, Mapleton, Payson, Spanish Fork and Woodland Hills, is no longer
  
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• Man charged in Davis County Jail attack

  14-02-2018 20:19
  FARMINGTON — A man already facing federal bank robbing charges now faces new state charges for allegedly stabbing a fellow inmate in the Davis County Jail.Both the alleged attacker and victim have long criminal histories and have been mentioned in previous Deseret News articles.David Matthew Hamson, 39, of Farmington, was charged Wednesday in 2nd District Court with aggravated assault by a prisoner, a first-degree felony.On Feb. 9, Hamson, who was being held in the Davis County Jail as a f
  
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• Farmington man charged in Davis County Jail attack

  14-02-2018 20:19
  FARMINGTON — A man already facing federal bank robbery charges now faces new state charges for allegedly stabbing a fellow inmate in the Davis County Jail.Both the accused attacker and the alleged victim have long criminal histories and have been mentioned in previous news articles.David Matthew Hamson, 39, of Farmington, was charged Wednesday in 2nd District Court with aggravated assault by a prisoner, a first-degree felony.On Feb. 9, Hamson, who was being held in the Davis County Jail as
  
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• Former Utah police officer admits attempting to extort ex-wife

  14-02-2018 19:55
  SALT LAKE CITY — A former South Jordan police officer recorded on his own body camera talking about attempts to extort his ex-wife pleaded guilty Friday.Jonathan Mangum, 31, of Eagle Mountain, pleaded guilty to one count of theft by extortion, reduced from a second-degree felony to a class A misdemeanor.Mangum's plea will be held in abeyance while he completes 14 months of court ordered probation. If he has no new violations, the charge may be dismissed. But if he does not comply with the
  
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• Bill calls for child sexual abuse prevention training for Utah teachers

  14-02-2018 19:45
  SALT LAKE CITY — Utah schoolteachers would undergo training for child sexual abuse prevention every other year under HB228, which was unanimously approved Wednesday by the Utah Legislature's House Education Committee.The bill, sponsored by Rep. Angela Romero, D-Salt Lake City, requires school districts and charter schools to conduct the training and "provide, upon the request of the State Board of Education, certain evidence of compliance."Deondra Brown, a member of the classical piano sib
  
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• Mitt Romney to announce U.S. Senate campaign in online video

  14-02-2018 19:37
  SALT LAKE CITY — Mitt Romney will launch his campaign for U.S. Senate on Thursday in an online video, sources confirmed Wednesday.Romney's first public appearance as a candidate would be as the keynote speaker at the Utah County Republican Party's Lincoln Day Dinner in Provo on Friday.Since telling the Deseret News a year ago this month that he was leaving the door open for another run for political office, the 2012 GOP presidential nominee has been coy about his future.Romney has not face
  
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• Lawmakers debate allowing foreign visitors to buy alcohol in Utah with ID other than passport

  14-02-2018 18:46
  SALT LAKE CITY — A restaurant server's refusal to serve alcohol to a 38-year-old New Zealand man because he didn't have his passport offended him and embarrassed his Utah host during a recent lunch.Rep. Marie Poulson, D-Cottonwood Heights, said that incident led her to sponsor a bill allowing foreign nationals to use forms of government-issue identification other than passports to buy alcohol in the state. The ID, such as a driver's license, must include a photo and date of birth.State law
  
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• 16-year-old shot in South Salt Lake dies

  14-02-2018 18:26
  SOUTH SALT LAKE — A 16-year-old boy shot on a South Salt Lake sidewalk Tuesday has died.South Salt Lake police confirmed that the boy, whose name was not immediately released pending notification of extended family, passed away just after midnight Wednesday.The boy was shot just after 4 p.m. Tuesday near 300 East and 3100 South, according to police. No arrests have been made and no motive for the shooting has been released. Police believe the boy may have been shot near his school.Anyone w
  
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• Committees OK cyclists rolling through stop signs, clean air info for drivers

  14-02-2018 18:14
  
  "Cyclists do this anyway," a lawmaker said as her bill allowing bicyclists to roll through stop signs gained committee approval Tuesday. Another bill would give Utahns info about clean air as they renew drivers licenses.
  
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• Bill would allow 17-year-olds to vote in Utah primary elections

  14-02-2018 18:05
  SALT LAKE CITY — Saying he wants to encourage more high school-age Utahns to get involved in the political process, a state lawmaker is sponsoring a bill that would let them cast ballots at 17.HB281 would allow 17-year-olds to participate in primary elections as long as they will turn 18 on or before the November general election."There are young people in our state who desperately want to be involved in our democracy," said the bill's sponsor, House Minority Whip Joel Briscoe, D-Salt Lake
  
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• Teen dies from injuries suffered in South Salt Lake shooting

  14-02-2018 17:52
  
  A teenager injured in a shooting Tuesday afternoon died from his injuries early Wednesday morning, police said.
  
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• Salt Lake USPS facility the last in US to decode poorly penned mailing addresses

  14-02-2018 17:28
  
  It’s the place where “bottom of the barrel” mail gets sent to be deciphered—The United States Postal Service remote encoding center (REC). And the only center of its kind left in the U.S. is located in Salt Lake City.
  
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• KSL Investigates: Mother seeks change to law after 5-day-old baby treated for CO poisoning

  14-02-2018 17:00
  
  A Utah family had to treat their five-day-old infant in a hyperbaric chamber for carbon monoxide poisoning. Their apartment did not have a CO detector.
  
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• Mitt Romney to announce U.S. Senate campaign online?

  14-02-2018 14:57
  SALT LAKE CITY — Mitt Romney has yet to reveal a time and place for his Thursday announcement on his political plans, fueling speculation he will launch his campaign for U.S. Senate online.If so, his first public appearance as candidate would be as the keynote speaker at the Utah County Republican Party's Lincoln Day Dinner in Provo on Friday.Since telling the Deseret News a year ago this month that he was leaving the door open for another run for political office, the 2012 GOP presidentia
  
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• Kearns speed skater feeling a sense of belonging at Winter Olympics

  14-02-2018 06:42
  
  Jerica Tandiman remembers her parents taking her to see speed skating events at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. She was seven years old at the time, but that's when she started dreaming. Sixteen years later, she's an Olympian.
  
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• Police: Teen seriously injured in South Salt Lake shooting

  14-02-2018 06:31
  
  A teenager was hospitalized in serious condition after a shooting late Tuesday afternoon, police confirmed.
  
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• Group says Utah lawmaker didn't disclose land in Grand Staircase

  14-02-2018 06:11
  
  An environmental group says a Utah lawmaker failed to properly disclose land that was carved out of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument when President Donald Trump shrank the monument boundaries in December.
  
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• Trial for man accused of shaking, blinding toddler postponed again

  14-02-2018 05:48
  
  Becca Morales is learning that seeking justice can also require a lot of patience. On Tuesday, she left a Provo courtroom frustrated that the trial for the man accused of violently shaking her 10-month-old nephew in 2013 will be postponed yet again.
  
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• United Utah Party candidates to challenge 2 congressmen

  14-02-2018 04:58
  SALT LAKE CITY — Two United Utah Party candidates announced from the Utah Capitol steps Tuesday their plans to run against two Republican members of the U.S. House of Representatives.Jan Garbett will challenge Rep. Christ Stewart for the 2nd Congressional District seat while Eric Eliason will try to oust 1st District Rep. Rob Bishop.The fledgling United Utah Party formed last year and fielded Jim Bennett in the race to replace former 3rd District Rep. Jason Chaffetz in a special election i
  
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• Bill directing cultivation of cannabis in Utah narrowly passes House as several switch votes

  14-02-2018 04:37
  
  By the thinnest of margins, the state House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a bill that would instruct the Department of Agriculture to oversee the cultivation and processing of full-strength cannabis in Utah.
  
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• Celebrating Valentine’s Day on a budget

  14-02-2018 04:05
  
  The National Retail Federation estimates Americans will spend $19.6 billion for this Valentine’s Day holiday, which averages just over $143 per sweetheart.
  
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• American Fork company provides Olympians with useful adhesive sports tape

  14-02-2018 03:32
  
  KT Tape is the exclusive provider of kinesiology tape for the U.S. Olympic team, and at least one Utah athlete used the USA-emblazoned, blue tape in a unique way that caught the attention of fans and the company.
  
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• Photos: Senate honors Utah's Honor Flight program

  14-02-2018 02:37
  World War II veteran Robert Gallagher receives a kiss from Senate Minority Caucus Manager Jani Iwamoto, D-Holladay, after she read a concurrent resolution recognizing the Utah Honor Flight program at the Capitol in Salt Lake City on Tuesday. The resolution, which is being sponsored by Rep. Paul Ray, R-Clearfield, in the House, passed the Senate unanimously with one absence. The Utah Honor Flight program takes veterans on a free trip to see the war memorials in Washington, D.C.See the world throu
  
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• Salt Lake City counters state's pitch for inland port authority

  14-02-2018 02:33
  SALT LAKE CITY — Amid tension with state leaders who have been eyeing the city's northwest quadrant for an inland port — which they made clear last week they believe would require a new governing body to oversee — Salt Lake City leaders have countered with their own proposal.Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski, Council Chairwoman Erin Mendenhall and other city officials met with state leaders on Monday to propose a different approach — one that would give Salt Lake City
  
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• Wildlife officials explain how elk, helicopter collided

  14-02-2018 02:28
  
  A Utah Division of Wildlife Resources spokesman on Tuesday gave more information about what led up to a collision between a helicopter and an elk Monday evening.
  
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• Police identify man killed in Saratoga Springs crash

  14-02-2018 01:47
  
  Police on Tuesday identified an American Fork man who was killed in a rollover crash Monday afternoon.
  
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• Senate approves tougher penalty for killing a K-9 police dog

  14-02-2018 01:33
  SALT LAKE CITY — A bill increasing the penalty for killing a K-9 police dog passed the Senate on Tuesday after debate over whether it puts too much value on a canine life."This bill recognizes that when a criminal attacks a canine officer, they are not just attacking police property, but they are attacking a police partner," the sponsor of SB57, Senate Minority Caucus Manager Jani Iwamoto, D-Holladay, said.SB57, which passed 20-6 and now goes to the House, would boost intentionally or know
  
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• House committee ices climate change resolution but backs new emission-busting efforts

  14-02-2018 01:30
  SALT LAKE CITY — A bill attempting to get the Utah Legislature to recognize a tepid accounting of human impacts on global climate — without any attached action or policy items — got the cold shoulder from a House committee on Tuesday, but the body did throw its support behind two bills aimed at mitigating some manmade emission sources.Rep. Ray Ward, R-Bountiful, told the House Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment Committee that his climate resolution, HCR1, really cam
  
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• Clearfield officials 'debug' family's tree, remove VW Beetle

  14-02-2018 01:04
  CLEARFIELD — Money may not grow on trees. But in the yard of one Clearfield home, a car could hang out in them — that is, until Tuesday, when a Volkswagen Beetle called "Lucy" was extracted from a tree in Janis Zettel's yard."I feel sad," Zettel said. "This has brought so much joy to everybody. Hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of people have come by to look at her and take pictures of her and enjoy her."Zettel's dilemma began in January, when Clearfield Police Department code enfor
  
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• Bill ensuring UTA follows priorities for Prop. 1 tax dollars advanced by Utah House committee

  14-02-2018 01:00
  SALT LAKE CITY — A House committee advanced a bill Tuesday intended to make sure the Utah Transit Authority follows priorities set by county officials when spending money raised through a sales tax hike approved by voters in 2015.The sponsor of HB339, Rep. Gage Froerer, R-Huntsville, told members of the House Political Subdivisions Committee that UTA needs to "stick to the list" of priorities put together by county officials.Froerer said that's not always happening when it comes to the loc
  
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• Teen injured in South Salt Lake shooting

  14-02-2018 00:56
  SOUTH SALT LAKE — One boy was taken to the hospital following a shooting Tuesday afternoon.Just after 4 p.m., a shooting was reported near 300 East and 3100 South, said South Salt Lake police detective Gary Keller. The victim is believed to be either 16 or 17 years old, he said. He was taken to a local hospital in serious condition, according to Keller.Details about what happened were still being gathered Tuesday afternoon. No arrests had been made as of 5 p.m., Keller said.Additional info
  
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• 1 killed, 2 injured in West Valley City shooting, police report

  14-02-2018 00:50
  WEST VALLEY CITY — One person was killed and two were injured in a shooting Tuesday afternoon, according to police.All three were male, but their ages were not immediately known, West Valley police said on Twitter.The shooting happened at 3500 W. Parkway Blvd. after 4 p.m, according to police.There was no immediate word on the extent of injuries.Additional information will be posted as it becomes available.
  
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• Utah Senate committee ices proposed gender-based wage gap study

  14-02-2018 00:32
  SALT LAKE CITY — A proposal to study gender-based wage gaps in state government was met with antagonism in a Utah legislative meeting Tuesday.Members of the Senate Business and Labor Committee didn't debate the merits of SB152 as much as pepper Sen. Luz Escamilla, D-Salt Lake City, with procedural questions about the bill.After a 20-minute discussion, the committee abruptly adjourned without taking any action. Sen. Dan Hemmert, R-Orem, said it was an issue for lawmakers to study over the s
  
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