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• Gehrke: LDS Church-owned media and some Utah companies are suffocating workers with noncompete clauses

  15-02-2018 23:19
  If you haven’t seen Donovan Mitchell go off for 40 points and a dozen rebounds this season, you’re missing out. Wouldn’t it be incredible if the Jazz could find a way to keep his talents in Utah and not have to worry about losing “Spider” the way they lost Gordon Hayward? Maybe by coercing him into signing a contract that would force him to sit out a season if he decided he wants to leave?But that’s not how it works, and it’s not how it should work, beca
  
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• "I remember that time of change and the fight for equality." #NBAVoices https://t.co/U9LJEbaNSF

  15-02-2018 23:16 via twitter.com
  
  "I remember that time of change and the fight for equality."#NBAVoices https://t.co/U9LJEbaNSF
  
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• Conference planned by black Mormons will feature black Mormons, talking about black LDS history and experiences

  15-02-2018 23:14
  It’s an auspicious time for black Mormons, with an approaching anniversary that will be honored in workshops, conferences, speeches and celebrations throughout 2018.This year marks four decades since the June 1978 end to the LDS Church’s ban on black men and boys being ordained to its all-male priesthood and on black girls and women being excluded from Mormon temples.Alluding to the Israelites’ biblical sojourn in the wilderness, a group of African-American Mormons organized a
  
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• Sexual harassment allegations against ‘Maze Runner’ author James Dashner set off ‘earthquake’ in Utah writing community

  15-02-2018 23:11
  Utah author James Dashner, whose young-adult series “Maze Runner” has been adapted into a film trilogy, was dropped by his agent Tuesday after Dashner was accused of sexual harassment.Allegations against Dashner appeared Monday in the comments on a School Library Journal article about abuses in the children’s literature industry, where multiple anonymous posters claimed that they’d been harassed by Dashner, or seen him harass aspiring female writers or first-time novelist
  
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• This or that with Rudy Gobert! 👀 #OnTheClock https://t.co/RxJZFG0oE0

  15-02-2018 23:08 via twitter.com
  
  This or that with Rudy Gobert! 👀#OnTheClock https://t.co/RxJZFG0oE0
  
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• Utah baseball goes into season with new-look lineup and Kinneberg sidelined for first month

  15-02-2018 22:35
  This Utah baseball season will unfold unlike any other in program history as they progress toward Pac-12 Conference play.Utah begins its season at 2 p.m. Friday against Oral Roberts in Tulsa, Okla., with 14 newcomers and a coach who’ll be a spectator for nearly the entire first month.
  Utes coach Bill Kinneberg, in his 15th season as at the helm of the program, will serve a university-imposed suspension for the first 14 games. The suspension comes as a result of a former staff member, who
  
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• The connections run deep for Jae Crowder! His father, Corey, played with another current Jazzman in the early 2000s… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  15-02-2018 22:19 via twitter.com
  The connections run deep for Jae Crowder! His father, Corey, played with another current Jazzman in the early 2000s… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Senate rejects immigration plan by bipartisan senators

  15-02-2018 22:15
  Washington • A divided Senate rejected a bipartisan plan Thursday to help young “Dreamer” immigrants and parcel out money for the wall President Donald Trump wants with Mexico, as Republican leaders joined with the White House and scuttled what seemed the likeliest chance for sweeping immigration legislation this election year.The vote came after the White House threatened to veto the measure and underscored that the issue, a hot button for both parties, remained as intractable
  
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• Bagley Cartoon: Crazy Talk

  15-02-2018 22:05
  This Pat Bagley cartoon appears in The Salt Lake Tribune on Friday, Feb. 16, 2018.<br>You can check out the past 10 Bagley editorial cartoons below.<br>GOP Goes Clubbing<br>Strange Attraction<br>Dystopian Dr. Seuss<br>Teaching Her a Lesson<br>Deficit Doggie<br>Parading one’s insecurities<br>The EnergySolutions solution<br>Release the Memo!<br>Dangling Donald<br>State of the Teleprompter<br>Want more Bagley? Become a fa
  
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• Utah author James Dashner ‘so deeply sorry’ after accusations of sexual harassment

  15-02-2018 22:02
  Utah author James Dashner has issued an apology “to those affected,” after being accused of sexual harassment.“I’ve taken these past few days for introspection, to see if I’ve been part of the problem. I think that I have,” Dashner said in a statement posted to his Twitter account. “I didn’t honor or fully understand boundaries and power dynamics. I can sincerely say that I have never intentionally hurt another person. To those affected, I am so de
  
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• Some Utah lawmakers deny climate change, but OK a bill recognizing its impacts after hearing pleas from students

  15-02-2018 21:59
  A bill that commits Utah’s leaders to recognizing “the impacts of a changing climate” drew initial approval Thursday after an impassioned hearing.The House Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment Committee voted 8-3 to favorably recommend HCR7 to the full House of Representatives, after a group of about 20 students from Logan High School pled with lawmakers to consider the state’s future.“We live in a rapidly changing world, and it’s forward-thinking po
  
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• Senate committee sends bill that would create a low-income tax credit to the floor for final vote

  15-02-2018 21:46
  The Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee supported a bill that would create a new state tax credit for very low-income workers who come from families with a history of poverty.HB57 is now awaiting a Senate floor vote. The bill, already passed by the House, would allow about 25,000 people to claim a credit of up to $600 a year, 10 percent of the federal version of the Earned-Income Tax Credit. The bill would cost the state about $6 million.If senators approve the bill on a first vote, it will be
  
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• Five Utah Royals players are included on allocation list

  15-02-2018 21:42
  Utah Royals FC carries five allocated players on its roster heading into preseason, the second-most of any team in the league.The NWSL released Thursday the list of 34 federation players from the United States (23) and Canada (11) who will participate in the 2018 season. North Carolina Courage carries the most (six), with the Royals trailing them by one player. The Royals’ allocated players include U.S. women’s national team regulars Kelley O’Hara, Becky Sauerbrunn and Amy Rodr
  
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• Here’s why the National Endowment for the Arts is under fire again. (Hint: It’s not about the money)

  15-02-2018 21:34
  Like the pigtailed heroine who regularly gets tied to the railroad tracks, the National Endowment for the Arts is again under threat.The Trump administration’s newest budget, released Monday, cut funding for the NEA, as well as the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. The budget indicated plans to eventually zero out the three agencies, whose combined budgets make up a tiny fraction of 1 percent of what the government spends overall.And, as hap
  
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• Wheels down LA🛬 https://t.co/qbaZ5Dl33U

  15-02-2018 21:18 via twitter.com
  
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• Commentary: America stands alone in number of school shootings

  15-02-2018 20:56
  So far this year, there have been at least seven school shootings in the United States. That’s more than one a week, more school shootings than many countries have ever had. Last month, for example, a 15-year-old killed two of his peers (and injured 18 others) at his high school in Kentucky.This is not an anomaly. The United States is suffering from a gun-violence epidemic, one that has been spilling into schools.Since 2000, there have been more than 188 shootings at schools and universiti
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Utah basketball fans' guide to the NBA All-Star Weekend in Los Angeles

  15-02-2018 20:48 via sportspyder.com
  ...it’s time for some much-needed rest as NBA All-Star weekend has arrived. No Jazz players will be competing in the 67th annual NBA All-Star Game on Sunday, bu ...
  
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• Utah basketball fans' guide to the NBA All-Star Weekend in Los Angeles

  15-02-2018 20:45
  SALT LAKE CITY — Riding an 11-game win streak and a somewhat healthy roster, the Utah Jazz are back to having fun again.“Just never too much fun,” said Jazz center Rudy Gobert.Now it’s time for some much-needed rest as NBA All-Star weekend has arrived.No Jazz players will be competing in the 67th annual NBA All-Star Game on Sunday, but the team will certainly be represented with rookie Donovan Mitchell participating in a couple events.Damian Lillard (Weber State) and Kyle
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - The Jazz enter All-Star weekend primed for playoff push

  15-02-2018 20:45 via sportspyder.com
  ... ch Lowe writes, you should read it. Any time Zach Lowe writes about the Utah Jazz, you need to read it. during the 11-game winning streak, and analyzed their...
  
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• Noah Feldman: Syria is the new Afghanistan, where war won't end

  15-02-2018 20:44
  It’s official: Syria has become a war of all against all. The latest proof is the report that U.S. planes killed somewhere between four and 200 Russian “mercenaries” last week.A few days before that news broke, Israel shot down an Iranian drone that came from Syria and then attacked Iranian targets, losing an F-16 in the process. And just a few days before that, Turkey mounted an extensive war against U.S.-backed Syrian Kurds — probably the same people who called in the a
  
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• Threats to college and university campuses may outweigh the privacy of sexual assault victims, Utah lawmakers say

  15-02-2018 20:42
  College and university administrators in Utah who believe allegations of sexual assault pose “an articulable and significant threat to campus safety” could go against a victim’s wishes and turn information over to police, under a bill that drew initial approval on Thursday.The House Judiciary Committee voted 8-2 for HB254, which outlines the circumstances when a victim’s desire for confidentiality can be overruled, and also mandates that colleges offer amnesty from conduc
  
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• Gehrke: The LDS Church and some Utah companies are suffocating workers with noncompete clauses

  15-02-2018 20:30
  If you haven’t seen Donovan Mitchell go off for 40 points and a dozen rebounds this season, you’re missing out. Wouldn’t it be incredible if the Jazz could find a way to keep his talents in Utah and not have to worry about losing “Spider” the way they lost Gordon Hayward? Maybe by coercing him into signing a contract that would force him to sit out a season if he decided he wants to leave?But that’s not how it works, and it’s not how it should work, beca
  
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• Teenager who was shot after school in South Salt Lake identified; police seeking suspect

  15-02-2018 20:09
  Five minutes after 16-year-old Alan Hernandez-Lopez’s class ended on Tuesday afternoon, he was shot on a South Salt Lake sidewalk.The shooting happened near 3100 South on 300 East, in front of a house two doors down the street from his school. Police haven’t identified a suspect or a motive.Hernandez-Lopez, a South Salt Lake resident, died at the hospital just after midnight on Wednesday morning, according to South Salt Lake police spokesman Gary Keller. The teen had been attending a
  
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• [The Daily Herald] - Simmons, Mitchell and young NBA phenoms set for Rising Stars

  15-02-2018 19:38 via sportspyder.com
  ... hoto, Philadelphia 76ers' Ben Simmons, left, goes up for a shot against Utah Jazz's Donovan Mitchell, right, during the first half of an NBA basketball game i ...
  
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• Lawmakers give final approval to replace statue of Philo Farnsworth with Martha Hughes Cannon in U.S. Capitol

  15-02-2018 19:37
  The Senate gave the final legislative approval needed Thursday to send a statue of Martha Hughes Cannon — the nation’s first female state senator — to the U.S. Capitol, replacing one of television inventor Philo T. Farnsworth.
  Senators voted 21-7 to concur with amendments made earlier by the House.
  SCR1 now goes to Gov. Gary Herbert for his consideration. TRACK THIS BILL Recommend replacing Utah's statue of Philo Farnsworth in the U.S. Capitol with one of Martha Hughes Cannon.
  
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• Despite questions about its constitutionality, panel advances plan to let Legislature directly defend state laws in court

  15-02-2018 19:29
  Despite warnings from the Utah Attorney General’s Office that it may unconstitutionally infringe on the power of the executive and judicial branches, senators advanced a bill Thursday to make it easier for the Legislature to directly defend in court the laws it passes.The Senate Government Operations Committee voted 5-1 to pass SB171, and sent it to the full Senate. It appears to be part of an ongoing campaign to reset the balance of power between the legislative and executive branches. Th
  
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• What up, Beck twitter.com/bleacherreport…

  15-02-2018 19:16 via twitter.com
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• Jeep in hot water over ad with SUV romping in wild waters

  15-02-2018 19:08
  Reno, Nev. • The head of one of the nation’s largest fish conservation groups says Fiat Chrysler’s Super Bowl ads “glorified” the destruction of aquatic habitat in an apparent attempt to appeal to off-road thrill-seekers.It’s the second time ads by the automaker have drawn complaints since the Feb. 4 game.Trout Unlimited President and CEO Chris Wood said Wednesday that one ad gave the impression a Jeep Cherokee was splashing down the middle of a wild streambed.
  
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• Lawsuits against EPA contractor involved with Gold King Mine spill move ahead

  15-02-2018 19:05
  Albuquerque, N.M. • Legal challenges against a federal contractor involved in a mine waste spill that polluted rivers in three Western states are being allowed to move forward.The New Mexico Attorney General's Office announced Wednesday that a federal judge is allowing the state's lawsuit and a similar claim brought by the Navajo Nation against contractor Environmental Restoration LLC to proceed.State officials say they're looking forward to working with the tribe to recoup damages done to
  
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• For Utah‘s ‘black nerds,’ the new ‘Black Panther‘ movie means seeing ‘a hero that looks like me’

  15-02-2018 19:02
  The second Chadwick Boseman’s character — Prince T’Challa, aka Black Panther — leapt into action two years ago in “Captain America: Civil War,” Marvel fan Kira Coelho was excited.“He’s the coolest cat, literally speaking,” said Coelho, a Salt Lake City after-school education consultant who cosplays under the name Kiki Furia.Since that appearance of Marvel Comics’ distinctly African superhero, Coelho and other “blerds” &mdash
  
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• ’You guys got that so right’: Utah actor and veteran praises depiction of military families in Disney’s ‘Andi Mack’

  15-02-2018 19:01
  When Jay Whittaker landed a role in the Disney Channel’s made-in-Utah series “Andi Mack,” he injured himself.“I live in a basement apartment with low ceilings,” he said. “I jumped and I literally hit my head because I was so excited.”It was just a bump on the head. The stand-up comedian/self-described “starving artist” remains thrilled about his recurring role as the basketball coach on “Andi.” And he suddenly found himself as sor
  
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• Dana Milbank: Sarah Huckabee Sanders is at a loss for words on Rob Porter. I am here for her.

  15-02-2018 18:59
  Washington • Are you having trouble keeping up with the Rob Porter scandal? Apparently Sarah Huckabee Sanders is.Her daily press briefing Wednesday was scheduled for 1 p.m., then at 2 p.m. was postponed until 4 p.m., then at 4 p.m. was abandoned entirely. The menu of topics — scandals at the EPA and VA, confirmation of a payoff to porn actress Stormy Daniels and, by midafternoon, another horrendous school shooting — was hardly appetizing. And the unpalatable entree was sure to b
  
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• Utah brush fire may have started in homeless camp

  15-02-2018 18:51
  Fire officials in suburban Salt Lake City are investigating the cause of a brush fire that forced the evacuation of a homeless camp in West Valley City.Firefighters from several agencies responded to the fire in a field near the Jordan River Parkway Trail at about 7:30 p.m. Wednesday.The blaze burned several acres before crews extinguished it about an hour later. No injuries have been reported.United Fire Authority spokesman Matt McFarland says the fire is believed to have been human caused. He
  
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• [USA Today] - Simmons, Mitchell and young NBA phenoms set for Rising Stars

  15-02-2018 18:51 via sportspyder.com
  ... nd a young Magic Johnson, and the high-flying Mitchell from the surging Utah Jazz will garner much of the attention. But the rosters for the game, which pits...
  
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• Teenager shot in South Salt Lake identified; police seeking suspect

  15-02-2018 18:33
  A teenager who was shot after school in South Salt Lake on Tuesday has been identified as 16-year-old Alan Hernandez-Lopez.Hernandez-Lopez was shot near 3100 South and 300 East, two houses away from his school, about 4:05 p.m., said South Salt Lake police spokesman Gary Keller.The boy had been expected to survive when he was taken to the hospital, Keller said, but he died just after midnight on Wednesday morning. He had lived in South Salt Lake.Ben Horsley, spokesman for the Granite School Distr
  
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• Park City’s Madison Olsen punches ticket into Olympic aerials finals

  15-02-2018 18:25
  Pyeongchang, South Korea • The first time Madison Olsen saw an aerial skier in action was 16 years ago. It was 2002, and the Park City girl and her family watched the best in the world perform high-flying flips and twists.Olsen’s family once again was watching Olympic action Thursday night, half a world away from where the seed of a dream once was planted. Only this time, the 22-year-old Olsen was the one at the top of the hill.“It was so overwhelming,” she said. “I
  
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• Vandal replaces American flag at Utah high school with ISIS flag

  15-02-2018 18:06
  Police are soliciting tips from the public after school officials at Hurricane High School discovered the American flag had been replaced with an ISIS flag early Thursday morning.Additionally, the words “ISIS is comi” had been spray-painted on a wall of the high school, according to a news release from the Hurricane City Police Department.Police are investigating the incident, and ask that anyone with information about the vandalism call the dispatch center at 435-627-4999.“As
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz: Three games in, Jae Crowder appears to be perfect fit

  15-02-2018 17:31 via sportspyder.com
  ...the small forward position alongside Rudy Gobert and Derrick Favors. If the Jazz want to stretch the floor, they can easily plug Crowder in as their stretch- ...
  
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• George Pyle: Why neither Mitt nor I am on TV this morning

  15-02-2018 17:30
  I had informed my Twitter (@debatestate) and Facebook (State of the Debate) followers that I was going to be on CNN early this morning, probably one of many “experts” commenting on the widely anticipated news that Mitt Romney was, later in the day, going to confirm the rumors that he was running for Orrin Hatch’s seat in the U.S. Senate.Then, about 5 p.m. yesterday, I received an email cancelling the gig.“Sadly due to this tragic school shooting in Florida we now need to
  
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• Utah Jazz: Three games in, Jae Crowder appears to be perfect fit

  15-02-2018 17:12
  He’s only played three games with the Utah Jazz, but so far Jae Crowder has been an absolutely perfect fit with his new team. The 2018 NBA trade deadline was a wild one that saw the Utah Jazz get involved by participating in a three-team trade that helped facilitate one of many deals carried out […]
  Utah Jazz: Three games in, Jae Crowder appears to be perfect fit - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• Simmons and Mitchell Locked in a Heated NBA Rookie of the Year Battle

  15-02-2018 17:10 via basketballinsiders.com
  As the NBA hits the All-Star break, Ben Simmons and Donovan Mitchell are in a heated race for Rookie of the Year. So, who has the edge?
  
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• "We've got a little bit of a break, and we'll come back stronger than ever and hopefully keep the streak going when… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  15-02-2018 17:06 via twitter.com
  "We've got a little bit of a break, and we'll come back stronger than ever and hopefully keep the streak going when… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Royce O'Neale shows off his offense and helps lead Utah Jazz to hard-fought win over Suns

  15-02-2018 17:01 via sportspyder.com
  ... back to take a 73-72 lead early in the fourth quarter. That’s when the other Jazz rookie, Mitchell, did his usual fourth-quarter routine when he scored 10 of...
  
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• [Five Thirty Eight] - Can The NBA All-Star Game Be Fixed?

  15-02-2018 17:00 via sportspyder.com
  ... t for the Jazz — and how it might come to a halt. Next, the All-Star Game is nearly here, a ...
  
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• Political Cornflakes: 3 of the 10 deadliest mass shootings in United States history have happened in the past 5 months

  15-02-2018 16:56
  Three of the 10 deadliest mass shootings in United States history have happened in the past 5 months. The Utah GOP chairman criticized Mitt Romney’s expected candidacy and later apologized. The Utah House approved legislation to send a statue of Martha Hughes Cannon to Washington. ‘Tis Thursday. At least 17 people were killed at a Florida high school yesterday after a former student opened fire throughout the hallways. Three of the 10 deadliest mass shootings in modern U.S. history h
  
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• Holly Richardson: Utah needs to free members of the media from their noncompete shackles

  15-02-2018 16:17
  Did you know that noncompete agreements, those things that prevent you from working for another company in the same industry for a certain amount of time, are alive and well in the media industry in Utah? Media execs from Deseret Management Corporation, Fox 13, Bonneville International and ABC4, along with a handful of others, are lobbying the Utah Legislature hard to kill a bill that would make them get rid of their non-compete agreements, wanting instead to keep their competitive advantage ove
  
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• Utah lawmakers reject bill calling for mental-health care to be based on scientific evidence

  15-02-2018 16:02
  Utah lawmakers on Wednesday rejected a bill meant to promote research-proven mental-health treatment in Utah, saying the measure needed more work, and referred it instead for further study.House Bill 199, sponsored by Rep. Kelly Miles, R-Ogden, would push mental-health and substance-abuse facilities in Utah to use more “evidence-based” treatment programs backed by substantial scientific research.HB199 also would require Utah’s 13 publicly funded treatment centers to report to s
  
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• Letter: Mormon church‘s push for a Martha Cannon statue is a PR ploy to say, ‘See, we do value women as equals‘

  15-02-2018 15:58
  Please let the 40 percent non-Mormon population of Utah have a state statue that doesn’t scream “Mormon” in the hall of statues in Washington, D.C.Although I realize that Philo T. Farnsworth was born in Beaver to a Mormon pioneer, the article in the Feb. 12 Tribune about cities clamoring to put the Farnsworth statue in their area smacks of a “done deal.”It is unfair to the rest of the state’s residents who deserve to be represented as well. I see it as a publi
  
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• Letter: Breast-feeding in public stirs up opinions, but ‘get over it‘ surely doesn’t cover it

  15-02-2018 15:57
  Regarding this issue of breast-feeding while not covering up in public, first, please let me preface my comments. I grew up in a household with a father who was a Marine and a mother who worked, both for herself and her family. As such, my “domestic skills” I learned from my father while I supported the success of my mother.Breast-feeding, in my opinion, is a truly natural and intimate act between mother and child. As such, it should be a mother’s right to respond to her child&
  
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