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• Margaret Sullivan: NBC’s questioning of Ivanka Trump was more than appropriate. It should be just the start.

  27-02-2018 23:43
  In the Harry Potter books, there was the evil Lord Voldemort — “he who must not be named.”In Donald Trump’s world, there are Ivanka Trump and John Kelly — they who must not be questioned.The operative word in this latter world, we learn, is “inappropriate.”“I think it’s a pretty inappropriate question to ask a daughter if she believes the accusers of her father when he’s affirmatively stated that there’s no truth to it,” Iva
  
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• Salt Lake City International Airport has nation’s lowest flight cancellation rate

  27-02-2018 23:33
  Among the nation’s 25 busiest airports, Salt Lake City International had the lowest rate of canceled flights during 2017.That’s according to a study released Tuesday by InsureMyTrip, a travel insurance company, based on data from the U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics.It said only 0.4 percent of flights at Salt Lake City International — 448 out of 111,912 flights — were canceled that year.The next lowest rates at the nation’s 25 busiest airports were at Phoeni
  
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• Larry Krystkowiak hopes extra time off before regular-season finale benefits ‘beat-up‘ Utes

  27-02-2018 23:28
  Perhaps the Pac-12 schedule breaks in the Utes’ favor this week. At least that’s the hope for men’s basketball coach Larry Krystkowiak.Utah (18-10, 10-7) will play just one game in the final week of Pac-12 play, and the Utes wrap up at home Saturday against Colorado (16-13, 8-9). The Utes will have had six days off since their last game against USC when they host Colorado. The extra days off this week could factor into the availability of junior guard Sedrick Barefield and sop
  
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• MLS preview 2018: Toronto is still on top, but expansion and more money shake up things

  27-02-2018 23:24
  The MLS landscape shifted this offseason, not only expanding to a 23-team league but also changing those clubs’ approaches to roster-building with an influx of cash.The increase in targeted allocation money, with an additional $2.8 million in discretionary TAM available to MLS teams in each of the next two seasons, has given clubs the opportunity to bring in players who had been unavailable in such quantities before. The teams still have ample opportunity to adjust their rosters before the
  
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• Provo ‘patriotic’ painter Jon McNaughton gets a boost from Sean Hannity, but art critics scoff

  27-02-2018 23:13
  Jon McNaughton’s new painting, depicting President Donald Trump clutching an American flag on a football field, sparked Fox News’ commentator Sean Hannity to poke “the left” on Twitter on asking for reactions to “provocative” art.The “left” loves art, and especially taxpayer funded art that is “provocative”. Let’s get their reaction to this. https://t.co/WAVFB1Uqbx.— Sean Hannity (@seanhannity) February 27, 2018The painting
  
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• Commentary: Saving the Greatest Snow on Earth from climate change

  27-02-2018 22:49
  The Greatest Snow on Earth® has helped create a booming winter sports industry in Utah with an economic impact of $1.4 billion per year and more than 20,000 jobs. The ski industry in Utah depends on Mother Nature to help draw tourists to our ski resorts.Our resorts are doing what they can to adapt to climate variability and are developing business plans that ensure their viability in an uncertain future. However, without concerted efforts by our policymakers, the unpredictable nature of a ch
  
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• Police: Las Vegas man forced Utah woman into prostitution

  27-02-2018 22:24
  St. George • Law enforcement authorities in southern Utah are accusing a Las Vegas man of forcing a woman into prostitution.The Spectrum reports 24-year-old Jerome Devon McFadden was arrested Friday in St. George on charges of exploiting prostitution, human trafficking and interfering with an arrest.Police in St. George say McFadden traveled from Las Vegas to meet the woman and posted an online ad. Authorities say he then used her cellphone to set up appointments with numerous people who re
  
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• Worries about home values, reliable drinking water prompt lawmakers to order a study of changing the Utah Constitution

  27-02-2018 22:23
  Water experts in Utah have been assigned to study amending the state constitution to address a common practice that some fear could one day deprive thousands of Utah households of reliable drinking water.A proposal making its way through the Utah Legislature would have tweaked the constitution to free Utah’s cities and towns of rules that currently prohibit them from leasing their water rights to others.HJR15’s sponsor, Rep. Keven Stratton, R-Orem, said those rules were originally in
  
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• 2 Mormon missionaries from Utah hurt in Spain

  27-02-2018 22:21
  Four Mormon missionaries, two from Utah, were injured in a collision Monday evening in Spain.Caden K. Randall, 18, of Kaysville, and Hunter J. Bushman, 19, of Farmington, suffered minor injuries, according to a news release Tuesday from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.Mason T. Heninger, 20, of Cardston, Alberta, and Gabriel E. Inesta Olmo, 19, of Bayamon, Puerto Rico, were seriously injured and underwent surgery.They are “stable and recovering,” the Salt Lake City-bas
  
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• Hope Hicks resists House investigators' questions about the Trump administration

  27-02-2018 22:05
  Washington • White House communications director Hope Hicks is the latest close adviser to President Donald Trump to refuse to answer questions about the administration or transition period, posed by House investigators as part of their probe of Russian meddling in the 2016 election.Democrats and Republicans emerging from the House Intelligence Committee’s ongoing interview with Hicks on Tuesday noted that she resisted answering any questions about events and conversations that occurr
  
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• Five arrested in alleged ‘jackpotting’ scheme to make Utah ATM dispense cash

  27-02-2018 22:02
  Five people have been accused of robbing a Deseret First Credit Union in Sandy — without setting foot inside the building.Charges filed in U.S. District Court accuse the five of carrying out a so-called “jackpotting” scheme on Sunday by breaking into an ATM at the credit union at 9325 S. Village Shop Drive (about 1000 East) and installing hardware infected with malware.The malware enabled one of the conspirators to direct the ATM to dispense cash, according to a criminal compla
  
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• Thabo Sefolosha has been teammates with two Crowders — father and son

  27-02-2018 21:40
  Whenever the old teammates talk, there’s always a point when Corey Crowder tries something he’s never been great at. He attempts to speak French. And on the other end of the line, Thabo Sefolosha can’t help but laugh — no matter how many times he’s heard it.“He laughs at me and everything, and he says, ‘You know you don’t speak French?’” Crowder said, laughing at the ritual. “But hell, at least I tried.”Crowder’s Frenc
  
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• Appeals court upholds conviction and sentence of Rock Springs man imprisoned for assaulting an officer in Utah

  27-02-2018 21:38
  The U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that a Utah court did not err in sentencing a Wyoming man to six years in prison and requiring that he undergo mental health treatment for an assault on a forest ranger in Utah. Aaron Jereb, of Rock Springs, was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Utah after his June 2016 conviction for assaulting a U.S. Forest Service officer.Jereb, 35, appealed the conviction, claiming the jury received incorrect instructions while deciding his guilt, and th
  
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• [Fansided: Sir Charles In Charge] - Utah Jazz: Donovan Mitchell should be the NBA’s Rookie of the Year

  27-02-2018 21:36 via sportspyder.com
  ...four rebounds per game, has been such a tremendous bright spot for the Utah Jazz this season. More from Sir Charles In Charge New Orleans Pelicans: Anthony D ...
  
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• Utah family sues immigration officers, says agents intimidated them and frightened their children during two warrantless searches

  27-02-2018 21:33
  After immigration officers broke into her Heber apartment twice last April, Berenice Resendiz said her children are still scared of police.The agents pointed guns at her small children. They yelled at the children and the adults at the home. They threatened to take the children away from their family and arrested their grandmother.Now, Resendiz and her family are suing the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the U.S. Marshals Service, with the help of the American Civil Liberties
  
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• Jazz mailbag: Is it better to miss the playoffs and be in the lottery or get in and get creamed as the eight seed? When is the Joe Ingles statue coming?

  27-02-2018 21:29
  Tony Jones, one of the Tribune’s Utah Jazz beat reporters, will answer questions submitted on Twitter each week in his Jazz mailbag. Here are this week’s questions and answers.
  What is Tony Bradley’s ceiling. Will he be more a rotational piece or more of a potential starter. Or will he even play meaningful moments in a jazz uni. #TonyTalks— GOx (@goxenrider) February 27, 2018I think Tony Bradley’s ceiling depends on how hard he works at it over the next three years.
  
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• Catherine Rampell: Trump's sneaky backdoor Obamacare repeal is working

  27-02-2018 21:26
  Last year, much of the country watched with growing fury as Republicans tried to undo President Barack Obama’s signature achievement, the Affordable Care Act.Americans stormed town halls. They jammed congressional phone lines. Some got hauled off to jail for acts of civil disobedience. Bill after bill attempting to dismantle Obamacare imploded. By October, it looked like Republicans had given up at last.How wrong that was.In the months since the last Obamacare vote in the Senate, the Trump
  
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• Five arrested in alleged 'jackpotting' scheme to empty Utah ATM of all of its cash

  27-02-2018 21:24
  Five people have been accused of robbing a Deseret First Credit Union in Sandy — without setting foot inside the building.Charges filed in U.S. District Court accuse the five of carrying out a so-called “jackpotting” scheme on Sunday by breaking into an ATM at the credit union at 9325 S. Village Shop Drive (about 1000 East) and installing hardware infected with malware.The malware enabled one of the conspirators to direct the ATM to empty out all of its cash, according to a cri
  
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• Salt Lake City Councilman Derek Kitchen announces bid for Dabakis state Senate seat

  27-02-2018 21:17
  First-term Salt Lake City Councilman Derek Kitchen announced his candidacy Tuesday for the state Senate District 2 seat of outgoing Sen. Jim Dabakis.He joins University of Utah political scientist Tim Chambless and attorney and community activist Nadia Mahallati, who had already filed declarations that they would gather signatures to run for the office.
  Just last week, after six years in the Legislature, Dabakis announced plans not to seek another term.“This is something that kind of happe
  
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• Alexandra Petri: Donald Trump possesses rare powers. Didn't you know?

  27-02-2018 21:11
  “You don’t know until you test it, but I think, I really believe, I would have run in there even if I didn’t have a weapon,” Donald Trump said.Donald Trump would have run in there, unarmed. He would have done that. And it would have worked.Donald Trump is the greatest hero of our time.He did not get involved in Vietnam because it would have been unfair to the other combatants, and he wanted to give them a sporting chance. Donald Trump would have been literally unstoppable
  
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• Bagley Cartoon: Reason for Gun Violence

  27-02-2018 20:47
  This Pat Bagley cartoon appears in The Salt Lake Tribune on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018.<br>You can check out the past 10 Bagley editorial cartoons below.<br>Big Talkers<br>No Chance of Being Contradicted<br>NRA School<br>This is the NRA<br>Echo Chamber Chumps<br>Russian Medal Scandal<br>Utah Priorities<br>Crazy Talk<br>GOP Goes Clubbing<br>Strange Attraction<br>Want more Bagley? Become a fan on Facebook.
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Jae Crowder fitting right in with the Utah Jazz

  27-02-2018 20:41 via sportspyder.com
  ... g All-Star break. Here’s an extra piece on CBS Sport’s and how they : 1 UTAH JAZZ SG Stats: 19.6 points, 3.5 assists, 3.5 rebounds Mitchell might not have had ...
  
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• A sequel to the Mormon missionary drama ‘The Other Side of Heaven’ starts shooting in April

  27-02-2018 20:28
  Seventeen years after going to “The Other Side of Heaven,” filmmaker Mitch Davis and actor Christopher Gorham are going back to continue the true story of a Mormon missionary in Tonga.Filming will start in April in Fiji for “The Other Side of Heaven II,” Davis announced Tuesday at the Salt Lake City offices of Deseret Book, which owns the LDS movie distribution company Excel Entertainment. The movie should hit theaters nationwide, he said, in April 2019.The sequel to the
  
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• How to win your Oscar pool, from an expert: ‘No one cares what you think’

  27-02-2018 20:19
  There’s no room for sentimentality if you want to win the Oscar pool at your office or Academy Awards viewing party.“Keep your own personal views of the nominees out of things,” advises Tom O’Neil, editor and founder of GoldDerby.com, the show-biz awards prediction site. “You’re predicting what Academy members will think of contenders. No one cares what you think.”And in a wide-open year, picking the movie with the most nominations to win the top prize a
  
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• Rolly: Let’s venture down the rabbit hole to the mad tea party in Utah Republican Wacko-land

  27-02-2018 20:09
  If there is a metaphor to describe what happened at the Utah Republican Party’s Central Committee meeting Saturday, it would be the mad tea party Alice attended when she visited Wonderland in Lewis Carroll’s classic 19th-century novel.The logic displayed by a rogue group of about 70 delegates — fewer than half the full 183-member body — is comparable to the befuddlement of the March Hare, the Mad Hatter and the Dormouse, whose sophistry confounded Alice to the point of ut
  
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• Six BYU players earn All-WCC men’s, women’s basketball honors

  27-02-2018 20:06
  Provo • If not for freshman center Sara Hamson, BYU’s men’s and women’s basketball teams would have been shut out of the West Coast Conference’s major awards for the recently completed 2017-18 regular season. Both programs placed third in their league races. Hamson is the WCC Women’s Basketball Defensive Player of the Year, the conference announced Tuesday. Sara Hamson, the sister of 2013-14 WCC DPOY winner Jennifer Hamson, is second in the NCAA with 4.3 blocke
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Woodyard: Utah Jazz need to wake up now that NBA All-Star break is over

  27-02-2018 19:48 via sportspyder.com
  ... y anything special that the Rockets were doing on defense, it was mostly the Jazz making silly cross-court passes, trying to split holes that weren’t there an ...
  
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• Woodyard: Utah Jazz need to wake up now that NBA All-Star break is over

  27-02-2018 19:45
  SALT LAKE CITY — The trip to the Bahamas was fun.So was exploring hiking trails around Utah and spending time with family in San Diego.Even NBA All-Star Weekend in Los Angeles was spectacular.But now it’s time to get back locked in. Members of the Utah Jazz need to get focused.All-Star break is over!Just three games after the break, it’s certainly too early to panic as the Jazz have gone 1-2 to begin the second half of the season, but it’s not necessarily about wins and l
  
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• Eugene Robinson: Don’t let the absurd ploy to arm teachers distract you

  27-02-2018 19:32
  Washington • The deliberately outrageous idea of arming classroom teachers is nothing more than a distraction, a ploy by the gun lobby to buy time for passions to cool. Don’t get sidetracked. Keep the focus where it belongs — on keeping military-style assault rifles out of civilian hands.The National Rifle Association and its vassals in the Republican Party would like you to exhaust your outrage on a possibility that is, from the start, impossible. Picture one of your grade-scho
  
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• Hildale, Utah, city councilman, accused of facilitating child labor again, testifies about construction sites from Arizona to Rexburg, Idaho

  27-02-2018 19:30
  Brian Jessop was supposed to tell a special master about all his employment and what he was doing at each job, according to an order a federal judge issued in the spring of 2017. But on Tuesday, Jessop testified in federal court about a series of construction projects for which he submitted bids, consulted on or visited. He never told the special master about them. “You don’t consider that employment?” asked U.S. Department of Labor attorney Karen Bobela. “No,” Jess
  
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• [Yahoo Sports] - James Harden's mom forced Chris Paul to commit a rare turnover

  27-02-2018 19:28 via sportspyder.com
  ... mes Harden (@JHarden13) Luckily, Houston had the game in hand at that point. Jazz forward Jae Crowder missed a 3-pointer on the other end, and the final secon ...
  
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• Halsey and Wiz Khalifa part of the lineup for Bonanza Campout music festival in Heber

  27-02-2018 19:26
  The full lineup for the third annual Bonanza Campout — a three-day music, art and camping festival that takes place at the River’s Edge Campground in Heber — was announced Tuesday morning.
  Alt-pop singer Halsey, hip-hop star Wiz Khalifa, and Grammy-nominated electronic DJ/producer ZHU are the headliners. Other high-profile artists on the bill include the likes of Phantogram, RÜFÜS DU SOL, Local Natives, BØRNS, Oh Wonder, Blackbear, Moon Taxi and Snakehips.The e
  
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• Lawmakers advance bill to allow drivers to run red lights — if no other cars are present

  27-02-2018 19:24
  Lawmakers are considering giving Utah drivers a green light to run red lights — at times of extremely low travel when no other cars are present, and after coming to a full stop.The House Transportation Committee voted 5-2 to advance HB416, which now goes to the full House.“This is a safe-on-red bill. It’s not a run-a-red-light bill,” said its sponsor, Rep. Ken Ivory, R-West Jordan.He wrote it after a complaint from Brian Tenney of South Jordan. Tenney said he was waiting
  
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• We have assigned @ToBrad1 and @NazzyJML to the @slcstars 🎷➡️🌟 https://t.co/b4ilANBWVn

  27-02-2018 19:00 via twitter.com
  
  We have assigned @ToBrad1 and @NazzyJML to the @slcstars 🎷➡️🌟 https://t.co/b4ilANBWVn
  
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• Salt Lake City’s tiny Per Noi Trattoria will move to a bigger spot on Highland Drive this week

  27-02-2018 18:40
  Per Noi, a beloved Italian restaurant in Salt Lake City’s Highland Park neighborhood, is moving south.Chef and owner Francesco Montino, along with business partner Tony Casella, decided to move the popular trattoria from its original spot at 1588 Stratford Ave. to a larger place at 3005 S. Highland Drive, once home to Michelangelo Ristorante.The last day of business on Stratford will be Wednesday, Feb. 28 — almost six years to the day it opened Feb. 29, 2012.The new location will ope
  
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• ACLU of Utah sues ICE, U.S. Marshals Service over alleged warrantless SWAT-style searches of Heber family's home

  27-02-2018 18:17
  The American Civil Liberties Union of Utah has filed a federal lawsuit against the the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Marshals Service for allegedly conducting two warrantless, SWAT-style raids on the home of a family living in Heber last April. The plaintiffs are five adults and four small children who were allegedly targeted in two raids by at least 10 federal agents dressed in military-style gear and carrying assault-style weapons.According to the lawsuit, filed Tuesd
  
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• Monson: Salt Lake City can — and should — do the Winter Olympics again

  27-02-2018 17:51
  With the afterglow of South Korea’s Winter Games still shining, a question arises: How excited are you for the Olympics, say, in 2030, to make their return to Salt Lake City?Were Utah to gain that nod, where would your emotions rank?Enthused beyond measure.More eager than you were on your wedding night.Totally stoked.Stoked, in a limited sort of way.Do not like the idea.Hate the Olympics, wouldn’t know a flying salchow from an icing call from a frying pan.Would rather hammer a nail t
  
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• [Sporting News] - NBA Rookie of the Year race: Battle between Ben Simmons, Donovan Mitchell heats up

  27-02-2018 17:39 via sportspyder.com
  ... l’s rookie year so impressive is that he has become the primary scorer for a Jazz team that is competing for a playoff spot in the Western Conference. Losing...
  
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• Utah gun owners explain in their own words why they own — or don’t own — ‘the most political gun in America’

  27-02-2018 17:38
  You’ve probably read a lot about the AR-15 recently.The National Rifle Association reports several million Americans own at least one of the “customizable, adaptable, reliable and accurate” weapons, which it says are best suited for “sport shooting, hunting and self-defense situations.”In recent years, however, the AR-15 has gained notoriety for being one of the most commonly used weapons in mass shootings. The Stanford Geospatial Center and Stanford Libraries and U
  
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• The apartment boom is changing the Salt Lake Valley, and it won’t stop anytime soon

  27-02-2018 16:57
  Shortly after visiting Utah on a trip to see a friend, Dustin Gettel decided to move here. Drawn to “the most beautiful place” he’d ever seen, he moved into a Midvale apartment complex in 2015, before his house had even sold. Gettel, a newly inaugurated councilman in Midvale, is one of many recent transplants to the state, which is expected to balloon to 1.5 million new residents by 2050. “I’m kind of what’s happening in Utah,” he said. “I embody a
  
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• Gomberg: Dear reader whom I’ve ‘entirely offended’ by being gay and a mother

  27-02-2018 16:57
  Dear Sir, I received your correspondence last week regarding my apology letter to Rep. Curt Webb (who kindly helped me see nursing for what it really is: a perversion), and I understand that I need to extend my apologies your direction, as well. It seems as though, in addition to the tone of my column, I have hurt your feelings by raising my kiddo without a man.You said, “As a husband and father I’m entirely offended by your choice to eliminate the role of a man and father in the upb
  
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• Entrepreneur revives proposed pipeline to carry Green River water from Utah to Colorado

  27-02-2018 16:57
  The ‘zombie pipeline’ is back.A plan to pipe Green River water from two spots on Flaming Gorge in Utah to Colorado’s thirsty and fast-growing Front Range was filed last month with the Utah State Engineer.The proposal is a scaled-down version of Colorado resident Aaron Million’s controversial plan that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission rejected in 2012. Under a new company name of Water Horse Resources LLC, the would-be water developer and Fort Collins-based entrepr
  
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• Morning links: Donovan Mitchell or Ben Simmons? Insiders weigh in on ROY race; Kyle Kuzma Q&A

  27-02-2018 16:45
  At this point in the NBA season, it's a two-man race for Rookie of the Year between the Utah Jazz's Donovan Mitchell and the Philadelphia 76ers' Ben Simmons.On Monday, a piece by Uproxx's Oliver Maroney was published in which he asked a number of the league's players, executives and others to share who they think should win the award.Of the 22 people polled, 13 said Simmons should win it, seven went with Mitchell and two said the NBA should award co-Rookies of the Year."I think I would go Donova
  
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• Jazz fritter away early lead, fall to streaking Rockets, 96-85

  27-02-2018 16:15
  When the Golden State Warriors made their rise to the top of the NBA, they did so as a team that became almost unbeatable to most of the league. As conventional wisdom went, it seemed impossible for another team to rise to their level, at least in the near future.All of which makes Houston’s ascent so impressive. The Rockets have essentially become another Golden State. You have to play an almost perfect game against them to have a chance. Anything less, and you can chalk up a loss.In one
  
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• Commentary: This year, we are all Esther in America's own Purim story

  27-02-2018 15:54
  The deadline President Donald Trump has set for the passage of legislation to adjust the status of nearly 1 million undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United States as children by their parents is March 5, just days after Jews worldwide celebrate the festival of Purim. During Purim, which begins Wednesday night, we read the Book of Esther, which tells the story of a vain, corrupt leader willing to sell out a vulnerable people for his own convenience. It invites us to consider the ob
  
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• Commentary: Next Olympics should put focus on fans

  27-02-2018 15:50
  It has become a widely accepted tenet of modern economics that markets are flawed and need fixing by experts to engineer desired outcomes. At the Winter Games in Pyeongchang, which just concluded, the International Olympic Committee appeared to take this conviction to extremes, trying to fill stands through highly restricted, targeted and convoluted ticket sales. The process arguably produced more empty seats than the bitter cold, lack of interest, or fear of North Korea did. Organizers of the 2
  
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• Letter: Future leaders, plan now to take control of gun control legislation

  27-02-2018 15:48
  To the high school students of America:You are about five years away from becoming legislators and governors. Plan now to take control of gun control legislation. You can never eliminate the right of a person to bear arms, but you can restrict the areas in which he can fire it. A person cannot fire a gun within the city limits at the present time. The firing of a gun should be restricted on all private and public land. The exception should be self-defense, law enforcement, and in licensed firing
  
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• Letter: We must compromise, or have the blood of our children on our hands

  27-02-2018 15:44
  I’m a retired Utah educator, and I’m writing to plead with all Utahns to commit to rational conversation about how we can reduce the risk of a school shooting in Utah. We need to talk. Our kids’ lives depend on it.We need to stop perpetuating the myths and stereotypes we have about each other and start listening to each other instead. Not all gun owners are resistant to regulations. Not all liberals want to ban guns. Most of us, conservative and liberal, are actually reasonable
  
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• Letter: A suspended license, not the DUI, can drive a family into poverty

  27-02-2018 15:34
  When I handled public defender cases for Holladay and South Salt Lake, I represented numerous DUI defendants. The ones that struck me the most were the single mothers who weren’t driving erratically but were followed by police officers after seeing their vehicles leave the parking lots of bars. The officers would follow them until they failed to signal for 3 full seconds, made a wide left-hand turn or exited a parking lot without coming to a full and complete stop. They made a mistake and
  
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• Don Gale: Simplistic nonsense about Good Men, Bad Men and guns

  27-02-2018 15:32
  Nonsense! “The only way to stop a bad man with a gun is a good man with a gun.” Double nonsense! The only way to stop bad men with guns is for at least 300 elected representatives in Washington to show a little common sense, wisdom and courage. The lives of children are vastly more important than campaign money. The only way to stop bad men with guns is for elected representatives in every state to provide enough funding for schools to employ well-trained counselors. Counselors who
  
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