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• Utah Gov. Gary Herbert may be roadblock for proposal to name national parks highway for President Donald Trump

  06-03-2018 23:52
  The move to name a Utah highway for President Donald J. Trump may have hit a road bump: a less-than-enthusiastic Gov. Gary Herbert.“It’s a little premature,” Herbert told reporters on Tuesday about the proposal. “Typically, at least in Utah, we wait until people have left office to reward them for the work they have done.”He noted that the Bangerter Highway was named for former Gov. Norm Bangerter after he left office. Ditto for the James V. Hansen Highway in Davis
  
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• Rolly: Hatch’s latest bout of foot-in-mouth disease took a swipe at Romney and even himself

  06-03-2018 23:46
  Retiring Sen. Orrin Hatch made comments last week that, if taken literally, described fellow Republican Mitt Romney, who wants to succeed him, as “one of the stupidest, dumbass people I’ve ever met.”Hatch was referring to supporters of the individual mandate in the Obamacare health care plan. Well, when Romney was the governor of Massachusetts, he signed a sweeping health reform bill that included — yep — an individual mandate.The idea, as in Obamacare, was to keep
  
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• Former ESPN on-air personality files sex harassment lawsuit

  06-03-2018 23:31
  Hartford, Conn. • A former on-air personality at ESPN has filed a lawsuit alleging she was subjected to sexual harassment at the cable television sports giant and then ostracized for complaining about it.The lawsuit filed Sunday in federal court in Connecticut by Adrienne Lawrence describes an atmosphere in which male employees openly watch pornography on their computers and keep "scorecards" naming female colleagues they are targeting for sex.The network said in a statement that it investi
  
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• Harvard professor to retire as he faces multiple allegations of sexual harassment

  06-03-2018 23:26
  A longtime Harvard University government professor said Tuesday he plans to retire after several women accused him of sexual harassment over a period spanning decades.Jorge Dominguez, who has been on the Harvard faculty since the 1970s, said in an email to colleagues that he would retire by the end of the semester and immediately step down from administrative duties. He is not teaching this semester.Dominguez has faced scrutiny in recent days since the Chronicle of Higher Education reported last
  
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• Pope Francis is still popular, but warm feelings waning among conservatives, survey shows

  06-03-2018 23:09
  Five years after Pope Francis ascended to the papacy, a new survey of U.S. Catholics reports that most still harbor warm feelings toward the pontiff — but his popularity is waning among political conservatives.According to a new study from the Pew Research Center, the first Latin American pope retains a soaring 84 percent favorability rating among Catholics overall, with only a 1 percentage point drop since 2014. A majority (58 percent) also still believe he represents a major positive cha
  
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• Anne Applebaum: Can Italy’s Five Star Movement turn online passions into real-world policies?

  06-03-2018 22:59
  If you’ve glanced at the headlines, then you’re already aware of the sprawling mess that is the Italian political landscape in the aftermath of Sunday’s election. You may already have seen the stories about “trouble for Europe” and the “populist victory.”But before you move on, let me make the story just a tiny bit more complicated. The biggest beneficiary of the election, the eclectic Five Star Movement, is not a standard, anti-immigration, anti-Europea
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Healthy Rudy Gobert keeps Utah Jazz in postseason hunt: ‘I don’t see us not making the playoffs’

  06-03-2018 22:54 via sportspyder.com
  ... n defense, and our offense starts with our defense, so that’s great for us,” Jazz guard Ricky Rubio said of Gobert. Utah has maintained a defensive efficiency ...
  
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• Healthy Rudy Gobert keeps Utah Jazz in postseason hunt: ‘I don’t see us not making the playoffs’

  06-03-2018 22:40
  SALT LAKE CITY — The Orlando Magic were the latest to experience The Stifle Tower.Against Rudy Gobert and the Utah Jazz Monday, shots were being swatted and altered and guys were put in uncomfortable situations.Utah held Orlando to its lowest point total and a season-low field goal percentage (34.1) in a 94-80 loss at Vivint Arena.Magic coach Frank Vogel could do nothing but tip his hat to the streaking Jazz after the loss.“Credit their defense,” Vogel said. “They are one
  
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• Bagley Cartoon: Boys and their Boomsticks

  06-03-2018 22:40
  This Pat Bagley cartoon appears in The Salt Lake Tribune on Wednesday, March 7, 2018.<br>You can check out the past 10 Bagley editorial cartoons below.<br>GOP Talking Points<br> Driven by Spite<br> Plan to Pave Paradise <br> Hog Heaven<br>Reason for Gun Violence<br>Big Talkers<br>No Chance of Being Contradicted<br>NRA School<br>This is the NRA<br>Echo Chamber Chumps<br>Want more Bagley? Become a fan on Facebook.
  
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• Tesla dealership bill speeds 71-0 through Utah House

  06-03-2018 22:33
  The day may be near when you can buy a new Tesla at a dealership closer to home.House members late Monday night gave HB369 unanimous (71-0) approval and sent it to the Senate for final action.
  HB369 would permit Tesla to own and operate car dealerships in the Beehive State — something that has been barred under state law that prohibits carmakers from having a direct ownership interest in any new-car dealership.
  Tesla’s attempts to open a dealership have been swatted down by the Utah
  
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• Utah State hopes to repeat its early success in the Mountain West basketball tournament

  06-03-2018 22:31
  Las Vegas • Utah State hopes to begin playing in the Mountain West basketball tournament on a Thursday one of these years. The consolation is the Aggies have performed well on Wednesdays lately.USU coach Tim Duryea won a first-round game in each of his first two seasons, and his team is in the same position this week. The No. 7-seeded Aggies will meet No. 10 Colorado State on Wednesday afternoon at the Thomas & Mack Center, with the winner advancing to the quarterfinals Thursday vs. No.
  
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• Deal reached on raise for West Virginia teachers, governor says

  06-03-2018 22:09
  Ranson, W.Va. • West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice, R, on Tuesday announced a deal to give striking teachers a 5 percent raise, bringing to an end a nine-day work stoppage that had shuttered schools across the state.Justice wrote on Twitter that he "stood rock solid" on a 5 percent raise for teachers in the state. He also announced that the same increase will be extended to all state workers after he and his staff made budget cuts to come up with the money. A press conference on the matter was
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Thanks in part to Donovan Mitchell, Kickstradomis is becoming a go-to custom shoe artist around the NBA

  06-03-2018 21:31 via sportspyder.com
  ... ime to do it and be recognized for it is cool.” Donovan Mitchell of the Utah Jazz wears "Spida" Kickstradomis custom shoes against the Golden State Warriors o ...
  
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• Thanks in part to Donovan Mitchell, Kickstradomis is becoming a go-to custom shoe artist around the NBA

  06-03-2018 21:25
  Even in a league as media-saturated as the NBA, some things are best spread by word of mouth.It was Montrezl Harrell who first asked Donovan Mitchell: Would you like some custom shoes? I know a guy.Three pairs of shoes later, the Jazz rookie is glad he found out about Kickstradomis. And now he’s spreading the word himself.“He’s a good dude,” Mitchell said. “He’s expanded his business rapidly.”It takes only a casual scroll through NBA Instagram to find th
  
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• Epic, Ikon ski passes give buyers lots of options for $900

  06-03-2018 21:24
  Ski resort campaigns to sign up season passholders for next winter heated up Tuesday.The new Ikon Pass, developed by Deer Valley Resort’s new owner but also offering a few days at Alta and Snowbird, went on sale for the first time. Its price tag — $899.Meanwhile, Vail Resorts announced that its adult Epic Pass for the 2018-19 season also will cost $899, while the local version for Park City Mountain will sell for $669.The Ikon Pass
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Utah Jazz’s Donovan Mitchell continues his development into a Star

  06-03-2018 21:14 via sportspyder.com
  ...was interesting nonetheless. Bleacher Report put together a list of r: Utah Jazz: Utah has the flexibility to get rowdy in free agency. Waiving non-guarantee ...
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Utah Jazz maintain position in latest NBA Power Rankings

  06-03-2018 21:14 via sportspyder.com
  ... Year feels dead-close thanks to just how important Mitchell has been for the Jazz this season. This guy is going to be a superstar someday. The Jazz have a hi ...
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz haven’t gotten much help from West opponents, but that may change soon

  06-03-2018 21:07 via sportspyder.com
  ... It isn’t too early for Utah Jazz fans to jump on the #Stayvors bandwagon by Austin Leonard ...
  
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• U.S. aides: Republican staffer visits Venezuelan president to discuss release of Josh Holt

  06-03-2018 21:05
  Caracas, Venezuela • Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro welcomed a visit by a top-ranking Republican congressional staffer last month to discuss the possible release of a Utah man jailed for more than 20 months in this volatile South American nation, six U.S. congressional and administration aides told The Associated Press.It’s not known if there has been any progress in the backchannel talks to secure Joshua Holt’s freedom, but the mere fact that Maduro met with the staffer, a
  
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• Catherine Rampell: Don’t blame China, Mr. President. Blame the robots.

  06-03-2018 21:02
  Mr. President, if you’re looking for someone to demonize for killing blue-collar jobs in your favorite industries, don’t blame China and “bad trade deals.”Blame the robots.Thirty years ago, the U.S. iron and steel mills employed about 188,000 people. Today, that number is about 86,000. Mindful of the suffering of tens of thousands of displaced workers, many of whom voted for him, President Trump is trying to turn back the clock with steel tariffs.This will do little to he
  
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• Utah Jazz haven’t gotten much help from West opponents, but that may change soon

  06-03-2018 20:53
  The Utah Jazz have been stuck in 10th place in the West because of all the success of the teams just above them in the standings. Fortunately, that’s likely about to change. Despite the fact that the Utah Jazz have now won 15 of their last 17 contests, they still have yet to budge from […]
  Utah Jazz haven’t gotten much help from West opponents, but that may change soon - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• Protest signs show up on Utah Capitol trash cans ahead of Senate vote on controversial Down syndrome abortion ban bill

  06-03-2018 20:46
  Paper signs were taped to trash cans and waste baskets around the Utah Capitol on Tuesday morning: “HB205 puts TAXPAYERS’ MONEY here,” they said, alongside a picture of Oscar the Grouch. As seen at the Capitol. HB205, the Down Syndrome Nondiscrimination Abortion Act. Legal challenges? #utpol #utleg pic.twitter.com/3TKi4LGY5y— Francisco Kjolseth (@fkjolseth) March 6, 2018The signs were something of a guerrilla lobbying campaign against the controversial Down Syndrome Nondi
  
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• Governor throws support behind school-funding compromise with Our Schools Now campaign while lawmakers debate the possible deal

  06-03-2018 20:46
  Supporters of hiking taxes to raise education spending by over $375 million are at the Capitol gauging whether a compromise to drop their ballot initiative and instead raise money through statewide property taxes and a 10-cent gas tax increase can make it out of the Legislature by midnight on Thursday.On Tuesday, the Governor’s Office signaled it supports the plan: that Our Schools Now would end its initiative campaign in exchange for the Legislature passing a school-funding increase packa
  
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• Dana Milbank: President Trump is blessedly weak

  06-03-2018 20:36
  Washington • In the category of small mercies, let us file this one: As strongmen go, President Trump has proved to be blessedly weak.It isn’t, apparently, for lack of ambition. The president, who has never been stingy in praising the world’s dictators, engaged in that favorite pastime again Saturday night before a friendly audience in what was supposed to be a private event at Mar-a-Lago.The object of the president’s affection this time was China’s president, Xi Jin
  
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• Boston bombing survivor's daughter plans walkout over guns

  06-03-2018 20:11
  Provo • A Utah girl whose mother was running the Boston Marathon when it was bombed in 2013 is among those arranging walkouts to protest gun violence in schools.Kaylee Anderson and other Utah County students will be participating on March 14 in the walkouts that have been scheduled nationwide, the Daily Herald reported Saturday.The walkouts will last for 17 minutes to represent the 17 people killed in the Feb. 14 Florida shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.“This should no
  
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• Which Jazzman does game-day red carpet the best? 👀 Poll brought to you by: @Qualtrics

  06-03-2018 20:09 via twitter.com
  Which Jazzman does game-day red carpet the best? 👀Poll brought to you by: @Qualtrics
  
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• Ogden is the scene in hip new YouTube Red series ‘Youth & Consequences’ — well, sort of

  06-03-2018 20:06
  The new streaming series “Youth & Consequences” is on the youth-obsessed YouTube Red channel, it’s headlined by social-media star Anna Akana, and it wants to be the most lit thing on TV. And it was filmed in Ogden.“Y&C,” which starts streaming Wednesday, isn’t set in Utah. It doesn’t specify a state. Just a city — Rochester. And there are Rochesters in 18 states, so that doesn’t narrow it down a lot. But it’s clear to anyone wh
  
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• Suspicious package evacuates Utah school; juvenile arrested

  06-03-2018 20:03
  St. George • Police say a juvenile arrested in connection with a suspicious package at a southern Utah high school is also believed to be responsible for an incident involving an Islamic State group’s flag found flying at another area school last month.St. George police say the juvenile was booked into a youth detention center Monday after a possible explosive device was found at Pine View High. The school was evacuated for two hours while the FBI and a bomb squad investigated.Police
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - It isn’t too early for Utah Jazz fans to jump on the #Stayvors bandwagon

  06-03-2018 19:56 via sportspyder.com
  ... their strengths by staggering their minutes after the start of the game. The Jazz have gone 16-4 since Gobert returned on January 19 , which makes it VERY har ...
  
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• #TakeNote https://t.co/yjewYnxgPG

  06-03-2018 19:40 via twitter.com
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Being on the road again isn't a problem for Utah Jazz any more after 8 straight road wins

  06-03-2018 19:29 via sportspyder.com
  ... ing past Orlando Monday night, the Jazz are heading back out on the road for three games beginning at Indiana Wednes ...
  
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• Being on the road again isn't a problem for Utah Jazz any more after 8 straight road wins

  06-03-2018 19:25
  SALT LAKE CITY — Over the first three months of the season, the Utah Jazz were one of the worst road teams in the NBA. After losing to Atlanta on Jan. 22, the Jazz were a woeful 5-19 in road games and tied with the Hawks for the worst road record in the league.Since that bad 14-point loss, there hasn’t been a better road team in the NBA.Starting with a comeback 98-95 overtime win over Detroit on Jan. 24, the Jazz have reeled off eight straight road victories. They beat current Easter
  
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• It isn’t too early for Utah Jazz fans to jump on the #Stayvors bandwagon

  06-03-2018 19:16
  As the season winds down and free agency looms, Utah Jazz fans should gear up to convince Derrick Favors to re-sign with Utah. At the end of the 2012-13 NBA season, Utah Jazz brass allowed power forward Paul Milsap to walk in free agency. Starting the very next year, he went on to make four […]
  It isn’t too early for Utah Jazz fans to jump on the #Stayvors bandwagon - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• BYU believes it can topple No. 6 Gonzaga in Tuesday’s WCC championship game in Las Vegas

  06-03-2018 18:59
  Las Vegas • BYU has done nothing in its recent conference tournament basketball history to suggest that it can upset No. 6 Gonzaga in Tuesday night’s West Coast Conference championship game. The third-seeded Cougars, who improved to 24-9 with Monday night’s stirring 85-72 upset of Saint Mary’s, haven’t won a conference tournament title since 2001 — four years before Dave Rose replaced Steve Cleveland as coach. But a theme quickly emerged late Monday night afte
  
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• [KSL] - Ben Anderson: Jazz playoff chase holds value, even if they miss postseason

  06-03-2018 18:49 via sportspyder.com
  ... did. And now, my opinion has changed. While the Jazz roster certainly could use another high-level lottery pick — as could every...
  
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• JazzwinJazzwinJazzwinJazzwinJazzwinJazzwin!!! Read all about it. on.nba.com/2I4f7ng https://t.co/YWFWdHSfjQ

  06-03-2018 16:58 via twitter.com
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Morning links: Top reactions after Utah Jazz coach Quin Snyder gets tossed; Damian Lillard shooting from the logo

  06-03-2018 16:47 via sportspyder.com
  ... 2018 I feel like this is the moment Quin Snyder solidified himself as a true Jazz Coach. Jerry Sloan would be so proud. https://t.co/heQJUbOh4M— Utah A&M (@Ut ...
  
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• [Fansided: Hoops Habit] - Ricky Rubio is ‘leading the charge’ with Utah Jazz this season

  06-03-2018 16:32 via sportspyder.com
  ...percent from the field and 31.5 percent from beyond the arc. More from Utah Jazz 2/26 - Utah Jazz: 3 items on the post-All-Star Break wish list 2/17 - Utah J ...
  
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• Fresh off its history-making Oscar win, ‘A Fantastic Woman’ will open Friday in Salt Lake City

  06-03-2018 16:29
  Daniela Vega made history Sunday at the Academy Awards when she stepped out to introduce the performance of “Remember Me” from Pixar’s “Coco” — making Vega the first transgender actress to present at an Oscar ceremony.That moment came not long after Vega’s film “A Fantastic Woman” became the first Chilean movie to win the Academy Award for Foreign-Language Film — something director Sebastián Lelio’s bold and moving drama ce
  
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• Morning links: Top reactions after Utah Jazz coach Quin Snyder gets tossed; Damian Lillard shooting from the logo

  06-03-2018 16:25
  Utah Jazz head coach Quin Snyder has been known to have his temper flare at times, although Monday night marked the first time he's been ejected from a game since becoming the Jazz's leader in 2014.https://twitter.com/jacobrexlee/status/970879925174415360In the immediate aftermath of Snyder getting tossed with 52 seconds remaining, social media users — both Utah players as well as fans — had some good reactions.Perhaps it comes as no surprise that a postgame tweet from Jazz center Ru
  
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• Political Cornflakes: Secretary Ben Carson says ‘there are more complexities’ running Housing and Urban Development than conducting brain surgery

  06-03-2018 16:05
  Secretary Ben Carson says ‘there are more complexities’ running Housing and Urban Development than conducting brain surgery. DACA recipients in Utah and across the nation face uncertainty as ‘deadline’ passes. With more female interns on the Hill, Utah lawmakers and coordinators are working to ensure there’s no harassment. Happy Tuesday. Ben Carson was a neurosurgeon for decades before he joined President Donald Trump’s staff. And he’s found his new job
  
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• Have you left a polygamous sect? How is your book coming?

  06-03-2018 16:01
  No one who has ever been in the polygamous Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints has ever had a story like Margaret Cooke’s. Raised by a Methodist-born father and German-immigrant mother who both converted to fundamental Mormonism, she moved, at age 12, to the Utah-Arizona line to live with the more-esteemed members of the sect that became the FLDS. To learn her whole story, you’ll need to read her memoir, or memoirs. “For me to write what I really want to
  
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• Ogden is the scene in hip new YouTube Red series ‘Youth & Consequences’ — well, sort of

  06-03-2018 15:53
  The new streaming series “Youth & Consequences” is on the youth-obsessed YouTube Red channel, it’s headlined by social-media star Anna Akana, and it wants to be the most lit thing on TV. And it was filmed in Ogden.“Y&C,” which starts streaming Wednesday, isn’t set in Utah. It doesn’t specify a state. Just a city — Rochester. And there are Rochesters in 18 states, so that doesn’t narrow it down a lot. But it’s clear to anyone wh
  
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• Letter: Courageous Parkland survivors have started a movement — NRA must be its focus

  06-03-2018 15:49
  It would be hard to measure the accolades righteously given to the survivors, students and faculty of the Parkland school in Florida; suffice it to say that courage, audacity and determination are only some of the perceptive adulations describing them!They have single-handedly started a movement, much like “Me Too” with crimes against women, in changing the thought process of gun violence in America, specifically concerning mass shootings.My only suggestion is to keep the focus on th
  
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• Commentary: We need new words to find peace and safety

  06-03-2018 15:47
  When I was a junior high school student, the Vietnam War was raging across the sea and young male draftees were returning to their hometowns in coffins. It was clear to me and the young people around me that the war needed to stop.It wasn’t clear to my father, a Word War II veteran. Stopping the war would mean defeat, and this great country could not be connected with defeat. Other adults expressed that stopping the war would dishonor the deaths of all the soldiers who had died so far.&ldq
  
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• Letter: Adoption Amendment should include all types of legal marriages

  06-03-2018 15:46
  I support the HB71 Adoption Amendment, sponsored by Rep. Timothy D. Hawkes, because it puts the children’s safety and well-being above all. However, a certain section should be redacted to broaden the description of what is deemed a legally married couple.Instead of stating that the child-placing agency shall place the child with a man and woman who are married to each other, it should state that the child shall be placed with either a man and man, woman and woman, or person and person who
  
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• Commentary: The next slaughter is only a day away

  06-03-2018 15:45
  I have worked in the field of hospice for many years and I see how fiercely people try to hold on to life and how much they value living another day.These unfortunate ones drew the terminal illness card and were just unlucky. Some are fortunate to have a disease that can be treated and sometimes cured. I think one could say that our society has an illness of epidemic proportions that is causing us to allow anyone to own the weaponry that is used so routinely.Semi-automatic weapons were designed
  
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• Letter: Bicyclists often pay more than their fair share of road taxes; motorists pay less

  06-03-2018 15:43
  Predictably, Norman Bryce critiqued Jim Greene for failing to mention the amount of road tax each bicyclist pays for the roads he uses, calling it an oversight to be corrected soon (“Mind the road tax,” The Tribune, Feb. 26).I’m happy to oblige.Payment for construction and maintenance of local roads comes overwhelmingly — nearly 90 percent — from general taxation, not motorists’ user fees (fuel and vehicle taxes). Cars create far greater wear and tear on roads
  
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• Letter: How will the lack of water this winter affect the optimization of agricultural water usage?

  06-03-2018 15:40
  The Agricultural Water Optimization Fund bill (H.B. 381) sponsored by Timothy D. Hawkes, is a good start for the responsible conservation of the watersheds in our state. These efforts should be acknowledged. However, I am concerned about the amount of money that will be given to the fund as it is a one-time appropriation. How will this be able to ensure optimization long term?I would like to hear more about what this bill would do for farmers to ensure that they will be able to get the adequate
  
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• Letter: Count me among the critters in need of the night sky

  06-03-2018 15:38
  Re: Salt Lake City lights baffling — and killing — migratory birds (The Tribune, March 1). Not only birds and pollinators need the night sky, I would like to see the night sky sometimes as well.Lucy Jordan, Millcreek
  
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