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• The Big wind-up: Utah AD Chris Hill readies for his last week on the job.

  23-05-2018 23:59
  If Chris Hill had it his way, this story would end right about here. Because for as much as he wants next week be a normal one, just like all the thousands of normal work weeks that preceded, it won’t be. And to Hill, that’s probably his last fight: Making sure there isn’t a fuss. He does not want any sort of fuss. If he could, he’d hit the light switch in his office one last time, walk out to his car and drive to his grandkids’ ballgame, and that’d be that. B
  
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  23-05-2018 23:50 via twitter.com
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• Former Utah writer blocked by Trump on Twitter wins Round 1 in court

  23-05-2018 23:49
  A University of Utah grad and former writer for The Salt Lake Tribune just beat President Donald Trump in court.Writer/comedian Nick Jack Pappas is one of the plaintiffs who sued Trump for blocking them on Twitter, and a U.S. district judge has ruled that the president’s actions are unconstitutional.“It’s crazy,” Pappas said. “It’s not something that I ever thought would happen in my life. And it wasn’t something I pursued. They reached out to me.”
  
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• Final beams put in place at new Salt Lake City International Airport terminal

  23-05-2018 23:38
  Salt Lake City International Airport held a “topping out” ceremony Wednesday for its new terminal to celebrate the final beams placed there.Such ceremonies can be traced to Scandinavian rites to place a tree atop a new building to appease the tree-dwelling spirits displaced during Construction.The new $485 million terminal will cover 866,087 square feet. It used 11,000 tons of structural steel and 22 miles of steel piles. The building will include a 6.2 mile conveyor system for bagga
  
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• ‘Trib Talk’: How to build a bulletproof school

  23-05-2018 23:32
  On today’s episode of “Trib Talk,” Tribune reporter Benjamin Wood chats with Canyons School District teacher Katie Hewitt and Utah School Superintendents Association executive director Terry Shoemaker about how student safety is helped or hurt by modern school design trends.A lightly edited transcription of their conversation is included below. Benjamin Wood: “You can’t shelter in place inside a glass box.” That’s how a Skyline High School senior descri
  
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• [ESPN] - Gobert, Davis lead All-Defensive team

  23-05-2018 23:05 via sportspyder.com
  ...with a knee injury and returned in late January to lead a resurgence by the Jazz, who finished the season 30-8 and won their first-round playoff series again ...
  
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• Letter: A misdirected fundraising request from Rep. Mia Love

  23-05-2018 23:00
  Considering myself a moderate Democrat, I was surprised to receive a misdirected fundraising request from Rep. Mia Love. Complaining that her opponent will be “funded by the liberal Washington, D.C. special interests,” she has failed to move me by her request for my financial support.Will the Republican billionaire PACs pass her by? I doubt it. She is the Republican minority poster congresswoman that Democrats and Republicans acknowledge her to be. Good for her and for all of us.The
  
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• Holly Richardson: My thanks to the village

  23-05-2018 23:00
  Next week, three of my youngest kids will graduate from high school, leaving us practically empty nesters. After 31-plus years of parenting, we are arriving at the end of the day-to-day, hands-on parenting, a day I wasn’t sure would ever arrive. Here’s one thing I know for sure, after those 31 years. We could not have done it alone. Long before it was a book title, the phrase “It takes a village to raise a child” was an African proverb. That saying recognizes that familie
  
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• George Pyle: Those people are not talking to you

  23-05-2018 22:42
  One of my brothers lit off for Japan many years ago, when a friend said a starving artist could support himself there by teaching English. He picked up the lingo, married a Japanese woman and his short-term adventure turned into a long-term residence.On one of their visits to the family back in the U.S., my brother and his wife were sitting in a corner whispering to one another in Japanese, probably commenting on some goofy American cultural idiosyncrasy. After a bit of this, my father looked at
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz: Keita Bates-Diop suffers minor injury setback during pre-draft workout

  23-05-2018 22:34 via sportspyder.com
  ... l reports indicate that Bates-Diop performed exceptionally well and gave the Jazz a strong workout. Walt Perrin confirmed as much in the video below as well a ...
  
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• After sexual-harassment controversy, FanX says its founders are stepping back and it will donate to Time’s Up

  23-05-2018 22:30
  With authors, celebrities and a major publishing house saying they will pull out of FanX Salt Lake Comic Convention over its insensitive response to sexual-harassment accusations, organizers say they will donate an unspecified amount to the Time’s Up campaign and reduce the public role of co-founders Bryan Brandenburg and Dan Farr. Brandenburg set off a firestorm on social media this week by posting about best-selling Utah author Shannon Hale, who was questioning FanX’s handling of a
  
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• Utah Jazz: Keita Bates-Diop suffers minor injury setback during pre-draft workout

  23-05-2018 22:17
  During the latest round of Utah Jazz pre-draft workouts, promising Ohio State forward Keita Bates-Diop was helped off the floor after an injury setback. With the regular season and playoffs concluded for the Utah Jazz, all attention for the organization now turns towards the offseason beginning with the NBA Draft. Pre-draft workouts have already been […]
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz: Rudy Gobert All-Defensive nod may foreshadow DPOY selection

  23-05-2018 22:09 via sportspyder.com
  ...His undeniable impact on defense, particularly at the rim, helped spark the Jazz from lottery-bound to a conference semifinalist. He is joined on the 2017-18 ...
  
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• Dana Milbank: House conservatives demand an investigation — of Hillary Clinton

  23-05-2018 22:05
  Washington • Robert S. Mueller III’s investigation has won indictments against President Trump’s former campaign chairman and 16 others and has secured guilty pleas from five people, including Trump’s former national security adviser and two campaign advisers.This can mean only one thing: It is time to reopen the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s emails.Federal agents raided the properties of Trump’s personal attorney, who was paid by corporations seeking to
  
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• Letter: NASA program is an incredibly inefficient use of funding

  23-05-2018 22:00
  Now, I’m just as much a fan of going to space as anyone else. In fact, I’m probably more of an enthusiast about space travel than many. But the SLS program is an incredibly inefficient use of funding.For FY18, the SLS project was granted $2.15 billion in funding. If we assume that the project’s annual budget stays exactly the same until 2030, when the first of the largest version of the vehicle is expected to fly, the project will eat up $25.8 billion, in addition to the $11.9
  
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• Muslim inmates sue Alaska corrections officials over food policy during Ramadan

  23-05-2018 21:56
  Juneau, Alaska • Muslim inmates are suing state corrections officials, arguing that they are not provided adequate nourishment as they break their daily fasts during Ramadan at an Alaska jail.The lawsuit was filed Tuesday by the Council on American-Islamic Relations Legal Defense Fund. It asks a federal judge to require the Anchorage Correctional Complex to provide the men with meals with sufficient calories.It also seeks an unspecified amount in damages.The lawsuit argues the existing poli
  
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• #TakeNote #KiaDPOY twitter.com/bball_ref/stat…

  23-05-2018 21:53 via twitter.com
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Rudy Gobert named to NBA All-Defensive Team

  23-05-2018 21:48 via sportspyder.com
  ...Cody Taylor (@CodyTaylorNBA) These mystery voters must not have watched the Jazz with/without Gobert this season, as his impact after returning from injury w ...
  
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• Utah Jazz: Rudy Gobert All-Defensive nod may foreshadow DPOY selection

  23-05-2018 21:47
  After receiving the most votes for the NBA All-Defensive First Team, Rudy Gobert’s next prize could very well be Defensive Player of the Year. The NBA released the 2017-18 All-Defensive teams on Wednesday and unsurprisingly, Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert found himself on the First Team. Although Gobert missed 26 games this season, his defensive […]
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• Delays of up to 90 minutes expected on I-15 over Memorial Day weekend along the Wasatch Front

  23-05-2018 21:04
  A driver going south on Interstate 15 through both Salt Lake and Utah counties may face 90 minutes worth of delays Thursday and Friday, thanks to heavy Memorial Day weekend traffic, the Utah Department of Transportation warns.
  Northbound traffic through Davis County may take an extra hour, says UDOT spokesman John Gleason.
  UDOT says traffic is expected to start building on I-15 as early as noon on both days as vacationers head out of town. It advises leaving early in the morning or later in the
  
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• Jazz center Rudy Gobert spearheads the All-NBA Defensive Team, earns first-team honors for second straight year

  23-05-2018 21:03
  For Rudy Gobert, the biggest question in the next month is if he can finally come away with the NBA’s Defensive Player of the Year award.But first things first: The Jazz center was named Wednesday to the NBA’s All-Defensive First Team for the second straight year, and the votes appear to favor his case for the individual honor being announced in June.Gobert, who averaged 13.5 points, 10.7 rebounds and 2.3 blocks this season, was named one of the top five defenders in the league along
  
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• Letter: America has a free press, but it does not have a fair press

  23-05-2018 21:01
  Referring to the recent reduction in staff (and elimination of key print sections) at The Salt Lake Tribune, Kim Horiuchi writes in The Trib’s May 21 edition that “the loss of a free press is at our peril.”The loss of a free press would almost certainly trigger the end of our republic form of democratic self-government. I for one don’t see that ever occurring — in particular due to the failure of one newspaper or TV station — or all newspapers or TV stations f
  
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• Trump cannot block Twitter users for their political views, court rules

  23-05-2018 20:45
  President Donald Trump’s decision to block his Twitter followers for their political views is a violation of the First Amendment, a federal judge ruled Wednesday, saying that Trump’s effort to silence his critics is not permissible under the U.S. Constitution because the digital space in which he engages with constituents is a public forum.The ruling rejects administration arguments that the First Amendment does not apply to Trump in this case because he was acting as a private indiv
  
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• Ex-Draper police chief sues, saying officers were spreading ‘false information’ that hurt his chances of getting another chief job

  23-05-2018 20:40
  Draper’s former police chief is suing the city he once worked for, saying he was fired after complaining to city managers about officers spreading false information about him as he sought a job leading another police department.The City Council voted to terminate Bryan Roberts without cause in November. At that time, city officials did not cite any specific reason for Roberts’ firing, simply saying it was “time for a change.” Roberts had been the police chief for five yea
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert named to NBA All-Defensive First Team

  23-05-2018 20:40 via sportspyder.com
  ... Although not surprising, the accolades continue to roll in for Utah Jazz players. A day after Donovan Mitchell was named to the NBA All-Rookie First...
  
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• Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert named to NBA All-Defensive First Team

  23-05-2018 20:25
  Although not surprising, the accolades continue to roll in for Utah Jazz players.A day after Donovan Mitchell was named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team, Rudy Gobert was named to the league's All-Defensive First Team, as announced on Wednesday.New Orleans' Anthony Davis and Jrue Holiday, Indiana's Victor Oladipo and Philadelphia's Robert Covington are also first-team selections. Gobert and Davis, as well as 76ers center Joel Embiid, who made the All-Defensive Second Team, were named last week as
  
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• [NBA] - Rudy Gobert Selected to NBA All-Defensive First Team

  23-05-2018 20:13 via sportspyder.com
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• [Hoops Rumors] - Draft Workouts: Jazz, Ball, Ona Embo, Pinson

  23-05-2018 20:12 via sportspyder.com
  ... eam. On Tuesday, the Jazz brought in  (Arkansas), (Xavier), (Western Kentucky), (St. Mary’s), (Nevada) ...
  
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• HUGE congrats to @rudygobert27 for making the @NBA All-Defensive First Team!! Show him some love, Jazz Nation!! 👉… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  23-05-2018 20:05 via twitter.com
  HUGE congrats to @rudygobert27 for making the @NBA All-Defensive First Team!! Show him some love, Jazz Nation!!👉… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Should Joe Ingles be the power forward for the Utah Jazz?

  23-05-2018 20:03 via sportspyder.com
  ... you hope that that doesn’t wear him out over an 82 game season, but with the Jazz’s roster versatility, Snyder could easily play to take on those larger playe ...
  
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• Letter: If we keep settling obstructionist action, shame on us

  23-05-2018 20:00
  When something good is done for the wrong reason, is it still considered a good thing? The Farm Bill was defeated in the House of Representatives on May 17, which is a good thing for those people relying on SNAP (the food stamp program). The bill added prohibitive requirements for food supplement recipients as part of Paul Ryan’s desire for cuts to safety net programs.This bill was defeated because all 30 members of the ultraconservative Freedom Caucus voted no in order to use this bill as
  
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• Jennifer Rubin: Democrats get a boost, thanks to women and nonwhite candidates

  23-05-2018 19:56
  On a primary-election day in which Democratic turnout soared in red states such as Georgia and Kentucky, Democrats got a steady dose of good news. As Democrats are wont to do, they have been getting a wee bit panicky watching national generic congressional polling tighten and President Donald Trump’s approval rating tick up. They continue to fret over the chances for extremely liberal candidates, including Kara Eastman in the Nebraska 2nd District (which was a possible pickup but now looks
  
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• After 25 years in Mormon land, Rabbi Benny Zippel’s mission remains the same: Reach out to every Jew, every Utahn

  23-05-2018 19:28
  For Rabbi Benny Zippel, the upcoming 25th anniversary of his Chabad Lubavitch congregation is more than a celebration — it is a recommitment to sharing Judaism and interfaith friendship in Utah.“In many faiths, there is an underlying principle that if you are not a member of that specific faith, you cannot be saved or redeemed,” Zippel says. “I would like the people of Utah to know that is not the case with Judaism. Every single individual, man, woman, child or senior ...
  
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• Fresh Wallpaper coming in hot!! 🎷🔥 #WallpaperWednesday https://t.co/OcrKkzAqIm

  23-05-2018 19:26 via twitter.com
  
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• Weekly Run podcast: From high school football in Kansas to this wild Utah Jazz season, play-by-play man Craig Bolerjack reflects on his career in broadcasting

  23-05-2018 19:22
  Craig Bolerjack has been covering the Utah Jazz since the summer Karl Malone came to town and he has been the team’s television play-by-play voice for 13 seasons.On this episode of the Weekly Run podcast, Bolerjack is kind enough to stop by the studio to take a stroll down memory lane and reflect on some of his favorite Jazz memories and a wild 2017-18 season.Grab your headphones, download the episode, and buckle up.The rundown: At 2:15 — Bolerjack has followed the Jazz for KSL and t
  
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• NFL owners adopt new policy to address anthem protests

  23-05-2018 19:21
  Atlanta • NFL owners approved a new policy Thursday aimed at addressing the firestorm over national anthem protests, permitting players to stay in the locker room during the “The Star-Spangled Banner” but requiring them to stand if they come to the field.Commissioner Roger Goodell said the change was approved unanimously by the owners at their spring meeting in Atlanta, but it was met with immediate skepticism by the players’ union.“We want people to be respectful of
  
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• Letter: We can regulate guns and honor the Second Amendment

  23-05-2018 19:00
  Another horrific school shooting and all we get from politicians is meaningless, do-nothing rhetoric while our youth fear for their lives just to be in school. Although heart-wrenching and tragic, school shootings are only part of this nationwide menace. Some 90 of us are killed by guns daily, but instead of action, we’re fed innocuous pablum from the NRA handbook.Clearly, the sanctity of life has no value for the NRA, its bribed lackeys in Congress and gun rights extremists. For them, gun
  
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• Many U.S. companies are updating their privacy policies this week. Here’s why:

  23-05-2018 18:52
  The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR, goes into effect on May 25. Is your company ready?The objective of the regulation, which passed in 2016, is to simplify and consolidate rules that companies need to follow in order to protect their data and to return control to EU citizens and residents over their personal information.Individuals in the EU will have the right to access or request that companies erase or migrate their data elsewhere. When asked, companies mus
  
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• Kragthorpe: NFL is not the only avenue to success for Utahns who have walked away from the league

  23-05-2018 18:51
  Within a week, Utah natives Karl Malone Jr., Lowell Lotulelei and Filipo Mokofisi all left NFL rookie camps, walking away from opportunities they pursued for most of their lives.Who would do that?Only in a culture that worships the NFL would anyone ask that question. People who know what competing at that level requires in a brutal sport and a cold business wonder the same thing about those who do choose pro football as a way to make a living.Who would do that?There’s nothing I’ve en
  
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• Drought on tap to intensify over U.S. Southwest

  23-05-2018 18:48
  Albuquerque, N.M. • Rivers are drying up, popular mountain recreation spots are closing and water restrictions are in full swing as a persistent drought intensifies its grip on pockets of the American Southwest.Climatologists and other experts are scheduled Wednesday to provide an update on the situation in the Four Corners region — where Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado and Utah meet.The area is dealing with exceptional drought — the worst category. That has left farmers, ranchers
  
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• Navajo presidential race draws several candidates so far

  23-05-2018 18:43
  Window Rock, Ariz. • Navajo President Russell Begaye has joined a handful of others in submitting paperwork for the tribe’s top elected post.Begaye filed late Tuesday but says he’s not made a final decision to enter the presidential race.The race typically is crowded with candidates touting plans to improve the economy, infrastructure and roads, and focus on veterans and the youth.Emily Ellison, Nicholas Taylor and tribal lawmaker Tom Chee were the first to file.Ellison works fo
  
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• Audit finds Davis County Sheriff’s Office mishandled funds

  23-05-2018 18:38
  Farmington • A Utah sheriff’s office is under criminal investigation after an audit found it mishandled more than $126,000.The Standard-Examiner reports the Davis County Sheriff’s Office was reviewed by county auditors who found that the funds “were exposed to risk of loss, fraud and inaccurate accounting.”According to audit report, many of the problems stemmed from the sheriff’s office’s installation in February of an electronic kiosk system, which allow
  
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• Utah author Richard Paul Evans, accused of sexual harassment, compares the plight of white men in America to ‘Jews in Nazi Germany’

  23-05-2018 18:35
  Utah author Richard Paul Evans, under fire for allegations that he sexually harassed women at Salt Lake Comic Con, added fuel to his public-relations fire when he compared the plight of white men in America to “Jews in Nazi Germany.”In an interview that aired Tuesday on KUTV-Channel 2, Evans told reporter Chris Jones that “there is a war on men, and that men — white men in particular — are under attack, oppressed by a changing culture, victims of an extremist femini
  
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• Derrick Favors appeared in 77 games for the Jazz this year, his most since the 2012-13 season. Favors averaged 12.3… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  23-05-2018 18:30 via twitter.com
  Derrick Favors appeared in 77 games for the Jazz this year, his most since the 2012-13 season. Favors averaged 12.3… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• The Force is strong at Salt Lake City’s new Twin Suns Cafe, where ‘Star Wars’ fans can eat a burrito with Sith sauce and admire Chewie and Vader memorabilia

  23-05-2018 18:00
  The Force has always been strong for Daniel Cantu.A few hours after his pregnant mother went to see the original “Star Wars” movie in 1977, she went into labor and delivered Cantu, the second of her four children.“I like to say I heard the movie through the womb and had to get out to see it for myself,” joked Cantu, a lifelong fan of the epic space film. “‘Return of the Jedi’ was the first movie I remember seeing in the theater,” he said. His fathe
  
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• Jennifer Rubin: Did Rosenstein and Wray play Trump?

  23-05-2018 18:00
  On Monday, President Donald Trump met at the White House with Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, FBI Director Christopher Wray and Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats (among others) about the investigation into “any irregularities with the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s or the Department of Justice’s tactics concerning the Trump Campaign” and congressional access to highly confidential material.This set off a furious reaction among those concerned with the
  
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• Ex-Draper police chief sues, saying officers spreading ‘false information’ hurt his chances of getting another chief job

  23-05-2018 18:00
  Draper’s former police chief is now suing the city he once worked for, saying he was fired from his job after complaining to city managers about police officers spreading false information about him as he sought another chief position.Bryan Roberts was fired in November after city council members voted to terminate his employment without cause. At that time, city officials did not cite any specific reason for Roberts’ firing, simply saying it was “time for a change” in le
  
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• Letter: GOP’s indifference to truth and character diminishes America

  23-05-2018 17:00
  Recently, according to the Washington Post, Donald Trump chalked up his 3,000th false or misleading statement since taking office. That’s 6.5 lies every, single, day. And, no, his loyal supporters don’t care. They just change the word “lies” to “alternative facts.” Problem solved.But the real scandal isn’t Trump’s lying. The real scandal is that his base takes his lies and passes them on as fact. Fox News generously provides “talking points&r
  
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• Find out how much the top government employees in Utah’s largest 50 cities made last year

  23-05-2018 16:18
  Nearly half of Utah’s 50 biggest cities paid at least one employee over $200,000 last year — more than three times as much as the state’s average household brings in each year, according to a new compensation report from the Utah Taxpayers Association.The top paid employee was Provo Director of Public Services Gregory Beckstrom, who made more than $318,000 ($88,000 of which is listed as “leave pay” on the state’s public finance website, from which the Utah Tax
  
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• Creator of fake LDS apology does his own apologizing, acknowledges causing ‘tremendous pain for black Mormons’

  23-05-2018 16:17
  After spending four days defending his fake apology for the LDS Church’s past racial ban as “satire” or a discussion starter, former Mormon Jonathan Streeter issued his own mea culpa Tuesday.“I caused tremendous pain for black Mormons who have patiently waited for so long,” Streeter wrote in a letter to The Salt Lake Tribune. “I am deeply sorry.”LaShawn Williams, a member of the grass-roots Black LDS Legacy Committee, noted the prankster did not, to her
  
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