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• Bagley Cartoon: Seat of Power

  11-06-2018 23:53
  This Pat Bagley cartoon appears in The Salt Lake Tribune on Tuesday, June 12, 2018.<br>You can check out the past 10 Bagley editorial cartoons below:<br> Undoing Obama’s Legacy<br>EPA’s Scott Pruitt and Free Stuff<br> The Utah Swamp<br>Hard to See<br>This Is America<br>Pardon Power<br>God Flies First Class<br> Master Class in Dog Whistling<br> Suffer the Children<br> Morning Commute<br> If I Had a Hammer<br>
  
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• ’Abhorrent.’ Utah’s members of Congress say immigration reform is needed to end taking children from parents at the border

  11-06-2018 23:45
  Washington • Utah’s members of Congress say the stories of children being ripped away from their parents at the southern U.S. border shows there’s dire need to pass immigration reform, though it’s unclear a divided Washington would be able to accomplish it anytime soon.A spokeswoman for Rep. John Curtis, R-Utah, said “frankly” he finds the situation “abhorrent.”“It is against Utah values to put young children at risk by forcibly separating the
  
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• Sessions signals that victims of domestic abuse and gang violence ‘generally’ will not qualify for asylum

  11-06-2018 23:06
  Attorney General Jeff Sessions ruled Monday that victims of domestic abuse and gang violence generally will not qualify for asylum under federal law, a decision that advocates say will affect tens of thousands of foreign nationals seeking safe harbor in the United States.Sessions’ ruling overturned a 2016 decision by the Justice Department’s Board of Immigration Appeals that said a battered woman from El Salvador was eligible for asylum under federal law. The administrative appeals c
  
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• Will Ricky run away with this bracket matchup or can the #JazzShake make a comeback?! twitter.com/utahjazz/statu…

  11-06-2018 22:50 via twitter.com
  Will Ricky run away with this bracket matchup or can the #JazzShake make a comeback?! twitter.com/utahjazz/statu…
  
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• Utah names new director to oversee its state parks

  11-06-2018 22:50
  Jeff Rasmussen has been selected to lead the Utah Division of Parks and Recreation, filling the shoes of Fred Hayes, the division’s director who died in March.Rasmussen has worked for the agency overseeing the state’s park system for 25 years, serving as deputy director under Hayes.He was named interim director after Hayes died.Since taking the parks’ helm in 2012, Hayes and Rasmussen retooled the agency to attract more visitors and achieve solvency after a long period of heavy
  
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• Prison settles lawsuit filed after inmate’s death

  11-06-2018 22:30
  Ogden, Utah • A lawsuit filed after a Utah man was stabbed and beaten to death in the state prison has been settled.The Standard-Examiner reported the settlement Sunday, but the terms were not immediately public.The suit said 24-year-old Jeffrey Vigil of Ogden died after guards ignored warnings that he was in danger from members of a rival gang.Vigil had been in prison for almost a year after violating his parole when he was beaten to death in 2016. The suit also claimed the area was unders
  
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• Legal pimp seeks office in Nevada as some push brothel bans

  11-06-2018 22:07
  Pahrump, Nev. • A state marketed as a place where people can indulge in all manner of sins is confronting its status as the only place in America where you can legally pay someone for sex.A coalition of religious groups and anti-sex trafficking activists has launched referendums to ban brothels in two of the seven Nevada counties where they’re legally operating. The effort dovetails with a campaign by the state’s most famous pimp for a seat in the state Legislature.Dennis Hof, w
  
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• Sugar House streetcar service will increase frequency with double tracking

  11-06-2018 22:06
  Sugar House residents who ride the S-Line streetcar along its two-mile route from Central Pointe Station to Fairmont Station will have shorter wait times.Local officials gathered Monday for the ceremonial groundbreaking of a multimillion-dollar improvement to streetcar: double-tracking that allows more trains to move up and down the line.Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams and South Salt Lake Mayor Cherie Wood were among the officials who spoke during the ceremony at the 300 East Station of the U
  
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• MLS week in review: Patrick Vieira leaves NYCFC for Nice

  11-06-2018 21:22
  Patrick Vieira officially bid adieu to NYCFC Monday, leaving MLS to coach French club OGC Nice.“I would like to thank City Football Group and New York City FC for the opportunity to have coached this tremendous football club,” he said in a statement. “Leaving New York is an incredibly difficult decision for me and for my family and one that has not been taken lightly.”Vieira spent two and a half years at the helm for NYCFC, after heading the Manchester City Elite Developm
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz 2018 draft profile: Oregon’s Troy Brown Jr

  11-06-2018 21:04 via sportspyder.com
  ... stin Bibbins to audition for the Utah Jazz Rumor: Tobias Harris ‘would be interested’ in joining Utah Jazz Utah Jazz 20 ...
  
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• Gehrke: Building mini-mansions on big lots is not sustainable growth, but we should find some consensus on the mega development near Herriman

  11-06-2018 20:59
  My first job was in retail — I won’t say where, but I acquired a vast knowledge of sneakers — and we always razzed the poor people who worked in the new South Towne Mall, inexplicably built in the middle of nowhere, practically all the way out to the state prison.We called it Ghost Towne Mall, because nobody in their right mind would drive all the way out there to shop. Since then, Utah’s population has nearly doubled. Most of the land between downtown and South Towne has
  
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• Utah Jazz 2018 draft profile: Oregon’s Troy Brown Jr

  11-06-2018 20:50
  Troy Brown Jr, an 18-year old from Oregon, would be a fascinating project for the Utah Jazz to work with. His upside makes him an enticing option at No. 21. Dennis Lindsey and the Utah Jazz have a proven eye for talent. They’ll put it to the test on Thursday, June 21 when they try […]
  Utah Jazz 2018 draft profile: Oregon’s Troy Brown Jr - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• [The Big Lead] - VIDEO: On This Day in 1997, Michael Jordan Played in the ‘Flu Game’

  11-06-2018 20:21 via sportspyder.com
  ... e: 21 years ago today, the flu didn't stop MJ from dropping 38 points on the Jazz. Stuart Scott's highlight = ? pic.twitter.com/v9aJJ6ia2c — SportsCenter (@Sp ...
  
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• Goodbye to net neutrality. Hello to an even-bigger AT&T?

  11-06-2018 20:01
  Two pivotal developments this week could dramatically expand the power and footprint of major telecom companies, altering how Americans access everything from political news to “Game of Thrones” on the Internet.Monday marks the official end of the U.S. government’s net neutrality rules, which had required broadband providers such as AT&T, Charter and Verizon to treat all Web traffic equally. The repeal is part of a campaign by Ajit Pai, the Republican chairman of the Federa
  
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• Review: ‘Incredibles 2’ is a four-star spectacle, as Pixar’s superhero family shines again

  11-06-2018 19:55
  A lot has happened to superheroes since “The Incredibles,” Pixar Animation Studios’ retro-cool story of crimefighters having to hide their talents and adjust to suburban life, burst onto screens in 2004.The entirety of the Marvel Cinematic Universe has played out, from Iron Man’s first flight to Thanos’ universe-changing finger snap. DC Comics has been through two Batmans (Christian Bale and Ben Affleck), introduced an amazing Wonder Woman, and pulled the Justice Le
  
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• Report shows tribal leader’s daughter had high alcohol level

  11-06-2018 19:08
  Flagstaff, Ariz. • Police records show the Navajo Nation president’s daughter had a blood-alcohol level more than double the legal limit when she was arrested for DWI.Arizona Department of Public Safety reports made available Friday indicate Karis Begaye had a BAC level of 0.211 percent at the time of her April 22 arrest south of Flagstaff.Arizona’s legal limit is 0.08 percent.DPS officers say they found a bottle of vodka on the ground next to Begaye’s vehicle as well as a
  
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• Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer fight ‘the watch,’ keep winning Slams

  11-06-2018 19:08
  Paris • Rafael Nadal was trying to make the point that time stops for no man.“You can’t fight against the age,” he said, “and you can’t fight against the watch. The watch keeps going, always.”No arguing against that sentiment.Still, it is rather remarkable how Nadal, a French Open champion yet again a week past his 32nd birthday, and Federer, who turns 37 in less than two months, seem to stay forever young. Nadal’s 6-4, 6-3, 6-2 victory over Dominic
  
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• Health risk report delayed at Colorado mining Superfund site

  11-06-2018 19:04
  Denver • The U.S. Environmental Protection agency has delayed a report on the human health risks of wastewater draining from southwestern Colorado mines.The EPA said Friday it will collect more data and do more analysis after local health officials, toxicologists and others reviewed an early draft. The study was expected this spring, but the agency now says it will be fall.The study is a step in developing a cleanup plan for the Bonita Peak Mining District Superfund project, which includes
  
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• More evacuations ordered near southwestern Colorado wildfire

  11-06-2018 19:01
  Durango, Colo. • More people were ordered to get out of the path of a growing wildfire in southwestern Colorado on Saturday as ground crews contended with hot, dry and windy weather.Deputies went door-to-door along a 2-mile stretch of county road north of Durango telling residents to leave, but fire managers couldn’t immediately say how many homes were included.The area is about 8 miles north of Durango.The Durango Herald reported more than 1,600 other homes have already been evacuate
  
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• Kragthorpe: Ten years later, the ‘08 Utes remain known for talent, toughness and 13 wins, including Alabama

  11-06-2018 19:00
  The University of Utah’s road to the Sugar Bowl began in San Diego, a year before and nearly 2,000 miles away. After his team edged Navy in the Poinsettia Bowl to complete another adventurous season in Kyle Whittingham’s tenure, Utah’s coach quickly turned his thoughts to 2008 as he stood on the Qualcomm Stadium field. “This team,” he told linebacker Stevenson Sylvester, “is going to be as good as you want it to be.”How good? How about perfect?The story
  
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• Hiker dies after losing balance while crossing river

  11-06-2018 18:51
  Logan • Authorities say a 77-year-old man died Saturday after taking a fall while hiking and picking up trash in a canyon in the Franklin Basin area.The Cache County Sheriff’s Office said Calvin Kunz was picking up trash left behind by other hikers when he tried to cross a river. He passed some of the trash to another person while crossing and lost his balance, falling back on his head.The sheriff’s office says Kunz never regained consciousness.
  
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• He used to be the face of the ‘Never Trump’ movement. Now a candidate, Mitt Romney appears to embrace Trump presidency.

  11-06-2018 18:47
  Park City • On the edge of a mountaintop in Utah, it’s getting complicated for Mitt Romney.With the sun setting over his shoulder, the former Republican presidential nominee and would-be senator tells his audience, gathered on the patio of a resort, that President Donald Trump will win a second term. Romney also says that annual $1 trillion deficits under Trump are “highly stimulative.” And ignoring Trump’s new trade tariffs, Romney says there’s nothing already
  
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• AP sources: Pistons, Dwane Casey agree to 5-year deal

  11-06-2018 18:45
  Detroit • Dwane Casey did not stay out of the NBA for long.A month after being fired by the Toronto Raptors, Casey agreed to a five-year deal to become head coach of the Detroit Pistons, two people familiar with the situation told The Associated Press on Monday. The people spoke on condition of anonymity because the team had not announced the move, which was first reported by ESPN.Casey led Toronto to a franchise-record 59 wins this year and helped them earn the top seed in the Eastern Conf
  
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• Gas prices in Salt Lake City area increase, average $3.10

  11-06-2018 18:41
  Gasoline prices in the Salt Lake City area have increased more than 2 cents in the past week.GasBuddy.com reports the average retail price of a gallon of gas in the area is $3.10. That’s according to a survey of 380 gas outlets.Gas prices in Salt Lake City Sunday were more than 60 cents a gallon higher than a year ago and about 4 cents lower than a month ago.GasBuddy.com petroleum analyst Patrick DeHaan says gasoline prices will likely decline this month after peaking just before Memorial
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - 2018 NBA Draft Player Profile: Kevin Huerter

  11-06-2018 18:35 via sportspyder.com
  ... nsive end, and his lack of length doesn’t quite fit the mold of wings on the Jazz roster. With how good the Jazz defense is, however, I think it would worth t ...
  
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• The 30-point win over the Warriors wins! Next matchup coming right up... https://t.co/O9ahlXdHgB

  11-06-2018 18:18 via twitter.com
  
  The 30-point win over the Warriors wins! Next matchup coming right up... https://t.co/O9ahlXdHgB
  
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• Another day, another bracket battle! Who you got: Ricky Rubio's Game 3 triple-double versus Oklahoma City OR Ricky… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  11-06-2018 18:18 via twitter.com
  Another day, another bracket battle!Who you got: Ricky Rubio's Game 3 triple-double versus Oklahoma City OR Ricky… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Mormon motorcycle club holds national rally in southern Utah

  11-06-2018 17:46
  St. George • A Mormon motorcycle club is holding its biennial gathering in southern Utah, where about 125 members from across the country are riding together through scenic parts of the region.The Spectrum reports the Temple Riders are celebrating the club’s 30th anniversary through Wednesday with the “Color Country ’n’ Spires” rally.Bart Howell, the national director of the Temple Riders Association, says a highlight of the rally, which began Friday, is when t
  
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• Salt Lake County will create a group to review inmates’ claims of wrongful conviction no matter who wins district attorney race

  11-06-2018 17:40
  Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill says his office is months away from the launch of a long-gestating Conviction Integrity Unit, which would review the cases of individuals who maintain their innocence despite being found guilty in court.But Gill is also months away from a re-election challenge by Nathan Evershed, a deputy district attorney in Gill’s office. And on the topic of conviction integrity, both men say they support the use of review panels to look at prosecutor conduct a
  
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• Tony Awards 2018: List of winners

  11-06-2018 17:26
  Best play“Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two”Best musical“The Band’s Visit”Best book of a musical“The Band’s Visit,” Itamar MosesBest original score (music and/or lyrics) written for the theater“The Band’s Visit,” music and lyrics: David YazbekBest revival of a play“Angels in America”Best revival of a musical“Once on This Island”Best performance by an actor in a leading role in a playAndre
  
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• Riverdale raccoon starts fire

  11-06-2018 17:18
  A raccoon started a fire in Riverdale early Monday morning — unintentionally, of course. “A raccoon got up there in the power lines, grounded himself out and set himself on fire,” said Riverdale fire chief Jared Sholly. “He fell and started a brush fire.” The fire — near I-84 and Riverdale Road in Weber County — burned less than a quarter of an acre. Firefighters responded at 3 a.m. and extinguished it in about 20 minutes. And the only casualty was the
  
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• A grandmother made her grandchildren ride in dog kennels for half-hour drive, police say

  11-06-2018 17:14
  A Tennessee grandmother is accused of transporting her grandchildren, ages 7 and 8, in dog kennels in her vehicle.Leimome Cheeks, 62, was seen in a viral video over the weekend, letting two young children out of cages in the back of an SUV. It followed a 35-minute drive through the Memphis area, according to CBS affiliate WREG.Cheeks was arrested and charged with two counts of child endangerment and is scheduled to appear Monday in court.“I’m just so sad for the babies. For them to b
  
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• The American Medical Association has long opposed assisted suicide. Is that about to change?

  11-06-2018 17:06
  During his three decades as a emergency-room doctor, Bob Uslander had never written a prescription for a lethal dose of medication. But then he shifted to geriatric and palliative care, and in 2016, a patient suffering from the neurodegenerative disease ALS wanted to use California’s new physician-assisted death law.Uslander was apprehensive. Until then, he’d always viewed death as a failure.“I didn’t really know what it would be like to be with somebody who had made the
  
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• Goodbye to net neutrality. Hello to an even-bigger AT&T?

  11-06-2018 16:58
  Two pivotal developments this week could dramatically expand the power and footprint of major telecom companies, altering how Americans access everything from political news to “Game of Thrones” on the Internet.Monday marks the official end of the U.S. government’s net neutrality rules, which had required broadband providers such as AT&T, Charter and Verizon to treat all Web traffic equally. The repeal is part of a campaign by Ajit Pai, the Republican chairman of the Federa
  
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• Baptist church’s ‘Catholic’ Jesus statue to find new home

  11-06-2018 16:58
  Columbia, S.C. • A statue of Jesus that a Baptist church in South Carolina voted to remove because the congregation deemed it too Catholic has found a new home.The hand-carved, 7-foot (2-meter) statue and accompanying reliefs depicting scenes from Christ’s life have been displayed outside the front entrance of Red Bank Baptist Church in Lexington for a decade. But church members voted last month to move it.The Rev. Jeff Wright, the church’s pastor, would not tell The Associated
  
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• Pope Francis begins purge in Chilean church over sex abuse scandal

  11-06-2018 16:51
  Vatican City • Pope Francis accepted the resignations Monday of the bishop at the center of Chile’s clerical sex abuse scandal and two other priests, launching a purge of the Catholic Church in a country where it had been damaged by an avalanche of abuse and cover-up accusations.A Vatican statement said Francis had accepted the resignations of Bishop Juan Barros of Osorno, Bishop Gonzalo Duarte of Valparaiso and Bishop Cristian Caro of Puerto Montt. Francis named a temporary leader fo
  
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• Airman with top-secret clearance, who disappeared in 1983, is discovered living in California

  11-06-2018 16:51
  Before he mysteriously disappeared and landed on the Air Force Most Wanted list, Capt. William Howard Hughes Jr. phoned home to tell his mother and father that he was going to the Netherlands.It was July 17, 1983, and the Air Force was sending Hughes overseas on a mission to help NATO test aircraft surveillance systems. The 33-year-old airman, who worked as a lead surveillance analyst on a base in New Mexico had a top secret security clearance, according to the Air Force Office of Special Invest
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - 2018 NBA Draft Player Profile: Troy Brown Jr.

  11-06-2018 16:30 via sportspyder.com
  ... s, and could find ways to contribute from day one. While he doesn’t fit the Jazz’s pretty urgent need at the 4, his versatility and intangibles are a perfect ...
  
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• Morning links: Ricky Rubio says he'll make Finals with Utah Jazz; Dirk Nowitzki teases Kyle Collinsworth

  11-06-2018 16:10
  On the heels of the Utah Jazz going to the second round of the playoffs, the team's starting point guard made a bold prediction.Back in his native Spain, Ricky Rubio told a local news organization that the Jazz will get all the way to the NBA Finals during his career."We are young, we have a solid future and a team, and I feel that we still have to do something big," Rubio said in Spanish. "I see myself playing in the NBA Finals with the Jazz."Dirk Nowitzki teases teammate, former BYU star Kyle
  
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• Noah Feldman: The new case against Obamacare is serious

  11-06-2018 15:49
  Could key portions of the Affordable Care Act be declared unconstitutional — years after the Supreme Court upheld them? The Trump administration’s Department of Justice has just filed a brief saying so in a suit by several states that aims to take down the whole program.Most mainstream legal commentators think the government’s arguments are unconvincing. But it’s crucial to remember that this was exactly the reaction of the same set of people in 2010, when the original ar
  
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• Max Boot: Trump turns the G-7 into the G-6 vs. G-1

  11-06-2018 15:45
  Shortly after Donald Trump won the South Carolina primary in February 2016, I warned in an article co-written with economist Benn Steil that “a Trump presidency threatens the post-World War II liberal international order that American presidents of both parties have so laboriously built up — an order based on free trade and alliances with other democracies. His policies would not make America ‘great.’ Just the opposite. A Trump presidency would represent the death knell o
  
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• Jennifer Rubin: The fallout from Trump’s international temper tantrum

  11-06-2018 15:37
  From his ranch in Arizona where he is battling brain cancer, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., almost certainly the most respected American politician internationally, reached out to comfort our allies. “To our allies: bipartisan majorities of Americans remain pro-free trade, pro-globalization & supportive of alliances based on 70 years of shared values,” McCain tweeted. “Americans stand with you, even if our president doesn’t.” Unfortunately, Donald Trump is for now p
  
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• Letter: In Utah, I have to run as a Republican — but I’ll listen to Democrats

  11-06-2018 15:32
  This is in response to a recent letter regarding my campaign for the Utah House of Representatives, District 24. Perhaps Paul Rolly explains the political situation to the previous writer better than I have. In his recent Tribune interview, Rolly said: “Every Salt Lake City member of the Legislature is a Democrat, which means they don’t have a seat at the table because all the decisions are made in Republican caucuses. So Salt Lake City, the most significant city in Utah in every way
  
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• Letter: A Mount Vernon museum in Utah? Our lawmakers must be joking.

  11-06-2018 15:29
  I am laughing and thinking, oh, this must be a joke — “A Mount Vernon of the Rockies.”The George Washington Museum of American History plans to open in 2026 at a cost of around $70 million here in Utah.Juxtaposed to the “Museum of American History” article on Friday’s front page is the Utah concern titled “Utah suicide rate 5th highest in U.S.”How do we question ourselves and ask — do we have the right priorities as we look to the future of o
  
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• Letter: Metal detectors and resource officers won’t make Utah schools safer — just criminalize children

  11-06-2018 15:28
  I would like to respond to a letter that was published June 5 ("Listen to me — metal detectors would help prevent school shootings”). The author stated: “School Resource Officers (SRO) and metal detectors in every school would keep students safe.” I agree that change is necessary; however, metal detectors and SROs are not the answers. Metal detectors in schools create a false sense of safety and negatively impact students’ perceptions of trust. These approaches fuel
  
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• Letter: Utah’s power brokers don’t want to improve our state — just run it

  11-06-2018 15:27
  I have followed Patrick Shea’s many writings for the past 40 years. I have not always agreed with some of his positions, but have found Pat to always be informed, thoughtful and honest in the positions he has taken. His recent op-ed in the June 7 Tribune is spot-on. We need to appoint women and men to these boards who have broad backgrounds in many fields. Their only agenda should be to improve the quality of our state.The power brokers of the Utah legislature have always placed themselves
  
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• Letters: We don’t need more guns — ‘gurus’ are the answer for kids

  11-06-2018 15:26
  More police or armed teachers in schools? Not what I want for my community.My unscientific perusal of recent data suggests the preponderance of school violence still comes from within.Instead of more guns, how about more gurus (from dictionary.com: any person who counsels or advises; mentor)? How about more counselors and support staff allowing the ratio of students to educators (teachers, counselors, aids, advocates, administrators) to be lowered so every student has a “guardian angel&rdq
  
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• Provo woman missing; police ask for public’s help

  11-06-2018 15:23
  Provo police are asking for the public’s help in locating an 18-year-old woman who left her home Sunday morning and hasn’t been seen since Sunday evening. Kaethe Crouch was last seen at the South Jordan Library at 10673 S. Redwood Road between 7 and 8 p.m. Sunday. She left her home in Provo at 10 a.m. Sunday. According to authorities, they are concerened for her welfare because Crouch’s “diminished mental capacity.” Provo Police are asking anyone with information a
  
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