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• BYU adds four new signees to make it an 18-member football recruiting class, but is still looking for running back help

  06-02-2019 23:32
  Provo • Another signing day for high school and junior college football prospects came and went Wednesday without BYU signing an honest-to-goodness, big-time running back to replace a couple guys who graduated — Squally Canada and Matt Hadley — and one who is apparently transferring to Utah State, Riley Burt.However, Cougars coach Kalani Sitake isn’t panicking, and neither is running backs coach AJ Steward.“Recruiting never ends,” Sitake said in a news conferen
  
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• NBA trade rumors: Mike Conley doesn’t want to play for Utah Jazz

  06-02-2019 23:17
  The Utah Jazz have been pushing hard to bring in the Memphis Grizzlies’ Mike Conley, but the point guard may have other plans. Utah Jazz GM Dennis Lindsey and his brain trust have reportedly been aggressive in their attempts to upgrade the team’s roster ahead of Wednesday’s NBA trade deadline. To that end, Memphis Grizzlies […]
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• Instacart adjusts worker pay after uproar over tipping policy

  06-02-2019 22:36
  Instacart is changing a controversial policy on how it pays workers who pick and deliver grocery orders, after protests over a pay system instituted last fall.The San Francisco-based startup said it would give workers the full tips from customers and stop docking parts of the tips from fees Instacart pays them. It will also offer back pay.The retreat illustrates a delicate balance gig-economy startups struggle to maintain between keeping prices low for customers and paying their workers fairly.
  
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• No shutdown ahead for Utah government as state lawmakers approve bare-bones budgets to keep things running

  06-02-2019 22:33
  The federal government could shut down again on Feb. 16 — barring a compromise by President Donald Trump and congressional Democrats — but Utah’s state government will continue functioning for at least a year after lawmakers signed off on a series of base budgets Wednesday adding up to more than $17 billion.In what is an annual routine for the Utah Legislature, the bulk of last year’s spending plans were extended as a contingency while representatives and senators debate
  
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• Mike Conley reportedly does not want to get traded to Utah Jazz

  06-02-2019 22:27
  SALT LAKE CITY — It's been widely reported that the Utah Jazz have been working on a deal with the Memphis Grizzlies to acquire point guard Mike Conley, but those negotiations may have hit a snag.According to ESPN's Brian Windhorst and The New York Times' Marc Stein, Conley has indicated he does not want to get traded to the Jazz."Utah was making some progress in acquiring him. His agent says Conley doesn't want to play in Utah. He prefers the Eastern Conference" - @WindhorstESPN #NBA #NBA
  
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• Memphis Grizzlies guard Mike Conley reportedly does not want to get traded to Utah Jazz

  06-02-2019 22:27
  It's been widely reported that the Utah Jazz have been working on a deal with the Memphis Grizzlies to acquire point guard Mike Conley, but those negotiations may have hit a snag.According to ESPN's Brian Windhorst and the New York Times' Marc Stein, Conley has indicated that he does not want to get traded to the Jazz."Utah was making some progress in acquiring him. His agent says Conley doesn't want to play in Utah. He prefers the Eastern Conference" - @WindhorstESPN #NBA #NBATwitter #TheJump #
  
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• I had no idea it was such a small group.' Historical list of women in the Utah Senate fits on one page.

  06-02-2019 22:19
  It was 1897 when Martha Hughes Cannon became the first female state senator in Utah and in the nation.But over the last 122 years, only about 30 other women have followed her into the Utah Senate, according to a list that caused a stir on social media Wednesday morning.“I had no idea it was such a small group. I am only the 8th Republican woman to serve here,” Sen. Deidre Henderson, R-Spanish Fork, wrote in a tweet about the list.Historian Ron Fox shared this list with me today of al
  
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• Sources: Mike Conley Reluctant to Play with Jazz, Would Prefer Eastern Conference

  06-02-2019 22:16 via basketballinsiders.com
  Have heard the same as Windy: There is reluctance on Conley’s part to go to Utah. That said … this is not the first time that the Jazz have heard that. Conley is owed $66 million over the next two seasons. If Utah and Memphis came to terms, Conley would have to go … Have […]
  
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• Henry Olsen: Trump delivered the best, most Reaganesque, speech of his tenure

  06-02-2019 22:15
  President Donald Trump delivered the best, most Reaganesquespeech of his tenure Tuesday night. The challenge will be whether this becomes his leitmotif going forward or whether it is merely a forgotten and missed moment.From start to finish, Trump did something he rarely does: extol the virtue of the everyday American and give credit to the freedom that is our birthright. Yes, there were a couple of moments of typical Trumpian braggadocio, but in the main this was an exercise in unusual humility
  
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• Gary Andersen begins his second stint at Utah State with what looks like a solid recruiting class, 12 of whom are from Utah

  06-02-2019 22:05
  The Gary Andersen era began in earnest for Utah State football when he was introduced with much fanfare in December. One of the main reasons he was hired, athletic director John Hartwell said at the time, was due to his familiarity with the program and his ability to recruit.On Wednesday’s National Signing Day, Andersen completed the final phase of his return as head coach of the Aggies, ushering in a new class of players to hopefully bolster the squad that won the New Mexico Bowl just a c
  
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• News of 1993 molestation costs Latter-day Saint filmmaker spot with nonprofit group. University of Utah puts him on administrative leave.

  06-02-2019 22:04
  News of a 1993 child-molestation admission has prompted the University of Utah and a Salt Lake City arts nonprofit to distance themselves from filmmaker Sterling Van Wagenen.The report that Van Wagenen molested a 13-year-old boy some 25 years ago during a sleepover was made public Monday by the Truth & Transparency Foundation, the nonprofit behind the MormonLeaks website. The group released an audio recording made secretly by the now-adult victim, identified by the pseudonym David, of a conv
  
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• Democrats unbowed by Trump’s words push investigations

  06-02-2019 22:02
  Washington • House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said President Donald Trump’s insistence that lawmakers abandon their investigations was a “threat” that had no place in Congress, as unbowed Democrats charged ahead Wednesday with plans to probe Trump’s tax returns, business and ties to Russia.The chairman of the intelligence committee, Rep. Adam Schiff, announced a broad new investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election and Trump’s foreign financial inter
  
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• SLC Stars new addition Tanner McGrew turned trombone scholarship into G League opportunity

  06-02-2019 21:46
  TAYLORSVILLE — It's fourth period at Eisenhower Junior High School.More than 40 students are in Mr. Ryan Tommer's concert band classroom in E5, as the eighth- and ninth-graders rehearse for a little bit before the guest speaker arrives.After a busy morning of practice, lifting, shooting — plus a team meeting — one of the newest members of the Salt Lake City Stars G League team surprised the group around 1 p.m. on Tuesday.At 6-foot-8, weighing 250 pounds, Tanner McGrew certainly
  
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• How SLC Stars' Tanner McGrew turned trombone scholarship into G League opportunity

  06-02-2019 21:46
  TAYLORSVILLE — It's fourth period at Eisenhower Junior High School.More than 40 students are in Mr. Ryan Tommer's concert band classroom in E5, as the eighth and ninth graders rehearse for a little bit before the guest speaker arrives.After a busy morning of practice, lifting, shooting — plus a team meeting — one of the newest members of the Salt Lake City Stars G League team surprised the group around 1 p.m. on Tuesday.At 6-foot-8, weighing 250 pounds, Tanner McGrew certainly
  
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• Snow day! It’s been at least two decades since a storm prompted a bunch of Utah school districts to cancel classes.

  06-02-2019 21:37
  Whatever else it was — a chance for kids to sleep in, some time for them to go sledding, the possibility they could build a snowman taller than the Jazz’s Rudy Gobert — the snow day for schools along Utah’s Wasatch Front was a rarity.It’s been at least two decades, possibly more, since districts canceled classes because of snow.“It’s almost unheard of,” said Sandra Riesgraf, spokeswoman for Jordan School District. “The last time has to have b
  
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• ‘We’re not the enemy’ — Muslim fans respond to Chicago Cub patriarch’s ‘bigoted’ emails

  06-02-2019 21:30
  Imran Shahbaz, a 40-year-old Chicago native, grew up watching the Cubs play baseball.He and his father, a Pakistani immigrant, bonded by watching games on TV. His mother, a Mexican immigrant, used to get them standing-room tickets to games at Wrigley Field.“It was our thing growing up,” he told Religion News Service. “It was our American thing to do together.”So it felt a bit jarring for him to read Joe Ricketts’ emails.A series of leaked emails from the billionaire
  
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• A plea deal ends Utah’s first medical marijuana court case since Prop 2 passed

  06-02-2019 21:22
  A medical marijuana patient said he had a seizure while driving and crashed into a fence. That led to charges of drug possession and other offenses after police found a THC product in his car, but he won’t be going to trial.Instead, FOX 13 reported, Vincent Sean Moss, 34, pleaded guilty Monday to a class B misdemeanor count of possession of a controlled substance and a traffic infraction and will only be paying a $340 fine. He will also be on probation for six months.According to court rec
  
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• BYU announces four new signees Wednesday, including another junior college transfer to cap an 18-member recruiting class

  06-02-2019 20:57
  Provo • So much for the idea that BYU football coaches are shying away from signing junior college football prospects.Among the four new recruits that BYU signed Wednesday morning was Dimitri Gallow, a 6-foot-, 190-pound defensive back from Mt. San Jacinto College in Southern California. Gallow is from Moreno Valley, Calif., and played in 10 games in 2017, posting 31 tackles and four pass breakups. He earned First-Team American Mountain Conference honors. He was a second-team selection in 2
  
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• Utah lands offensive linemen from England and Australia to launch the last phase of recruiting

  06-02-2019 20:39
  Utah's football coaches found them in Kansas and California, but two of the Utes' newest offensive linemen are natives of England and Australia.Bamadeli Olaseni and Luke Felix-Fulalalo, each standing 6-foot-7 and likely to play offensive tackle for Utah, are particularly interesting prospects because of their backgrounds and limited experience in American football.They’re among five signees the Utes announced, as of late Wednesday morning. California prep running back Jordan Wilmore, one o
  
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• Weekly Run newsletter: Jae Crowder, who knows all about trade deadline pressure, says his advice is, ‘You owe it to your teammates just to stay focused’

  06-02-2019 20:33
  The Weekly Run is a Salt Lake Tribune newsletter on the Utah Jazz. Subscribe here.Jae Crowder knows what it’s like to be traded. After all, he’s been dealt from Dallas to Boston. And from Boston to Cleveland. And from Cleveland to Utah.So he’s a decent source for knowing what players might be thinking or going through as the NBA’s trade deadline approaches. (The deadline is Thursday at 1 p.m. MT.)The Jazz are reportedly being aggressive in pursuing potential deals, which
  
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• Suspect in Wisconsin teen’s abduction ordered to stand trial

  06-02-2019 20:33
  Barron, Wis. • A man accused of kidnapping a 13-year-old Wisconsin girl and killing her parents waived his right to a preliminary hearing Wednesday, telling his family, “I love you,” moments after he was ordered to stand trial.Jake Patterson, 21, is accused of killing James and Denise Closs on Oct. 15 and kidnapping their daughter, Jayme Closs, from their Barron home. Jayme escaped on Jan. 10, after 88 days.Patterson, wearing an orange jail jumpsuit and restraints, fidgeted duri
  
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• Utah Jazz trade rumors: Memphis wants multiple first-round picks for Conley

  06-02-2019 20:30
  The Memphis Grizzlies’ asking price for point guard Mike Conley in trade talks could ultimately be too high for the Utah Jazz. The NBA trade deadline is just 24 hours away and the Utah Jazz are reportedly still engaged with the Memphis Grizzlies on potentially acquiring star point guard Mike Conley. However, if the Jazz […]
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• Here’s what you need to know about the major Utah snowstorm that has led to canyon closures and hundreds of crashes

  06-02-2019 20:23
  A massive snowstorm across Utah on Wednesday led to hundreds of car crashes, a crawling commute, some canyon closures, schools cancelling classes and the delayed opening of many state offices.Some places in the Salt Lake City area saw more than a foot of snow overnight, while some mountain ski resorts received more than two feet of dense, heavy snow in the last day.The heavy snow prompted Utah Department of Transportation crews to order Little Cottonwood Canyon closed for the day, due to avalanc
  
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• R. Kelly says he’d tour internationally, then deletes post

  06-02-2019 20:22
  New York • R. Kelly said Tuesday he is planning an international tour, but an Australian lawmaker wants the country to bar him from performing there if the concert plan goes forward.The embattled musician announced on social media Tuesday that he'll be going to Australia, New Zealand and Sri Lanka, but the tweet was later deleted."See y'all soon" the post said, accompanied by a picture of Kelly and the declaration "The King of R&B." No dates or venues were revealed.The tour tweet was de
  
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• Utah lawmakers advance bill on radioactive waste; some fear it paves the way for depleted uranium

  06-02-2019 20:19
  A bill that could effectively reverse Utah’s 14-year-old ban on accepting class B and C radioactive waste cleared a legislative committee this week, raising concerns among environmentalists that lawmakers are trying to clear a path for depleted uranium to be disposed of in the state’s West Desert.Rep. Carl Albrecht, R-Richfield, said his HB220 is needed to square Utah regulations with anticipated revisions to federal standards from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.The measure would
  
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• As ‘Redmen’ defenders yell ‘vote ‘em out,’ a split Utah school board drops the controversial high school mascot

  06-02-2019 19:57
  Cedar High School’s controversial “Redmen” mascot will be removed following a 3-2 vote of the Iron County School Board.The split vote came amid chants of “Vote ‘em out!” and angry shouting and booing from proponents of the mascot.“I believe there is only one correct decision here: We need to ... respectfully retire the Redmen mascot,” said school board President Stephen Allen.The district launched discussions this year, “to review the mascot
  
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• A defensive liability at Weber State, McKay Cannon has become a defensive stopper for BYU

  06-02-2019 19:53
  Provo • When McKay Cannon began his college basketball career at Weber State after a church mission to Chile, he was considered a defensive liability.“That hurt me at times,” said the senior from Shelley, Idaho, who transferred to BYU after two years with the Wildcats. “It kept me from getting as many minutes as I wanted.”So when Cannon made the difficult decision to walk on at BYU prior to the 2017-18 season, he vowed that he would improve his ability to guard peopl
  
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• Guest commentary: Chemistry, players' personalities should be considered before the Utah Jazz pull the trigger on a trade

  06-02-2019 19:33
  SALT LAKE CITY — The approaching NBA trade deadline is heating up and the league resembles a bunch of 10 year olds with Pokémon cards. Fans see it as a way for their team to improve or become the best tanking team. GMs try to do what is best for their franchise while coaches worry about how a trade will affect their team, for better or worse.NBA front offices see player movement as another way of creating buzz about their business. But the trade season has the most effect on the pla
  
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• January in Utah: Here are the best photographs from The Salt Lake Tribune

  06-02-2019 19:10
  January brought tumult as the partial government shutdown became the longest in U.S. history. At least, so far. Without legislation both Congress and the president can agree on, funding for the government will run out again on Feb. 15.Salt Lake Tribune photographers were not only able to capture the impact of the shutdown on Utahns, but also its impact on visitors to the state’s national parks, many of whom were disappointed to find these treasures closed or at least without services.Betwe
  
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• Virginia attorney general says he wore blackface at college party

  06-02-2019 18:35
  Richmond, Va. • Another top Virginia Democrat — Attorney General Mark Herring — admitted Wednesday to putting on blackface in the 1980s, when he was a college student.Herring issued a statement saying he wore brown makeup and a wig in 1980 to look like a black rapper during a party as a 19-year-old undergraduate at the University of Virginia.The revelation further roils the top levels of Virginia government. Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam and Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax are already fac
  
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• Snow day! Storm prompts school districts across Utah to close. Except for Alpine and parents are upset.

  06-02-2019 18:24
  A massive snowstorm across Utah on Wednesday morning has prompted a snow day for most schools, the University of Utah, Westminster College and Salt Lake City libraries — while state offices have delayed opening until noon.For most of the school districts in Salt Lake County, this is the first time in 20 years or more that classes have been canceled. At least seven statewide have announced closures for the day.“It’s almost unheard of,” said Sandra Riesgraf, spokeswoman for
  
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• Weekly Run podcast: Jazz trade deadline update, from Conley to Porter and more

  06-02-2019 18:17
  We’re just over a day away from the NBA’s trade deadline. What will the Jazz do? That’s the primary topic on this week’s edition of the Weekly Run podcast, with Andy Larsen and Eric Walden.At 3:00 - The status of the Mike Conley negotiations, from Utah’s perspective, Detroit’s perspective, adding in a third team, and more.At 18:45 - Could the Otto Porter negotiations heat back up after John Wall’s injury? What do they want, anyway?At 26:00 - Can the Peli
  
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• Virginia AG says he wore blackface at college party

  06-02-2019 18:17
  Richmond, Va. • Another top Virginia Democrat — Attorney General Mark Herring — admitted Wednesday to putting on blackface in the 1980s, when he was a college student.Herring issued a statement saying he wore brown makeup and a wig in 1980 to look like a black rapper during a party as a 19-year-old undergraduate at the University of Virginia.The revelation further roils the top levels of Virginia government. Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam and Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax are already fac
  
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• E.J. Dionne: Donald Trump and the spirit of Eddie Haskell

  06-02-2019 17:43
  One of the memorable characters from the old days of television was Eddie Haskell of "Leave it to Beaver." President Trump no doubt remembers him. Haskell was sycophantically respectful toward parents to their faces, but always plotted and schemed when their backs were turned. To a generation, Haskell symbolized hypocrisy of the most annoying kind.Trump's address Tuesday was the Eddie Haskell State of the Union -- although Haskell's performances were more artful because he only turned nasty when
  
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• Commentary: UTA should not forget the Midvalley Connector BRT plan

  06-02-2019 17:30
  For the past several years, Taylorsville City has worked diligently with multiple partners, including West Valley City, Murray City, Salt Lake Community College, Salt Lake County, UDOT and the Utah Transit Authority, to bring the Midvalley Connector Bus Rapid Transit service (BRT) to the heart of the Salt Lake Valley.Bus Rapid Transit makes sense, especially as state and local leaders seek innovative ways to improve air quality and cut through the inversion and smog we confront each winter. It m
  
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• Jennifer Rubin: Unity? A farcical State of the Union.

  06-02-2019 17:22
  Whoever came up with idea that President Donald Trump, the most divisive president in history, should make a plea to the nation for unity must be very out of touch or cynical.“Together we can break decades of political stalemate. We can bridge old divisions, heal old wounds, build new coalitions, forge new solutions, and unlock the extraordinary promise of America’s future,” said the same president who just hours before had been excoriating Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer,
  
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• Utah Jazz trade deadline 2019: Five potential power forward targets

  06-02-2019 17:17
  It’s no secret that the Utah Jazz have had their eyes on potential stretch-four options for a while. Could one of these available power forwards fit the bill at this season’s trade deadline? Of all the positions at which you could argue the Utah Jazz may be seeking an upgrade, power forward might be the […]
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• Connor Boyack: Car sharing shouldn’t be criminalized at the airport

  06-02-2019 17:13
  The state spends a significant amount of money advertising its many attractions to would-be tourists, inviting them to visit Utah. Yet, for some unfortunate tourists, their first “Utah experience” is a meeting with a Salt Lake City police officer.This is because these tourists are some of the thousands of Utahns using Turo, a peer-to-peer car sharing app, essentially renting a vehicle directly from a local resident. And the police, with the airport’s assistance, are currently t
  
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• Dana Milbank: Trump calling for ‘comity’? That’s comedy.

  06-02-2019 16:51
  Washington - President Trump’s senior adviser Kellyanne Conway previewed the State of the Union address as a “call for more comity.”Perhaps she meant "comedy"?The notion that this president, who governs by insult, leads by division and delights in inflaming grievances, would be associated with comity is, well, funny.Each year, around Groundhog Day, Trump emerges to give a one-night bipartisan appeal, and Tuesday night's rendition was, by Trumpian standards, generous. But then h
  
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• Live: Signing Day 2019 updates for Utah, BYU, USU, Weber State, SUU and the Pac-12

  06-02-2019 16:46
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• Forget Super Bowl ads — check out these funny Utah Jazz commercials (+outtakes)

  06-02-2019 16:31
  SALT LAKE CITY — If you ask Utah Jazz fans which current commercials are their favorites, it's highly likely they won't rattle off any of the ads that appeared during the Super Bowl.Jazzland, no doubt, prefers the ones that feature Ricky Rubio, Donovan Mitchell, Rudy Gobert, Jae Crowder and Royce O'Neale over any commercials promoting drinks, snacks or whatever the heck was being advertised with robots and chunky milk.Thanks to Vivint SmartHome, Jazz fans have a few fun ones to watch.COMME
  
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• Leonard Pitts: The high cost of not knowing

  06-02-2019 16:27
  The most dangerous place for black people to live is in white people's imagination.So says comedian D.L. Hughley. And surely Tamir Rice and Trayvon Martin would concur if they were alive to do so.But if white people's imagination is the most dangerous place for black people, it is also the most denigrating. Fresh but superfluous evidence of that arrived Friday in the form of a photo on the med school yearbook page of Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam. The image, taken in 1984, the year Northam turned
  
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• A bullied boy named Trump was an honored guest at the State of the Union — and he slept through it

  06-02-2019 16:20
  For Joshua Trump, the 11-year-old who shares a last name with a president whose approval ratings don't quite reach 40 percent, the past few years have been a nightmare.Other students bullied the preteen so much over his surname that he had to be home-schooled. His parents told reporters that Joshua was sad all the time, a story that found its way to the ears of the first family, who seated Joshua two seats from Melania Trump during the State of the Union address Tuesday night.And it is from that
  
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• Stacey Abrams sharply rebukes Trump in the Democratic response to the State of the Union

  06-02-2019 16:15
  Atlanta • Stacey Abrams harnessed the frustration of Democrats on Tuesday with a sharp rebuke of President Donald Trump for abandoning working Americans and fomenting partisan and cultural discord.Just months after narrowly losing her bid to become America’s first black woman governor, the Georgia Democrat stepped onto the biggest stage of her political career to deliver her party’s rebuttal to Trump’s State of the Union address. She was the first black woman to deliver su
  
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• Candidate field grows for open at-large Salt Lake County Council seat

  06-02-2019 16:02
  The field of candidates for the open at-large Salt Lake County Council seat vacated at the end of January by newly-inaugurated Mayor Jenny Wilson had doubled by Tuesday as three new hopefuls entered the race.Terry Marasco, an air-quality activist; Jeff Merchant, a local businessman; and Darlene McDonald, who ran last year for U.S. Congressional District 4, each want to fill the seat for the remainder of Wilson’s term, which is up for election in 2020. The Salt Lake County Democratic Party&
  
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• Letter: What happened to compassion and common sense?

  06-02-2019 15:55
  Let's see, there are approximately 3.2 million people in Utah. That makes my share of the $200 million tax cut about $62 and, after paying state and federal taxes on it, it'll net me, um, maybe $50. I'd rather see it used to expand Medicaid.Such a pity. Those who don't need the $50 will never know where they spent $50 and many of those who can use the money are probably the same ones who would benefit from Medicaid expansion. You know, like those who make a whopping $12,000 to $17,000 annually o
  
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• Letter: Health care costs keep rising

  06-02-2019 15:53
  Despite all of the thoughtful, well-reasoned letters in support of Proposition 3, they seemingly have very little effect on Medicaid expansion opponents in the Utah Legislature. Their main argument against is increasing future costs.Of course costs will increase, as they will for everyone. It makes no difference whether you have coverage through your employer, Medicare, what's left of the ACA or self-pay. Our health care costs will continue to rise at rates well above inflation, as they have for
  
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• Utah Jazz dream target Tobias Harris traded to Sixers

  06-02-2019 15:52
  The Utah Jazz have purportedly long had their eyes on forward Tobias Harris, but his trade to the Philadelphia 76ers likely hurts their chances of landing him in free agency. If you had taken a poll of Utah Jazz fans on who they’d most like to see their team pursue this offseason, I can almost […]
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• Letter: Be wary of tax cut mania

  06-02-2019 15:47
  In Utah, as per the state Constitution, all income tax revenue goes towards funding public education. So, any debate about reducing income tax in Utah is really a debate about reducing the funds available for public education.Although many of the wealthier people in our country and in our Legislature have a publicly stated ideological opposition to a progressive tax based on income, it is also one of many tools used to balance the tax burdens on different segments of society. In Utah's case, may
  
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• Letter: Stop making excuses about health care for the already born

  06-02-2019 15:46
  In her Feb. 3 commentary, “It’s time to stop making excuses and fight for life,” Danielle Divis makes a passionate and graphic plea of support for Rep. Cheryl Acton’s bill that would ban abortion after 15 weeks of conception.I hope those sharing Davis’s passion for preserving the lives of the unborn would be equally passionate regarding the guaranteed right for all those innocents to quality, lifetime health care upon exiting the birth canal.It is a “Christian
  
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