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• Utah women’s basketball team loses another lead, falling to USC

  03-03-2019 23:51
  The Utah women's basketball team ended the regular season Sunday by inventing another way to lose a game.The Utes lost a four-point lead in the last nine seconds of regulation and USC took an 83-77 overtime victory at the Galen Center in Los Angeles.Utah (20-9, 9-9 Pac-12) already was locked into the No. 6 seed in this week’s conference tournament. The effect of Sunday’s defeat is that any reasonable chance of an NCAA Tournament bid appears to be gone. Utah coach Lynne Roberts said l
  
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• Paul Waldman: Can Jay Inslee make the 2020 election about climate change?

  03-03-2019 23:30
  Single-issue presidential campaigns are not generally successful, but what if the issue in question is the survival of most life on Planet Earth?That's what Washington governor Jay Inslee wants us to consider as we choose the next president, and he's making climate change the centerpiece of the candidacy he announced on Friday. He's also the first governor to enter the 2020 race, joining an extraordinarily diverse and growing field.Unlike many (but not all) of his primary opponents, Inslee has a
  
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• Tribune Editorial: Cleaning up our air will cost money. Let’s get started.

  03-03-2019 23:00
  Success, to update the old saying, has a thousand parents. Failure is an orphan.The death-dealing air pollution that so often hangs over the Wasatch Front has many thousands of causes. With no single smokestack that could be plugged, no particular activity that could be banned, and no one political or regulatory act that could heap credit on a specific elected official or agency, doing anything to face the problem always seemed like someone else’s job.Which meant it was no one’s.That
  
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• Rand Paul says he will vote for measure blocking Trump’s emergency declaration, paving way for passage

  03-03-2019 22:59
  Sen. Rand Paul is throwing his support behind a resolution that would block President Donald Trump’s declaration of a national emergency to build his long-promised U.S.-Mexico border wall, defying a warning from the president and putting the measure on track to passage.Paul, R-Ky., said in a speech Saturday at the Southern Kentucky Lincoln Day Dinner that he "can't vote to give extra-Constitutional powers to the president," the Bowling Green Daily News reported."I can't vote to give the pr
  
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• BYU in review: Cougars captured much-needed momentum with rousing win over San Diego, begin preparing for postseason

  03-03-2019 22:58
  Provo • BYU didn’t have to defeat San Diego on Saturday night at the Marriott Center to secure the No. 3 seed for this week’s West Coast Conference men’s basketball tournament at Orleans Arena in Las Vegas.Fourth-seeded San Francisco fell earlier Saturday at home to Loyola Marymount, ensuring the Cougars would get the third seed regardless of how they fared on Senior Night.But knocking off the rugged, physical Toreros 87-73 supplied BYU (11-5, 19-12) the momentum it will n
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz will rock the final 20, but a playoff series win will be tough

  03-03-2019 22:35 via sportspyder.com
  The Utah Jazz are primed to go on a major run to close out the 2018-19 regular season. The playoffs, however, could be a different story entirely. Over the...
  
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• Utah Jazz will rock the final 20, but a playoff series win will be tough

  03-03-2019 22:03
  The Utah Jazz are primed to go on a major run to close out the 2018-19 regular season. The playoffs, however, could be a different story entirely. Over the last few days, the Utah Jazz have arguably put together as awesome a two-game stretch as an NBA team can possibly muster. First, they beat the […]
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• Commentary: Roads? The way Monroe Mountain is going, we don’t need roads.

  03-03-2019 21:03
  How does an award-winning, collaborative, 10-year restoration project for Utah’s state tree – the aspen – suddenly get dissed as a project that would be more successful if only more roads could be punched into Monroe Mountain? It’s a head-scratcher.In late January, Kathleen Clarke and her Utah Public Land Policy Coordinating Office team were meeting with a nonprofit public policy organization when Monroe Mountain was brought up by state officials as an example of why the
  
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• [NBA] - The Roundup—Mitchell, Favors show out in win over Bucks

  03-03-2019 20:42 via sportspyder.com
  A disastrous start. Two dramatic comebacks. Star performances by Donovan Mitchell and Derrick Favors. And a big, big Jazz win. In a game full of extreme runs, the Jazz trailed by 14
  
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• Real Salt Lake’s attacking four might have given a glimpse into how the offense will unfold early in the season

  03-03-2019 20:08
  Houston • Last season, Real Salt Lake could have been described as a middle-of-the-road goal-scoring team. The 55 goals it scored wasn’t the worst performance in the league — or even just the Western Conference — but it wasn’t the best.It’s arguable, however, that the 55 number is better than advertised because RSL played without a so-called true striker in 2018. So coming into this season, with the signing of Sam Johnson and the bevy of attacking options that
  
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• Frustration boils over in the hallways of the Spectrum after USU knocks off No. 12 Nevada

  03-03-2019 19:57
  Logan • While Utah State fans filled the floor Saturday night inside the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum in Logan, soaking in the program’s first win over a Top 25 team since 2007, tempers flared in the surrounding tunnels and hallways.After Utah State (24-6, 14-3) topped No. 12-ranked Nevada 81-76 to take over first place in the Mountain West Conference, various media outlets captured videos of Wolf Pack players and coaches getting into verbal altercations with uniformed police officers and
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - The Jazz schedule eases up in their final 17 games. Can they take advantage of it?

  03-03-2019 19:35 via sportspyder.com
  After winning consecutive games that they weren’t supposed to, can the Utah Jazz win the ones they’re expected to?
  
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• The Jazz schedule eases up in their final 17 games. Can they take advantage of it?

  03-03-2019 19:17
  After winning consecutive games that they weren’t supposed to, can the Utah Jazz win the ones they’re expected to?The rest of the season’s schedule is shockingly favorable for Utah, with the team predicted to win the next 17 games and 19 of the next 20 overall for the rest of the season.FiveThirtyEight publishes winning probabilities for every team for every remaining game on its website, using its game prediction model CARMELO. And if you believe it — to be honest, the r
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Brad Rock: Sorry L.A., New York, Jazz show how it's done in middle America

  03-03-2019 19:04 via sportspyder.com
  There's not a lot of good teams left for the Jazz as the last 20 games approach.
  
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• Brad Rock: Sorry L.A., New York, Jazz show how it's done in middle America

  03-03-2019 19:02
  SALT LAKE CITY — OK, Utah, go ahead.Freak out.Your basketball team is headed for the playoffs, there's little doubt about that. Saturday the Jazz clipped the best team in the Eastern Conference, 115-111, by lasting longer than it takes to say Giannis Antetokounmpo. They trailed Milwaukee by 17 with 9:39 left to play, after leading by 13 with 3:44 left in the half.Milwaukee's "Greek Freak" was his usual self, or better: 43 points, 14 rebounds, eight assists. Donovan Mitchell answered with 4
  
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• BYU football coach Kalani Sitake wants to develop more depth, find leaders, when he opens his fourth spring camp on Monday

  03-03-2019 19:00
  Provo • Last year, spring football practices were all about installing a new offense at BYU. That was expected, because Jeff Grimes had arrived from LSU to replace Ty Detmer as offensive coordinator, and almost all of the other offensive coaches were also new.This year, coaches will focus on building depth, and identifying which players have the physical and mental toughness to help them in the fall.Practices begin Monday and run through March 28. As was reported Thursday, the Cougars will
  
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• Utes in review: After a loss at Colorado, Utah needs to defy its home-court trend of the season to finish Pac-12 play

  03-03-2019 17:38
  Boulder, Colo. • Asking the Utah basketball team to deliver a seventh road win in Pac-12 play probably was too much. The immediate issue is whether winning their last two home games also is too ambitious for the Utes.“Our biggest thing is, just go home and defend home court,” senior guard Sedrick Barefield said after Saturday’s 71-63 loss at Colorado.That would defy Utah’s trend. The visits of USC (Thursday) and UCLA (Saturday) to the Huntsman Center offer the Utes o
  
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• Rehearsals for a Utah production of ‘Men on Boats’ weren’t clicking. Then the director urged the young actresses to ‘have the confidence of a totally mediocre white guy.’

  03-03-2019 17:05
  The characters prowl the stage. They glare and curse and get in each other’s faces. They stand and sit with their legs wide and they walk hips first.“Men on Boats” is based on the true story of John Wesley Powell and his crew’s swashbuckling quest to explore the Colorado River and the Grand Canyon in 1869.But not one man appears on stage. All 10 are played by women.Like the musical “Hamilton,” the play — being performed by the University of Utah’s
  
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• To support diplomacy with North Korea, the U.S. and South Korea end spring military drills

  03-03-2019 16:44
  Seoul, South Korea • South Korea and the U.S. are eliminating their massive springtime military drills and replacing them with smaller exercises in what they call an effort to support diplomacy aimed at resolving the North Korean nuclear crisis.The decision announced by both countries Sunday came after President Donald Trump complained about the cost of joint drills even as his high-stakes second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un collapsed last week.The drills' cancellation is an
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Donovan Mitchell sneaks in to block Giannis Antetokounmpo

  03-03-2019 16:36 via sportspyder.com
  Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell is not known for his shot blocking abilities, but following his enormous swat of Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo, he may have been delivering a sign of things to come. got 'im pic.twitter.com/dEK8VK0pBr —
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Utah Jazz legends Darrell Griffith, Mark Eaton wowed after witnessing Donovan Mitchell’s career night

  03-03-2019 16:35 via sportspyder.com
  Griffith and Eaton were joined by Thurl Bailey, Mehmet Okur, and Corey Crowder just one day after celebrating Mardi Gras Night at Vivint Arena on March 1 where dinner, live music and entertainment...
  
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• Kirby: Key to LDS mission safety — know whom the bad guys are

  03-03-2019 16:16
  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has released a series of videos intended to help keep its missionaries safe out in the scary world.It makes sense, given that many if not most missionaries are barely out of puberty when they go. They have little worldly experience when it comes to crime, appropriate behavior between sexes, or even making their own beds.I was 20 years old when called but still emotionally about half that. I knew it, too. Which is why I entered the mission home in S
  
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• Commentary: Environmental racism at Utah’s inland port

  03-03-2019 16:12
  On Feb. 2, a community forum was held in Salt Lake City to discuss implications of the Utah inland port. Experts, professionals and residents alike aired concerns about policymakers overlooking worsened air quality and the destruction of fragile ecosystems in the name of economic development. Spokespeople from Racially Just Utah also joined the dialogue to share ways in which the port continues to be a clear instance of environmental racism.Environmental racism refers to any act that results in
  
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• Commentary: The only two issues that matter to Utah voters

  03-03-2019 16:10
  What are the issues that make Utah voters decide whom they are going to vote for? What you are about to read will not surprise Utah politicians. But it does not conform to what is published in the Utah media.The Utah Foundation published its list of the top 10 issues for 2016. Health care, air quality, public education and taxes topped the list. Yet, in 2016 and 2018 and for almost as long as I can remember, the voters voted on none of these issues. If they had, Utah would have a much different
  
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• Utah Jazz legends Darrell Griffith, Mark Eaton wowed after witnessing Donovan Mitchell’s career night

  03-03-2019 16:05
  SALT LAKE CITY — Before he entered the locker room after posting a career-best 46 points, a couple of Utah Jazz legends were right there waiting for Donovan Mitchell in the hallway.Fellow Louisville alum Darrell Griffith and former Utah Jazz All-Star Mark Eaton were among the distinguished alumni in the stands of Vivint Arena to witness Mitchell score 31 points in the second half of Utah's 115-111 win against Milwaukee on Saturday night.Both Eaton and Griffith's numbers are dangling in the
  
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• ‘Highway robbery’ or a way to fight drug cartels? Utah police defend law that lets them to take cash, even from suspects who are never arrested.

  03-03-2019 16:04
  A Utah lawmaker set a goal to remove any incentive any Utah police officer could have to unnecessarily take money from someone.State law allows officers to seize property — even from people who are never charged, let alone convicted of a crime — under a process called civil asset forfeiture.Concerned about the potential for abuse, Sen. Todd Weiler, R-Woods Cross, had hoped SB109 would put more safeguards in place.But even the insinuation that an officer would improperly seize cash or
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Jazz star Donovan Mitchell says he’s confident when his teammates have his back

  03-03-2019 15:45 via sportspyder.com
  On Saturday night, Utah Jazz stud Donovan Mitchell hit two crucial free throws in the dying seconds of his team’s matchup against the league-leading Milwaukee Bucks. However, this did not come without any drama, with last season’s Rookie of the Year...
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Donovan Mitchell’s career-high 46 points is highest for a Utah player since 2010

  03-03-2019 15:17 via sportspyder.com
  There wasn’t a whole lot that Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell didn’t do right during Saturday’s victory over the Milwaukee Bucks. Mitchell erupted for a career-high 46 points, but arguably his most impressive feat of the night may have come on the...
  
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• Letter: Clean the air. Save money. Have fun!

  03-03-2019 15:03
  For the past six years, my wife and I have enjoyed the fun of driving an electric car, a Nissan Leaf. It is so peppy and responsive, it makes driving a joy.Last year we purchased our second electric car, a Chevrolet Bolt. The Bolt has a range of 220 miles on a single charge, which means that my wife can easily commute from Provo to her job in Salt Lake City. Two of our daughters are also driving electric and loving it.With solar panels on our roof, charging our cars is free and sun-powered. Zero
  
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• Letter: Wilderness bill sells out the vulnerable

  03-03-2019 15:00
  The Emery County Wilderness Bill is the biggest fraud ever perpetrated on the people of Utah. It shows that all of Utah's congressional delegation, with the exception of Sen. Mike Lee, are a bunch of RINOs.How can giving up 600,000 acres of our public lands to the federal government be a benefit to our people? The whole thing is illegal, as it discriminates against our most vulnerable people — the aged and disabled — as they will no longer be able access these public lands. The entir
  
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• Letter: Who will pay for Rep. Chris Stewart’s Anti-Socialism Caucus?

  03-03-2019 15:00
  Thank you so much for juxtaposing Rep. Chris Stewart’s and Tom Huckin’s opinion pieces on socialism in the Feb. 26 edition.Both articles were enlightening: Stewart’s piece for how shallow our federal representatives think and write, and Huckin’s for pointing out what so many people seem oblivious to: We all live in public spaces, supported by one another’s tax dollars.My question to Stewart is: How will your new Anti-Socialism Caucus be paid for? Will you be using y
  
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• Letter: It’s up to those who drink to be responsible

  03-03-2019 15:00
  In recent days, opposition has been leveled against Senate Bill 132, a bill that would raise the percentage of alcohol in beer from 3.2 to 4.8.It’s absolutely vital to pass this legislation and bring Utah in line with the rest of the country. 3.2 beer is a thing of the past, which is already making it very difficult for grocery and convenience stores to get an adequate beer supply.I don’t drink, but I firmly believe in free agency. People should be allowed to make decisions and choos
  
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• Letter: Don’t tell cities they can’t ban plastic bags

  03-03-2019 15:00
  Regarding the Feb. 26 article, “Legislators tell cities to go easy on plastic bags,” here is an open letter to Rep. Mike McKell regarding his HB320 and the need for a substitute bill.Dear Rep. McKell,Every municipality has the right of self-determination when it comes to enacting rules and regulations to protect and improve the health of its citizens and the environment in which its citizens reside and on which their well-being depends.That includes, but is not limited to, the bannin
  
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• Commentary: In Girl Scouts, girls can do anything

  03-03-2019 14:48
  The young waterfront instructor tilted her head as she held out her hand. “You can do it,” she said, calmly.Cautiously, I stepped on to the stand-up paddleboard for the first time, and quickly knelt for stability. The stakes were high: Even in August, the icy mountain lake at Camp Cloud Rim would mean a painful dunk for any mistake.As I glided away, I gained balance and soon mastered moving from kneeling to standing, confident to try something new, even as a grandmother. Growing bold
  
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• The growth won’t stop and neither will the traffic. Mayors in southwest Salt Lake County say the state should do more to improve roads.

  03-03-2019 14:05
  How do you get from Salt Lake County’s fast-growing southwestern cities to other parts of the valley?Patiently.Area roads, many designed when these towns were quiet bedroom communities, are frequently crammed, particularly during commuting times. And new homes, apartments and town houses are going up at a swift pace in that neck of the county.Frustrated mayors say their cities are growing so rapidly that road improvements aren’t keeping up, and they are imploring state officials to m
  
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• Scott D. Pierce: ‘Free Solo’ is absolutely terrifying. National Geographic is airing the Oscar-winner commercial-free on Sunday.

  03-03-2019 14:00
  “Free Solo” scared the crap out of me. I can’t think of any other movie that frightened me more than this one, which won an Oscar a week ago and airs — commercial-free — on the National Geographic Channel on Sunday at 7 p.m.I’m a complete coward when it comes to horror films, though I can at least tell myself that horror films aren’t real. “Free Solo,” on the other hand, was all too real to someone like me, who is terrified of heights. It chr
  
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• ‘Opportunities are equalizing’ — Young Utah women feel changed and empowered by playing ‘Men on Boats’

  03-03-2019 14:00
  The characters prowl the stage. They glare and curse and get in each other’s faces. They stand and sit with their legs wide and they walk hips first.“Men on Boats” is based on the true story of John Wesley Powell and his crew’s swashbuckling quest to explore the Colorado River and the Grand Canyon in 1869.But not one man appears on stage. All 10 are played by women.Like the musical “Hamilton,” the play — being performed by the University of Utah’s
  
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• Love your job? Nominate your company for The Tribune’s 2019 Top Workplaces competition

  03-03-2019 14:00
  Twistlab Marketing, a full-service marketing agency based in Cottonwood Heights, caters to small businesses inside and outside of Utah. It prides itself in providing clients with exceptional marketing strategies, campaigns and products with a twist.“My favorite part about Twistlab is the welcoming environment to creative ideas,” said account manager Satin Tashnizi. “It feels refreshing to be supported by your team to make suggestions and even spearhead projects. This has been a
  
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• Leonard Pitts: We fail to see what an outlier Trump is

  03-03-2019 14:00
  George H.W. Bush did it.So did Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford and Herbert Hoover. It probably wasn't easy, yet they knew this was what the moment demanded and democracy required. So each of them took that ceremonial ride to the Capitol with the man who had defeated them, and then sat there politely as he took power that had been theirs.Which brings us to Donald Trump. Can anyone, even in their most fanciful imaginings, see him doing that?Michael Cohen can't. "Given my experience working for Mr. Trump
  
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• Commentary: Utah should trust women to make the right choice

  03-03-2019 14:00
  I have always loved babies. The smell of them, the joy in their eyes as they soak in the whole world, their fuzzy hair against my cheek. Amongst my friends, I was known as the baby whisperer. I taught my new mom friends the “pooping position” and the “sitting-up burp.” I couldn’t wait to be a mom.Finally, at age 36, it was my turn.We followed our baby’s growth each week. I dreamed of my little girl running around my childhood home in Idaho, jumping on the tram
  
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• Commentary: Trump’s gag rule will hurt Utah families

  03-03-2019 14:00
  Here in Utah, we believe in the importance of happy, healthy families. It’s probably the one thing that everyone can agree on.At Planned Parenthood, we believe that one of the best ways to ensure a happy, healthy family is having access to high-quality, affordable family planning services. We know that when families start with healthy parents who are able to time their pregnancies, outcomes are better for everyone. And that’s why Title X, the nation’s program for affordable bir
  
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• Ask Ann Cannon: How can I dial back on digital life?

  03-03-2019 14:00
  Dear Ann Cannon • In our increasingly digital world, a lot of important facets of day-to-day life have moved online. Social media has become the primary means of connecting and networking, both personally and professionally, for so many people (especially millennials and the millennial-adjacent) that those who avoid the online water-cooler are put at a competitive disadvantage. Likewise, the shuttering of printed news outfits across the country has meant that to be a fully informed citizen
  
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• Commentary: A critical need for improved transportation and planning in southwest Salt Lake County

  03-03-2019 13:45
  Over 160,000 new people, or 70 percent of the entire population growth of Salt Lake County, have made the southwest communities of West Jordan, South Jordan, Riverton, Herriman, Copperton and Bluffdale their home since 2000. About half of the increase is now attributed to move-ins from other states – in large part due to successful recruiting efforts by the state to relocate certain businesses and industries to the region.With around half of the undeveloped acreage left in the county, this
  
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• Commentary: When it comes to teachers, you get what you pay for

  03-03-2019 13:30
  Utah is losing highly qualified teachers and our children are the ones who ultimately pay the price.The teacher shortage is not new and is not unique to Utah. It is an issue we cannot keep pretending we don’t know how to fix. We owe it to our children to increase funding to public education. New resources will allow the state and individual districts the flexibility to raise Utah teachers’ salaries and make the profession more attractive.While the national average public school teach
  
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• Commentary: A cut to Utah income taxes is a cut to education funding

  03-03-2019 13:30
  Utah lawmakers are discussing a massive multi-million dollar cut to the state’s education fund.If that doesn’t have you worried, it should.Utah educators have endured largely stagnant wages and bursting class sizes for years, particularly during the Great Recession. Though that economic dip has long since corrected, Utah education never recovered and we remain firmly committed to our last place in the nation for per pupil spending. In fact, the recent Voices for Utah’s Children
  
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• [Standard-Examiner] - Utah Jazz: Donovan Mitchell's career-high 46 points put Jazz over Milwaukee Bucks

  03-03-2019 09:48 via sportspyder.com
  SALT LAKE CITY — Donovan Mitchell scored a career-high 46 points and led the Utah Jazz from a 17-point fourth-quarter deficit to a 115-111 win over the Milwaukee Bucks on
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - The Triple Team: Thanks to Donovan Mitchell and Derrick Favors’ heroics, Jazz come back from 17 down in 4th to beat No. 1 Bucks

  03-03-2019 09:30 via sportspyder.com
  Three thoughts on the Utah Jazz’s 115-111 win over the Milwaukee Bucks from Salt Lake Tribune beat writer Andy Larsen.
  
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• [NBA] - Derrick Favors goes 'Hulk mode' in the Utah Jazz's 115-111 win over the Milwaukee Bucks

  03-03-2019 09:04 via sportspyder.com
  Derrick Favors, the Utah Jazz’s mild-mannered veteran, took off from just outside the restricted area. And by the time he had landed, after he had cocked his right hand back and popped the rim with a
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Donovan Mitchell erupts for career-best 46 points in Jazz’s come-from-behind win against Bucks

  03-03-2019 08:18 via sportspyder.com
  Donovan Mitchell exploded for a career-high 46 points to become the youngest player in franchise history to score 45 or more in a game.
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Derrick Favors is unsung hero in Jazz comeback victory over Milwaukee

  03-03-2019 08:18 via sportspyder.com
  While Donovan Mitchell and Giannis Antetokounmpo got most of the attention Saturday night, it was the play of Jazz forward Derrick Favors that made a big difference in Utah's comeback 115-111 victory.
  
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