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• UTA says new Salt Lake County sales tax hike will go mostly to improve bus service — eventually

  05-06-2019 23:37
  The Utah Transit Authority says it plans — eventually — to use most of the money from a newly approved sales tax hike in Salt Lake County to expand bus service as promised.But first for a couple of years, it plans to spend most of this new revenue on studies and pilot projects to help design future service; to help build new garages and other facilities needed for expanded routes; and to accelerate maintenance and repair of aging TRAX train cars.“We’re taking a phased app
  
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• Manage your subscription

  05-06-2019 23:33
  Manage your subscriptionDigital sltrib.com subscriptionsMore information about unlimited digital subscriptions to sltrib.com may be found at sltrib.com/subscribe.To manage your digital subscription, go to https://www.sltrib.com/my-account/Frequently asked questions are here.If you have further questions, email [email protected]/e-edition subscriptionsTo manage your print subscription, including setting up a vacation hold, reporting a missing paper, managing payment and changing your subs
  
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• Jazz host multiple first-round picks trying to find a home in Wednesday’s free-agent mini-camp

  05-06-2019 23:32
  Maybe calling Wednesday’s free-agent mini-camp the Jazz’s version of the Island of Misfit Toys is a little bit harsh... but it’s not inaccurate.Take Justin Patton, the 2017 No. 16 pick who earned his relatively lofty selection thanks to great athleticism and size, if not a developed offensive game. But a foot injury or three sidelined him and ultimately ended his first contract early, and now the 21-year-old is trying to find his next NBA contract.Or Cameron Payne, the 2015 No.
  
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• Noah Smith: The best tools for fighting recession run on autopilot

  05-06-2019 23:30
  When a big recession hits, monetary policy often isn't able to do the whole job of getting an economy back to full employment. Interest rate cuts eventually push rates to zero, which they can't go much below. Alternative tools like central-bank forward guidance and quantitative easing can help, but even these are limited.At some point, the government needs to start spending money to give the economy a boost. Fortunately, economists generally agree that fiscal stimulus is important and effective
  
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• This year’s Tour of Utah will stretch 477 miles with nearly 38,000 feet in elevation gain

  05-06-2019 23:23
  The Tour of Utah, the self-proclaimed “Toughest Stage Race” in America, isn’t getting any easier.Race organizers on Wednesday unveiled the stages for the upcoming cycling road race, which will run from Aug. 12-18 at seven locations around the northern part of the state.New territory will be covered on four days of racing, beginning with the mountain Prologue at Snowbird Resort that is perched at 8,000 feet above sea level. A few firsts also include circuits in North Logan City
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Former Salt Lake City Stars top pick Willie Reed returns to Utah Jazz mini-camp in good health after season-ending injury

  05-06-2019 22:31 via sportspyder.com
  The Utah Jazz is hosting its annual mini-camp on June 5-6 at Zions Bank Basketball Campus, with 30 free-agent invitees.
  
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• Reports: Jazz’s Donovan Mitchell plans to participate in USA Basketball minicamp

  05-06-2019 22:29
  Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell is planning to participate in a USA Basketball minicamp this August in advance of September’s FIBA World Cup to take place in China, according to reports by the New York Times and ESPN.Marc Stein of the Times first wrote that Charlotte guard Kemba Walker had committed to participating, and that superstars James Harden and Anthony Davis were also strongly considering it. ESPN further reported that minicamp invitations had also been issued to the Blazers’ Da
  
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• Former Salt Lake City Stars top pick Willie Reed returns to Utah Jazz mini-camp in good health after season-ending injury

  05-06-2019 22:25
  Players gather after as the Utah Jazz hosted a mini-camp at Zions bank basketball campus in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, June 5, 2019.Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret NewsJairus Lyles smiles after the Utah Jazz mini-camp at Zions bank basketball campus in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, June 5, 2019.Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret NewsTre'Shaun Fletcher shoot as the Utah Jazz host a mini-camp at Zions bank basketball campus in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, June 5, 2019.Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret NewsBart Taylo
  
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• Jake Toolson returning to BYU’s basketball team after leaving the program in 2016 and finding stardom at Utah Valley. Why?

  05-06-2019 22:03
  Provo • Jake Toolson acknowledges that what he is doing is a bit unusual, and maybe even absurd, to some. It might be unprecedented in the college basketball world, although he’s not quite sure about that.Toolson, the 2018-19 WAC Player of the Year at Utah Valley University, is back at BYU, the place where his college basketball career began, and he spoke publicly for the first time Tuesday since BYU officially announced his return on May 24.“I am really excited about the opport
  
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• ‘Trib Talk’: Nathan Ivie, Utah’s first openly gay elected Republican, talks about coming out and why Utah County needs a new government

  05-06-2019 22:01
  Utah’s first openly gay elected Republican is Utah County Commissioner Nathan Ivie, who came out last month in a video posted online.Ivie says his announcement was motivated by a desire to support and validate other gay Utahns who may be considering self-harm or suicide. But the first-term commissioner — who has advocated for a shift in Utah County’s form of government and has acknowledged an interest in running for Congress — has also stated that he hopes to be defined b
  
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• Letter: Southern wild lands would be desecrated for a border wall

  05-06-2019 21:44
  According to the Center for Biological Diversity, 41 laws have been waived to construct a solid concrete and steel wall through Arizona’s Sonoran Desert. Through this land flows the U.S.’s last remaining undammed, free-flowing river, the San Pedro. Currently, the markers of the border are vehicle barriers — 6-foot-tall steel structures through which water and wildlife can move, without a single thought that a so-called border exists.It’s going to cost us a lot to create t
  
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• Commentary: What is Eid and how do Muslims celebrate it? 6 questions answered

  05-06-2019 21:40
  Editor’s note • Muslims all over the world are celebrating Eid al-Fitr, one of the religion’s principal festivals. In August, Muslims will celebrate Eid al-Adha. Ken Chitwood, a scholar of global Islam, explains the two Islamic festivals.1. What is Eid?Eid literally means a “festival” or “feast” in Arabic. There are two major eids in the Islamic calendar per year – Eid al-Fitr earlier in the year and Eid al-Adha later.Eid al-Fitr is a three-day fest
  
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• Letter: Our schools won’t know what hit them

  05-06-2019 21:36
  In Holly Richardson’s last column on abortion I have some thoughts.In 2010, (current statistics will not be available until the 2020 census) according to Children’s Service Society, 63,000 children in Utah were living in some other home than with their parent(s). Ninety-nine percent of this terrible situation is caused by addiction to drugs and alcohol.Many of the millions Richardson cites would be born into these circumstances. Even if we, as a society, would take care of these unwa
  
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• Letter: McAdams knows how to win friends and influence opponents

  05-06-2019 21:36
  Given my career in housing related policy matters, I watched with interest the House Financial Services Committee interview Ben Carson, HUD Secretary on May 21.While many Democrat representatives treated Carson roughly in their questions, Rep. Ben McAdams, D-Utah, made his points and expressed his concerns to the secretary in a professional and considerate manner. He represented Utah values well.With so much discord in our nation, it was exceptionally refreshing to see McAdams’ collegialit
  
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• Letter: How about ‘Chloroform in print’?

  05-06-2019 21:35
  We all know The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is behind the times. With all this name changing, we know they have reached 1984.So, to Robert Kirbys' question as to what to retitle the "Book of Mormon," may I suggest as Mark Twain referred to it: "Chloroform in print."Dora Parry, Salt Lake CitySubmit a letter to the editor
  
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• Letter: More people see the need to act on climate change

  05-06-2019 21:33
  Regarding the recent Governors’ Energy Conference, it appears that climate change has moved from debating the science, to debating what the best solutions are to address it.The communications firm Luntz Global reported on May 20 that taking action to address climate change now has 4 to 1 support across party lines, 2 to 1 support from GOP voters and 75% support from Republicans under 40.Axios, also recently published an article, “The big corporate shift on climate change” discu
  
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• Letter: Abortion is not ‘genocide’

  05-06-2019 21:32
  I object to Holly Richardson’s use of the word “genocide" to describe the practice of abortion.The word “genocide" was coined by Raphael Lemkin by combining “geno,” from the Greek for tribe, and “cide," from the Latin for killing. This word means the systematic murder of an ethnic or religious group by a state or by members of another group.The millions of abortions that take place each year are the result of millions of individual decisions. To call this a ge
  
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• Letter: Storms are God’s punishment for Trump supporters

  05-06-2019 21:31
  Oklahoma, Missouri and Arkansas have been devastated by weather-related disasters recently. These states also have strong Evangelical populations. This is God’s way of punishing them for abandoning Christian values and supporting Donald Trump.Sherrie West, Park CitySubmit a letter to the editor
  
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• [KSL] - Patrick Kinahan: Jazz have much to offer free agents | KSL.com

  05-06-2019 21:26 via sportspyder.com
  The Jazz are going into the free agency season with plenty to offer prospective players — starting with a stable ownership, management and coaching staff.
  
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• Utah second baseman Oliver Dunn and his former Cottonwood teammate, Porter Hodge, both taken in MLB Draft

  05-06-2019 21:08
  Cottonwood High School alumni Oliver Dunn and Porter Hodge are scheduled to become Utah teammates next year, but that will happen only if they turn down Major League Baseball signing opportunities.Dunn, an All-Pac-12 second baseman for the Utes, and Hodge, whose pitching helped Cottonwood win the Class 5A state championship, were picked Wednesday in the MLB draft. Dunn went to the New York Yankees in the 11th round and Hodge went to the Chicago Cubs in the 13th round.The 40-round draft will conc
  
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• White House downplays chance of deal to avert Mexico tariffs

  05-06-2019 21:03
  Washington • White House officials downplayed expectations ahead of the high-level, face-to-face meeting Wednesday between the U.S. and Mexico over President Donald Trump’s threatened tariffs on Mexican goods flowing into the United States.The first tariffs — 5% taxes on imports from Mexico — are to go into effect on Monday barring an agreement that seems increasingly unlikely before then, despite continuing negotiations as well as stiff opposition from many of Trump&rsquo
  
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• Leonard Pitts: What would you give to save your world?

  05-06-2019 21:00
  Elmo Cook knew nothing about it.He'd heard the sirens in the middle of the night alerting all of Abilene that something had happened, but when he tried to turn on the radio, he found that his power was out. And when he left for work in the morning, the paperboy had not yet made his rounds.As a result, Cook was one of the last people in town to hear about D-Day.The anecdote is from the Abilene Reporter-News for June 7, 1944, and it offers a visceral illustration of how the nation has changed in t
  
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• Utah Jazz star Donovan Mitchell reportedly to attend Team USA training camp for FIBA World Cup

  05-06-2019 20:49
  Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell (45) dribbles during an NBA basketball game against the Charlotte Hornets at the Vivint Smart Home Arena in Salt Lake City on Monday, April 1, 2019. The Jazz won 111 to 102.Kristin MurphySALT LAKE CITY — Donovan Mitchell said he would take it easy this offseason, but the Utah Jazz guard is reportedly planning to attend Team USA's training camp for the FIBA World Cup in China, according to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.Mitchell will be among USA Basketball's 18-
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Utah Jazz star Donovan Mitchell reportedly to attend Team USA training camp for FIBA World Cup

  05-06-2019 20:46 via sportspyder.com
  Mitchell is expected to be among USA Basketball’s 18-man camp roster in August that will fight to make the 12-man team for the September tournament.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Reports: Jazz’s Donovan Mitchell plans to participate in USA Basketball minicamp

  05-06-2019 20:41 via sportspyder.com
  Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell is planning to participate in a USA Basketball minicamp this August in advance of September’s FIBA World Cup to take place in China, according to reports by the New York Times and ESPN.
  
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• [KSL] - Jazz Shorts: On és al món Ricky Rubio? | KSL.com

  05-06-2019 19:43 via sportspyder.com
  What's happening on the Ricky Rubio front? KSL.com's Sean Walker and Ryan Miller discuss the point guard's recent comments and what it means for the Jazz.
  
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• Dana Milbank: What? You thought Romney was actually going to do something?

  05-06-2019 19:34
  Washington • Not since they strapped Seamus in his dog crate to the roof of the family car has a member of the Romney household been this distressed.Mitt Romney has watched with varying degrees of displeasure as President Trump turned the Republican Party into the antithesis of the one he led in 2012 as its presidential nominee: alienating allies, degrading immigrants and splitting the nation with hatred. Now, Trump threatens to use an "emergency" declaration to circumvent Congress and star
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Utah Jazz reportedly interested in D'Angelo Russell

  05-06-2019 19:21 via sportspyder.com
  Could D'Angelo Russell be heading to Utah? According to Shams Charania of the Athletic, the Jazz are interested in Russell.
  
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• 'We’re done being disrespected’: Salt Lake City teachers walk out of meeting about salary increases

  05-06-2019 19:14
  Some of their signs were made from used manila folders. A few were written in pencil on pieces of lined paper. One was laminated. Another was covered in gold star stickers.But nearly all of them had the same message: “6%.”That’s the raise roughly 200 teachers asked for Tuesday night as they filled every seat in front of the Salt Lake City board of education. They weren’t allowed to speak at the public meeting. So with their signs, they made their opinions known as best th
  
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• Utah Jazz reportedly interested in D'Angelo Russell

  05-06-2019 19:13
  Brooklyn Nets' D'Angelo Russell in action during the second half in Game 2 of a first-round NBA basketball playoff series against the Philadelphia 76ers, Monday, April 15, 2019, in Philadelphia. 76ers won 145-123. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola)Chris SzagolaSALT LAKE CITY — Could D'Angelo Russell be heading to Utah?According to Shams Charania of the Athletic, the Jazz are interested in Russell."A market is forming for Nets All-Star and restricted free agent D'Angelo Russell: Utah, Orlando, Minnes
  
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• [Fansided: Hoops Habit] - Utah Jazz: 3 goals for the 2019 offseason

  05-06-2019 18:21 via sportspyder.com
  As the 2019 NBA offseason gets underway in the coming weeks, let's look at three goals for the Utah Jazz in preparation for the 2019-20 campaign. It should...
  
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• Persian kebabs and stews — spiked with nuts, herbs and spices — are a delight at Sumac Cafe in Cottonwood Heights

  05-06-2019 18:15
  Cottonwood Heights • The lemonade is bright green from all the blended mint and it pops with real ginger. The olive appetizer, marinated in pomegranate syrup, zings. And the chicken stew is tart, sweet and silky.The authentic Persian cuisine served at Sumac Café provides a lovely medley of flavors and textures, with dishes spiked with pistachios, flavored with saffron and sumac, stuffed with herbs, rubbed with spices.Elham Sadegh moved from Iran six years ago. She opened the restaura
  
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• Trump administration cancels English classes, soccer, legal aid for unaccompanied child migrants in U.S. shelters

  05-06-2019 18:10
  The Trump administration is canceling English classes, recreational programs, and legal aid for unaccompanied minors staying in federal migrant shelters nationwide, saying the immigration influx at the southern border has created critical budget pressures.The Office of Refugee Resettlement has begun discontinuing the funding stream for activities - including soccer — that have been deemed “not directly necessary for the protection of life and safety, including education services, leg
  
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• Queen Elizabeth, world leaders honor veterans on D-Day anniversary

  05-06-2019 17:57
  Portsmouth, England • Queen Elizabeth II and world leaders, including U.S. President Donald Trump, gathered Wednesday on the south coast of England to honor the troops who risked and sacrificed their lives 75 years ago on D-Day, a bloody but ultimately triumphant turning point in World War II.Across the Channel, American and British paratroopers dropped into northwestern France and scaled cliffs beside Normandy beaches, recreating the daring, costly invasion that helped liberate Europe from
  
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• One man has been killed, another wounded in Kearns shooting

  05-06-2019 17:51
  One man is dead and another has been wounded in a shooting at a Kearns home on Wednesday morning.According to Unified Police, gunshots were reported by neighbors near a home in the area of 4800 South and 4700 West about 7:30 a.m. When officers arrived, they discovered a man dead on the ground outside the home and “additional blood inside of the home,” said UPD Sgt. Melody Gray.Police were notified that a second man who had suffered a gunshot wound had arrived at a emergency clinic se
  
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• Utah Royals FC coach, two players to provide analysis on Fox 13 during Women’s World Cup

  05-06-2019 17:50
  With the FIFA Women’s World Cup starting Friday, all of the teams in the National Women’s Soccer League will have players in France vying to bring a title to their home countries. Utah Royals FC have a total of six players in the tournament — from four different nations.The remaining players on Utah’s roster will have to hold down the fort while the internationals are gone. But that doesn’t mean that some players, and even coach Laura Harvey, will be left out of the
  
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• Utah brewers earn 24 medals — including 5 golds — at beer competition

  05-06-2019 17:50
  Utah brewers brought home two dozen medals — including five golds, eight silvers and 11 bronzes — from the International Beer Awards competition, held this past weekend in Idaho Falls.Red Rock Brewing Co., of Salt Lake City, was the big winner, awarded five medals — including two golds for its Marvella Tripel and Citra Pils, an American-style Pilsner.Other first-place awards went to Epic Brewing Co. and Shades Brewing Co., both in Salt Lake City, and Hoppers Grill in Midvale.Tw
  
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• Salt Lake City mayoral candidates push for free-fare UTA ridership ahead of tonight’s transportation debate

  05-06-2019 17:50
  As the race to become Salt Lake City mayor heats up ahead of the August primary, several candidates are pushing for free UTA fare within city boundaries and for city taxpayers as a way to promote transit ridership and improve air quality.The idea was floated by Jim Dabakis and Stan Penfold in separate interviews with The Salt Lake Tribune ahead of a debate Wednesday evening co-hosted by Bike Utah and the Utah Transit Riders Union at the downtown Salt Lake City Library, where candidates were expe
  
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• Hugh Hewitt: Mueller fiasco proves that a special counsel position can’t work

  05-06-2019 16:00
  "He took a mulligan and hit it into the lake." So said historian Jon Meacham, my co-panelist on Sunday's "Meet the Press," in a quippy but devastating conclusion about former special counsel Robert Mueller. He did so after I had delivered the center-right legal world's hardening conclusion that the report of the special counsel was not only incomprehensible but also indecipherable (news organizations are divided on something as basic as whether there are 10 or 11 specific fact patterns reviewed
  
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• GOP senators line up against Trump’s 5% Mexico tariff plan

  05-06-2019 16:00
  Washington • In a rare confrontation, Republican senators are declaring deep opposition to President Donald Trump’s threatened tariffs on all goods coming into the U.S. from Mexico. But it’s unclear they have the votes to stop him, and Trump said they’d be “foolish” to try.All sides, including officials from Mexico meeting with Trump negotiators in Washington this week, remain hopeful that high-level talks will ease the president away from his threat. But with
  
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• No more free bags, a cannabis vendor and other news as Salt Lake City’s Downtown Farmers Market opens Saturday

  05-06-2019 15:27
  If you forget to take a reusable bag to the Downtown Farmers Market, it will cost you.Organizers of the state’s premier summer market — which kicks off its 28th season this Saturday — have decided to stop giving away bags to forgetful shoppers.“We’re trying to change behaviors,” said market manager Alison Einerson. And the best way to to that, she added with a tinge of sarcasm, "is to invite people to pay.”Farmers will sell reusable bags for $1 — t
  
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• Global study says Salt Lake City is a rare place where traffic congestion is decreasing as population booms

  05-06-2019 15:23
  A new global study about traffic congestion says the Salt Lake metro area is one of the few places in North America making significant improvement, and it could serve as a model for others.“We’ve been pleased to uncover some positive developments in cities like Portland [Ore.] and Salt Lake City, which might serve as examples for other cities,” said Nick Cohn, senior traffic expert for TomTom, a Netherlands-based navigation software company.It just released its annual TomTom Tr
  
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• Political Cornflakes: Former Senate Leader Harry Reid now says the time has come to open impeachment inquiry

  05-06-2019 15:09
  Happy Wednesday!Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada is joining a growing chorus of Democrats who say it is time to open an impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump. As recently as last month Reid, of Nevada, warned Democrats not to go down the impeachment path. [USAToday]Topping the news: Senator Mitt Romney gave his first Senate address, calling out China as a greater threat than Russia going forward because of its rising economic and military strength. He called for the Uni
  
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• [KSL] - The Web Weave: Has Ricky Rubio played his final minutes with the Utah Jazz? | KSL.com

  05-06-2019 15:07 via sportspyder.com
  Welcome to the Web Weave, where the web sports team at KSL.com discuss the latest, breakingest, most high-impact news in Utah sports. You can listen in podcast form, too.
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Donovan Mitchell opens up about Knicks passing on him in 2017 draft, admits he thought Hornets would draft him

  05-06-2019 14:22 via sportspyder.com
  Donovan Mitchell of the Utah Jazz recalled the 2017 NBA Draft. He knew he had a chance of being the eighth overall pick and going to the New York Knicks. He even thought that the New Orleans Hornets — who had the 11th pick — would select him. Per...
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Could D’Angelo Russell to Utah be a possibility?

  05-06-2019 14:20 via sportspyder.com
  Where there’s smoke there’s always fire
  
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• ‘You need a state to be willing to take that plunge’ — report says Utah could lead the way on sales tax modernization

  05-06-2019 14:00
  A D.C. think tank is urging Utah lawmakers to blaze a trail for other states by updating sales tax structures that are rooted in Depression-era consumer spending patterns.A number of states have taken stabs at modernizing their sales tax systems, but the most comprehensive attempts have been stymied by political challenges inherent in such a large undertaking, the Tax Foundation’s Jared Walczak said.“Often you need a first mover on something like this. You need a state to be willing
  
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• Gehrke: Taking money out of Utah’s underfunded schools is not the way to solve the tax problem

  05-06-2019 14:00
  It shouldn’t really come as a surprise anymore. Last week, the Census Bureau released its latest numbers on how much each state spends educating each of its students and — you’ll never guess — but Utah was last.It’s been that way every year, pretty much since Utah kids have been going to school. Chances are it will be that way every year until this year’s kindergartners have great-grandchildren in the school system.As a state, we have a lot more kids than most
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - PODCAST: Who should the Utah Jazz pick in the NBA draft?

  05-06-2019 09:23 via sportspyder.com
  There’s some interesting options around the Jazz draft spot
  
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• Sources: Multiple Teams Interested in D’Angelo Russell

  05-06-2019 08:06 via basketballinsiders.com
  According to The Athletic’s Shams Charania, at least four teams are interested in making [D’Angelo] Russell’s services a priority. Via The Athletic: A market is forming for Nets All-Star and restricted free agent D’Angelo Russell: Utah, Orlando, Minnesota and Indiana are among the teams expected to show an interest aside from Brooklyn, sources said. Source: […]
  
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