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• Utah Supreme Court finds that state panel was unconstitutionally blocking medical malpractice lawsuits

  22-07-2019 23:34
  It’s rare, but it happens: A surgeon leaves a piece of gauze in a patient. A doctor gives a bad diagnosis. The wrong arm is amputated.When mistakes happen in hospitals and doctor offices, many assume the straightforward remedy is to hire a lawyer and sue.But, in Utah, it’s not that easy — and for years, the state’s medical community has had significant influence on which malpractice cases made it into the courtroom.Not anymore.The Utah Supreme Court released a decision ov
  
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• Starting this WEDNESDAY https://twitter.com/jazzteamstore/status/1153411156859506688 …

  22-07-2019 23:33 via twitter.com
  Starting this WEDNESDAY https://twitter.com/jazzteamstore/status/1153411156859506688 …
  
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• Utah man pleads not guilty to 2 Los Angeles-area killings

  22-07-2019 23:14
  Los Angeles • A Utah man has pleaded not guilty to multiple charges stemming from the alleged murders of an off-duty Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputy and a professional Russian snowboarder in June.Thirty-year-old Rhett Nelson was arraigned Monday on charges of killing 50-year-old Deputy Joseph Solano and 31-year-old Dmitry Kolstov. He also denied charges of attempted murder and robbery.Nelson was not granted bail and will remain in custody.According to the District Attorney's Offic
  
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• Donovan dunking. That's the tweet. #NBADunkWeekpic.twitter.com/BPJjQJ25Yv

  22-07-2019 23:04 via twitter.com
  Donovan dunking. That's the tweet.#NBADunkWeekpic.twitter.com/BPJjQJ25Yv
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Purple Mountain-themed colorway among three new D.O.N. Issue #1s surfacing online

  22-07-2019 23:02 via sportspyder.com
  Purple Mountains make an appearance in Spida’s newest colorway.
  
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• Jackson Diehl: Dictators are ascendant, but people all over the world are fighting back

  22-07-2019 23:00
  By now it's old news that the world is living through a retreat of democracy. For a dozen consecutive years, the number of countries where liberty has declined has exceeded those where it has expanded, according to Freedom House. Autocrats are stepping up repression; populist movements are rising in Europe and the United States. China and Russia are offering new models of high-tech dictatorship.The drift augurs ill for human governance in the 21st century. That's why it's encouraging that an une
  
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• Find some shade — or a cool zone — as temperatures reach triple digits in Utah

  22-07-2019 22:57
  The heat is on in Utah.The National Weather Service has issued a heat advisory for the state, with daytime temperatures expected to reach the upper 90s and low 100s through Tuesday.Residents should feel some relief when the sun goes down with overnight temperatures dipping into upper 60s and mid 70s.As temperatures increase, so does the risk for heat-related illnesses, especially for senior citizens and other vulnerable populations. Health officials encourage residents to drink plenty of water,
  
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• [Deseret News] - Here's when Utah Jazz fans will be able to watch the team's new players in action

  22-07-2019 22:37 via sportspyder.com
  The Utah Jazz announced that tickets for the team’s preseason home games go on sale Tuesday at 10 a.m. MT.
  
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• Neemias Queta, Utah State’s star center, injures his knee in an international game

  22-07-2019 22:36
  Neemias Queta, the star center for the Utah State Aggies men’s basketball team with NBA potential, injured his knee during a FIBA Under-20 European Championship game over the weekend in Portugal.A video of the injury shows Queta, who was playing for Portugal, batting for a rebound and falling to the ground. Then a player for the Russian team landed on him. It’s unclear whether the injury happened before or after the contact with the other player.Queta was scheduled to undergo an MRI
  
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• Here's when Utah Jazz fans will be able to watch the team's new players in action

  22-07-2019 22:31
  Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell (45) lays the ball up as Adelaide 36ers forward Jake Wiley, right, defends during the first half during an NBA exhibition basketball game Friday, Oct. 5, 2018, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)APSALT LAKE CITY — Utah Jazz fans will be able to see the new Utah Jazz lineup in action for the first time on Oct. 5.The team announced that tickets for the team's preseason home games go on sale Tuesday at 10 a.m. MT. Here's the schedule:
  Saturday, Oct. 5: A
  
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• [The Score] - Report: Jazz's Conley, Warriors' Russell on Team USA replacement short list

  22-07-2019 22:16 via sportspyder.com
  USA Basketball is prepared in case more stars opt out of the upcoming FIBA World Cup.Golden State Warriors guard D'Angelo Russell and Utah Jazz guard Mike Conley are among some of the names included on Team USA's potential short list of replacements,
  
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• Hugh Hewitt: The forces against religious freedom are ascendant. The Trump administration mounts a defense.

  22-07-2019 22:03
  You are forgiven if you missed the most important story of the week given the political pyrotechnics culminating in President Donald Trump's welcome disavowal of the nativist chant "Send her back." Trump will wisely smother such outbursts at rallies, but expect provocateurs to try to get it started again and again. It's a deeply offensive and un-American echo of the "Know-Nothings" of the 19th century, whose fury was directed at Roman Catholics.There is a tie, though, between the Know-Nothings o
  
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• Nathaniel Rateliff is back at Red Butte for what should be the highlight of the summer concert season

  22-07-2019 21:29
  Spring means warmer temperatures, baseball and the release of the Red Butte summer concert lineup. And when the schedule hit a few months back there was one show that stood out as THE must-see show of the summer — Nathaniel Rateliff and The Night Sweats.And that show is Tuesday.It will be Rateliff’s first time back at Red Butte (he played The Depot in 2016) since he opened for Emmylou Harris in 2014, a year before the folkster on the verge of abandoning music teamed with The Night Sw
  
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• [Deseret News] - Donovan Mitchell's odds of making USA Basketball's World Cup roster have likely increased. Here's why

  22-07-2019 21:21 via sportspyder.com
  Mitchell is expected to attend the team's training camp in August.
  
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• Donovan Mitchell's odds of making USA Basketball's World Cup roster have likely increased. Here's why

  22-07-2019 21:19
  Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell (45) talks with media after practice at the Toyota Center on Tuesday, April 16, 2019 as they prepare for game 2 with the Rockets in Houston.SALT LAKE CITY — When it was announced in early June that Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell would attend USA Basketball's training camp in August in preparation for this summer's FIBA World Cup in China, it was seen as a neat opportunity for the budding star, but that he had an uphill climb to make the final roster.After
  
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• Jana Riess: All hail the Mormon pioneers

  22-07-2019 21:12
  It’s that time of year again, when Latter-day Saints remember — and remember, and remember — the brave pioneers who settled the Salt Lake Valley in July of 1847.In Utah, Pioneer Day is a state holiday that sounds like a second chance at celebrating the Fourth of July, with fireworks, parades, and outdoor barbecues. (Apparently Jell-O is involved. Even though it was not a delicacy the pioneers enjoyed, it’s now the official state snack food of Utah, so it has become &ldquo
  
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• Paul Waldman: Trump is building a chaos machine for his reelection

  22-07-2019 20:57
  In 2016, it was common for everyone watching the presidential campaign — operatives, pundits, journalists, voters — to remark that the whole thing was just crazy. Donald Trump had smashed all the spoken and unspoken rules about how a mature democracy was supposed to conduct an election, leaving much of the country shaking their heads in wonder, alternately amused and bemused, when perhaps more of us should have reacted with horror and panic.But that was nothing. For his 2020 reelecti
  
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• Scholar uncovers the Mary Magdalene whom early Christian scribes tried to blot out

  22-07-2019 20:24
  On Monday, the feast day of Mary Magdalene, Elizabeth Schrader planned to hike up a mountain in the south of France to the cave where, legend has it, the saint lived out her remaining days after the crucifixion of Jesus.It was to be Schrader’s fourth trek to the cave, in the town of Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume, an hour’s drive from Marseille, but her first on the actual feast day, decreed by Pope Francis in 2016. Even before the decree, the day had long drawn pilgrims who go throug
  
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• Utes will host Oregon and Oregon State to begin the Pac-12 men’s basketball schedule

  22-07-2019 20:22
  Utah will open the 2019-20 Pac-12 men’s basketball play at home, following a long absence from the Huntsman Center.Oregon and Oregon State, in some order, were assigned to visit the Utes during the week of Jan. 1-5, according to the framework of the conference schedule announced Monday. The exact opponents, dates, tipoff times and broadcast information usually are finalized in mid-September. Pac-12 games are staged from Wednesday through Sunday.The Oregon schools both beat Utah at the Hunt
  
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• ‘Holy, Holy, Holy’ is the winner, winner, winner as top hymn

  22-07-2019 20:01
  “Holy, Holy, Holy” has been chosen in a March Madness-like tournament as “the greatest hymn of all time.”The Hymn Society in the United States and Canada announced the winner Thursday, the last day of its annual conference in Dallas.“Some matchups were real nail-biters, while in others one hymn blew its opposition out of the water!” read a Thursday post on the society’s Facebook page. “Yesterday was the final round and we can safely say that the Gr
  
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• Royce is a big fan (check the tattoo ) Who else saw #TheLionKing this weekend?pic.twitter.com/TzPQNbhi3t

  22-07-2019 19:59 via twitter.com
  Royce is a big fan (check the tattoo )Who else saw #TheLionKing this weekend?pic.twitter.com/TzPQNbhi3t
  
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• United Utah Party wants to impose term limits on state elected leaders through a ballot initiative

  22-07-2019 19:46
  Twelve consecutive years in office would be the new maximum for state lawmakers under a proposed ballot initiative planned by the United Utah Party.The party — which pitches itself as a centrist alternative to the state’s Republican and Democratic organizations — announced its plans Monday to seek voter approval to impose a three-term limit on state senators, six-term limit on state representatives, and an eight-year cap on the statewide positions of governor, lieutenant govern
  
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• [YouTube: Utah Jazz Videos] - Lookin' Live: Episode 9

  22-07-2019 19:41 via sportspyder.com
  A look back at NBA Summer League, the rookies getting scanned into video games and Mike Conley's visit to SLC as a member of the team.
  
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• Utahn dies after weight-loss surgery in Mexico

  22-07-2019 19:39
  A Utahn has died after traveling to Tijuana, Mexico, to undergo weight-loss surgery and testing positive for a bacteria that is resistant to antibiotics, state health officials said Monday.Eight Utahns, including the patient who died, have been infected or colonized with a form of Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria (VIM-CRPA) after traveling to Tijuana for similar surgical procedures. The name of the deceased person was not released. The other patients have recovered.The Utah Department of Health i
  
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• [Deseret News] - Fan petition hopes to convince Utah Jazz to build a Jerry Sloan statue

  22-07-2019 19:38 via sportspyder.com
  Sloan has been hesitant to have the attention placed on him, but many Jazz fans believe it's time to give him the same honor as John Stockton and Karl Malone.
  
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• [The Ringer] - Are the Utah Jazz Ready to Contend?

  22-07-2019 19:36 via sportspyder.com
  J. Kyle Mann breaks down how the additions of Mike Conley and Bojan Bogdanovic coupled with the continued development of Donovan Mitchell could push the Utah Jazz to a new level this season
  
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• Fan petition hopes to convince Utah Jazz to build a Jerry Sloan statue

  22-07-2019 19:34
  FILE - In this Sunday, May 2, 2010, file photo, Utah Jazz coach Jerry Sloan yells to his team during the first half of Game 1 of a second-round NBA basketball playoff series against the Los Angeles Lakers in Los Angeles.APSALT LAKE CITY — Ever since John Stockton and Karl Malone were immortalized in Salt Lake City with bigger-than-life statues, a question has been asked around Jazzland.When will Greg Ostertag get his statue?Oops. That's not the question.The real one: How about a statue for
  
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• LOOKIN' LIVE: Episode Take a peek back at @NBASummerLeague and more from Mike Conley's visit to SLC as a member of the Jazz. "Looking forward to a special year with special people." #LookinLive | #TakeNotepic.twitter.com/03uoHJ5KVX

  22-07-2019 19:28 via twitter.com
  LOOKIN' LIVE: EpisodeTake a peek back at @NBASummerLeague and more from Mike Conley's visit to SLC as a member of the Jazz."Looking forward to a special year with special people."#LookinLive | #TakeNotepic.twitter.com/03uoHJ5KVX
  
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• Will injured Utes playmaker Britain Covey recover in time to face BYU? It’s complicated.

  22-07-2019 19:16
  Utah receiver Britain Covey walked through the Eccles Football Center, humming a song from “Les Miserables.”“Stuck in my head,” he said, with both a smile and a grimace.Some things are uncontrollable, even for a person with Covey’s level of discipline. Approaching eight months after injuring his right knee on a kickoff return vs. Washington in the Pac-12 championship game, he’s discovering that not every assignment is easily finished according to his own calen
  
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• Salt Lake City’s airport saw a big boost in travelers and the rise is expected to continue for years

  22-07-2019 18:59
  Eight airports in Utah offer scheduled commercial passenger service. But Salt Lake City International Airport gobbles up 98% of that business.New preliminary data from the Federal Aviation Administration for 2018 reports that the Salt Lake City airport had 12.23 million passenger boardings in 2018, up 5.3%.Meanwhile, all other airports in Utah combined had 286,860 boardings, meaning Salt Lake City had 43 times as many.Officials often double the number of boardings to estimate how many people als
  
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• House Republicans promise tough questions at Mueller hearing

  22-07-2019 18:48
  Washington • House Republicans are pledging tough questioning of special counsel Robert Mueller when he testifies before Congress this week as Democrats plan to air evidence of wrongdoing by President Donald Trump in a potentially last-ditch bid to impeach him.Rep. Doug Collins, the top Republican on the House Judiciary Committee, said the American public is growing weary of the Russia investigation three months after the release of the special counsel’s 448-page report and that &ldqu
  
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• [NBA] - Tickets for Utah Jazz 2019 preseason home games on sale July 23

  22-07-2019 18:31 via sportspyder.com
  The Utah Jazz announced today that tickets for the team’s 2019 preseason home games will go on sale tomorrow, July 23 at 10 a.m. MT. The 2019 Jazz preseason schedule will feature three games at
  
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• PRESEASON HOME GAME SCHEDULE IS OUT » https://on.nba.com/2Svlzt8 pic.twitter.com/ZT756fV0tq

  22-07-2019 18:21 via twitter.com
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• Salt Lake bans campfires in City Creek Canyon

  22-07-2019 18:20
  Salt Lake City has banned campfires at all picnic sites in City Creek Canyon.The restriction began July 19 and continues indefinitely, according to a news release Monday from Mayor Jackie Biskupski’s office.“With increasingly hot and dry conditions, as well as City Creek Canyon’s close proximity to urban neighborhoods, Salt Lake City Public Utilities and Salt Lake City Fire Department have decided to implement the ban until further notice," the release states.Fireworks and open
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - What can Jazz fans expect from Ed Davis?

  22-07-2019 17:58 via sportspyder.com
  We asked an expert.
  
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• 77% of Utahns support laws protecting LGBTQ community — 2nd highest in the nation

  22-07-2019 17:46
  More than three-quarters of Utahns support laws that protect the LGBTQ community from discrimination — the second-highest level of support in the nation, according to a new survey.The Public Religion Research Institute research showed 77% of Utahns support and 19% oppose protecting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transexual and queer residents from discrimination in jobs, public accommodations and housing.That's 8% percent higher than the national average.
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• Hospitals put Native Americans at opioid risk, audit says

  22-07-2019 17:43
  Flagstaff, Ariz. • U.S. government hospitals placed Native American patients at increased risk for opioid abuse and overdoses, failing to follow their own protocols for prescribing and dispensing the drugs, according to a federal audit made public Monday.The report by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General does not draw conclusions about actual abuse or overdoses. But it said all five Indian Health Service hospitals that were reviewed had patient
  
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• [Deseret News] - Morning links: Even more reasons to be fans of Ed Davis, Tony Finau

  22-07-2019 16:55 via sportspyder.com
  The new Utah Jazz big man and the star golfer from the Beehive State both did some pretty cool things last week.
  
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• Morning links: Even more reasons to be fans of Ed Davis, Tony Finau

  22-07-2019 16:50
  Ed Davis and Tony FinauAssociated PressSALT LAKE CITY — If you're not an Ed Davis fan, you will be after learning what he's doing with some of his free time this summer.The new Utah big man, who recently signed a two-year, $10 million contract with the Jazz, hosted a basketball camp for youth in his hometown of Richmond, Virginia.Price of admission: Nothing."It's my duty to give back, especially to this city."
  Richmond native and current @utahjazz forward/center Ed Davis is hosting his you
  
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• Turns out the ‘burglar’ that broke into a Utah home was a real turkey

  22-07-2019 16:47
  Thinking a nearby house was being robbed, a thoughtful neighbor called police Saturday.The “burglar" was a real turkey.On Saturday, Lone Peak police were dispatched to a “burglary in progress" after the resident heard a window break at the home next door, where the owners were away, according to a department Facebook post.A short time later, officers arrived and found a window broken, the posts says. Officers found an open door and began to clear the house, finding the “suspect
  
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• Letter: If Republicans believe in racism, they should just say so

  22-07-2019 16:10
  Donald Trump called out four freshman congresswomen — women of color — suggesting they were not Americans and should leave if they don’t like it here. Unsurprisingly, the GOP has been largely silent.I read an online analysis by Chris Cillizza of CNN suggesting what we’ve heard before — that members of Congress fear Trump’s wrath and either hide or twist themselves into a knot saying that what Trump said is not what Trump said.I would like to offer another alte
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Suns’ Ricky Rubio had second thoughts signing with Pacers after Bojan Bogdanovic went to Jazz

  22-07-2019 16:08 via sportspyder.com
  Ricky Rubio ended his 2018-19 season, his second with the Utah Jazz, likely knowing it would be his last there. The veteran point guard soon looked to find a new home and after the Jazz traded for Mike Conley, it was a sure thing he wouldn’t come...
  
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• Political Cornflakes: Thousands tell stories of when they were taunted, ‘Go back where you came from’

  22-07-2019 15:03
  Happy Monday!When The New York Times asked readers if they have ever been told to “go back where you came from” — a taunt President Donald Trump aimed at four women of color in Congress — it was flooded with 16,000 responses. Stories came from African-Americans, Asian-Americans, Native Americans, Jewish Americans and others. Some say they have heard the taunt throughout their lives. The newspaper condensed 67 of the stories into a feature. [NYTimes]Topping the news: LDS C
  
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• Terry Haven: How are the children? We can answer that.

  22-07-2019 15:02
  Recently, The Annie E. Casey Foundation published its 30th KIDS COUNT Data Book. The annual publication tracks and ranks all the states on 16 indicators of child well-being in four different domains – economic well-being, education, health, and family and community. Utah has changed dramatically in the 30 years since the data book was first published. In 1990 Utah had 627,000 kids. By 2017 that had grown to 926,000. In 1990, 90% of Utah’s children were non-Hispanic white compared to
  
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• Robert Gehrke: Utah Navajos won a big court ruling that should forever end their second-class status in San Juan County

  22-07-2019 14:00
  For decades, Navajo voters were the victims of institutionalized discrimination and disenfranchisement in San Juan County, and the barrier that relegated them to second-class citizens seemed insurmountable.Despite making up a majority of this southeastern Utah county, biased and patently unfair boundaries for commission districts ensured that no more than one of the three members would be Navajo.This was accomplished by the old “pack-and-crack” technique. Roughly 93 percent of the vo
  
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• Looking to buy a house on the Wasatch Front? Here’s what you can get for the median price.

  22-07-2019 14:00
  You probably know that home prices in the Salt Lake Valley are going up and up, and that a booming demand has outgrown what the Utah market has to offer.That leads to some obvious questions. Potential homebuyers may wonder what types of homes fit into their budget, especially if they are willing to move to another area. If you are a homeowner, how have the rising sale prices affected your property values?Home prices throughout the metro area are rising, but every ZIP code is different. So with t
  
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• Letter: Trump’s racism and climate change draw similar responses from GOP

  22-07-2019 14:00
  It is as hard for a Utah Republican official to say, “It’s racist,” as it is for a Utah TV meteorologist to say, “It’s global warming.”Sen. Mitt Romney came close when he said of Trump’s racist tweets against the “squad”: “People can disagree over politics and policy, but telling American citizens to go back to where they came from is over the line.” So close. And very brave, compared to his colleagues.Last spring, a KSTU (FOX 13)
  
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• Letter: Rep. Ben McAdams sided with fat cats over working-class Utahns

  22-07-2019 14:00
  Rep. Ben McAdams voted against a gradual rise to the minimum wage to $15 over the next 6 years. He said, “A solution that works in New York City or Los Angeles doesn’t work for Utah.” Really? McAdams must believe you can make it in Utah on $7.25 an hour. He should try it! A minimum wage worker in Utah makes less per month than the cost of a shabby one-bedroom apartment. $7.25 is a poverty wage and it must change.McDonald’s made $21 billion in 2018. The fast food industry
  
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• Letter: Remaining silent about Trump gives consent

  22-07-2019 14:00
  As a lifelong Democrat, I have greatly admired Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox for his honesty, compassion and integrity as he has expressed his concern about a number of events or situations in our country. I was so saddened to read in The Salt Lake Tribune that he has said he has decided that not commenting is a better way to react to Trump because speaking out doesn’t make anything better.I would respectfully ask: How does remaining silent help?The foundation of the Republican Party has been erode
  
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• Letter: No money for Megan Rapinoe

  22-07-2019 14:00
  Megan Rapinoe is a good soccer player for team USA, but she an egotistical, self-centered athlete who doesn’t realize where her financial support comes from.U.S. sports organizations raise money for athletes to compete on an international level. You hear the chant “USA” at these sporting events to support our athletes. Most U.S. athletes give back this recognition to their country.I, for one, will not give money to support the likes of Megan.Jim Dublinski, Salt Lake CitySubmit
  
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