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• The latest iteration of Shakey Graves taking the stage at Red Butte may surprise his casual fans

  12-08-2019 23:33
  With the heart of a songwriter and a sound that can range from traditional folk to a gritty modern honky tonk, Shakey Graves comes to Red Butte Garden on Tuesday, bringing the latest phase in the artist’s evolution.Reinvention is nothing new for Alejandro Rose-Garcia, the man behind the Shakey Graves moniker. He used to work as a busker on the streets and tried his hand at acting, making the rounds at auditions in Los Angeles. He landed a small role on “Friday Night Lights,” be
  
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• [Deseret News] - Utah Jazz schedule: Here’s 10 things you should look for in the 2019-20 NBA season

  12-08-2019 23:29 via sportspyder.com
  Here are some notable highlights and games to watch for the 2019-20 season.
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Jazz traveling the most miles in the NBA in 2019-20

  12-08-2019 23:27 via sportspyder.com
  The Utah Jazz will travel the most miles in the NBA next season. The Jazz will travel over 50,000 miles in 2019-20: NBA 2019-20 Total miles to be traveled by each team pic.twitter.com/WpxyEmn0yb — Ed Küpfer (@EdKupfer) August 12, 2019 Last season,...
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Jazz guard Mike Conley says return to Memphis to face Grizzlies will be ‘one of the tougher moments of my career’

  12-08-2019 23:27 via sportspyder.com
  Utah Jazz point guard Mike Conley says his return to FedEx Forum to face the Memphis Grizzlies next season will be “one of the tougher moments of my career.” The Grizzlies selected Conley with the fourth overall pick in the 2007 NBA Draft out of...
  
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• Polygamist leader Warren Jeffs’ mental health questioned

  12-08-2019 23:24
  Imprisoned polygamist leader Warren Jeffs has allegedly suffered a mental breakdown and isn’t fit to give a deposition in a sex abuse case against him, according to a recent court filing.Forcing Jeffs to testify would be “futile,” said lawyers representing a community trust that once belonged to a polygamous sect run by Jeffs on the Utah-Arizona border.The trust and Jeffs were sued in 2017 by a woman who says she was sexually abused by Jeffs when she was a child.“The trus
  
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• Commentary: The maddeningly untraditional — and modern — faith of Abraham Lincoln

  12-08-2019 23:24
  The recent rediscovery of a Bible once owned by Abraham Lincoln has renewed a longstanding debate about Lincoln’s faith and what role it played in his life and presidency. It has also reminded us how maddeningly untraditional and surprisingly modern his faith was.The high ground in these debates has long been occupied by those who see Lincoln as a stalwart believer, a man converted and equal to the many references to God in his magnificent speeches.Then there are those, most Lincoln schola
  
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• Utah Jazz schedule: Here’s 10 things you should look for in the 2019-20 NBA season

  12-08-2019 23:19
  Memphis Grizzlies guard Mike Conley (11) drives around Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell, left, in the first half of an NBA basketball game Monday, Oct. 22, 2018, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)Rick BowmerSALT LAKE CITY — With Donovan Mitchell's Adidas D.O.N. Issue #1 sneakers flying off the shelves and Jazz jerseys being sported religiously on the streets of Utah, local fans are thirsty for some NBA basketball.There's no denying the buzz around town with the additions of Bojan Bo
  
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• Real Salt Lake may be in for a messy breakup after firing coach Mike Petke

  12-08-2019 23:08
  Herriman • The Freddy Juarez era began for Real Salt Lake on Monday with the former assistant coach taking over after the team fired Mike Petke, but it appears the team and its former coach may have a messy, prolonged breakup.The Athletic reported Monday that Petke was given the opportunity to resign a few days prior to his firing, making him eligible for a payout in the low six figures. But when he opted not to quit, the organization decided to let him go.The club expects Petke to fight fo
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Utah Jazz 2019-20 Schedule Release: First Reactions

  12-08-2019 23:06 via sportspyder.com
  We know where, when, and who the Jazz will play in 2019-20.
  
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• Ron Lafferty could face firing squad within ‘months’ after Utah death row inmate loses latest appeal

  12-08-2019 22:53
  A federal appeals court Monday pushed Ron Lafferty, who is on Utah’s death row for the 1984 for the murder of his sister-in-law and niece in American Fork, much closer to a firing squad by denying his latest appeal.Lafferty, 78, can appeal the latest decision to the U.S. Supreme Court, said Andrew Peterson, assistant solicitor general at the Utah Attorney General’s Office.“It’s incredibly unlikely they will review this case," Peterson said, “and if they don’t,
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Utah Jazz avoid early-season road woes of years past as the NBA releases its 2019-20 schedule

  12-08-2019 22:49 via sportspyder.com
  The past two seasons, Utah Jazz fans have wondered if the NBA’s schedule-makers have held some kind of grudge against their team, given some extremely road-heavy stretches during critical junctures of those campaigns.
  
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• [Deseret News] - Utah Jazz schedule: Here are 10 things you should look for in the 2019-20 NBA season

  12-08-2019 22:32 via sportspyder.com
  Here are some notable highlights and games to watch for the 2019-20 season.
  
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• Salt Lake City International Airport has quickest security lines, says new study

  12-08-2019 22:27
  Harried travelers may not believe it, but Salt Lake City International Airport wins bragging rights for the shortest waits at security checkpoints among the nation’s 25 busiest airports, according to a new study.The average wait there is 9.1 minutes — a minute and a half quicker than at No. 2 Washington Dulles International Airport, and 20 minutes better than at last-place Newark Liberty International.That’s according to a study by Upgraded Points, a website that advises how to
  
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• Utah Jazz schedule: Here are 10 things you should look for in the 2019-20 NBA season

  12-08-2019 22:26
  Memphis Grizzlies guard Mike Conley (11) drives around Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell, left, in the first half of an NBA basketball game Monday, Oct. 22, 2018, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)Rick BowmerSALT LAKE CITY — With Donovan Mitchell's Adidas D.O.N. Issue #1 sneakers flying off the shelves and Jazz jerseys being sported religiously on the streets of Utah; local fans are thirsty for some NBA basketball.There's no denying the buzz around town with the additions of Bojan Bo
  
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• [Bleacher Report] - Jazz 2019-20 Schedule: Top Games, Championship Odds and Record Predictions

  12-08-2019 22:25 via sportspyder.com
  The Utah Jazz enter the 2019-20 season with higher hopes than at any point since Karl Malone and John Stockton hung up their jerseys in the early 2000s...
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Mike Conley reveals Jazz’s mindset regarding being a championship contender

  12-08-2019 21:51 via sportspyder.com
  Mike Conley will suit up in a different uniform for the first time in his career, yet he has an aggressive mindset going into this new venture with the Utah Jazz after spending his first 12 years with the Memphis Grizzlies. His addition bolstered a...
  
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• [NBA] - What to Watch: 10 highlights from the Utah Jazz's 2019-20 schedule

  12-08-2019 21:44 via sportspyder.com
  Seventy-two days.That’s all that stands between you and the first Utah Jazz game of the new season, following the NBA’s 2019-20 schedule release on Monday.The Utah Jazz will tip off the new season at
  
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• Wednesday!

  12-08-2019 21:34 via twitter.com
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• How Oregon beating Auburn could help the Utes and every other Pac-12 team

  12-08-2019 21:32
  From the outside, Chris Petersen remembers being aware of a strong national view of the Pac-12 in the middle of this decade.“Five years later, we don’t even know how to play football anymore,” the fifth-year Washington coach said during the Pac-12 Football Media Day in July, citing outsiders’ perspective.The Oregon Ducks can alter that storyline. Just as Petersen’s Huskies did last year, Oregon will open the season Aug. 31 vs. Auburn in a showcase game. This one&rsq
  
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• We open the season at home against OKC pic.twitter.com/A9LO9GrqZX

  12-08-2019 21:17 via twitter.com
  We open the season at home against OKC pic.twitter.com/A9LO9GrqZX
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Jazz’s Mike Conley impressed by Donovan Mitchell’s willingness to learn

  12-08-2019 21:09 via sportspyder.com
  Though they’ve only been teammates for a short while, recently acquired Utah Jazz point guard Mike Conley is already impressed with Donovan Mitchell’s willingness to learn. Conley, who was traded from the Memphis Grizzlies to the Jazz in June,...
  
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• IT'S HERE Full schedule » https://on.nba.com/2yWGdt6 pic.twitter.com/MbwLwLeKCi

  12-08-2019 21:07 via twitter.com
  IT'S HERE
  Full schedule » https://on.nba.com/2yWGdt6 pic.twitter.com/MbwLwLeKCi
  
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• Utah high school band teacher charged with paying teen girls for nude photos

  12-08-2019 20:56
  An assistant band teacher at Pleasant Grove High School has been charged with sexual exploitation after reportedly paying teenage girls — including at least one student — for nude pictures of themselves.Luis Mendez-Gamino, 23, of Lindon, was charged in 4th District Court with 14 counts of sexual exploitation of a minor, a second-degree felony, and six counts of criminal solicitation, a class A misdemeanor. He was booked into the Utah County jail, where he is being held without bail.A
  
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• New Trump rules would further restrict legal immigration

  12-08-2019 20:37
  Washington • The Trump administration is moving forward with one of its most aggressive steps yet to restrict legal immigration, denying green cards to many migrants who use Medicaid, food stamps, housing vouchers or other forms of public assistance, officials said Monday.Federal law already requires those seeking to become permanent residents and gain legal status to prove they will not be a burden to the U.S. — a “public charge,” in government speak —but the new ru
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Jazz’s Mike Conley says ‘it’s a blessing’ to now be teammates with Rudy Gobert

  12-08-2019 20:27 via sportspyder.com
  Mike Conley will have the chance to play with another fortress in the paint after spending the vast majority of his career playing alongside Marc Gasol with the Memphis Grizzlies. The new Utah Jazz point man will play with reigning two-time...
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Jazz star Mike Conley reflects on his time with Memphis

  12-08-2019 20:27 via sportspyder.com
  Mike Conley is excited to chase a championship with the Utah Jazz both this season and going forward. Reflecting on the longest chapter of his NBA career finally coming to a close, though, the veteran floor general made it clear that he’ll never...
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Jazz star Mike Conley admits he’s still adjusting to being on a new team after all his years with Grizzlies

  12-08-2019 20:27 via sportspyder.com
  New Utah Jazz point guard Mike Conley is still adjusting to his transition to a new team after 12 years with the Memphis Grizzlies. The floor general admitted it’s still weird to hear himself associated with a new franchise after spending his entire...
  
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• Trump overhauls enforcement of Endangered Species Act

  12-08-2019 20:19
  Washington • The Trump administration on Monday rolled out some of the broadest changes in decades to enforcement of the landmark Endangered Species Act, allowing the government to put an economic cost on saving a species and other changes critics contend could speed extinction for some struggling plants and animals.Interior Secretary David Bernhardt and other administration officials contend the changes improve efficiency of oversight, while protecting rare species.“The best way to u
  
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• Alexandra Petri: Donor announces breakthrough operation of separating Trump from his hatred

  12-08-2019 19:57
  Great news! A medical miracle! We feared it could never be done. We feared we might lose the patient on the operating table. But he has come out of it — alive, if not intact, which was the point."I have known Donald Trump for 40 years," Stephen Ross, owner of SoulCycle and Equinox Fitness clubs, and megadonor to President Trump, said in a statement upon attempting this risky operation of separating the president into palatable parts, "and while we agree on some issues, we strongly disagree
  
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• [USA Today: Hoops Hype] - Mike Conley says facing Grizzlies will be 'tougher moment' of career

  12-08-2019 19:51 via sportspyder.com
  Utah Jazz point guard Mike Conley opened up to HoopsHype about returning to face the Memphis Grizzlies in FedEx Forum for the first time.
  
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• JJ Grey was his normal engaging self while Jonny Lang limped through a troubled set at Red Butte

  12-08-2019 19:44
  Sometimes a co-headliner act at Red Butte seems a little unfair for the act that draws the short straw and has to take the stage first.It’s usually blazing hot, the sun is in your face, and the audience is still milling around, struggling to set up lawn chairs or open bottles of wine and noshing on cheese and crackers.And when JJ Grey and Mofro hit the stage Monday evening, sure people were still filtering in and setting up camp, and the band had to be roasting, dressed all in black (excep
  
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• [Hoops Rumors] - Mike Conley Talks Trade To Utah, Jazz’s Goals, More

  12-08-2019 19:33 via sportspyder.com
  The trade that sent Mike Conley from Memphis to Utah this offseason was one of the first major deals completed, …
  
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• Mike Conley says facing Grizzlies will be 'tougher moment' of career

  12-08-2019 19:21
  Utah Jazz point guard Mike Conley was originally selected by the Memphis Grizzlies with the fourth overall pick in the 2007 NBA Draft.
  He had played his entire career with the Grizzlies until he was traded to the Utah Jazz this offseason, as Memphis focused on building around a younger core including Jaren Jackson Jr. and rookie Ja Morant.
  Conley, 31, is a three-time winner of the NBA Sportsmanship Award and he took home the honor this summer as well. He also won Teammate of the Year in 201
  
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• [USA Today: Hoops Hype] - Utah Jazz's Mike Conley Q&A: 'Memphis made me; I grew up there'

  12-08-2019 19:15 via sportspyder.com
  Mike Conley on his first impression of Utah, his bittersweet exit from Memphis, his desire to coach someday, his summer training and more.
  
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• Utah Jazz's Mike Conley Q&A: 'Memphis made me; I grew up there'

  12-08-2019 18:44
  This has been one of the craziest offseasons in NBA history, with star players changing teams left and right. But before the wild free-agency period got underway, the Utah Jazz kicked off the summer by making a huge trade for Mike Conley. The 31-year-old point guard is coming off a career-year in which he averaged 21.1 points, 6.4 assists, 3.4 rebounds, 2.2 threes and 1.3 steals, and he hopes to help the Jazz make the leap from talented up-and-comer to legitimate 2019-20 title contender.
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• Mike Conley Q&A: 'Memphis made me; I grew up there'

  12-08-2019 18:44
  This has been one of the craziest offseasons in NBA history, with star players changing teams left and right. But before the wild free-agency period got underway, the Utah Jazz kicked off the summer by making a huge trade for Mike Conley. The 31-year-old point guard is coming off a career-year in which he averaged 21.1 points, 6.4 assists, 3.4 rebounds, 2.2 threes and 1.3 steals, and he hopes to help the Jazz make the leap from talented up-and-comer to legitimate 2019-20 title contender.
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• Agriculture program helps Utah farmers with disabilities

  12-08-2019 18:44
  Logan • Agriculture can be as much a lifestyle as it is an occupation. Farmers often don’t retire — they just keep on working. That’s not always easy, though, as back problems, knee problems and any number of other disabilities can get in the way.AgrAbility of Utah, a partnership between the Utah State University Cooperative Extension and nonprofit Allies with Families funded through the USDA, is here to help with exactly that issue.Randall Bagley joined AgrAbility of Utah
  
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• Weather: Mid-80s for Salt Lake City before returning to mid-90s

  12-08-2019 17:32
  Temperatures in Salt Lake City will be in the mid-80s on Monday. Then the city will warm.The high temperature will reach 90 degrees on Tuesday and hit the mid-90s on Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service. That same trend will hold for most of central and northern Utah.St. George is expected to reach 102 degrees Monday, according to the National Weather Service, with steady increase until the city reaches 106 on Wednesday. St. George isn’t expected to return to double-digit h
  
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• Alexandra Petri: Your SoulCycle instructor reassures you about where your money is going

  12-08-2019 15:39
  Okay, everyone!Crank up the resistance on your bikes! Not the anti-Trump kind, the regular kind. Also, do not leave.Let's get things pumping! I'm sorry. None of this was my idea. You understand that I am just a cog in the wheel of something much larger than myself. Wheels, moving ineluctably forward! Let that image inspire your workout.Some bad news this week about Stephen Ross, who, to be clear, is a passive investor in our parent group, super passive. Like, if he were on a bike, he'd be way, w
  
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• Jon Huntsman returns to Utah for possible run for governor, more than 10 years after his last

  12-08-2019 15:25
  Washington • It’s been more than a decade since Jon Huntsman stood for office in Utah.Back then, Huntsman was a rock star, literally taking the stage at the state fair to play the keyboard with REO Speedwagon and Styx to rave reviews.The son of a legendary Utah businessman, he handily won the governorship in 2004 and took every county and 78 percent of the vote in 2008. He then resigned — to become the U.S. ambassador to China in 2009, with an approval rating shooting into the 8
  
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• Political Cornflakes: Jeffrey Epstein conspiracy theories have gone wild on social media

  12-08-2019 15:14
  Happy Monday!Twitter remains the perfect vehicle for starting and spreading theories, misinformation and racist screeds — as evidenced by the recent social media firestorm over the jailhouse death of accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein’s. [WaPost]Topping the news: As Election Day approaches, it’s time to take another look at The Tribune’s special guide to the Salt Lake City mayor’s race. [Trib]-> The Standard Examiner has put together a helpful guide to northe
  
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• Simone Biles soars to 6th U.S. gymnastics title; Utes’ MyKayla Skinner 8th in all-around, makes national team

  12-08-2019 14:53
  Kansas City, Mo. • The choice was entirely hers. Only there really wasn’t of one for Simone Biles to make.Sure, she could have taken her triple-twisting double-flip (aka “the triple-double”) out of her floor exercise routine during the final night of the U.S. women’s gymnastics championships on Sunday. She surely didn’t need it to assure herself of another national title.Still, even as her coach Laurent Landi left the option up to her after the Olympic champion
  
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• This Utah company makes bulletproof backpacks and has protective gear for teachers, too

  12-08-2019 14:00
  The first bulletproof shield Joshua Christensen bought was for his 14-year-old daughter.He slid it into the back of the flashy pink backpack that she carries to middle school each day and told her: “Don’t take this out. This is just in case something happens.”Christensen has long worried that the next school shooting could happen here in Utah. And he grasped for something — anything — that might protect his little girl, Marissa, in case a gunman stormed into her cla
  
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• Robert Gehrke: Salt Lake City’s next mayor needs to think big. Like this.

  12-08-2019 14:00
  One of the best things a Salt Lake City mayor has done in my lifetime came in the late 1990s when then-Mayor Deedee Corradini spearheaded an effort to revive the downtown’s sagging west end.It involved rerouting roads and bridges and ripping up rail lines in this blighted area. The result was a dramatic expansion and revival of the entire downtown, including construction of The Gateway and a rebirth that is still underway 25 years later.It represented a big idea and demonstrated a vision f
  
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• Plan afoot to complete Bonneville Shoreline Trail clear across Davis County

  12-08-2019 14:00
  Several thousand years ago, a vast freshwater lake lapped against the Wasatch foothills about where a Latter-day Saint temple now juts above Bountiful’s residential neighborhoods.Lake Bonneville is long gone, of course, a casualty of ancient climate change, but its shoreline remains visible along the rapidly urbanizing Wasatch Front, where Utah counties have been developing an extensive trail system following the contours of the ancient lakeshore rimming these oak-strewn foothills.Davis Co
  
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• Letter: We run the risk of ‘outrage fatigue’

  12-08-2019 14:00
  A recent letter by Ron Rice about “fake outrage” stirred in me my very real outrage.Trust me, Mr. Rice, the outrage I have felt about the actions of our current president is real and has had significant impact on daily life. I have had many sleepless nights thinking about things like our president saying it’s OK to do immoral things because you’re famous. Like grab women in their “privates.”I have felt nausea when I see video of Donald Trump siding with Vladim
  
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• Letter: Sad to see the demise of the Republican Party

  12-08-2019 14:00
  I am saddened to witness the demise of the Republican Party, the party of Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt and Reagan.It has been hijacked by Donald Trump and should now be called the Trumpublican party. He is the supreme commander and is surrounded by his toadies who must not oppose him or they will be banished from office. Just look at Jeff Flake, Bob Corker and Will Hurd, to name a few.And our local toadies, Sen. Mike Lee, Reps. Chris Stewart, Rob Bishop and John Curtis, and, to a lesser extent, Sen.
  
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• Letter: Planned Parenthood does the most to prevent unwanted pregnancies

  12-08-2019 14:00
  At Planned Parenthood, we believe every person deserves the right to control their own body and the agency to decide if and when they become a parent.When a patient comes to us with an unintended pregnancy, our health center staff offers them unbiased information and resources on prenatal services, adoption services and abortion. We let our patients take the time that they need to make decisions about their pregnancy in consultation with who they choose — loved ones, trusted medical provid
  
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• Letter: Members of the Republican Quitter Bandwagon

  12-08-2019 14:00
  Two letters in last week’s Public Forum noted how a newly reelected Republican congressman, Jason Chaffez, chose to quit so he could work for Fox News shortly after asking voters to let him represent them.Now we hear that Republican Jon Huntsman just quit his job as Russian ambassador. That’s the same Jon Huntsman who quit in the middle of being Utah governor after he managed to lower taxes on the rich as his major accomplishment. He had also quit his previous job as ambassador to Ch
  
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• Letter: Mass murderer or Republican?

  12-08-2019 14:00
  If I consciously and deliberately plan a course of action that predictably results in the death of multiple human beings, what am I?Considering recent events in this country, I am either a mass murderer or a Republican legislator who votes against health insurance and gun reform. The former is very likely to be held responsible for his crime. The latter is allowed to kill with impunity.Aharon D. Shulimson, Salt Lake CitySubmit a letter to the editor
  
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