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• [Clutchpoints] - Jazz star Rudy Gobert laments people caring more about Spider-Man than Amazon rainforest

  21-08-2019 23:35 via sportspyder.com
  Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert doesn’t like the idea of people being more concerned about Spider-Man than what’s actually happening in the Amazon rainforest. People being more worried about Spider Man than they are about the largest rainforest in the...
  
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• BYU throttles back final preseason scrimmage to minimize injuries; Cougars are now in game mode for the opener vs. Utah

  21-08-2019 23:35
  Provo • Just a week out from the season opener against Utah, the BYU Cougars used more caution than aggression on Wednesday as the final scrimmage was used more for mock game situations than deciding position battles.BYU coach Kalani Sitake said he chose to forego any live situations to make sure his team was healthy going into the season.“We’ve already had a lot of physical days in fall camp,” he said. “In the past we have scrimmaged young guys at this point, but we
  
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• AK-47 was a block party #NBABlockWeekpic.twitter.com/I4kBNGv3gC

  21-08-2019 23:28 via twitter.com
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• Mitt Romney says don’t expect Congress to pass new gun laws, while Utah’s governor is open to tougher background checks

  21-08-2019 23:10
  With schools beginning a new year in Utah, Gov. Gary Herbert said Wednesday that more should be done to ensure their safety after multiple mass shootings nationally.“All things ought to be on the table for discussion,” he said during his monthly news conference on KUED. And more than that, “We need to take some action.”Some of the possibilities he said should be discussed are passing better background checks and adopting “red-flag” laws, where someone’s
  
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• Utah police officers cleared in October shooting that left suspect dead in Salt Lake City

  21-08-2019 23:02
  The Salt Lake County District Attorney has ruled that two police officers were justified when they shot Andrey Tkachenko to death in a Salt Lake City parking lot in October 2018.“Based on the evidence presented to us,” said Sim Gill, “we do not intend to file any criminal charges” against Detective Jerry Valdez of the Unified Police Department and Detective Nick Stidham of the Saratoga Springs Police Department.The evidence — including physical and photographic evid
  
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• Vice President Mike Pence’s visit may help ease Utahns’ heartburn over Donald Trump, says governor

  21-08-2019 22:50
  Gov. Gary Herbert didn’t miss a beat when asked if Vice President Mike Pence’s planned visit to Utah on Thursday might act as an antacid for Beehive State Republicans who suffer heartburn over President Donald Trump.“I think so,” he said. In Utah, “I think some people will say they voted for Mike Pence for vice president, and Donald Trump came along as president.”Pence is scheduled to speak at Merit Medical on Thursday in South Jordan — after spending We
  
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• Sen. Dan Hemmert is running for Congress in Utah’s 4th District

  21-08-2019 22:22
  Utah Senate Majority Whip Dan Hemmert says he will join the growing field of Republicans running for the nomination and the right to face Democratic Rep. Ben McAdams in 2020.Hemmert, an Orem Republican and vice president and owner of 23 Red Hanger Cleaners laundry and dry cleaners, said he’s running because the 4th Congressional District “needs a strong representative in Washington who will fight for Utah’s common-sense conservative values like fiscal restraint, less government
  
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• Trib Talk: The many murals of Salt Lake City

  21-08-2019 22:17
  Dozens of murals are popping up in and around Salt Lake City as part of a concerted effort by artists, property owners and community groups to enliven, beautify and bring attention to public spaces.The Tribune is working to catalogue these diverse works of urban and pop art. And on this week’s episode, movie critic and culture reporter Sean Means takes Trib Talk host Benjamin Wood on a walking tour of the The Gateway — where several murals are concentrated — to discuss the arti
  
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• Vice President Mike Pence keeps up pressure for trade deal with Mexico, Canada

  21-08-2019 22:11
  Santa Fe, N.M. • Vice President Mike Pence stepped up pressure on Congress to support the Trump administration’s new trade deal with Mexico and Canada, taking his pitch on Wednesday to voters in a congressional swing district in southern New Mexico.Pence's office said in a statement that he will talk about the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement while visiting an oil and natural gas production company in the Permian basin that straddles New Mexico and Texas. Democrats last year narrowly flip
  
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• RSL’s offense took a step forward with Sam Johnson out. What can it do now that the prolific goal-scorer is back?

  21-08-2019 21:56
  Herriman • Midfielder Albert Rusnák and forward Sam Johnson share the Real Salt Lake team lead in goals scored this season, with nine apiece.The difference? The Slovakian’s scoring total has spanned 1,922 minutes played. The Liberian’s have come in just 1,005.So, given that RSL racked up 13 goals in seven MLS games while Johnson was out with a quad muscle injury, what might the team’s attack be capable of now that he’s returned?“I think every time I come
  
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• ‘Mormon Land’: From ’Saturday’s Warrior’ to ‘Book of Mormon’ — how musical theater has put its stamp on the faith

  21-08-2019 21:52
  The Tony-winning “Book of Mormon” musical is in Utah’s Zion for the third time, bringing its own brand of raunchy, raucous, yet oddly reverential satire back to the Salt Lake City stage.But there may be more at play than meets the ear and eye when Elder Price joyously sings about getting his own planet and Elder Cunningham lovingly lies his way to convert after convert in the jungles of Uganda. In fact, Mormonism’s ties to musical theater — both from within the fait
  
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• ICYMI: “I don’t think he’ll want to see me … Or he’ll probably want to talk trash the entire time.” » https://on.nba.com/30odhqd 

  21-08-2019 21:15 via twitter.com
  ICYMI: “I don’t think he’ll want to see me … Or he’ll probably want to talk trash the entire time.”» https://on.nba.com/30odhqd 
  
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• Dana Milbank: Dear Israel, Please dump Netanyahu. Your friend, America.

  21-08-2019 20:39
  Washington • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in his stunning acquiescence last week to President Trump’s wish that Israel bar entry to two Democratic members of Congress, shows he has no qualms with interfering in U.S. politics.So he shouldn’t mind when Americans offer political advice to Israelis. Here’s mine: Dump this guy in next month’s election. He is rapidly destroying the 71-year-old U.S.-Israel alliance — if he hasn’t doomed it already.
  
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• Brigham Young University announces more Honor Code updates — promising to tell students what they’re accused of

  21-08-2019 20:37
  Brigham Young University announced more updates Wednesday to how it enforces its strict Honor Code — this time promising to tell students what misconduct they are accused of before calling them in for questioning.The latest changes comes four months after students at the private religious campus demonstrated against how the Provo school disciplines those who break its rules. And the response from BYU is part of a larger effort to improve the process, as a result of continued conversations
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Previewing the Donovan Mitchell and Joe Ingles showdown in Australia

  21-08-2019 20:13 via sportspyder.com
  Can Australia handle a showdown of this magnitude?
  
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• Weekly Run podcast: Jazz social media manager Angie Treasure spills the beans on bringing the team to the masses

  21-08-2019 20:11
  With Andy Larsen on a monthlong, literally-around-the-world vacation, The Tribune’s other Jazz beat writer, Eric Walden, delved into his extensive collection of A-list contacts for a guest host for the latest installment of the Weekly Run podcast.And so, with that said, a big welcome to Angie Treasure — social media manager for the Utah Jazz!In case you ever figured her job amounted to going to games and just tweeting a few random things over the course of 2.5 hours … well, th
  
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• University of Utah women’s soccer will open the season at Clemson and Alabama

  21-08-2019 20:04
  Rich Manning gives away the ending every time he tells the story of the reactions of people who learn about Utah's season-opening schedule, visiting Clemson and Alabama this week.“Some people that aren't soccer fans are like, 'Oh, wow. You're going for the top,' ” said Manning, who's entering his 18th season as the Ute women's soccer coach.Informed of the soccer team's plans, Ute football coach Kyle Whittingham said, “That is very impressive.”The disclaimer: In this versi
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Weekly Run podcast: Jazz social media manager Angie Treasure spills the beans on bringing the team to the masses

  21-08-2019 19:47 via sportspyder.com
  With Andy Larsen on a monthlong, literally-around-the-world vacation, The Tribune’s other Jazz beat writer, Eric Walden, delved into his extensive collection of A-list contacts for a guest host for the latest installment of the Weekly Run podcast.
  
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• A call with Trump gets the NRA results

  21-08-2019 19:33
  Washington • President Donald Trump spent at least 30 minutes on the phone Tuesday with Wayne LaPierre, the chief executive of the National Rifle Association, the latest conversation in an aggressive campaign by gun rights advocates to influence the White House in the weeks since the back-to-back mass shootings in Texas and Ohio.The call ended the way that LaPierre had hoped it would: with Trump espousing NRA talking points in the Oval Office and warning of the radical steps he said Democra
  
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• Could Team USA’s Success Create More Future NBA Partnerships?

  21-08-2019 19:30 via basketballinsiders.com
  Past U.S. National Teams have foreshadowed future player movement. What possibilities could come from the 2019 FIBA World Cup roster? Douglas Farmer writes.
  
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• Gov. Gary Herbert talks about tax reform, gun control and more at his monthly news conference

  21-08-2019 18:42
  Gov. Gary Herbert holds his monthly news conference at KUED-TV studios. Questions he may field from reporters range from his views on new state tax reform proposals to what action the state should consider after recent mass shootings nationally.
  
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• donovan is all of us when we're not ready to be splashed in the pool (via @daanteee on IG)pic.twitter.com/mHq94bMCjh

  21-08-2019 18:42 via twitter.com
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• Contagious horse and cattle virus found in two Utah counties

  21-08-2019 18:38
  A highly contagious livestock virus that causes lesions in horses and cattle has appeared in two Utah counties, the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food announced Wednesday.Several farms in Uintah and Emery counties have been placed on a 14-day quarantine after vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV), Indiana type, was diagnosed, officials said in a news release.“Four more premises are currently under investigation," the release stated. "Samples that were submitted for testing should yield res
  
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• The schedule, but make it phone wallpapers #WallpaperWednesdaypic.twitter.com/up0i0OVCz8

  21-08-2019 18:01 via twitter.com
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• Helicopter retrieves ailing hiker on Mt. Timpanogos

  21-08-2019 17:21
  Provo • Authorities used a state Department of Public Safety helicopter to make an overnight rescue of an ailing 21-year-old hiker stranded high on Mt. Timpanogos in north-central Utah.Utah County Sheriff's Sgt. Spencer Cannon says the helicopter late Tuesday night retrieved the man and a 75-year-old hiker who had joined the younger man and called 911 for medical assistance for him.Cannon says the 21-year-old man was experiencing nausea and other symptoms typically associated with altitude
  
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• Provo man accused of sexual abuse during pre-parade campout

  21-08-2019 17:17
  Provo • Prosecutors say a Provo man sexually abused a teenager while camping along a parade route.The Daily Herald reports that 64-year-old John Owen Larson has been charged with felony aggravated sexual abuse of a child.Court documents say he and the girl were camping the night before a Fourth of July parade when he touched her inappropriately sometime during the night.No attorney was listed for him in court documents on Tuesday.Larson was not immediately taken into custody, but if he is c
  
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• Thomas L. Friedman: How the Palestinian-Israeli peace process became a farce

  21-08-2019 17:05
  Last week’s ugly mess involving the abortive visit to Israel of two Democratic congresswomen was useful for only one reason: It exposed how much the Palestinian-Israeli peace process has become a pathetic festival of magical thinking, performance art, reality denial, political fundraising and outright political fraud. It’s become about everything except what it needs to succeed: courageous, fair-minded, creative diplomacy and leadership.At the official U.S. level, Jared Kushner has s
  
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• Larry King divorcing wife No. 8, Utahn Shawn Southwick King

  21-08-2019 16:33
  Longtime CNN talk-show host Larry King has filed for divorce from his eighth wife, Utahn Shawn Engemann Southwick King.Larry King, 85, filed the divorce petition in Los Angeles Superior Court on Tuesday, citing irreconcilable differences. The couple married in 1997 in a hospital room — Larry King was about to undergo heart surgery — and are the parents of 19- and 20-year-old sons.I’m so proud of my boys... pic.twitter.com/ZcJVh5idNt— Larry King (@kingsthings) August 19, 2
  
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• A new Trump administration rule would allow immigrant families to be held indefinitely

  21-08-2019 16:26
  Washington • The Trump administration unveiled a regulation on Wednesday that would allow it to detain indefinitely migrant families who cross the border illegally, replacing a decades-old court agreement that imposed a limit on how long the government could hold migrant children in custody and specified the level of care they must receive.The White House has for more than a year pressed the Department of Homeland Security to replace the agreement, known as the Flores settlement, a shift th
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Jazz guard Dante Exum says Ben Simmons might have ‘overreacted’ a bit with alleged casino racism incident

  21-08-2019 16:09 via sportspyder.com
  Utah Jazz guard Dante Exum has decided to give his take on a recent controversy surrounding fellow Australian Ben Simmons of the Philadelphia 76ers. Earlier this month, Simmons, along with two friends were asked to show their IDs before entering the...
  
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• The White House insists that the fundamentals of the U.S. economy are ‘very strong’

  21-08-2019 15:33
  Washington • The “fundamentals” of the U.S. economy are solid, the White House asserted, invoking an ill-fated political declaration of a decade ago amid mounting concern that a recession could imperil President Donald Trump’s reelection.Exhibiting no such concern, senior adviser Kellyanne Conway declared to reporters on Monday, "The fact is, the fundamentals of our economy are very strong."It's a phrase with a history. Republican John McCain was accused of being out of to
  
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• Letter: Stop the gun show ads

  21-08-2019 15:12
  We are a nation swimming in guns. The Salt Lake Tribune is far from swimming in cash.I’ve been a subscriber for many years, and have noticed how few orange-covered papers are now in the driveways of my street.Tribune, please stop advertising gun shows and sales. The few dollars earned by advertising can not justify your part in our swimming in even more guns and deaths.I enjoy having a paper “in the hand” over my morning coffee. However, I will shop for my news elsewhere and th
  
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• What the first day of school in Utah looked like for a new principal, a first-time teacher and a kindergartner

  21-08-2019 15:11
  The first day of school is often filled with new pencils and pristine notebooks and nervous jitters.For many, it’s easy to remember what that felt like. The excitement mixed with apprehension. The hope of making new friends. The fear of not being able to find the classroom. The planning to pick out the perfect outfit.To capture that quintessential experience as schools across the state welcome students back this week, The Salt Lake Tribune followed a new principal, a first-time teacher and
  
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• Robert Gehrke: At the University of Utah, ‘Safety Is A Culture,’ so let’s hope the culture of complacency is no more

  21-08-2019 14:00
  This week my daughter started college, attending the University of Utah, my alma mater, and I got to show her around the campus that is really barely recognizable from my days there.Nervous kid. Proud parent.Also a concerned parent. And I suspect among the nearly 12,000 young women attending the university, there are more than a few equally anxious parents out there.The “what-ifs” in the back of those parents’ minds were powerfully driven home Monday, when Jill McCluskey, the m
  
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• In Utah death penalty case, public defender says he only admitted errors to move on

  21-08-2019 14:00
  Ogden • When former public defender Sean Young signed a 24-page document agreeing to give up his law license for three years, he admitted to damning facts about the work he did on a trial for a Utah death row inmate.He said he interviewed only two of the 18 witnesses he had been assigned to prepare before Douglas Lovell’s 2015 trial. That he had reassured Lovell and another attorney that he was doing his job. That he did not properly question witnesses on the stand, and that he didn&r
  
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• A person threw out some chemicals during a hot day in southern Utah. Those chemicals started a wildfire.

  21-08-2019 07:17
  A southern Utah wildfire that burned down an outbuilding and threatened five homes began Tuesday when chemicals from a person's shed overheated in the 100-degree weather and burst into flames.The fire began Tuesday afternoon near La Verkin, where a person was cleaning out a shed, Utah fire officials said.The person “disposed of chemicals that became inadvertently mixed and assisted by the 100-degree temperature caused spontaneous combustion to occur,” fire officials wrote in a news s
  
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• Former Utah State DB Ja’Marcus Ingram joins Matt Wells at Texas Tech

  21-08-2019 06:15
  Lubbock, Texas • Texas Tech has added another graduate transfer, with former Utah State cornerback Ja’Marcus Ingram joining his former coach in the Big 12 Conference.Ingram went through his first practice with the Red Raiders on Tuesday, 11 days before the season opener.He is immediately eligible to play for Texas Tech after earning a degree in three years from Utah State, where he started 15 games the past two seasons for new Texas Tech coach Matt Wells.Ingram is the sixth graduate
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz notes: Exum owns a team, Ingles was almost ‘Inlges’

  21-08-2019 06:15 via sportspyder.com
  Utah Jazz guard Dante Exum is branching out into franchise ownership. Also -- Joe Ingles reveals the zany details of his first pro contract negotiation. Af...
  
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• Utah Jazz notes: Exum owns a team, Ingles was almost ‘Inlges’

  21-08-2019 06:04
  Utah Jazz guard Dante Exum is branching out into franchise ownership. Also — Joe Ingles reveals the zany details of his first pro contract negotiation. After five years and more than 200 DNPs — the brunt of which came as a result of some catastrophic injury or another — Utah Jazz fans still find themselves […]
  Utah Jazz notes: Exum owns a team, Ingles was almost ‘Inlges’ - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• Trump considering State Department official to replace Huntsman in Russia post

  21-08-2019 05:01
  Washington • President Donald Trump says the No. 2 official at the State Department may be his next ambassador to Russia.The president told reporters at the White House that Deputy Secretary of State John J. Sullivan “could very well be” his nominee to fill the post. Ambassador Jon Huntsman announced his resignation earlier this month and said he would be returning home to Utah.Trump says Sullivan is "very well respected" and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo "likes him."The presid
  
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• Trump cancels Denmark visit because Greenland isn’t for sale

  21-08-2019 04:36
  Washington • Two days after he said buying Greenland wasn’t a top priority, President Donald Trump canceled an upcoming trip to Denmark, which owns the mostly frozen island, after its prime minister dismissed the idea.Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen had called Trump's musing about buying the Danish territory "an absurd discussion" after the former real estate mogul-turned-president began to talk up the idea.Trump said Sunday that he was interested in such a deal for strategic purpose
  
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• Donovan Mitchell and Joe Ingles will play for bragging rights in front of 50K+ fans this week

  21-08-2019 03:53
  Remember Donovan Mitchell’s commercial from earlier this summer, the one in which he promoted his shoes alongside the movie “Spider-Man: Far From Home”?Consider this the sequel.Mitchell, “Spida”-themed shoes and nickname in tow, traveled all the way to Melbourne, Australia, along with the rest of Team USA to play in two FIBA World Cup warmup games against the Australian national basketball team. One indication of the distance: the times these games will be played at
  
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• Residents speak against Salt Lake City proposal to offer tax reimbursements to developer in inland port area

  21-08-2019 03:52
  In a packed meeting Tuesday, more than 50 people urged the Salt Lake City Council, acting as the city’s redevelopment agency, to reject a proposal that would grant up to $28 million in tax increment reimbursement to a developer seeking to build a 3,000 acre industrial development in the city’s northwest side.Phase one of the project, located in the inland port boundaries on about 378 acres directly north of the North Temple Landfill, could create up to 2,900 jobs and is expected to g
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Donovan Mitchell and Joe Ingles will play for bragging rights in front of 50K+ fans this week

  21-08-2019 03:36 via sportspyder.com
  Remember Donovan Mitchell’s commercial from earlier this summer, the one in which he promoted his shoes alongside the movie “Spider-Man: Far From Home”?
  
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• Protesters speak against Salt Lake City’s plan to offer tax reimbursements to developer in inland port area

  21-08-2019 03:21
  In a packed meeting Tuesday, more than 50 people urged the Salt Lake City Council, acting as the city’s redevelopment agency, to reject a proposal that would grant up to $28 million in tax increment reimbursement to a developer seeking to build a 3,000 acre industrial development in the city’s northwest side.Phase one of the project, located in the inland port boundaries on about 378 acres directly north of the North Temple Landfill, could create up to 2,900 jobs and is expected to g
  
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• First 100 women have relocated from The Road Home to homeless resource center

  21-08-2019 03:21
  The first groups of clients have moved into the Geraldine E. King Women’s Resource Center, the initial step in a larger transition in homeless services in and around Salt Lake City.The shift of women from The Road Home’s downtown shelter to the resource center at 131 E. 700 South began last week, with about 100 relocated to the 200-bed facility so far."So far, it's been going good. Normal glitches that happen when you open a new building and have new processes, but the women seem con
  
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• Lake Powell pipeline costs can be covered, audit says, but critic wonders if this pricey ‘boondoggle’ is needed

  21-08-2019 03:18
  A new legislative audit has concluded Washington County water bosses will likely be able to generate sufficient revenue to pay the massive costs of building and operating the proposed Lake Powell pipeline, but only through large fee, rate and tax increases and if the county triples its population during the next 50 years.While offering an optimistic picture, the audit outlined several areas of uncertainty that could have a “significant impact” on whether the county covers all the pro
  
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• It’s still just exhibition play, but it’s starting to get real for the Jazz’s Donovan Mitchell, Team USA Down Under

  21-08-2019 03:16
  Remember Donovan Mitchell’s commercial from earlier this summer, the one in which he promoted his shoes alongside the movie “Spider-Man: Far From Home”?Consider this the sequel.Mitchell, “Spida”-themed shoes and nickname in tow, traveled all the way to Melbourne, Australia, along with the rest of Team USA to play in two FIBA World Cup warmup games against the Australian national basketball team. One indication of the distance: the times these games will be played at
  
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• Lawmakers criticize Utah’s planned next-generation surveillance program as ‘North Korea-esque’ and ‘Big Brother’

  21-08-2019 03:01
  For $2.2 million a year, law enforcement representatives said Tuesday, Utah can build and run a real-time, next-generation surveillance apparatus that combines public social media posts, traffic cameras and other data sources to decrease police response times, keep interstate traffic flowing and save lives.“It tells you where to look for the needle in the haystack,” said Ric Cantrell, chief of staff to Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes. “So it will shave hours down to minutes.&r
  
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• $20 million over budget? Audit says that happens regularly with new buildings at Utah’s colleges.

  21-08-2019 02:47
  The state board charged with vetting new building proposals from Utah’s colleges regularly moves them forward for approval without question — resulting in some facilities that are too small and others that come in millions of dollars over budget, according to a critical audit released Tuesday.That superficial review comes at the point in the construction process that could most use the scrutiny, the new report from the Office of the Legislative Auditor General said. Instead, the loos
  
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