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• Tribune Editorial: Better paid teachers will drive rural Utah’s prosperity

  07-09-2019 23:31
  These are heady times for brand new teachers in Utah. Twenty-two-year-olds fresh from college are getting offers with starting salaries around $50,000 a year.If they’re between Ogden and Provo.If they’re in Piute or Wayne counties, they would be lucky to get $1,000 a month less than that. In fact, some rural Utah school districts have average salaries below what the big districts are now paying the rookies.According to the Utah Foundation, rural teachers make up to 40 percent less th
  
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• Opioid talks at impasse; Purdue bankruptcy filing expected

  07-09-2019 23:31
  Cleveland • Attempts to reach a nationwide settlement over the opioid crisis with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma have hit an impasse, and the company is expected to file for bankruptcy.State attorneys general for Tennessee and North Carolina have been leading the negotiations. They sent a message Saturday to other attorneys general saying the Sackler family, which owns Purdue, had rejected two offers from the states and declined to offer counterproposals.As a result, the attorneys general sa
  
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• Gordon Monson: Kyle Whittingham and his Utes initially stumble, but their win over Northern Illinois proves most useful

  07-09-2019 23:31
  When the Utes walked off the field on Saturday at Rice-Eccles Stadium, and likely when they walked on it, they knew their game against Northern Illinois had less to do with the Huskies and more to do with the matter between their own ears and the focus that stemmed from it.In that respect, it was the perfect Week 2 challenge for them, one that required the kind of mental triggers that will be helpful for them once the schedule, the grind of the week in and week out of the Pac-12, stiffens.What t
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz: FIBA World Cup roundup – Jazzmen stay perfect, USA topples Giannis, Greece

  07-09-2019 22:50 via sportspyder.com
  All three Utah Jazz players participating in FIBA remained unbeaten yet again on Saturday with only one game now remaining before the elimination round. It...
  
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• Commentary: Removing the income tax earmark for education is a bad idea

  07-09-2019 22:30
  Now that the Utah Legislature’s Task Force on Tax Restructuring and Equalization is conducting its post-hearing examination of Utah’s tax structure, the Utah Citizen’s Counsel urges citizens to closely monitor the options under consideration.UCC has been studying Utah public education financing and concludes that legislative removal of the income tax earmark would be a serious mistake. The income tax was earmarked exclusively for public education in 1946, protecting public educ
  
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• Gary Clark Jr. has broken out of his blues-guitar box, taking his Red Butte audience on an incredible ride

  07-09-2019 22:29
  Gary Clark Jr.’s guitar work has been hyped for years — a top talent who, when I’d seen him twice previously, delivered.But he delivered in that sort of straight-ahead blues fashion, which seemed a little confining, boxed-in by this notion of what he was expected to be.At Friday night’s show at Red Butte Garden Amphitheatre, the Austin-based Clark destroyed the box with a genre-jumping set exploring about every type of music imaginable, then using his guitar talent to twi
  
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• Utah Jazz: FIBA World Cup roundup – Jazzmen stay perfect, USA topples Giannis, Greece

  07-09-2019 22:23
  All three Utah Jazz players participating in FIBA remained unbeaten yet again on Saturday with only one game now remaining before the elimination round. It was an exciting day of FIBA Basketball action across the board for Utah Jazz fans on Saturday as each of the three Jazzmen representing their respective countries remained undefeated. Donovan […]
  Utah Jazz: FIBA World Cup roundup – Jazzmen stay perfect, USA topples Giannis, Greece - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Sit
  
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• One week into the FIBA World Cup, here’s how the Jazz’s three participants are faring

  07-09-2019 22:18
  Donovan Mitchell celebrated his 23rd birthday on Saturday. His USA teammates chipped in to gift him a 69-53 victory over Greece in the FIBA World Cup tournament.Then again, maybe it wasn’t all that special a present, considering Utah Jazz teammates Rudy Gobert and Joe Ingles didn’t have birthdays this weekend, but were nevertheless recipients of FIBA victories as well.With Gobert and France hanging on for a 78-75 win over Lithuania, and Ingles and Australia outlasting the Dominican R
  
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• At FanX, Tom Holland talks about being Spider-Man, but steps around the Disney-Sony dispute

  07-09-2019 22:18
  It’s tough being Spider-Man, says the man who would know, actor Tom Holland.“The hardest thing about playing this is walking on the set knowing that, whatever you do, is going to be seen by millions of people,” the 23-year-old English actor told some 5,000 cheering, screaming fans Saturday at the FanX Salt Lake Comic Convention at the Salt Palace Convention Center.For 35 minutes, Holland praised the Salt Lake City fans he has met — “everybody has been so cool”
  
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• No. 13 Utah takes control in second half to beat Northern Illinois, 35-17

  07-09-2019 22:02
  This time, Utah’s offense scored enough points to give the No. 13 Utes a comfortable victory over Northern Illinois.Utah pulled away to a 35-17 win Saturday at Rice-Eccles Stadium, a year after needing a late touchdown via an interception return to finally subdue the Huskies on the road.Ute quarterback Tyler Huntley completed 14 of 19 passes for 214 yards and one touchdown and Zach Moss ran for 80 yards and two scores.NIU's Ross Bowers, a transfer from California, passed for 229 yards and
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - One week into the FIBA World Cup, here’s how the Jazz’s three participants are faring

  07-09-2019 21:19 via sportspyder.com
  Donovan Mitchell celebrated his 23rd birthday on Saturday. His USA teammates chipped in to gift him a 69-53 victory over Greece in the FIBA World Cup tournament.
  
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• 3 takeaways from Utah Royals FC’s win over first-place Portland

  07-09-2019 20:42
  Here are three takeaways from the Utah Royals FC’s 1-0 win over the Portland Thorns.1. Chances aren’t always everythingThe Royals have been talking about the need to create chances for weeks. Just last month, they seemingly couldn’t buy a goal, and a shift to playing more open soccer led to a dip in defense, sending them searching for a balance between the two.But for most of this five-game unbeaten streak, Utah has been creating the chances it feels are imperative to win. Only
  
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• Raiders cut Antonio Brown before he ever plays for team

  07-09-2019 20:28
  Alameda, Calif. • The Oakland Raiders released disgruntled star receiver Antonio Brown on Saturday before he ever played a game for the team.The Raiders made the move just hours after Brown requested his release in the latest turn in a dramatic first summer with the team.Brown was upset about his latest team fine over an outburst at practice at general manager Mike Mayock. That fine allowed the Raiders to void more than $29 million in guarantees over the next two years in Brown's contract.O
  
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• Utah judge rules for release of county’s jail inspection records

  07-09-2019 19:59
  Farmington, Utah • A judge has ruled that Davis County jail inspection records are public records and must be released but hasn’t yet ruled on whether statewide jail standards also are also subject to release.District Judge David Connors' ruling Friday on reports of internal jail inspections and inspections by the Utah Sheriff's Association were sought by civil liberties groups.Officials had withheld the inspection records on various grounds, including assertions that release would th
  
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• Utah hospital collects pounds of opioid and prescription pills during drop-off event

  07-09-2019 19:36
  A woman drove up in a sleek silver car, handed a ziplock bag filled with colorful prescription pills out the window and then drove off.A police officer thanked her and waved. Then he slid the medications into a locked dropbox.The interaction was the first at Saturday’s opioid take-back event at St. Mark’s Hospital. Anyone could drive through and drop off unused prescriptions by the emergency room. It was quick, convenient, discreet and confidential.And that was the point.“A lot
  
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• Frank Bruni: Republicans are dropping like flies

  07-09-2019 19:12
  There was no home for Rep. Will Hurd in Donald Trump’s Republican Party.For a while he tried to make one. For a while he succeeded, if success means preserving some of your dignity while steering clear of Trump’s wrath and surviving politically. Although Hurd’s Texas congressional district voted narrowly for Hillary Clinton in 2016, he held on to his seat that year and again in 2018, but by slim margins. It was anyone’s guess how he’d fare in 2020, and now no one wi
  
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• Letter: Utah has its own Russian puppet

  07-09-2019 19:01
  Who knew? Utah has its own Russian puppet! Sen. Mike Lee will make the transition to communism so much easier for Utahns.Alan C. Anderson, MidvaleSubmit a letter to the editor
  
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• Live: No 13 Utah takes on Northern Illinois at Rice-Eccles Stadium

  07-09-2019 18:52
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• [KSL] - 'We do listen': Why and how the Jazz brought back their classic mountain jerseys | KSL.com

  07-09-2019 18:19 via sportspyder.com
  “As an organization, we recognize that we're fortunate enough to have a very passionate and a very supportive fan base. And so in fact, we do listen to them. We pay attention to what people want.
  
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• Reverse: Antonio Brown asks Raiders for release after latest fine

  07-09-2019 18:03
  Alameda, Calif. • Disgruntled receiver Antonio Brown asked the Oakland Raiders on Saturday to release him a day after he was fined for an outburst at practice toward general manager Mike Mayock.Brown posted on his Instagram account Saturday morning that he's not angry but wants the "freedom" to disprove his skeptics."I have worked my whole life to prove that the system is blind to see talent like mines (sic)," he wrote. "Now that everyone sees it, they want me to conform to that same system
  
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• ‘Hour of darkness’ for Bahamas; 43 dead, with toll to rise

  07-09-2019 17:44
  Abaco, Bahamas • Search and rescue teams are still trying to reach some Bahamian communities isolated by floodwaters and debris after Hurricane Dorian, while the official death toll has risen to 43 and is likely to increase even more, top officials said.Prime Minister Hubert Minnis said late Friday 35 were known dead on Abaco Island and eight in Grand Bahama. "We acknowledge that there are many missing and that the number of deaths is expected to significantly increase," he said. "This is o
  
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• Ex-BYU guard Nick Emery trashes new Cougar coach Mark Pope and his staff to recruit in late-night tweet

  07-09-2019 17:42
  Two days after the NCAA denied BYU’s appeal and vacated 47 Cougar men’s basketball victories as part of the penalties it imposed from the Nick Emery scandal, the former BYU guard emerged on Twitter late Friday to trash new BYU coach Mark Pope and his staff to a BYU recruit.In a tweet directed at Wasatch Academy prospect Manny Sissoko, one of the nation’s top boys basketball recruits, Emery tweeted:“Honest tweet — you would be playing with some of the greatest dudes
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Team USA dispatches Giannis and Greece with ease

  07-09-2019 17:15 via sportspyder.com
  Donovan Mitchell and Kemba Walker lead with 25 points combined
  
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• RSL seriously shorthanded this week due to national, international call-ups

  07-09-2019 17:11
  Herriman • Real Salt Lake has had several players called up to national team duty before. But during the current international window, the number of players gone for Real are somewhat staggering.A total of nine RSL players were called up to their respective national teams for various friendlies, World Cup qualifying matches and camps between Sept. 1 and 11. Sam Johnson is with Liberia; Albert Rusnák with Slovakia; Jefferson Savarino with Venezuela; Sebastian Saucedo, Brooks Lennon, A
  
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• Meg & Dia, Utah-raised sister music duo, talk about reuniting after eight years: ‘We’re a lot about second chances’

  07-09-2019 17:11
  They promoted their pop-rock sound on MySpace, which helped them land the first of their repeated gigs on the Warped Tour. They recorded an album, signed with a major label, released two more albums, toured the country over and over and Europe once, and had a song on the soundtrack of “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.” They put out a fourth album independently.Then, Meg & Dia broke up.After nearly eight years apart, Utah-raised sisters Meg and Dia Frampton got back together to recor
  
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• Donovan Mitchell celebrates his birthday by helping lead U.S. past Antetokounmpo, Greece 69-53

  07-09-2019 17:10
  Shenzen, China • Kemba Walker scored 15 points, the Jazz’s Donovan Mitchell scored 10 on his 23rd birthday and the U.S. contained NBA MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo, defeating Greece 69-53 in a second-round game at the World Cup on Saturday.Harrison Barnes and Derrick White each scored nine for the U.S. (4-0), which can clinch a quarterfinal berth Monday in multiple ways. It needs either a win over Brazil or a Greece win over the Czech Republic or through a three-way tiebreaker, if necessa
  
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• Help us wish @spidadmitchell a very happy birthday pic.twitter.com/bzBhB5hoHc

  07-09-2019 16:19 via twitter.com
  Help us wish @spidadmitchell a very happy birthday pic.twitter.com/bzBhB5hoHc
  
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• Robert Bell: Congress’ ‘surprise billing’ legislation will intensify Utah’s health care problems

  07-09-2019 15:30
  Every year, hundreds of Utahns are impacted by surprise medical bills. These bills often occur when a patient is rushed to the nearest emergency room during a crisis, to a facility that is not covered by their insurance network.For example, in 2018, Salt Lake native Lisa Ray’s 16-year-old son suffered a broken jaw while playing rugby. Unfortunately for her, her local, in-network hospital was at capacity, forcing her to go to the out-of-network McKay-Dee Hospital to admit her son into emerg
  
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• Letter: South Weber is under seige

  07-09-2019 14:00
  Who knew? Utah has its own Russian puppet! Sen. Mike Lee will make the transition to communism so much easier for Utahns.Alan C. Anderson, MidvaleSubmit a letter to the editor
  
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• Letter: Sen. Romney can’t lead

  07-09-2019 14:00
  In his Sept. 3 letter, Jack Lauder states, “The future of the world is at stake. If Romney takes the lead, others will follow.”The problem with that statement is that Sen. Mitt Romney can’t lead. He is a flip-flopping man who would do anything that benefits him and him alone.Paul Jerominski, Salt Lake CitySubmit a letter to the editor
  
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• Letter: Second Amendment grants rights to people

  07-09-2019 14:00
  In David R. Whittaker’s letter “Remember the ‘well regulated’ part of the Second Amendment,” Mr. Whittaker failed to mention that the colonies had no standing army and the separate colonies had to organize and regulate their own militias for collective defense.The militia was any white male or freeman between the ages of 16 and 45 who could shoulder a musket in the field. And each militia member had to own and use his own rifle.Furthermore, the second clause states,
  
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• Letter: Rep. Chris Stewart has compassion for dogs, but not people

  07-09-2019 14:00
  I was happy to read in The Salt Lake Tribune that my congressman, Rep. Chris Stewart, has compassion for dogs abused by U.S. military contractors. That’s a good start, Chris.I am still waiting to hear about his compassion for children detained in cages without soap, blankets, diapers or toothbrushes, being subjected to lights on all day and night (a well-known torture method) and without records being kept to eventually reunite them with their parents; for Dreamers who have never actually
  
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• Letter: Military weapons rules shouldn’t apply to civilians

  07-09-2019 14:00
  Lynn S. Higgins and David R. Whitaker are wrong in attempting to use military weapons policies as a reason to deny civilians their rights to own semi-automatic weapons.The rules of a free society and the military that protects it are of necessity very different. This goes way beyond restrictions on hair and clothing.Unlike civilians, soldiers cannot quit or change jobs at will. Their rights to travel, even on weekends and holidays, are limited. Freedom of expression is limited, especially as it
  
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• Letter: Hush money is an impeachable offense

  07-09-2019 14:00
  As part of their impeachment inquiry concerning President Donald Trump, House Democrats have become engaged in investigating his part in hush money payments to ex-Playboy model Karern McDougal and adult film star Stormy Daniels. It has been alleged the payments were made to hide politically damaging sexual affairs by Trump just prior to the presidential election.Although some defenders claim these were private matters having nothing to do with high crimes and misdemeanors as required to support
  
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• Letter: Charles Dickens had the answer

  07-09-2019 14:00
  In the Sept. 2 Public Forum, Dan Mylecraine told us all about how we need to “rid ourselves of homeless scourge.” Perhaps we could “send them to the desert.”Well, Mr. Mylecraine, I am betting that Topaz is no longer available. Thankfully.I think that Charles Dickens penned the very best reply to this kind of thinking in 1843. In “A Christmas Carol,” the Ghost of Christmas Present says to Scrooge, “Will you decide what men shall live, what men shall die?
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz hodgepodge: Trevor Booker plays HORSE with random people

  07-09-2019 08:09 via sportspyder.com
  A flashback to former Utah Jazz forward and cult hero Trevor Booker taking his game to the streets of NYC. Also -- Royce O'Neale is all-in on NBA 2K20. So,...
  
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• State colleges: No. 19 Utah volleyball sweeps past Portland State, moves to 6-0

  07-09-2019 07:44
  The No. 19 University of Utah volleyball team continued its winning ways on Friday with a dominant three-set victory — 25-13, 25-11, 25-20 — over Portland State in the Wolverine Classic at Utah Valley in Orem.The Utes improved to 6-0 on the season, with five of those wins coming in three sets.Freshman Zoe Weatherington had her best match as a Ute, leading the team with 16 kills while hitting .636. Dani Drews and Kenzie Koerber both posted double-doubles as Drews registered 13 kills a
  
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• DUI suspect grabbed Utah officer’s gun before being shot by police, footage shows

  07-09-2019 07:02
  West Valley City released body camera footage on Friday showing the moments before an officer shot and killed a DUI suspect last month in a jail intake room beneath city hall.Video shows that Michael Chad Breinholt, 31, grabbed on to one officer’s gun during a scuffle inside the DUI processing area. Seconds later, he was shot at point-blank range by police. Breinholt was cuffed with his hands behind his back during the confrontation.Officers arrested Breinholt around 7 p.m. on Aug. 23, aft
  
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• Latter-day Saints celebrate President Russell Nelson’s 95th birthday in song, salute his energy, enthusiasm

  07-09-2019 06:56
  A packed Conference Center in downtown Salt Lake City came alive with the sounds of music Friday night as thousands of Latter-day Saints gathered to celebrate the 95th birthday of their president-prophet, Russell M. Nelson.“We’re all trying to keep up with you,” quipped general authority Seventy S. Gifford Nielsen, one of the evening’s hosts, to the honored man, grinning on the front row.Nielsen and co-host Ruth Todd, a former TV news anchor, ticked off Nelson’s bre
  
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• Becky Sauerbrunn scores first goal in Utah Royals FC career in 1-0 win over Portland

  07-09-2019 06:42
  Sandy • You have to go back to a defunct National Women’s Soccer League team to find the last time Becky Sauerbrunn scored a goal.It happened in the 60th minute of an FC Kansas City win over the Washington Spirit on May 27, 2017. Sauerbrunn’s goal — a forward-momentum header off a corner kick — was one of three that evening for FCKC.And in almost the same sequence, Sauerbrunn, now a defender with the Utah Royals FC, found the back of the net in Utah’s 1-0 over
  
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• No. 10 BYU tops Utah in women’s soccer, 2-0

  07-09-2019 06:01
  Provo • Last September’s Utah-BYU women’s soccer game became a wild adventure in the second half, with BYU goalkeeper Sabrina Davis having left the field after colliding with a Ute player in mid-air and the teams then trading a flurry of goals.Davis made sure nothing crazy like that happened Friday night, once the No. 10 Cougars took an early lead in a 2-0 victory at South Field.Davis' consecutive saves of shots from Utah's Ireland Dunn and Brooklyn James in a close-range sequen
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Team USA set to battle Greece, Giannis in second round

  07-09-2019 05:51 via sportspyder.com
  Watching Team USA battle the Greek Freak > Sleeping in on a Saturday morning.
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz: Are Donovan Mitchell, Team USA still FIBA favorites?

  07-09-2019 04:36 via sportspyder.com
  After some early FIBA struggles, can Utah Jazz star Donovan Mitchell and his Team USA squad still be considered the tournament favorites? It was essentiall...
  
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• Utah Jazz: Are Donovan Mitchell, Team USA still FIBA favorites?

  07-09-2019 04:20
  After some early FIBA struggles, can Utah Jazz star Donovan Mitchell and his Team USA squad still be considered the tournament favorites? It was essentially common knowledge this summer that the Team USA that would be representing the country in the FIBA Basketball World Cup wouldn’t be the nation’s A-team. After several players either declined […]
  Utah Jazz: Are Donovan Mitchell, Team USA still FIBA favorites? - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs,
  
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• Suresh Venkatasubramanian: Utah should opt out of the surveillance state

  07-09-2019 03:00
  A revolution is happening in government surveillance, and we are a part of it whether we like it or not.This growth of new and invasive technology includes body scanners at airports, facial recognition cameras, and artificial intelligence software that links it all together. Despite Utah’s reverence for privacy, our state is not exempt from this trend.In May, we learned that Utah’s attorney general signed an agreement with a company to promote testing of 3D body-scanners at Utah spor
  
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• Utah Legislature to consider $1.5M payout to former A.G. John Swallow, who was acquitted of corruption charges

  07-09-2019 02:54
  Former Utah Attorney General John Swallow is poised to recoup the costs of his 2017 trial on corruption charges when state lawmakers convene in special session on Sept. 16.Richard Piatt, spokesman for Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes, confirmed Friday that an agreement had been reached to pay $1.5 million to Swallow to end his lawsuit against the state and compensate Swallow for his acquittal of corruption-related charges in 2017.“After a jury acquitted John Swallow, he sued the state for
  
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• Draper City Council candidate who missed filing deadline loses legal fight to get on ballot

  07-09-2019 02:00
  A judge has rejected the request of a Draper City Council candidate to force the city to put him on the ballot after he missed a filing deadline. FOX 13 reported Hubert Huh had requested a restraining order to make Draper City put his name on the November ballot. A judge on Friday said he should have known all of the disclosure details and met them. “Mr. Huh knew, or should have known, the deadline to submit his campaign finance statement was August 6, 2019, at 5:00 p.m. He had run for Dra
  
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• Karl Malone had three steals in Game 6 of the 1997 WCF vs. the Houston Rockets. He is second only to John Stockton in Jazz all-time steals with 2,035. #StealsoftheWeek | @littlegiantpic.twitter.com/hZOnJo7uR7

  07-09-2019 01:55 via twitter.com
  Karl Malone had three steals in Game 6 of the 1997 WCF vs. the Houston Rockets.He is second only to John Stockton in Jazz all-time steals with 2,035.#StealsoftheWeek | @littlegiantpic.twitter.com/hZOnJo7uR7
  
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• Rocky Anderson: To challenge LDS Church power in Utah is not ‘bigotry’

  07-09-2019 01:37
  Brigham Young, with the support of the Territorial Legislature, assumed autocratic control of Utah Territory under the guise of speaking on behalf of God.At that time, the Legislature was all-Mormon, juries were all-Mormon, the courts assigned by the Legislature to hear all civil and criminal matters were all-Mormon (the federal judges sent to set things right having been run out of town), and non-Mormons were denied the right to own property.When a “Gentile,” Dr. John King Robinson,
  
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