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• [NBA] - Roundball Roundup: Twitter avis, Careless Whisper, and a lively bench against Minnesota

  13-12-2019 23:54 via sportspyder.com
  
  Donovan Mitchell changes his twitter avatar. Dr. Jazz debuts in Minnesota. UtahJazz.com's JP Chunga reviews the games of the week.A rundown of the episode:1:30 — What happened against OKC? 5:50 —
  
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• Supreme Court to take up dispute over subpoenas for Trump records

  13-12-2019 23:22
  
  Washington • The Supreme Court said Friday it will hear President Donald Trump’s pleas to keep his tax, bank and financial records private, a major confrontation between the president and Congress that also could affect the 2020 presidential campaign.Arguments will take place in late March, and the justices are poised to issue decisions in June as Trump is campaigning for a second term. Rulings against the president could result in the quick release of personal financial information t
  
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• As BLM moves its headquarters to Colorado, many employees may not follow

  13-12-2019 23:18
  
  Las Vegas • Opponents of the Trump administration’s plan to break up the Washington, D.C., headquarters of the country’s public lands bureau are warning of a brain drain, saying many staffers who are being reassigned are opting to quit rather than move out West.U.S. Interior Secretary David Bernhardt defended the move Friday. Opponents have projected that the number of Bureau of Land Management staffers agreeing to move from headquarters could be as low as 15%, which Bernhardt s
  
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• The Beehive Classic is history. Here’s why the in-state basketball showcase couldn’t make it.

  13-12-2019 23:09
  
  Larry H. Miller Sports & Entertainment birthed the Beehive Classic in 2017 with the best of intentions.Take Utah, BYU, Utah State, and Weber State, four of the state’s six Division I programs, and stage a one-admission doubleheader at Vivint Smart Home Arena, home of the Jazz. Over the course of the initial three-year agreement, everyone would play each other once, the event ultimately acting as a showcase for one of the nation’s underrated basketball states.The best intentions a
  
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• Utah agency over 911 calls made mistakes that may has resulted in deaths, new audit shows

  13-12-2019 23:08
  
  The troubled Utah Communications Authority — recently reorganized after scandals including an employee embezzling $1 million and the agency being slapped for violating transparency laws — is being criticized by legislative auditors again.And some of the errors played a role in the deaths of people who called 911 for help.An audit released Friday said the group has far to go to improve 911 emergency phone line operations statewide, and to help ensure that public safety agencies now us
  
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• Legacy Parkway will allow big rigs, higher speed limit after neighbors again fail to halt Jan. 1 changes

  13-12-2019 23:08
  
  Neighbors of Legacy Parkway appeared before the Utah Transportation Commission on Friday for one last unsuccessful attempt to stop the conversion of that scenic country highway into an Interstate 15-like freeway with faster speeds, big rigs and more noise and pollution.Despite their continuing pleas, plans are proceeding to allow big-rig trucks and to raise the speed limit there from 55 mph to 65 mph beginning Jan. 1, said Robert Miles, director of traffic and safety for the Utah Department of T
  
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• Sharlee Mullins Glenn: There’s nothing ‘easy’ about the question of impeachment

  13-12-2019 23:00
  
  I will just say it: I don't know whether or not President Trump should be impeached.What I do know, beyond any doubt, is that he has acted, over and over again, in ways that are clearly wrong, clearly unethical, clearly unbefitting a president of the United States of America. But do his clearly problematic attempts to solicit from a foreign power favors that would serve his own political interests amount to “high crimes and misdemeanors”?I don’t know.I think the most honest thi
  
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• [CBS Sports] - Warriors vs. Jazz odds: 2019 NBA picks, Dec. 13 predictions from advanced computer model - CBSSports.com

  13-12-2019 22:29 via sportspyder.com
  
  The SportsLine projection model has a pick for the clash between the Warriors and Jazz. Here are the results:
  
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• Margarette Purvis: The new SNAP rule will cause more hunger than food banks can handle

  13-12-2019 22:00
  
  On the eve of the Trump administration’s announcement of a new rule that could eliminate benefits for nearly 700,000 people, I was at an event for a national faith-based hunger charity, surrounded by people who work to help Americans in need. Exhausted and disappointed by this latest assault on the low-income people we serve, we shared our frustration with the administration’s use of the term “able-bodied” to describe who will be affected to obscure what the rule really i
  
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• As California thins forests to limit fire risk, some resist

  13-12-2019 21:42
  
  Santa Cruz Mountains, Calif. • Buzzing chainsaws are interrupted by the frequent crash of breaking branches as crews fell towering trees and clear tangled brush in the densely forested Santa Cruz Mountains south of San Francisco.Their goal: To protect communities such as Redwood Estates, where giant redwoods loom over the houses of tech workers who live in the wooded community just 20 miles from the heart of Silicon Valley. With California's increasingly warm, dry and overgrown landscape, w
  
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• Impeachment charges head to full House; Trump cries anew: ‘Hoax’

  13-12-2019 21:41
  
  Washington • Democrats propelled President Donald Trump’s impeachment toward a historic vote by the full U.S. House as the Judiciary Committee on Friday approved charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. It's the latest major step in the constitutional and political storm that has divided Congress and the nation.The House is expected to approve the two articles of impeachment next week, before lawmakers depart for the holidays.The partisan split in the committee vote &mda
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Eric Paschall (hip) held out vs. Jazz, Steve Kerr not concerned about injury

  13-12-2019 21:31 via sportspyder.com
  
  The Golden State Warriors will hold out rookie Eric Paschall for Friday’s game against the Utah Jazz due to a hip injury, though head coach Steve Kerr says he’s not concerned for the long-term effects of this injury, according to Logan Murdock of...
  
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• Noah Hoffman: Russian doping remains an insult to the world’s athletes

  13-12-2019 20:45
  
  On Monday the World Anti-Doping Agency unanimously voted to “ban” Russia from major international sporting events for the next four years, including the Tokyo 2020 and Beijing 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Games.Despite the tough talk and self-congratulatory rhetoric accompanying the announcement, WADA’s ruling is a gift to the Kremlin and a slap in the face to clean athletes. It is the latest example of a failed global anti-doping system that continues to be exploited by corrupt
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Utah Jazz look to keep the band going against the Golden State Warriors

  13-12-2019 20:31 via sportspyder.com
  
  Two teams lacking identities meet on a rainy evening
  
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• Paul Krugman: The party that ruined the planet

  13-12-2019 20:29
  
  The most terrifying aspect of the U.S. political drama isn’t the revelation that the president has abused his power for personal gain. If you didn’t see that coming from the day Donald Trump was elected, you weren’t paying attention.No, the real revelation has been the utter depravity of the Republican Party. Essentially every elected or appointed official in that party has chosen to defend Trump by buying into crazy, debunked conspiracy theories. That is, one of America’
  
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• Utah Military Academy director resigns after whistleblower reports ‘questionable ethical practices’

  13-12-2019 20:17
  
  The Utah Military Academy was placed on warning status Thursday —and its director resigned — after a whistleblower reported that the school was operating “with questionable ethical practices,” including inflating a cadet’s grades to get him into a prestigious Army training program.The allegations about the charter school came three months ago through an anonymous tip line. The caller said he was a former employee of the academy and was asked to white out dates on bu
  
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• Federal judge dismisses ex-Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff’s $80 million lawsuit

  13-12-2019 19:55
  
  A federal judge has tossed former Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff’s $80 million lawsuit on Friday, finding those who investigated and charged him with public corruption six years ago can’t be sued for doing their jobs.Shurtleff was at the center of one of Utah’s most sweeping political scandals, though in 2016, all criminal charges against him were dismissed.He accepted a $600,000 settlement with the state over the legal fees he accrued while fighting the charges. But that
  
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• Dave Peck returning to Bingham as the Miners’ football coach

  13-12-2019 19:51
  
  A high school football coaching legend is returning to the program he turned into a national power.Bingham High principal Rodney Shaw announced Friday on Twitter that Dave Peck will resume his head coaching duties with the Miners beginning next season.“Bingham High School is proud to announce theat Dave Peck is returning as our head football coach and will be rejoining our teaching staff. It is a GREAT Day to be a Miner!!!!,” Shaw said in the tweet.Bingham High School is proud to ann
  
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• Neighbors again fail to halt Jan. 1 changes on Legacy Parkway that will allow big rigs, higher speed limit

  13-12-2019 19:30
  
  Neighbors of Legacy Parkway appeared before the Utah Transportation Commission on Friday for one last unsuccessful attempt to stop the conversion of that scenic country highway into an Interstate 15-like freeway with faster speeds, big rigs and more noise and pollution.Despite their continuing pleas, plans are proceeding to allow big-rig trucks and to raise the speed limit there from 55 mph to 65 mph beginning Jan. 1, said Robert Miles, director of traffic and safety for the Utah Department of T
  
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• Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill requires his prosecutors to visit the jails where they send Utahns

  13-12-2019 19:26
  
  Dirt on an inmate’s hand had left a visible print on the gray concrete wall. Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill put his hand next to it as his eyes traced the towering 25-foot walls to the wire caging that obstructed his view of the blue sky.He paused.“Nothing brings you the sense of isolation more than this,” he says, his eyes moving around the 20-by-20 concrete box that makes up a recreation yard at the Salt Lake County jail.This isn’t Gill’s first time h
  
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• Gretchen Carlson: Fox News, I want my voice back

  13-12-2019 19:21
  
  When my retaliation and sexual harassment complaint against Roger Ailes, the former Fox News chairman and C.E.O., went public in 2016, there were no #MeToo or Times Up movements to help rally support for my cause. In the years that followed, many more women have found the courage to come forward, calling out Bill O’Reilly, Matt Lauer, Charlie Rose, Harvey Weinstein, and other powerful men accused of abusing their power. When I sued, I could have never known that my story and the stories of
  
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• The Utah State Aggies went 9-1 without center Neemias Queta. Now that he’s back, look out.

  13-12-2019 19:04
  
  Logan • The Utah State Aggies started their season with a lot of hype. They were ranked No. 17 in the Associated Press preseason poll and picked to repeat as Mountain West champions. For the most part, the Aggies have lived up to those expectations. Aside from a lone loss to Saint Mary’s, Utah State has shown it was worthy of all the preseason accolades. The Aggies are 10-1 so far this season, which marks the best start since the 2012-13 squad began its season 14-1. But what may be mo
  
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• Scott D. Pierce: Amazon founder Jeff Bezos uses his power for good and saves ‘The Expanse’

  13-12-2019 19:02
  
  In no small part because Amazon’s founder is a fan, “The Expanse” was snatched from the jaws of cancellation. Isn’t it great when a billionaire like Jeff Bezos uses his power for good instead of evil?And a billionaire spending millions to produce a fourth season of “The Expanse” is a far better use of his money than, say, financing your own campaign for president. The show will make a lot of people happy for years to come. The campaigns … probably not s
  
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• Rich Lowry: An unhistoric impeachment

  13-12-2019 19:02
  
  Never has history felt less consequential.The impending impeachment of President Donald Trump is, as news accounts and blaring newspaper headlines tell us, historic. This is true by definition, since a president has been impeached only twice before in 230 years.But everyone knows that this history isn't going to matter much. In fact, the day after the Senate trial ends in inevitable acquittal, everything goes on exactly the same as before (except for vulnerable House Democrats from Trump distric
  
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• Commentary: Tampon tax ends in Utah. Other states should follow suit.

  13-12-2019 19:00
  
  It happened. There were doubts. There were moments of elation and moments of frustration. But it happened.Pending the governor’s signature before the end of the year, Utah will become the next state to eliminate the so-called “tampon tax.” Introduced for the past four legislative sessions as a stand alone bill, it was killed every time, before reaching the floor for a full vote. Now the exemption of menstrual products from sales tax is about to become law, occupying a line item
  
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• Utah disposes of 275 cases of beer worth nearly $18,000. Why? Because the law says so.

  13-12-2019 18:35
  
  North Salt Lake • The state agency charged with distributing and selling alcohol in Utah has disposed of thousands of gallons of drinkable beer worth almost $18,000.Early Friday, the Utah Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control transported 275 cases of beer-filled bottles and cans from its Salt Lake City warehouse to Wasatch Resource Recovery in North Salt Lake. The products, DABC officials say, could no longer be sold in state-run liquor stores because of new law that took effect in Novem
  
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• Trump says U.S., China have reached trade deal; Sunday tariffs off

  13-12-2019 17:46
  
  Washington • President Donald Trump said Friday that the U.S. has canceled plans to impose new tariffs on $160 billion worth of Chinese imports Sunday as part of a modest interim agreement that de-escalates a 17-month trade war between the world’s two biggest economies.The United States is also reducing existing import taxes on about $112 billion in Chinese goods from 15% to 7.5%In return, Trump said on Twitter, the Chinese have agreed to "massive'' purchases of American farm and manu
  
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• California wildfire prevention turns to thinning forests

  13-12-2019 17:31
  
  Santa Cruz Mountains, Calif. • Buzzing chainsaws are interrupted by the frequent crash of breaking branches as crews fell towering trees and clear tangled brush in the densely forested Santa Cruz Mountains south of San Francisco.Their goal: To protect communities such as Redwood Estates, where giant redwoods loom over the houses of tech workers who live in the wooded community just 20 miles from the heart of Silicon Valley. With California's increasingly warm, dry and overgrown landscape, w
  
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• [Sports Illustrated] - 2019-20 NBA season: Biggest disappointments so far - Sports Illustrated

  13-12-2019 17:28 via sportspyder.com
  
  The Jazz, Blazers and Hawks have all fell short of expectations so far this NBA season.
  
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• House Judiciary vote sends Trump impeachment charges to full House

  13-12-2019 17:26
  
  Washington • Democrats propelled President Donald Trump’s impeachment toward a vote by the full U.S. House on Friday, as the Judiciary Committee approved charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress in the constitutional and political storm that has divided Congress and the nation.The House is expected to approve the two articles of impeachment next week, before lawmakers depart for the holidays.The partisan committee split — 23 Democrats to 17 Republicans — refle
  
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• Weekend to bring a blanket of snow to northern Utah

  13-12-2019 16:33
  
  Northern Utah's skiers can rejoice and drivers can breathe easy — at least on Friday — as an ongoing winter storm dumps snow in the mountains, with rain in the cities this weekend.As of Friday morning, 20 inches of fresh snow had fallen at the crest of Brighton, with 16 inches at Snowbasin and Alta, 14 inches at Snowbird, and 11 inches at Powder Mountain, Canyons Village and Solitude, the National Weather Service reported.Friday called for a short break in the precipitation that cove
  
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• House panel approves two Trump impeachment charges

  13-12-2019 16:16
  
  Washington • The House Judiciary Committee has approved two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump. The charges now go to the full House for an expected vote next week. The abuse of power charge stems from Trump's July phone call with the Ukraine president pressuring him to announce an investigation of Democrats as he was withholding US aid. The obstruction charge involves Trump's blocking of House efforts to investigate his actions. Trump has denied wrongdoing. THIS IS A BR
  
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• UK’s Johnson claims Brexit mandate as Tories secure majority

  13-12-2019 15:51
  
  London • Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party has won a thumping majority of seats in Britain's Parliament — a decisive outcome to a Brexit-dominated election that should allow Johnson to fulfill his plan to take the U.K. out of the European Union next month.With 649 of the 650 results declared on Friday, the Conservatives had 364 seats and the main opposition Labour Party 203.“We did it — we pulled it off, didn't we?'' a jubilant Johnson told supporters
  
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• House panel presses toward historic Trump impeachment vote

  13-12-2019 15:40
  
  Washington • The House Judiciary Committee pushed deliberately toward a historic vote Thursday to approve articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, split sharply along party lines. The daylong session was expected to end with charges being sent to the full House for action next week, before the holidays.The committee, made up of some of the most strident Democrats and Republicans in Congress, clashed for hours in pointed and at times emotional debate, drawing on history and th
  
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• Red All Over: What happened to the Utes vs. Oregon? The answer is found up front

  13-12-2019 15:30
  
  Red All Over is a weekly newsletter covering University of Utah athletics. Subscribe here.What happened? That’s the question Utah football fans have been asking in the wake of a 37-15 loss to Oregon in last week’s Pac-12 championship game.Even though there were more what-ifs involved in a 10-3 loss to Washington in last year’s title game, this defeat was more devastating for three reasons: The Utes were No. 5 in the College Football Playoff rankings, the results of other champi
  
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• [CBS Sports] - Jazz vs. Warriors: How to watch NBA online, TV channel, live stream info, game time - CBSSports.com

  13-12-2019 15:16 via sportspyder.com
  
  How to watch Jazz vs. Warriors basketball game
  
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• [Forbes] - Fixing The Utah Jazz’s Offense: Getting The Blender Whirring

  13-12-2019 15:13 via sportspyder.com
  
  The Utah Jazz are throwing fewer passes than in past seasons, and it's having a real impact on their offense. They need to turn flashes of ball movement consistency into the norm to achieve their full potential.
  
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• Watch live: House committee to take historic vote on Trump impeachment

  13-12-2019 15:09
  
  Washington • The House Judiciary Committee is expected to approve articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump on Friday after abruptly shutting down a 14-hour session late Thursday following a marathon slog through Republican amendments aimed at killing the charges.Approval of the two charges against the president would send the matter to the full House for a vote expected next week.But the sudden turn late Thursday punctuated the deep split in the Congress, and the nation, over
  
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• Robert Kirby: All I want for Christmas is ... the impossible

  13-12-2019 15:00
  
  My wife and I were on the sofa watching the morning news Thursday when she popped the question just like she has for the past 25 Decembers. I gave her the same answer.Wife • “What do you want for Christmas?”Me • “Hell if I know.”What could I want for Christmas that I don’t already have? I’m still happily married and debt-free. My girls have good husbands, my grandkids are healthy (though some of them show signs of early-onset Kirbism), and I’m
  
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• Miles Hansen: Lee’s immigration bill will give Silicon Slopes the high-tech workers it needs

  13-12-2019 15:00
  
  Utah’s tech economy is booming, yet despite unprecedented growth, many business leaders share a common challenge in realizing their global potential. The problem isn’t a lack of innovative ideas. It’s a lack of high-skilled labor.In Utah, like many places around the country, tech CEOs have maxed out their local talent pool and are looking to hire foreign-born workers to keep their companies thriving. Yet under an outdated and inefficient immigration system that allows only 7 pe
  
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• Maya MacGuineas: Utah statesmen seek to fix our most pressing problems

  13-12-2019 15:00
  
  Political paralysis may grip Washington, but two Utah leaders are seeking solutions to some of our nation’s most pressing problems.Last month, Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, Rep. Ben McAdams, D-Utah, and other leaders from both chambers and parties introduced the Time to Rescue United States Trusts Act, or the TRUST Act. The bill would create bipartisan commissions to rescue the Social Security, Medicare and Highway trust funds before they run out of reserves.Trust fund solvency may sound like
  
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• Eye on the Y: Mark Pope’s personality brings an added layer to BYU coverage

  13-12-2019 15:00
  
  Eye on the Y is a weekly newsletter covering BYU athletics. Subscribe here.Provo • After BYU routed Nevada 75-42 on Tuesday, at the end of the post-game interviews, coach Mark Pope called the media out on our lack of emotion. It was even funnier considering we gave Pope a hard time for his lack of sarcasm after the UNLV game.See, when BYU fell to Utah in overtime, Pope told us he “thought the officials were amazing. That’s probably the best crew to set foot on this planet and, I
  
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• Chris Stewart: The Fairness for All Act is a better way forward

  13-12-2019 15:00
  
  Using the collaborative approach to problem solving for which Utah has become known, LGBT advocates and faith groups have joined with me to introduce the Fairness for All Act – legislation intended to balance the legitimate rights of both LGBT and religious communities.Inspired by a state bill passed by the Utah legislature in 2015, this effort attempts to replicate the success Utah's solution has demonstrated over the last four years.In contrast with the House-passed Equality Act, this le
  
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• Political Cornflakes: Trump may skip debates in general election

  13-12-2019 14:44
  
  Happy Friday the 13th!President Donald Trump is considering skipping debates in next year’s general election. He’s concerned about who may moderate and ask questions. During the 2016 campaign, he complained that he was constantly put at a disadvantage with Hillary Clinton — who received a bump in polls after each debate. [NYTimes]Topping the news: Most Utahns will see bigger paychecks and tax returns next year, but also bigger bills for groceries and other purchases after lawma
  
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• Salt Lake County district attorney requires his prosecutors to visit the jails where they send Utahns

  13-12-2019 14:03
  
  Dirt on an inmate’s hand had left a visible print on the gray concrete wall. Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill put his hand next to it as his eyes traced the towering 25-foot walls to the wire caging that obstructed his view of the blue sky.He paused.“Nothing brings you the sense of isolation more than this,” he says, his eyes moving around the 20-by-20 concrete box that makes up a recreation yard at the Salt Lake County jail.This isn’t Gill’s first time h
  
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• Utah charter school enrollment dips for the 1st time in at least a decade

  13-12-2019 14:00
  
  Enrollment at Utah’s charter schools — which have seen explosive growth in the past as they’ve attempted to be “education’s disruptors” — declined this year for the first time in at least a decade.The dip is largely unexpected but follows a particularly chaotic year for charters in the state. One was forced to close with millions in debts owed to overseas investors. Another filed for bankruptcy. A third was ordered to shut down after less than two years
  
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• This monthly pop-up helps Utah artists find success and community

  13-12-2019 14:00
  
  In a time when a banana duct-taped to a wall can get attention and praise — and a $120,000 sales price — many artists are trying to figure out more practical ways to break into the market.A pop-up solution convenes nearly every month in Salt Lake City, as the Connect project offers friendly critiques and competition. Artists can walk in and submit up to two pieces with no cost or pre-registration. After the crowd votes, works from the top five artists are shown in the Urban Arts Gall
  
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• Scott D. Pierce: Amazon’s Bezos uses his power for good and saves ‘The Expanse’

  13-12-2019 14:00
  
  In no small part because Amazon’s founder is a fan, “The Expanse” was snatched from the jaws of cancellation. Isn’t it great when a billionaire like Jeff Bezos uses his power for good instead of evil?And a billionaire spending millions to produce a fourth season of “The Expanse” is a far better use of his money than, say, financing your own campaign for president. The show will make a lot of people happy for years to come. The campaigns … probably not s
  
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• Marina Gomberg: Don’t roll your eyes, but I have hope for humanity — here’s why

  13-12-2019 14:00
  
  I don’t know if the world is a scarier, meaner place than it has ever been, or if maybe it just feels that way because there are so many more channels through which we can absorb the world’s sorrows. But even for a person who mostly sees through rose-colored glasses, things feel a bit bleak. Our oceans are rising, our tensions are rising, and consequently (annoyingly?), so too is my desire to spread some damn cheer. Maybe it’s the holiday season or maybe it’s my default s
  
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• Letter: When is it too late?

  13-12-2019 14:00
  
  Sometimes when you are in the eye of a hurricane, the breeze is gentle. Miles away, the storm crushes buildings and uproots trees.In our town, in the gentle desert, it’s like that with only memories of damage humans have done to the land, like the Willard town flood in the year before my birth. That flood in 1932 forever changed my grandmother’s farm. Arising from deforestation around Willard Peak, heavy rain sent mud and boulders down steep mountain slopes, covering her part of town
  
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