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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz: Will Dante Exum play in Mike Conley’s absence?

  19-12-2019 23:54 via sportspyder.com
  
  Utah Jazz guard Dante Exum hasn't received much playing time since recovering from his knee injury. Is that likely to change with Conley's recent injury? F...
  
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• [YouTube: Utah Jazz Videos] - Dunks of the Week - 12.19.19

  19-12-2019 23:49 via sportspyder.com
  
  Dunks of the Week presented by Wasatch Front Ford Dealerships
  
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• ‘Utah Booze News’ podcast: Salt Lake City boutique sells wine bags and corkscrews because liquor stores can’t

  19-12-2019 23:43
  
  The Boozetique sells everything one might need for a cocktail — except the booze.On this episode of the “Utah Booze News" podcast, Salt Lake Tribune reporter Kathy Stephenson and Fox 13′s Ben Winslow talk to owner Ivy Earnest, who opened her alcohol-accessories shop in downtown Salt Lake City because the liquor store around the corner legally can’t sell the corkscrews and wine bags consumers need.Also on the podcast, the Utah Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control says
  
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• Medical insurance bypasses Native Americans in New Mexico

  19-12-2019 23:36
  
  Santa Fe, N.M. • Native Americans go without medical insurance at a much higher rate than other residents of New Mexico, a state-commissioned study has found as state health officials seek new strategies to expand coverage.Released Wednesday, the study from the Urban Institute policy research group in Washington explores gaps in medical insurance coverage by race and ethnicity as well as age, location and education level.New Mexico fares relatively well overall in terms of paid access to he
  
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• Utah Jazz: Will Dante Exum play in Mike Conley’s absence?

  19-12-2019 23:25
  
  Utah Jazz guard Dante Exum hasn’t received much playing time since recovering from his knee injury. Is that likely to change with Conley’s recent injury? Finding a place for Dante Exum has been a tough go for the Utah Jazz. He was drafted fifth overall with hopes to become a tall point guard with good […]
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• Utah County approves first property tax hike in 23 years

  19-12-2019 23:17
  
  Utah County has voted to increase property taxes for the first time in more than two decades.Dozens of people spoke against the plan during a six-hour meeting this week, but the commissioners said it was necessary to balance the budget and keep the county from cutting into its financial reserves, the Daily Herald reported.The hike, which is the first in 23 years, is expected to bring in another $19.3 million to fund county services such as local elections and criminal prosecutions.It is estimate
  
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• Utah County approves first property tax in 23 years

  19-12-2019 23:04
  
  Utah County has voted to increase property taxes for the first time in more than two decades.Dozens of people spoke against the plan during a six-hour meeting this week, but the commissioners said it was necessary to balance the budget and keep the county from cutting into its financial reserves, the Daily Herald reported.The hike, which is the first in 23 years, is expected to bring in another $19.3 million to fund county services such as local elections and criminal prosecutions.It is estimate
  
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• Utah’s Bradlee Anae clinches consensus All-America status and the Utes land their highest-ranked recruit

  19-12-2019 23:00
  
  Utah’s football program celebrated another major award for a departing player Thursday, while welcoming the highest-ranked recruit in school history.Defensive end Bradlee Anae will become the fourth Utah offensive or defensive player named a consensus All-American (the official designation is expected this week), having made the first team on four of the five recognized lists. And the Utes’ December recruiting performance got even better with the addition of Clark Phillips III, the N
  
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• RSL will be able to enjoy a little more home cooking at the start of the 2020 season.

  19-12-2019 22:50
  
  Five of the first 10 games are at Rio Tinto Stadium for RSL, per the schedule released Thursday by Major League Soccer. In 2019, RSL dealt with nine of its first 15 games on the road. Salt Lake will see an early stretch of home games starting April 11 against the Colorado Rapids. That game starts a period in which Real will play six of nine games at home, where they went 12-4-1 least season. Like the previous two seasons, however, RSL starts things off on the road. Its opener is at Orlando City
  
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• [Deseret News] - Utah Jazz pose problems on both ends of the court, Atlanta Hawks coach says

  19-12-2019 22:10 via sportspyder.com
  
  ATLANTA — While the Utah Jazz (16-11) may be in the process of learning to become a more cohesive unit as a team with the addition of eight new players over the summer, they are still in firm...
  
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• Arizona politician’s alleged adoption aide pleads guilty

  19-12-2019 22:00
  
  Phoenix • A woman accused of helping a metro Phoenix politician in what authorities have called an illegal adoption scheme involving women from the Marshall Islands pleaded guilty Thursday to helping arrange benefits from Arizona’s Medicaid program for expecting mothers even though the women didn’t live in the state.Lynwood Jennet, 46, assisted the birth mothers in applying for the health benefits at the direction of Maricopa County Assessor Paul Petersen, who also works as an a
  
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• ‘Mormon Land’ — Gayle Ruzicka on why she opposes the ERA and how her faith informs her conservative activism on a range of issues

  19-12-2019 21:50
  
  When Utahns recently rallied for ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment, there was Gayle Ruzicka vowing to oppose it.Considered one of the most powerful people never to have held elected office, Ruzicka, the conservative activist and president of the Utah Eagle Forum, can be counted on to be in the midst of high-profile fights — from abortion to sex education, gay marriage to conversion therapy, hate crimes legislation to medical marijuana.She talks about her activism and how her Latte
  
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• Salt Lake City International Airport has new apps for travelers in time for Christmas

  19-12-2019 21:48
  
  Just in time for one of the busiest travel weeks of the season, Salt Lake City International Airport has two new or updated smartphone apps to help travelers.The updated “SLC International” app now includes features with current security line waiting times, flight schedules and airport news. The new “SLC Airport Shuttle Tracker” app shows the location of the airport’s economy parking lot shuttles with expected pickup and arrival times.The airport said it will it wil
  
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• Ask Ann Cannon: Real answers for fictional questions

  19-12-2019 21:33
  
  During the holiday season I like to mix things up a little and solicit questions from fictional characters, who (as it turns out) have issues, too. SO MANY ISSUES! Here’s this year’s Christmas edition of Ask Ann Cannon.Dear Ann Cannon • Is it okay for me to use a green crayon now and then? — Harold from “Harold’s Purple Crayon”Dear Harold • Dude. I’m all for thinking outside the (crayon) box. Grab that green crayon and knock yourself out!Dear A
  
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• [CBS Sports] - Today's Top Picks: Two best bets from Jazz-Hawks plus an NBA underdog to jump all over on Thursday - CBSSports.com

  19-12-2019 21:26 via sportspyder.com
  
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• Eye on the Y: BYU signee Terence Fall fulfills his dream of playing American football

  19-12-2019 21:16
  
  Eye on the Y is The Salt Lake Tribune’s weekly newsletter covering BYU athletics. Subscribe here.Provo • No BYU signing day recruit made a longer trek to Provo than Terence Fall.Fall, 6-foot-2, 185-pound wide receiver, may be coming to Provo from San Bernadino, Calif., but his journey to become a Cougar was much longer than a two-state road trip.The three-star prospect was actually born and raised in France, but moved to the United States a few years ago to give himself the best oppor
  
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• For Utah snowplow drivers, a white Christmas is a recurring nightmare

  19-12-2019 21:15
  
  Cottonwood Heights • As a snowplow driver, Jake Brown says that “I’m Dreaming of a White Christmas” is the one song of the season that he hates.“‘I’ll be home for Christmas’ is better,” he says. But for eight straight years, Brown has not been home then. Snowstorms have kept him out working to keep others safe.“It’s been eight years of not seeing my kids open their presents,” he says. “But if I can make things safe so p
  
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• University of Utah names its chief safety officer — a position created in response to Lauren McCluskey’s murder

  19-12-2019 21:06
  
  The University of Utah has named a longtime law enforcement leader from New York to be its first-ever chief safety officer — a new cabinet-level position that will oversee all aspects of security, including emergency preparedness, cyber attacks, laboratory hazards and, perhaps most importantly, campus policing.The appointment is the biggest action the U. has taken in its wide-scale efforts to improve safety in response to the murder of track star Lauren McCluskey. Since she was killed outs
  
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• Frank Fish: Trump knows how to tell the big lies

  19-12-2019 21:00
  
  Ever since Donald Trump broke on the scene as a politician, I have been appalled by his self-aggrandizing, his policies and his lies and astonished by his level of support. Yet I have come to realize that he’s quite clever in attracting that support. As the Italians would say, he’s furbo*.He tailors his policies to his base, not to the country as a whole as one would hope. His immigration policy is racist. But, apparently, so are many in the working class who are negatively impacted
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Game thread: Shorthanded Utah Jazz take on Atlanta Hawks

  19-12-2019 20:44 via sportspyder.com
  
  Once again the Utah Jazz will be without Mike Conley as they take on one of the best point guards in the league. Currently the Utah Jazz are on a three gam...
  
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• Game thread: Shorthanded Utah Jazz take on Atlanta Hawks

  19-12-2019 20:41
  
  Once again the Utah Jazz will be without Mike Conley as they take on one of the best point guards in the league. Currently the Utah Jazz are on a three game win streak, and tonight they will be looking to tie their season best winning streak. After nearly a week of being home they […]
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• Arizona county delays decision on Paul Petersen, who is facing smuggling charge

  19-12-2019 20:34
  
  Phoenix • An Arizona county won’t decide before Christmas whether to reinstate an elected official who was suspended when he was accused of directing an international human smuggling scheme, a spokesman said Thursday.The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors is waiting for a final investigative report into Assessor Paul Petersen's handling of his official duties before deciding whether to end a 120-day unpaid suspension, county spokesman Fields Moseley said. The report, which is being
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Jazz look to extend winning streak tonight in Atlanta

  19-12-2019 20:22 via sportspyder.com
  
  Donovan Mitchell vs Trae Young should be worth the price of admission
  
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• Utah State preparing for a fast pace against Kent State in Frisco Bowl

  19-12-2019 20:15
  
  Logan • The Utah State Aggies had about one extra week to prepare for their Frisco Bowl opponent, the Kent State Golden Flashes, and the scout on them is simple: They have a flashy run game. “They do a lot of different run plays — more than I’ve seen really any football team do,” Aggies defense coordinator Justin Ena said. “It’s a little bit different from what I’m used to.” The Golden Flashes average 181 rushing yards per game and have scored
  
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• Red All Over: Will Jason Shelley become the next Utah QB to play defense?

  19-12-2019 20:01
  
  Red All Over is a weekly newsletter covering University of Utah athletics. Subscribe here.Utah’s football program has produced several defensive stars who arrived on campus as quarterbacks, but here’s a twist. Jason Shelley, who started the last five games of the 2018 season after quarterback Tyler Huntley was injured, likely will move to defense in the spring, Ute coach Kyle Whittingham said during a signing day news conference Wednesday.Shelley seemingly confirmed the plan when he
  
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• Letter: With Trump, the truth will get you fired

  19-12-2019 20:00
  
  Attorney General William Barr is colluding with President Donald Trump. This is dangerous to American democracy.The Muller report came out and Barr said that the report concluded that there was no obstruction of justice. This statement is a lie. The report stated just the opposite. There was obstruction by the president.Now Barr is saying, that the Justice Department Inspector General report presented to Congress states that the Russia probe was opened in “bad faith” by the FBI and t
  
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• Letter: Witch hunt is well deserved

  19-12-2019 20:00
  
  It's way past time for Democrats to acknowledge they absolutely have been on a witch hunt these past three years, and for good reason. After all, there are male witches, and plenty of them.The most common etymology for a male witch is derived from "warlock," with meanings of an "oath breaker, deceiver and demon." The hunt for this type of witches began in the West Wing of the White House, where the Wicked Witch of the West (and company) reside.As in the Wizard of Oz, may he be doused with reject
  
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• Letter: Trump and Putin echo Stalin

  19-12-2019 20:00
  
  Given the words and actions of President Trump, it is enlightening to compare Nikita Khrushchev’s depiction of Joseph Stalin in his “secret speech,” of 1956 to the 20th Party Congress to Trump’s own mindset and behavior.Khrushchev said:“Stalin was a very distrustful man, morbidly suspicious … This sickly suspicion created in him a general distrust even toward eminent party workers whom he had known for years. Everywhere and in everything he saw ‘enemies
  
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• Woman struck and killed by truck in Clearfield

  19-12-2019 19:49
  
  A woman was killed in Clearfield on Thursday morning after she was struck by a pickup truck at the intersection of 700 south and the I-15 northbound offramp.According to Clearfield Police Department, the 20-year-old woman — whose name has not been released — was struck at 6:41 a.m. She was transported by ambulance to a hospital, where she died a short time later.The driver of the truck, an adult male, “remained at the scene and is cooperating with the investigation,” acco
  
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• Utah eliminates tampon tax with sweeping reform package

  19-12-2019 19:38
  
  After years of failed attempts, Utah has eliminated its sales tax on menstrual products in a sweeping reform passed by the Legislature.“It’s very humbling to think of women, girls, every person who menstruates, they’re going to have that savings. And that is a beautiful thing," said Emily Bell McCormick, founder of The Policy Project, a health policy group in Salt Lake City.McCormick helped lead local efforts to end the “tampon tax,” including holding a rally in Oct
  
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• Gail Collins: Will impeachment drive Trump batty?

  19-12-2019 19:25
  
  The only problem with impeachment is that it might drive Donald Trump even crazier than usual.Or probably.The scariest thing about the whole process has been the president’s absolute, total inability to handle it like a sane person, let alone a sensible politician. On the day before the impeachment vote, when reporters asked Trump if he accepted any responsibility for what was happening, he did not say, “I just wish I could have been clearer about my total dedication to the country&r
  
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• David Bennett: Join the study to preserve solar power in Utah

  19-12-2019 19:24
  
  Like everyone else in Park City, I recently received a confusing letter from Rocky Mountain Power about a study for rooftop solar customers. If you are a Rocky Mountain Power customer with rooftop solar please keep reading.At first, it seemed like an uninteresting legal document destined for the recycling bin, but I have solar on my roof so I decided to look into the study mentioned in the letter.Every solar customer should join this study.The study is actually being run by a group called Vote S
  
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• Utes’ stunning basketball victory over Kentucky quickly changes the narrative of their season

  19-12-2019 19:09
  
  Las Vegas • On May 15, 2018, news broke that Utah and Kentucky had agreed on a two-year series. The Power Five programs would play at venerable Rupp Arena in 2018, and T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Wednesday.Two days later, it was announced that the CBS Sports Classic, a four-team event involving the Wildcats, Ohio State, UCLA and North Carolina, would move to T-Mobile for 2019, specifically Saturday, three days after the Utah game.Kentucky scheduling two games in four days in the desert w
  
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• Gov. Gary Herbert signs Utah tax reform bill

  19-12-2019 19:06
  
  Utah Gov. Gary Herbert announced Thursday that he has signed legislation reforming the state’s tax code that was recently approved by lawmakers in special session.The bill cuts overall taxes by roughly $160 million net through a combination of decreased income taxes and increased sales taxes. Several groups opposed the legislation — and efforts have begun to overturn the bill through a referendum — particularly for its inclusion of a higher sales tax on groceries.Herbert said h
  
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• University of Utah robotics breakthrough, the LUKE Arm, will be seen at theaters playing ‘Star Wars’ movie

  19-12-2019 19:01
  
  Fans watching the new “Star Wars” movie in nine Utah theaters will get to see some real-life wizardry from the University of Utah’s College of Engineering.A 30-second commercial for the LUKE Arm, a motorized prosthetic arm for amputees co-developed by biomedical engineers at the U., will play before screenings of “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker,” at the Megaplex Theatres chain.The LUKE Arm is named after Luke Skywalker, the hero of the original “Star Wars&rd
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Utah Jazz lack draft picks and salary to match in trades, help may not be on the horizon

  19-12-2019 18:49 via sportspyder.com
  
  Mike Conley’s absence exacerbates Utah’s already underperforming bench unit.
  
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• Watch live: Gov. Herbert expected to address Utah tax reform during monthly news conference

  19-12-2019 18:06
  
  Gov. Gary Herbert will speak to members of the media on Thursday during his monthly televised news conference at PBS Utah.Herbert is expected to comment on changes to the state’s tax laws that were approved last week during a special session of the Utah Legislature. He has not yet signed the bill, but has stated that he supports the changes approved by lawmakers.Other topics may include the impeachment of President Donald Trump, homelessness, and Herbert’s budget priorities for his f
  
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• Among public, a great divide at moment of Trump impeachment

  19-12-2019 17:52
  
  We interrupt the holiday spirit to bring you the impeachment of a president.In festive haunts, buzzing stores and rush-hour frenzy, Americans absorbed the moment Donald Trump became only the third president branded with the mark of impeachment, the Constitution's gravest political indictment.Depending whom you ask in this deeply polarized country, Americans saw the House vote Wednesday night as a just expression of the nation's founding document, or a gross distortion of it. They saw Trump getti
  
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• Russia’s Vladimir Putin says Trump was impeached for ‘far-fetched’ reasons

  19-12-2019 17:47
  
  Moscow • Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that U.S. President Donald Trump was impeached for “far-fetched” reasons, calling the move by Democrats a continuation of their fight against the Republican leader."It's simply a continuation of internal political struggle," Putin said at his end-of-year news conference in Moscow. "The party that lost the (2016) election, the Democratic Party, is trying to achieve results by other means."He likened Trump's impeachment to th
  
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• Will Utah get a white Christmas or just more fog and smog?

  19-12-2019 17:41
  
  There’s a chance that Salt Lake City will have its sixth white Christmas in a row. There’s also a chance that a storm forecast for Dec. 24 and 25 could be northern Utah’s next big chance to break up the building inversion.According to the National Weather Service, valley inversion will “persist through at least the end of the week” and “fog and haze” will increase. And the air doesn’t just look bad, it is bad. By Thursday morning, Salt Lake, Davis,
  
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• [Sports Keeda] - Utah Jazz vs Atlanta Hawks: Match Preview and Predictions- 19th December 2019

  19-12-2019 16:56 via sportspyder.com
  
  The Jazz prepare to visit the Hawks in an inter-conference match-up that could pile more misery on Atlanta.
  
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• Police recover weapon from student at Promontory School of Expeditionary Learning

  19-12-2019 16:47
  
  A 10-year-old boy will be referred to juvenile court after he brought a gun to his Box Elder charter school on Wednesday morning.Perry Police Chief Scott Hancey said officials believe the child brought his father’s gun to Promontory School of Expeditionary Learning “to show his friends." The boy did not make any threats to his classmates, Hancey said.School administrators learned about the handgun around 9 a.m. and notified police, who were able to recover the weapon.Utah officials e
  
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• How Gary Andersen fared in his return to Utah State football

  19-12-2019 16:44
  
  Logan • Gary Andersen doesn’t often talk about himself or his accomplishments. So it wasn’t much of a surprise that when asked to reflect on his first season back as head coach of the Utah State football team, he spent much of his time talking about his players, his relationships with them and the work they do in the community.But upon some further reflection of 2019, Andersen admitted there’s at least one thing he would have changed in his first year back in Cache Valley.
  
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• UTA aims to end special federal monitoring early

  19-12-2019 16:42
  
  The Utah Transit Authority took steps Wednesday that it hopes may bring an early end to special federal monitoring of the agency, which was part of a deal in 2017 to avoid federal prosecution.The UTA Board voted to restructure a contract with the federally approved monitor — the San Francisco law firm of Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass — to speed evaluation of some key areas of promised reforms.It approved a $214,600 contract change that “allows them to complete monitoring of U
  
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• Park City millionaire Ira Sachs Sr. will be profiled in Slamdance’s opening film

  19-12-2019 16:38
  
  A Park City legend will get his moment on the big screen in his home town, as the subject of the opening-night film of the 2020 Slamdance Film Festival.Experimental documentarian Lynne Sachs’ movie “Film About a Father Who,” a profile of her father, Ira Sachs Sr., will open the independent film festival on Jan. 24 at the Treasure Mountain Inn, 255 Main St., Park City, the festival announced Wednesday.Ira Sachs Sr., 83, is known around Park City as an eccentric millionaire, the
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - The Jazz need consistency from their role players

  19-12-2019 16:37 via sportspyder.com
  
  Without Mike Conley for multiple games (and possibly more), the Jazz need their role players to step up
  
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• [CBS Sports] - Jazz vs. Hawks odds, line: 2019 NBA picks, predictions for Dec. 19 from proven simulation - CBSSports.com

  19-12-2019 16:37 via sportspyder.com
  
  The SportsLine Projection Model has a pick for the clash between Jazz and Hawks. Here are the results:
  
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• UTA OKs continued funding for ‘microtransit’ experiment

  19-12-2019 16:35
  
  About 216 riders a day may not seem like much. But Utah Transit Authority officials are thrilled that its new “microtransit” experiment in southwestern Salt Lake County is attracting that many people after its first 20 days — and before a big marketing push is planned.The service is a hybid between ride-hailing companies, such as Uber and Lyft, and traditional transit. Riders use smartphones (or may call on a landline) to request a shared van ride to anywhere in a 65-square mil
  
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• U.S. House impeaches President Trump on abuse of power, obstruction

  19-12-2019 16:31
  
  Washington • It was a sad day. A somber day. A historic day.And in the end, as expected, it was a partisan-filled day as the House voted largely along party lines to impeach President Donald Trump on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, making him only the third president to face a Senate trial and possible removal from office in the 243-year-old American experiment.For Democrats, the drastic move was about holding the president to account for his efforts to leverage hundr
  
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• Trump impeached on charges of abuse of power, obstruction

  19-12-2019 16:28
  
  Washington • President Donald Trump was impeached by the U.S. House of Representatives, becoming only the third American chief executive to be formally charged under the Constitution’s ultimate remedy for high crimes and misdemeanors.The historic vote split along party lines Wednesday night, much the way it has divided the nation, over a charge that the 45th president abused the power of his office by enlisting a foreign government to investigate a political rival ahead of the 2020 el
  
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