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• New Nevada law to limit indoor use of vaping, e-cigarettes

  26-12-2019 23:49
  
  Las Vegas • A new Nevada law will expand the state’s clean-air law that already restricts smoking to also prohibit use of vaping products and electronic cigarettes in most public places and indoor places of employment.The new law to provide protection against secondhand aerosol was enacted during the 2019 legislative session and takes effect Jan. 1, the Southern Nevada Health District said.Places where use of vaping products and electronic cigarettes will no longer be allowed will inc
  
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• National wildlife refuges in Nevada face staffing shortages

  26-12-2019 23:41
  
  Las Vegas • A massive wildlife refuge north of Las Vegas established to protect desert bighorn sheep is severely understaffed, according to advocates and employees, and it’s not the only refuge in need of workers.Amy Sprunger, manager of the Desert National Wildlife Refuge, is set to become the only employee at the 2,500-square-mile (6,475-square-kilometer) refuge in January.Sprunger told the Las Vegas Sun that the refuge, the largest in the Lower 48 states, is supposed to have three
  
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• A barrier to Trump’s border wall: landowners in Texas

  26-12-2019 23:35
  
  Progreso, Texas • Two days after giving the federal government his signature, Richard Drawe paused with his wife and mother on a levee that his family has owned for nearly a century to watch the cranes and roseate spoonbills.A border wall that he reluctantly agreed to put on his land will soon divide this Texan family from the whole scene: the levee, a lake, an onion field and all of those birds.Drawe, 69, doubts the wall will do much to stop illegal immigration, and although he supports th
  
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• [CBS Sports] - Blazers vs. Jazz odds, line: 2019 NBA picks, Dec. 26 predictions from advanced computer - CBSSports.com

  26-12-2019 23:16 via sportspyder.com
  
  The SportsLine Projection Model has a pick for the clash between the Blazers and Jazz. Here are the results:
  
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• Gordon Monson: 2019 was a year in a hurry for sports in the state of Utah. In some cases, the rush helped. In others ...

  26-12-2019 22:59
  
  The years at the end of a decade, at the end of a century supposedly increase urgency for new invention and better performance, the natural calendar deadlines drawing a finish line that calls for a proper cap to everything that’s gone before.Sports in the state of Utah in 2019 were in a hurry and, in some cases, the rush helped. In others, as the old grammatically challenged saying goes, the hurrier things went, the behinder they got.The year launched with a positive — when Kyle Whit
  
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• ‘Mormon Land’: Law prof discusses history of church finances, why it stopped reporting them, and why it should start disclosing them again.

  26-12-2019 22:56
  
  Recent news reports of a $100 billion investment portfolio amassed by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have focused attention once again on the subject of Mormon wealth.Whether the Utah-based faith may have violated tax laws — as some allege and church officials deny — is just one issue. The deeper questions may be: How much is too much for a church to hold in reserve? How much should members and others know about the faith’s finances? And should all churches be
  
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• Policies and Ethics

  26-12-2019 22:40
  
  Policies and EthicsProfessional standards and ethicsThe Salt Lake Tribune adheres to the Society of Professional Journalists' Code of Ethics as well as additional internal standards outlined in The Tribune Professional Standards Guide. In short, The Tribune strives to ensure that its reporting methods are fair and thorough, and its reports accurate and transparent.Fundraising and Gift Acceptance PolicyThe Salt Lake Tribune’s core value is journalistic excellence. As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit n
  
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• Reports

  26-12-2019 22:02
  
  ReportsDonors In a spirit of transparency, The Tribune makes public all of its financial supporters.Coming soon: A database searchable by name, year and amount.In the meantime, please contact Tribune VP of Business Innovation Fraser Nelson, [email protected] Form 990Coming Soon!
  
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• [Deseret News] - G League standout Rayjon Tucker calls joining the Utah Jazz ‘the best Christmas gift I’ve ever gotten’

  26-12-2019 21:50 via sportspyder.com
  
  SALT LAKE CITY — Rayjon Tucker, fresh off an impressive showing with the Wisconsin Herd at the G League Winter Showcase in Las Vegas, was on the radar of many teams that were in search of a...
  
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• [CBS Sports] - Today's Top Picks: Why the Jazz will roll against the Blazers and more NBA best bets for Thursday - CBSSports.com

  26-12-2019 21:31 via sportspyder.com
  
  Also, watch SportsLine on CBS Sports HQ at 6 p.m. ET on weekdays for all the day's best bets
  
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• Utah County Commission votes to accept, resettle refugees

  26-12-2019 21:21
  
  Provo • The Utah County Commission followed the governor’s lead by unanimously passing a resolution to clarify the county welcomes refugees.The commission signed a consent letter to accept refugees into Utah County Dec. 17, The Daily Herald reports.Utah Gov. Gary Herbert wrote an Oct. 24 letter to President Donald Trump saying the state would continue accepting and resettling refugees.Herbert's letter followed a Sept. 26 executive order issued by Trump that the federal government shou
  
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• Utah man is charged with breaking into Logan Temple with an ax and vandalizing the building

  26-12-2019 21:11
  
  A 34-year-old Smithfield man has been charged with breaking into and vandalizing the Logan Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Tuesday.“He basically just said that he’s upset with the church,” said Logan Police Capt. Curtis Hooley. “He was kind of rambling." Police later released a statement that the man “was upset because it was Christmas and he couldn’t see his children and no LDS girls would date him.”The man was charged in Fi
  
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• [NBA] - New Utah Jazz guard Rayjon Tucker says NBA call-up was the 'best Christmas gift I’ve ever gotten'

  26-12-2019 21:07 via sportspyder.com
  
  When Rayjon Tucker called his mother three times. And over the span of about 12 hours late Monday and into early Tuesday, the 22-year-old got three different responses.The first time she was calm.
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Donovan Mitchell praises Jordan Clarkson’s scoring ability ahead of Jazz debut vs. Blazers

  26-12-2019 21:04 via sportspyder.com
  
  Jordan Clarkson is slated to make his debut with the Utah Jazz against the Portland Trail Blazers upon passing his physical, according to Sarah Todd of the Deseret News, but Donovan Mitchell already has plenty of compliments for the incoming spark...
  
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• Board and Advisers

  26-12-2019 21:03
  
  Board and AdvisersDirectorsPaul C. HuntsmanComing soon!AdvisersComing Soon!
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Utah Jazz with a new bench host the Portland Trail Blazers

  26-12-2019 20:44 via sportspyder.com
  
  Where there’s Melo, there’s hope.
  
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• QB Jacob Eason leaves Washington early, will enter NFL draft

  26-12-2019 20:36
  
  Seattle • Washington quarterback Jacob Eason announced Thursday he will skip his final year of college and enter the NFL draft.Eason started 13 games for Washington last season after beginning his college career at Georgia and transferring following his sophomore season. He threw for 3,132 yards and 23 touchdowns for the Huskies in a season where at times he looked like a sure first-round pick and at other times it appeared that another season of college would help his draft status."I want
  
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• Utes want their football season to end well, but they’ll have to defy Pac-12 history to pull it off

  26-12-2019 20:27
  
  An invitation to play Texas in the Alamo Bowl on New Year’s Eve is Utah’s biggest achievement of the football program’s Pac-12 era. It also represents the Utes’ biggest disappointment.A berth in the College Football Playoff — or, at a minimum, the fabled Rose Bowl — was available to Utah, with a No. 5 ranking going into the Pac-12 championship game vs. Oregon. The Utes were relegated to a bowl below the New Year’s Six level after a 37-15 loss, although t
  
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• Speedskaters racing for more than national titles this week at US Long Track Championships at Olympic Oval

  26-12-2019 19:35
  
  They’ve secured the positions at the World Championships. Now all that’s left for the USA long-track speedskaters is to fill their names in the blanks.The USA national championships coming to the Utah Olympic Oval this Friday through Sunday are about more than just winning national titles. Also on the line are berths to the World Single Distance Championships, the pinnacle of the sport in non-Olympic years, which will be held at the Oval on Feb. 13-16.During the first four World Cups
  
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• [Amico Hoops] - Exum will get a whole new — and needed — chance with Cavs

  26-12-2019 19:34 via sportspyder.com
  
  Dante Exum has been a bust of an NBA lottery pick. That sounds cruel, but at this point, there's no other way to say it. In fairness to Exum, he never asked the Utah Jazz to draft him with the No. 5 overall pick in 2014. They just did. At the time,...
  
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• About Us

  26-12-2019 19:26
  
  About UsOur Mission The Tribune is Utah’s independent voice. Building on a legacy of courageous, watchdog journalism, we strive to tell stories that are interesting, important and inclusive. Dedicated to fairness and accuracy, we aim to engage and empower you — our readers.Our Nonprofit ModelIn a historic move, the IRS approved a new nonprofit Salt Lake Tribune in October 2019, making it the first legacy newspaper in the U.S. to transform from a for-profit company to a 501(c)(3) non
  
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• [Oregon Live] - Portland Trail Blazers vs. Utah Jazz: Live updates, TV channel, how to watch live stream online - oregonlive.com

  26-12-2019 19:15 via sportspyder.com
  
  The Portland Trail Blazers (14-17) will travel to face the Utah Jazz (18-12) on Thursday, December 26 at 7:30 p.m. PT at Vivint Smart Home Arena in Salt Lake City, Utah. Follow along with our live updates, the latest score and stats from the game...
  
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• 2020 election security focused on state officials

  26-12-2019 19:11
  
  Springfield, Va. • Inside a hotel ballroom near the nation’s capital, a U.S. Army officer with battlefield experience told 120 state and local election officials that they may have more in common with military strategists than they might think.These government officials are on the front lines of a different kind of battlefield — one in which they are helping to defend American democracy by ensuring free and fair elections."Everyone in this room is part of a bigger effort, and it
  
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• Utah gas tax goes up 1.1 cents a gallon on Jan. 1 — and maybe much more in April

  26-12-2019 19:10
  
  It may go unnoticed with the normal ups and downs of gasoline prices at the pump, but Utah is raising its gasoline tax by 1.1 cents a gallon on Jan. 1.Even bigger hikes may come in April, perhaps around 11 cents a gallon, as part of the tax reform package passed this month by the Legislature. However, a citizens group is gathering signatures on a referendum hoping to block it and let voters decide whether to repeal it next November.The state currently charges a 16.5% tax on the statewide average
  
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• [NBA] - Utah Jazz sign Rayjon Tucker

  26-12-2019 19:05 via sportspyder.com
  
  The Utah Jazz announced today that the team has signed guard Rayjon Tucker. Per team policy, terms of the deal were not released.Tucker (6-3, 209, Arkansas-Little Rock) has played in 16 games (all
  
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• [NBA] - Roundball Roundup: Jazz acquire Jordan Clarkson + Rayjon Tucker signs

  26-12-2019 19:05 via sportspyder.com
  
  The G-League Showcase is where deals are done! Utah with a couple of transactions. Jazz acquire Jordan Clarkson for Dante Exum and a couple of future second round picks. Rayjon Tucker joins from the
  
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• Red All Over: My most memorable games and subjects from 17 months on the Ute athletics beat

  26-12-2019 18:36
  
  Red All Over is a weekly newsletter covering University of Utah athletics. Subscribe here. This will be my final edition of Red All Over, as I’m moving out of the daily newspaper business after 40-plus years, including 29 years with The Salt Lake Tribune, with the Alamo Bowl as my last event.These past 17 months of covering Ute athletics on a daily basis have been fun and rewarding, so I’d like to devote part of this newsletter to sharing my favorite moments and stories. First, thoug
  
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• Here are The Salt Lake Tribune’s top 10 movies of 2019

  26-12-2019 18:11
  
  We kept hearing how divided the nation is, but at the movies in 2019, the walls have been falling down.The once-unbreachable wall between theatrical films and streaming titles, already weakened last year with the awards success of “Roma,” took more hits from the likes of Martin Scorsese (“The Irishman”) and Noah Baumbach (“Marriage Story”). “Roma” also put some holes in the notion that movies not in English couldn’t succeed stateside —
  
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• Letter: Time to shame the GOP

  26-12-2019 18:08
  
  Few things in my long life have offended me more than watching Mike Lee, Chris Stewart, John Curtis and Rob Bishop kneel before Donald Trump and the extreme right. For the good of the country, it’s time to slut shame the GOP.Steve Hawkins, West JordanSubmit a letter to the editor
  
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• [Deseret News] - Breaking down the financial impact of the Dante Exum-Jordan Clarkson trade

  26-12-2019 17:10 via sportspyder.com
  
  Beside the to-be-determined impact on the court, the trade that saw the Utah Jazz send Dante Exum and draft picks to the Cleveland Cavaliers for Jordan Clarkson will have a financial impact as...
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Game thread: Utah Jazz seek post-Christmas victory over Portland

  26-12-2019 16:54 via sportspyder.com
  
  The Utah Jazz will aim to get back to their winning ways in a post-Christmas showdown on TNT against the Portland Trail Blazers. As disappointing as it was...
  
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• Game thread: Utah Jazz seek post-Christmas victory over Portland

  26-12-2019 16:29
  
  The Utah Jazz will aim to get back to their winning ways in a post-Christmas showdown on TNT against the Portland Trail Blazers. As disappointing as it was to see the Utah Jazz take their first loss in six games last Monday night against the Miami Heat, there was actually a lot to be encouraged […]
  Game thread: Utah Jazz seek post-Christmas victory over Portland - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• Christmas typhoon leaves 20 dead in Philippines

  26-12-2019 15:21
  
  Manila, Philippines • A strong typhoon that barreled through the central Philippines left at least 20 people dead and forced thousands to flee their homes, devastating Christmas celebrations in the predominantly Catholic country.Typhoon Phanfone stranded many people in sea and airports at the peak of holiday travel, set off landslides, flooded low-lying villages, destroyed houses, downed trees and electrical poles and knocked out power in entire provinces. One disaster response officer desc
  
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• Utility extends aid for Navajo workforce scholarship program

  26-12-2019 15:17
  
  Albuquerque, N.M. • New Mexico’s largest electric utility is making a $500,000 commitment to Navajo students in the Four Corners region to ensure they will continue to receive dedicated funding for future job opportunities.Public Service Co. of New Mexico recently announced its pledge as the utility prepares to close the coal-fired San Juan Generating Station near Farmington. In operation for decades, the power plant and the coal mine that feeds it have employed many tribal members an
  
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• Ask Ann Cannon: I don’t like hamsters. My new stepdaughter has one.

  26-12-2019 15:13
  
  Dear Ann Cannon • My stepdaughter has a hamster that just won’t die. I hate rodents, but I do want to cultivate a close relationship with her.— Wanting Off the Hamster WheelDear Wanting Off the Hamster Wheel • Hahahahahaha! It sounds like your step-daughter managed to find herself the Rasputin of rodents, right? Lucky for her! Not lucky for you!OK. I’m inferring from your letter that the two of you (your stepdaughter, not the hamster) are in the early stages of your r
  
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• Robert Gehrke: 2019 was a big news year in Utah. Try our quiz to see if you tracked it all.

  26-12-2019 15:00
  
  Nice work, Utah. 2019 is nearly over and we’ve held on for another year.From the mayoral election to port protests, from strong beer to a weak congressman, the news kept all of us on our toes and on edge. But just how closely were you paying attention? See if you can remember all of these events that shaped our year.In January, Mitt Romney was sworn in as Utah’s junior senator. What item was at the top of his “To Do” list?A) Dispose of those 83 boxes filled with Orrin Hat
  
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• Utah in 2019: Trump slapped down, Nelson revved up, campus protests break out, stronger beer brought in, Mendenhall moves up, taxes go down

  26-12-2019 14:00
  
  It was a tale of two presidents for Utahns this year:One is challenging orthodoxy, stoking national divisions, piling up staggering deficits and, despite becoming the third such leader to be impeached, shows no signs of backing down.Another is changing a church, striving for global unity, sitting on eye-popping surpluses and, despite approaching centenarian status, shows no signs of letting up.Meanwhile, protests brought reforms to the state’s premier public university and a faith’s
  
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• South Weber City Council candidate beat the odds. She won as a write-in candidate.

  26-12-2019 14:00
  
  When Hayley Alberts decided to run for the South Weber City Council this summer, she recognized it was a “long shot.”She had never run for political office. And she knew that because she’d missed the candidate filing deadline, those who wanted to vote for her would have to go through the extra step of writing her name on their ballot in lieu of simply filling in a bubble for one of her opponents.But Alberts, 34, thought, “Well, heck, let me just go for it; I’ll see
  
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• Michelle Quist: The goodness of the Gospel can stand up to questions

  26-12-2019 14:00
  
  My car lurched forward and then died in the middle of the intersection with a Christmas tree tied to the top and six kids holding their breath inside. I had noticed problems as we drove home from the Christmas sing-a-long — loose steering, weird sounds. But my car had just been fixed, so I kept going. Until I didn’t.We had left our house earlier that evening basically for the free donut, discount Bees tickets and forced joviality of Christmas cheer. The evening ended in a tow truck a
  
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• Letter: When you don’t have time to wait

  26-12-2019 14:00
  
  So it appears there will be a big tax break for us coming up. Pretty nice, but how about putting a few bills into paying for some more 911 phone responders?I have had to call 911 four times this year, and all four times, no answer, just a recording telling us to not hang up. And then a wait, I would say on average 10 minutes.A lot of good that does when you don’t have 10 minutes to wait.Gordon Johnston, West Valley CitySubmit a letter to the editor
  
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• Letter: How many skiers fit in a canyon?

  26-12-2019 14:00
  
  I humbly suggest that UDOT consider the skier capacity of both Alta and Snowbird in their consideration of the traffic and parking problems in Little Cottonwood canyon. How many skiers can each ski area safely accommodate on any given “peak“ day?Rather than just flooding the canyon with skiers via a gondola at the rate of 4,000 an hour, each ski area should have a predetermined maximum capacity per day at which point they would be sold out.Then UDOT can work off those numbers to cons
  
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• Letter: Children deserve equal opportunities

  26-12-2019 13:00
  
  If only we lived in a world where children receive equal opportunity, a world where the success of a child is not mitigated by their race or finances.Children deserve equal opportunity. This simple statement is widely agreed upon, but the mode of reaching this equity leads us to disagreeable issues. Familial support, financial status, racial disparities, gender inequality are all highly political, yet deeply social issues that cause heated debate within society.Schools need to lose the cronyism,
  
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• Annalee Newitz: What arguments about ‘Star Wars’ say about democracy

  26-12-2019 13:00
  
  Like a lot of Americans, I have formative memories of my first exposure to George Lucas’s epic tale of space Rebels defeating a planet-destroying Empire. I got so excited as a little kid in 1977 about seeing “Star Wars: A New Hope” that I threw up outside the theater.Years later, I was thoroughly disoriented when I found out on the news that Star Wars was no longer a movie; it was a nuclear missile defense system described by Ronald Reagan as the most futuristic arsenal ever bu
  
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• [True Hoop: Salt City Hoops] - Salt City Seven (Plus): Roster Shuffle, Clarkson’s Fit, Road Recap & More

  26-12-2019 11:08 via sportspyder.com
  
  This week, life, travel and holidays kicked in and pushed our magical day to Tuesday, which means were lumping in an extra days worth of Jazz action into this weeks edition.
  
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• GOP senator ‘disturbed’ by McConnell impeachment remark

  26-12-2019 04:18
  
  Anchorage, Alaska • U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, a Republican from Alaska, said she was disturbed to hear Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell say there would be “total coordination” between the White House and the Senate over the upcoming presidential impeachment trial."And in fairness, when I heard that I was disturbed,” Murkowski told KTUU Tuesday before saying there should be distance between the White House and the Senate in how the trial is conducted."To me it means t
  
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• Letter: Uphold the morals we claim to have

  26-12-2019 04:00
  
  The craziest thing is happening in Utah. Conservatives, liberals and independents are uniting to initiate a referendum on the incredibly unpopular tax bill that was passed recently by the Legislature.It is wonderful to see this joint effort to remind elected officials that they are supposed to represent their constituents. It is tragic, however, that a similar effort is not happening all across the country.Why aren’t all sides coming together to call out and hold our government accountable
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - The Stars have struck. The Utah Jazz’s G League team has won 13 straight and just claimed the $100K Winter Showcase prize

  26-12-2019 02:07 via sportspyder.com
  
  This month was the best month in Salt Lake City Stars history.
  
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• Letter: Time to slut shame the GOP

  26-12-2019 02:00
  
  Few things in my long life have offended me more than watching Mike Lee, Chris Stewart, John Curtis and Rob Bishop kneel before Donald Trump and the extreme right. For the good of the country, it’s time to slut shame the GOP.Steve Hawkins, West JordanSubmit a letter to the editor
  
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• The Stars have struck. The Utah Jazz’s G League team has won 13 straight and just claimed the $100K Winter Showcase prize

  26-12-2019 01:46
  
  This month was the best month in Salt Lake City Stars history.Not only have they now won 13 games in a row, but winning the final two also meant that they won the G League Winter Showcase in-season tournament in Las Vegas. That meant every Stars player — besides those who already have Jazz contracts — got their share of the $100,000 prize.For each of those players, all of whom make the G League’s salary of $35,000, an extra $10K or so in their bank account is a big, big deal.An
  
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