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• Utah tax reform praised by legislative leaders as repeal efforts continue

  07-01-2020 23:54
  
  Tax reform may be a headache, state leaders acknowledged Tuesday, but they believe the sweeping overhaul package they recently passed will pay off — unless it’s derailed by a citizen repeal effort.During an annual tax conference, the governor, Senate president and House speaker all argued that the difficult and divisive reform push will set the state up for continued prosperity and correct revenue imbalances that they said had threatened vital state programs. Moreover, the three Repu
  
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• Utah man attacked by dog in racist road-rage assault

  07-01-2020 23:49
  
  Police are looking for information on a racist road-rage attack that reportedly occurred in December in Cottonwood Heights.The assault began when a man driving a Nissan Altima flagged down a man driving a Volkswagen Jetta on Dec. 19, near a Famous Dave’s restaurant at 1200 East and Fort Union Boulevard, Cottonwood Heights police wrote Monday.The man in the Jetta pulled into the restaurant parking lot and got out of the car to learn why the other driver had flagged him down, police wrote. T
  
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• Paul Petersen resigns from position amid smuggling charges

  07-01-2020 23:42
  
  Phoenix • An elected official in metro Phoenix has resigned months after being charged with running a human smuggling operation that paid pregnant women from the Marshall Islands to give up their babies in the U.S.The resignation of Maricopa County Assessor Paul Petersen on Tuesday came after leaders in the one of the nation’s most populous counties suspended him and have pressured him to resign since his arrest nearly three months ago. The county’s governing board voted in late
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - L2M report for Jazz-Pelicans says Rudy Gobert fouled Brandon Ingram on potential game-tying layup

  07-01-2020 23:37 via sportspyder.com
  
  The NBA’s last two minute officiating report from Monday says Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert fouled New Orleans Pelicans small forward Brandon Ingram on his game-tying layup attempt. The Pelicans lost to the Jazz by a final score of 128-126: The NBA’s...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - The Jazz were struggling a month ago. Now they’re the hottest team in the NBA. Here’s how they turned it around.

  07-01-2020 23:35 via sportspyder.com
  
  Whether the Jazz win or lose is not always the most indicative reflection of how they are actually playing or the progress they’re making, coach Quin Snyder likes to repeat.
  
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• The Jazz were struggling a month ago. Now they’re the hottest team in the NBA. Here’s how they turned it around.

  07-01-2020 23:29
  
  Whether the Jazz win or lose is not always the most indicative reflection of how they are actually playing or the progress they’re making, coach Quin Snyder likes to repeat.Fair enough, considering that the team’s current stretch of six consecutive wins (and 11 victories in their past 12 games) has largely come against opponents with losing records. Is that run of success (on the heels of a 2-6 slump that preceded it) attributable to Utah’s own improvement? Or to their substand
  
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• [Deseret News] - NBA Last Two Minute Report says Rudy Gobert fouled Brandon Ingram on last play of Utah Jazz win over New Orleans Pelicans

  07-01-2020 23:27 via sportspyder.com
  
  NEW ORLEANS — The NBA has spoken. Rudy Gobert fouled Brandon Ingram on the final play of regulation in the Utah Jazz’s 128-126 win over the New Orleans Pelicans. Every day the NBA releases what is...
  
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• Mitch McConnell: GOP will start impeachment trial against Trump, delay witnesses

  07-01-2020 23:25
  
  Washington • Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday he has secured the Republican votes needed to start President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial and postpone a decision on witnesses or documents that Democrats want.McConnell is expected to launch the third impeachment trial in the nation's history as soon as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi sends the articles of impeachment to the Senate. She is set to meet late Tuesday with her leadership team.“We have the votes,&rdquo
  
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• Richard A. Friedman: Why are young Americans killing themselves?

  07-01-2020 23:00
  
  Editor’s note • This article discusses suicide. If you or people you know are at risk of self-harm, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline provides 24-hour support at 1-800-273-8255.
  Teenagers and young adults in the United States are being ravaged by a mental health crisis — and we are doing nothing about it.As of 2017, statistics show that an alarming number of them are suffering from depression and dying by suicide. In fact, suicide is now the second leading cause of death
  
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• Utah leaders tout tax reform’s passage as repeal effort rumbles in the background

  07-01-2020 22:50
  
  Tax reform may be a headache, state leaders acknowledged Tuesday, but they believe the sweeping overhaul package they recently passed will pay off — unless it’s derailed by a citizen repeal effort.During an annual tax conference, the governor, Senate president and House speaker all argued that the difficult and divisive reform push will set the state up for continued prosperity and correct revenue imbalances that they said had threatened vital state programs. Moreover, the three Repu
  
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• Utah’s gas tax to be replaced more and more by tolls and fees, UDOT chief says

  07-01-2020 22:42
  
  Sure, the gasoline tax likely will be around for another 20 or 25 years. But Utah’s top transportation official said Tuesday that it will be replaced more and more by charging drivers for every mile they drive and by imposing more tolls.“This is the future way,” Utah Department of Transportation Director Carlos Braceras told the Utah Taxpayers Association annual conference at the Grand America Hotel. “We’re going to fund [transportation] based on how much of the ser
  
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• Dog ordered to attack Utah man in racist road-rage assault, police say

  07-01-2020 22:15
  
  Police are looking for information on a racist road-rage attack that reportedly occurred in December in Cottonwood Heights.The assault began when a man driving a Nissan Altima flagged down a man driving a Volkswagen Jetta on Dec. 19, near a Famous Dave’s restaurant at 1200 East and Fort Union Boulevard, Cottonwood Heights police wrote Monday.The man in the Jetta pulled into the restaurant parking lot and got out of the car to learn why the other driver had flagged him down, police wrote. T
  
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• UDOT chief: Fees per miles driven and tolls will increasingly replace gas tax

  07-01-2020 22:06
  
  Sure, the gasoline tax likely will be around for another 20 or 25 years. But Utah’s top transportation official said Tuesday that it will be replaced more and more by charging drivers for every mile they drive and by imposing more tolls.“This is the future way,” Utah Department of Transportation Director Carlos Braceras told the Utah Taxpayers Association annual conference at the Grand America Hotel. “We’re going to fund [transportation] based on how much of the ser
  
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• McConnell: GOP will start impeachment trial, delay witnesses

  07-01-2020 22:06
  
  Washington • Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday he has secured the Republican votes needed to start President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial and postpone a decision on witnesses or documents that Democrats want.McConnell is expected to launch the third impeachment trial in the nation's history as soon as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi sends the articles of impeachment to the Senate. She is set to meet late Tuesday with her leadership team.“We have the votes,&rdquo
  
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• Rockers from Spinal Tap and The National chosen for Sundance’s Music Cafe roster

  07-01-2020 22:04
  
  Musicians from such bands as The National, Winnetka Bowling League, Civil Twilight and Spinal Tap — as well as a former Major League Baseball pitcher — will be performing in Park City in the ASCAP Music Cafe program at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival in January.ASCAP — the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, a performance-rights nonprofit — announced the line-up Tuesday for the cafe’s performances, Jan. 24 to 31, at 751 Main St., Park City.Admissi
  
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• Utah County Commission approves public vote on changing form of government

  07-01-2020 22:01
  
  Utah County residents will vote in November on whether to replace their three-person county commission with a county mayor and five-person council after a split vote by commissioners Tuesday morning.The 2-1 vote came one day after the organizers of a citizen petition drive, led by Commissioner Bill Lee, fell short of the required signatures needed to place the question of a five-person commission on the ballot.Lee acknowledged that his petition had failed to meet the signature requirements, comp
  
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• A Utah bill would require clergy to report child abuse confessed to them

  07-01-2020 21:49
  
  Utah clergy would be required to report all allegations of child abuse — even those gathered in a religious confessional — under a bill proposed for the 2020 legislative session.HB90, sponsored by Rep. Angela Romero, D-Salt Lake City, would, if passed, remove the exemption that clergy now have in certain circumstances for reporting abuse.Romero said many survivors of sexual abuse — as well as relatives of those who have been victimized — have contacted her to say they sup
  
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• Utah bill would require clergy to report child abuse

  07-01-2020 21:43
  
  Utah clergy would be required to report all allegations of child abuse — even those gathered in a religious confessional — under a bill proposed for the 2020 legislative session.HB90, sponsored by Rep. Angela Romero, D-Salt Lake City, would, if passed, remove the exemption that clergy now have in certain circumstances for reporting abuse.Romero said many survivors of sexual abuse — as well as relatives of those who have been victimized — have contacted her to say they sup
  
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• Utah Royals FC signs midfielder Chestley Strother

  07-01-2020 21:29
  
  The Utah Royals FC added to its midfield by signing midfielder Chestley Strother, the club announced Tuesday. The acquisition comes a day after veteran midfielder Erika Tymrak announced her retirement from professional soccer.Strother most recently played for Sundvall DFF in Sweden, and has also spent time in Iceland with UMF Sindri. She played college soccer at the University of Texas at Tyler.“Chestley has spent the last few years developing in Sweden and we are excited to have her in Ut
  
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• Utah Royals FC sign overseas midfielder

  07-01-2020 21:12
  
  The Utah Royals FC added to its midfield by signing midfielder Chestley Strother, the club announced Tuesday. The acquisition comes a day after veteran midfielder Erika Tymrak announced her retirement from professional soccer.Strother most recently played for Sundvall DFF in Sweden, and has also spent time in Iceland with UMF Sindri. She played college soccer at the University of Texas at Tyler.“Chestley has spent the last few years developing in Sweden and we are excited to have her in Ut
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - The Utah Jazz Bench is Coming Along

  07-01-2020 21:07 via sportspyder.com
  
  Thank you Jordan Clarkson
  
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• Paul Krugman: Trump the intimidator fails again

  07-01-2020 21:00
  
  International crises often lead, at least initially, to surging support for a country’s leadership. And that’s clearly happening now. Just weeks ago, the nation’s leader faced public discontent so intense that his grip on power seemed at risk. Now the assassination of Gen. Qassem Soleimani has transformed the situation, generating a wave of patriotism that has greatly bolstered the people in charge.Unfortunately, this patriotic rallying around the flag is happening not in Ameri
  
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• McConnell can start impeachment trial, delay on witnesses

  07-01-2020 20:37
  
  Washington • Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell appears to have secured enough Republican votes to start President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial but postpone a decision on witnesses or documents that Democrats want.McConnell is expected to launch the trial as soon as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi sends the articles of impeachment to the Senate. She is set to meet late Tuesday with her leadership team.The GOP leader opened the Senate Tuesday morning saying "fair is fair" as he outl
  
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• Older people need geriatricians. Where will they come from?

  07-01-2020 20:25
  
  Linda Poskanzer was having a tough time in her late 60s.“I was not doing well emotionally,” she recalled. “Physically, I didn’t have any stamina. I was sleeping a lot. I wasn’t getting to work.”A therapist in Hackensack, New Jersey, Poskanzer was severely overweight and grew short of breath after walking even short distances. Her house had become disorganized, buried in unsorted paperwork. The antidepressant she was taking didn’t seem to help.Her son, vi
  
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• Proposed Utah bill requires clergy to report child abuse

  07-01-2020 19:43
  
  Utah clergy would be required to report all allegations of child abuse — even those gathered in a religious confessional — under a bill proposed for the 2020 legislative session.HB90, sponsored by Rep. Angela Romero, D-Salt Lake City, would, if passed, remove the exemption that clergy now have in certain circumstances for reporting abuse.Romero said many survivors of sexual abuse — as well as relatives of those who have been victimized — have contacted her to say they sup
  
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• Commentary: Atheists prefer cats, Christians love dogs, study shows

  07-01-2020 19:34
  
  I do not, and will not ever, own a cat.Instead, I own a dog. In fact, as I type this, Lucy, my 7-pound Yorkshire terrier, is snoring next to me on my office chair.Why do I prefer dogs to cats?It could be because — along with being a social scientist — I am an American Baptist pastor. And like many other Christians in the United States, I’m more likely to own a dog than a cat.My friends who skip church, however, prefer cats.At least that’s what the data indicates.In a new
  
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• Utah football is looking for help with the secondary in 2020

  07-01-2020 19:23
  
  Morgan Scalley and Sharieff Shah were already going to have their hands full once spring practice rolled around.Scalley, Utah’s defensive coordinator/safeties coach, and Shah, the Utes’ cornerbacks coach, watched junior cornerback Jaylon Johnson declare for the NFL Draft. Julian Blackmon was an All-American this fall in his lone season as a safety, but he was a senior. Terrell Burgess was a standout safety in 2019, but a senior, so he’s gone. Tareke Lewis and Josh Nurse combine
  
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• Commentary: Two popes and three kings

  07-01-2020 19:22
  
  The first time I watched Netflix’s “The Two Popes,” I hated it. Watching through the eyes of a journalist, I regarded the movie as a total fiction — Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio did not come to Rome to submit his resignation and Pope Benedict XVI did not tell the cardinal he was planning to resign.I was upset when Benedict was portrayed unfairly as confessing that he did not do anything about the sex abuser and founder of the Legionaries of Christ, Marcial Maciel. In truth, b
  
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• Utah lawmaker wants to remove clergy’s confession exemption in child abuse cases; Catholics, LDS are reviewing the bill

  07-01-2020 19:08
  
  Utah clergy would be required to report all allegations of child abuse — even those gathered in a religious confessional — under a bill proposed for the 2020 legislative session.HB90, sponsored by Rep. Angela Romero, D-Salt Lake City, would, if passed, remove the exemption that clergy now have in certain circumstances for reporting abuse.Romero said many survivors of sexual abuse — as well as relatives of those who have been victimized — have contacted her to say they sup
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - NBA Power Rankings: Utah Jazz arrow pointing up as win streak continues

  07-01-2020 18:56 via sportspyder.com
  
  The Jazz are the owners of the longest current win streak in the league
  
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• Stampede kills 56 at funeral for Qassem Soleimani

  07-01-2020 18:43
  
  Tehran, Iran • A stampede broke out Tuesday at the funeral for a top Iranian general slain in a U.S. airstrike, and at least 56 people were killed and more than 200 were injured as thousands thronged the procession, Iranian news reports said.The stampede took place in Kerman, the hometown of Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani, as the procession began, said Pirhossein Koulivand, head of Iran's emergency medical services.There was no information about what set off the crush. Online vid
  
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• Gordon Monson: A key to the Jazz’s advanced play is an uncommon double-barreled attack

  07-01-2020 18:43
  
  As the Jazz are rounding into form now, having won six straight games, including a sweep on their recent three-game road trip, there are a fistful of things that bode well for them as they transform from a decent team to a dangerous one. And that latter designation applies to both the regular season and a postseason that looms somewhere out there, three-and-a-half months and 46 games away.On account of their stated goals, everything must be put into that frame, whether the schedule is difficult
  
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• [YouTube: Utah Jazz Videos] - Highlights: Jordan Clarkson—16 points, 4 3PM

  07-01-2020 18:40 via sportspyder.com
  
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• Some Salt Lake flights will have a shuttle to the gate

  07-01-2020 18:37
  
  For the next nine months or so, passengers on about 46 flights per day at Salt Lake City International Airport will take shuttles to their airplanes parked on the tarmac.The airport began such operations on Monday in preparation to begin demolition next week on a long arm of Concourse E as part of the massive $3.6 billion project to rebuild the airport in place.It affects mostly smaller regional aircraft that had flown out of Concourse E. Passengers will wait at a gate, present tickets and board
  
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• [Basketball Insiders] - NBA Daily: Waiving Chriss, An Inevitable Warriors Reality

  07-01-2020 18:29 via sportspyder.com
  
  Since the NBA Finals, the Golden State Warriors have needed more shooting. Waiving Marquese Chriss to hold onto Damion Lee is just the latest, inevitable example of that priority.
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - The Utah Jazz are rocking and rolling (and the media has taken note)

  07-01-2020 18:28 via sportspyder.com
  
  After another convincing week of winning, the Utah Jazz continue to ascend the power rankings across the nation. In case you haven't noticed already, here ...
  
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• Female LDS missionaries don’t always see their own leadership, according to study

  07-01-2020 18:25
  
  They give public speeches, often at a moment’s notice. They resolve conflicts with roommates they are paired with day and night. They journey to unfamiliar lands, learn new languages and try to befriend the strangers they meet there.All of these abilities gained by female missionaries for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints can make them effective leaders. But new research released Tuesday from the Utah Women and Leadership Project at Utah Valley University shows that the women
  
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• [YouTube: Utah Jazz Videos] - Highlights: Bojan Bogdanović—35 points

  07-01-2020 18:20 via sportspyder.com
  
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• [The Daily Herald] - Bogdanovic, Jazz edge Pelicans for 6th straight win

  07-01-2020 18:17 via sportspyder.com
  
  NEW ORLEANS — Bojan Bogdanovic scored 35 points, Joe Ingles added 22 and the Utah Jazz extended their winning streak to six games by holding on for a 128-126 victory
  
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• The Utah Jazz are rocking and rolling (and the media has taken note)

  07-01-2020 17:58
  
  After another convincing week of winning, the Utah Jazz continue to ascend the power rankings across the nation. In case you haven’t noticed already, here at The J-Notes we cover how the Utah Jazz perform in the weekly power rankings across various media sites every week. After eight weeks of analyzing these weekly articles, it […]
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• Utah’s football team has plenty of holes to fill, but none bigger than the secondary

  07-01-2020 17:55
  
  Morgan Scalley and Sharieff Shah were already going to have their hands full once spring practice rolled around.Scalley, Utah’s defensive coordinator/safeties coach, and Shah, the Utes’ cornerbacks coach, watched junior cornerback Jaylon Johnson declare for the NFL Draft. Julian Blackmon was an All-American this fall in his lone season as a safety, but he was a senior. Terrell Burgess was a standout safety in 2019, but a senior, so he’s gone. Tareke Lewis and Josh Nurse combine
  
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• Air Force launches 52 fighter jets in Utah training exercise

  07-01-2020 17:35
  
  Hill Air Force Base • The U.S. Air Force conducted an exercise involving the launch of 52 fighter jets from a Utah air base, officials said.Hill Air Force Base launched the F-35A Lightning II fighters over a 10-minute period around 11 a.m. Monday, The Standard-Examiner reports.The 388th and 419th Fighter Wings conducted the combat exercise that sent the jets west to the Utah Test and Training Range to perform various missions.Col. Michael Ebner, the 388th vice commander, said Monday’s
  
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• AP-NORC poll: 66% favor endorsement money for NCAA athletes

  07-01-2020 17:32
  
  As the NCAA grapples with how to provide athletes opportunities to be compensated for their fame, about two-thirds of Americans support college players being permitted to earn money for endorsements.That's according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. Support for the NCAA allowing college athletes to cash in on their names, images and likenesses is especially high among young adults, as well as black Americans and Hispanics, though majorities of white
  
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• UVU study: Female LDS missionaries don’t always see their own leadership

  07-01-2020 17:30
  
  They give public speeches, often at a moment’s notice. They resolve conflicts with roommates they are paired with day and night. They journey to unfamiliar lands, learn new languages and try to befriend the strangers they meet there.All of these abilities gained by female missionaries for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints can make them effective leaders. But new research released Tuesday from the Utah Women and Leadership Project at Utah Valley University shows that the women
  
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• The BYU Cougars made progress in 2019 despite season record

  07-01-2020 17:10
  
  At a quick glance, BYU pulled a repeat during the 2019 football season — a 7-6 record, identical to the previous year. But there was growth this season, even if it looked like another middle-of-the-pack finish.Peel away some layers, and there were some milestone wins for Kalani Sitake’s program — at Tennessee in Week 2, over USC at home the following week and, maybe most impressively, a heart-stopping victory over Boise State at LaVell Edwards Stadium in late October. That&rsqu
  
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• Female LDS missionaries don’t always recognize their leadership skills, report says

  07-01-2020 17:08
  
  They give public speeches, often at a moment’s notice. They resolve conflicts with roommates they are paired with day and night. They journey to unfamiliar lands, learn new languages and try to befriend the strangers they meet there.All of these abilities gained by female missionaries for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints can make them effective leaders. But new research released Tuesday from the Utah Women and Leadership Project at Utah Valley University shows that the women
  
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• [The Score] - Pelicans baffled by final sequence in controversial loss to Jazz

  07-01-2020 17:02 via sportspyder.com
  
  The New Orleans Pelicans weren't happy after suffering a controversial home loss to the Utah Jazz on Monday.With the Pelicans trailing by two points on the final possession, Jazz center Rudy Gobert appeared to foul forward Brandon Ingram just before...
  
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• Utah think tank says state should cut CO2 emissions 80% by 2050

  07-01-2020 16:41
  
  Utah should strive to slash air pollution by half and carbon dioxide emissions by 80% in coming decades, a goal that would demand commitment from government leaders, industry and each state resident, the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute argues.The University of Utah think tank on Monday published a draft road map for cleaning up the air and confronting climate change in the state. What’s at stake is the health of Utahns, the welfare of the state’s economy and the viability of a 2030 o
  
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• The Triple Team: Utah Jazz show they can win multiple ways in high-octane, low-defense win over New Orleans

  07-01-2020 16:39
  
  Three thoughts on the Utah Jazz’s 128-126 win over the New Orleans Pelicans from Salt Lake Tribune Jazz beat writer Andy Larsen.1. Winning without trademarksThe Jazz just won a game in which both Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert were well off their best, and their defense was pretty poor. In any of the previous seasons of this era, that’s a surefire recipe for disaster. And instead, the Jazz pulled out a win against a pretty dangerous New Orleans Pelicans team.The first key? Bojan Bo
  
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• Derrick Favors’ first regular-season game against Utah Jazz is ‘business as usual’

  07-01-2020 16:38
  
  New Orleans • Asked what Derrick Favors had brought to the team since being traded this past summer, Pelicans coach Alvin Gentry started off mentioning his defensive presence and rebounding acumen, before bringing up a characteristic that was a hallmark of the big man’s time in Utah.“I felt lucky ’cause I think he said his 31st and 32nd words to me today! He’s a quiet guy. He is the most low-maintenance guy I’ve ever coached in my life, really,” Gentry sa
  
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