• A Utah sixth grader was told she couldn’t say ‘no’ when asked to dance

    A Utah sixth grader was told she couldn’t say ‘no’ when asked to dance
    A Utah sixth grader and her family are challenging her middle school’s rules after she was not allowed to say “no” to a boy who asked her to dance on Valentine’s Day.Azlyn Hobson was “thrilled and nervous” for the Valentine’s Day dance at Rich Middle School in Laketown in northern Utah’s Rich County, said her mother, Alicia."She was so excited for this dance. She was telling me about it for two weeks," Alicia Hobson said. "There was a boy at school
  • Utah legislature seeks to consolidate leadership on homelessness

    Utah legislature seeks to consolidate leadership on homelessness
    A bill introduced in the Utah Legislature seeks to shake up the state’s efforts on homelessness by establishing a central leader responsible for addressing the issue.HB394, sponsored by Rep. Kim Coleman, is part of an effort to streamline a system Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox described recently as a “ship with 12 steering wheels.” And it comes just weeks after the federal government’s top homelessness official, Robert Marbut, called on the state to simplify its leadership structu
  • Bagley Cartoon: A Team of Boneheads

    Bagley Cartoon: A Team of Boneheads
    This Pat Bagley cartoon appears in The Salt Lake Tribune on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020. You can check out the past 10 Bagley editorial cartoons below:<a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2020/02/24/bagley-cartoon-bull-china/" target=_blank><u>Bull in a China Shock</u></a><a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2020/02/21/bagley-cartoon-pomposity/"><u>Pomposity Killed the Cat</u></a><a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/20
  • Homelessness bills would create single state leader to address the issue, require emergency plans

    Homelessness bills would create single state leader to address the issue, require emergency plans
    A bill introduced in the Utah Legislature seeks to shake up the state’s efforts on homelessness by establishing a central leader responsible for addressing the issue.HB394, sponsored by Rep. Kim Coleman, is part of an effort to streamline a system Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox described recently as a “ship with 12 steering wheels.” And it comes just weeks after the federal government’s top homelessness official, Robert Marbut, called on the state to simplify its leadership structu
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  • LDS Business College will become Ensign College, offer some four-year degrees

    LDS Business College will become Ensign College, offer some four-year degrees
    LDS Business College, the workplace-preparing two-year school owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, will change its name to Ensign College, effective Sept. 1.“Our Latter-day Saint scripture talks about an ensign to the nations and a standard that is held up as an example of goodness and truth and righteousness,” Bruce C. Kusch, the school’s president, said Tuesday. “That’s what we want for our students. We want our students to be a light to the w
  • Utah House OKs bill to block prosecution of young children

    Utah House OKs bill to block prosecution of young children
    A Utah bill to keep young children out of detention centers and instead connect them with counseling and mental health help has cleared one-half of the Legislature.The legislation sponsored by Rep. Craig Hall would generally block the prosecution of children of children younger than 12 and direct them into rehabilitation, keeping them engaged with their families and saving the state money by reducing the number of incarcerations.“We know that youths in their minds and their brains are diff
  • Stocks sink, bonds soar on fears virus will stunt economy

    Stocks sink, bonds soar on fears virus will stunt economy
    Stocks slumped again on Wall Street Tuesday, piling on losses a day after the market’s biggest drop in two years as fears spread that the growing virus outbreak will put the brakes on the global economy.Nervous investors snapped up low-risk U.S. government bonds, sending the yield on the 10-year Treasury note to a record low.The latest wave of selling came as more companies, including United Airlines and Mastercard, warned that the outbreak will hurt their finances, and more cases were rep
  • Marc Coles-Ritchie: Go ‘to the rescue’ of our immigrant neighbors

    Marc Coles-Ritchie: Go ‘to the rescue’ of our immigrant neighbors
    People of various faiths can agree with Catholic bishops in Wyoming and Utah who oppose construction of a detention center in Evanston, Wyo., to house immigrants detained in the Salt Lake Valley.In October of 1856, President Brigham Young implored members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Salt Lake to go “to the rescue” of fellow church members who were struggling and dying in early winter conditions on the cold highlands of Wyoming.Young said, “Many of our
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  • ‘There’s no saying no here:’ Utah sixth grader complains after being required to accept every boy who asks for a dance

    ‘There’s no saying no here:’ Utah sixth grader complains after being required to accept every boy who asks for a dance
    A Utah sixth grader and her family are challenging her middle school’s rules after she was not allowed to say “no” to a boy who asked her to dance on Valentine’s Day.Azlyn Hobson was “thrilled and nervous” for the Valentine’s Day dance at Rich Middle School in Laketown in northern Utah’s Rich County, said her mother, Alicia."She was so excited for this dance. She was telling me about it for two weeks," Alicia Hobson said. "There was a boy at school
  • ‘There’s no saying no here:’ Utah 6th grader complains after being required to accept every boy who asks for a dance

    ‘There’s no saying no here:’ Utah 6th grader complains after being required to accept every boy who asks for a dance
    A Utah sixth grader and her family are challenging her middle school’s rules after she was not allowed to say “no” to a boy who asked her to dance on Valentine’s Day.Azlyn Hobson was “thrilled and nervous” for the Valentine’s Day dance at Rich Middle School in Laketown in Rich County, said her mother, Alicia."She was so excited for this dance. She was telling me about it for two weeks," Alicia Hobson said. "There was a boy at school she liked, she wanted
  • Utah’s latest rare liquor drawing includes 2 bottles of Pappy Van Winkle bourbon

    Utah’s latest rare liquor drawing includes 2 bottles of Pappy Van Winkle bourbon
    Utahns will get a second shot to buy hard-to-get Pappy Van Winkle bourbons.The Utah Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control announced Tuesday that it has received two more bottles of the company’s highly prized 23-year-aged spirit.Consumers who want a chance to buy one of the 750 milliliter bottles — for $299.99 each — have one week to enter the rare high-demand drawing on the website https://abc.utah.gov.In addition to the Pappy Van Winkle, two other rare spirits are part of
  • Body camera footage shows Salt Lake City officer shot at scene of woman’s slaying

    Body camera footage shows Salt Lake City officer shot at scene of woman’s slaying
    Salt Lake City police on Tuesday released body camera footage of their attempt to stop Micheal Tyson Nance, who is charged with shooting an officer before killing his girlfriend.While four officers’ cameras recorded from the scene earlier this month, footage from the camera that captured the woman’s death was not released, police spokeswoman Christina Judd said. Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill requested the video remain private because it “would reasonably be expect
  • Michelle Goldberg: Putin would hate President Bernie Sanders

    Michelle Goldberg: Putin would hate President Bernie Sanders
    On Friday, The Washington Post reported that U.S. officials had briefed Bernie Sanders that Russia was trying to boost his fortunes in the Democratic primary fight, as it did in 2016. It’s not hard to imagine Vladimir Putin’s motives.Russia aims to cause chaos and division in liberal democracies and so has often supported both far-right and far-left figures; there’s a reason state-run Russian propaganda network RT hosted the American Green Party’s 2016 presidential debate
  • [NBA] - 'My best years were here in Utah,' former Jazz star Deron Williams says on trip back to Vivint Smart Home Arena

    [NBA] - 'My best years were here in Utah,' former Jazz star Deron Williams says on trip back to Vivint Smart Home Arena
    Deron Williams’ game day probably felt familiar. On Monday night, he ate a pregame meal with his teammates, Mehmet Okur and Ronnie Price. Then he drove to the familiar, downtown Salt Lake City arena
  • [Salt Lake Tribune] - How has it all gone south for the Utah Jazz? Simpy put, ‘Lack of commitment.’

    [Salt Lake Tribune] - How has it all gone south for the Utah Jazz? Simpy put, ‘Lack of commitment.’
    Seemingly after each of the Jazz’s particularly galling losses this season, a familiar refrain from the players has been that they’re not going to panic. But that phrase was conspicuously absent following Monday’s lethargic blowout to the lottery-boun
  • No one injured in police shooting in West Point

    No one injured in police shooting in West Point
    Davis County Sheriff’s deputies were “involved” in a shooting on Tuesday morning, but no one was wounded, officers said.According to a news release from the sheriff’s office, deputies “responded to a report of a suspicious male at a residence in West Point” near 4600 West and 800 North at about 10 a.m. “Shots were fired, no one was injured.”The suspect was taken to a hospital because of “an unrelated medical issue.” When he’s rele
  • How has it all gone south for the Utah Jazz? Simpy put, ‘Lack of commitment.’

    How has it all gone south for the Utah Jazz? Simpy put, ‘Lack of commitment.’
    Seemingly after each of the Jazz’s particularly galling losses this season, a familiar refrain from the players has been that they’re not going to panic. But that phrase was conspicuously absent following Monday’s lethargic blowout to the lottery-bound Suns.Oh, plenty of soul-searching words were uttered in the aftermath of this third straight defeat. What was not explicitly said, but which was no less readily apparent in spite of it, is that panic time is now officially open f
  • Utah basketball looks for their first — and maybe only — road Pac-12 win

    Utah basketball looks for their first — and maybe only — road Pac-12 win
    Stanford, Calif. • Larry Krystkowiak chooses to live in the present, which is good because his team’s past experiences on the road this season are largely forgettable.Utah (15-12, 6-9 Pac-12) is 0-7 in conference road games this season as it readies for one more road trip, this one to the Bay Area to play Stanford on Wednesday and Cal on Saturday. The Utes are looking at a state of infamy with two more road losses this week.No Pac-12 team has gone winless on the road in conference-pla
  • Utah Royals FC releases its 2020 schedule; it’s front-loaded with difficulty

    Utah Royals FC releases its 2020 schedule; it’s front-loaded with difficulty
    The Utah Royals FC released its 2020 season schedule Tuesday morning, and it will be in for some early challenges.Four of the team’s first six games are on the road, starting with the season opener against the Portland Thorns on April 18. After the home opener the following week, the Royals play three straight road games away from Rio Tinto Stadium.Utah had a stint of three consecutive road games in 2019, but it didn’t come until August. That stretch saw the Royals win two and draw o
  • Utah Gov. Gary Herbert has now appointed 100 judges

    Utah Gov. Gary Herbert has now appointed 100 judges
    With his latest appointment, Gov. Gary Herbert has now picked the last 100 Utah judges.That means 75% of all of Utah’s judges have been selected by Herbert during his 11 and a half years in office, according to the governor’s office.“Making appointments to the bench is a great responsibility, and one I do not take lightly,” the governor said in a Tuesday statement. “I am consistently impressed by the high caliber of candidates I interview as part of the selection pr
  • Inland port bill moves forward with support from Salt Lake City leaders

    Inland port bill moves forward with support from Salt Lake City leaders
    After hearing from dozens of passionate supporters and ardent dissenters during a packed legislative hearing Tuesday, a Utah House committee voted to give a favorable recommendation to a bill that would tweak the state statute that created the inland port.Among advocates of the measure were Salt Lake City leaders, who say the bill would address their major concerns with the planned international trading hub by returning some of the local land use and taxing authority and giving them more represe
  • Three teen girls who fled Roosevelt treatment center are found safe

    Three teen girls who fled Roosevelt treatment center are found safe
    The three teenage girls who ran away from a residential treatment center in Roosevelt have been found unharmed — about a mile from the facility.
    Nicole "Nic" Thornton, left, and Leah Douglas were reported missing from the Cedar Ridge Academy on Monday, Feb. 24, 2020.Cedar Ridge Academy staff reported the girls missing at 1 a.m. Monday and Duchesne County Sheriff’s deputies searched for them unsuccessfully throughout the day. With nightfall approaching Monday, deputies mustered a sear
  • Paul Krugman: Republican cynicism may win Trump reelection

    Paul Krugman: Republican cynicism may win Trump reelection
    It may have slipped by you, but last week Donald Trump suggested that he may be about to give U.S. farmers — who have yet to see any benefits from his much-touted trade deal with China — another round of government aid. This would be on top of the billions in farm aid that Trump has already delivered, costing taxpayers several times as much as Barack Obama’s auto bailout — a bailout Republicans fiercely denounced as “welfare” and “crony capitalism”
  • [YouTube: Utah Jazz Videos] - Marcus Jones honored during Black History Month

    [YouTube: Utah Jazz Videos] - Marcus Jones honored during Black History Month
    Marcus Jones of Miss Essie's BBQ talks about the importance of diversity in Utah.
  • [Salt Lake Tribune] - Gordon Monson: Something’s gone terribly wrong with the Utah Jazz

    [Salt Lake Tribune] - Gordon Monson: Something’s gone terribly wrong with the Utah Jazz
    Fixing the Jazz is a bit like playing Whack-a-Mole.
  • Gordon Monson: Something’s gone terribly wrong with the Utah Jazz

    Gordon Monson: Something’s gone terribly wrong with the Utah Jazz
    Fixing the Jazz is a bit like playing Whack-a-Mole.The mole raises its head, the Jazz whack at it. The mole ducks its head, and raises it somewhere else, the Jazz whack at it. The mole ducks its head again, then raises it again, and the Jazz whack at it again.In the process, they lose three straight games — to San Antonio, Houston and Phoenix — on their home court, forever whacking at the elusive mole, lacking the commitment somewhere en route to properly time their whacking. They gi
  • Health officials warn of coronavirus outbreaks in the U.S.

    Health officials warn of coronavirus outbreaks in the U.S.
    The coronavirus almost certainly will begin spreading in communities in the United States, and Americans should begin preparations now, officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday.“It’s not so much of a question of if this will happen anymore but rather more of a question of exactly when this will happen,” Dr. Nancy Messonnier, director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, said in a news briefing.The news caps weeks of f
  • Utah Supreme Court orders a new trial for woman convicted of aggravated murder in deputy’s death

    Utah Supreme Court orders a new trial for woman convicted of aggravated murder in deputy’s death
    Utah teenager Meagan Grunwald was improperly convicted of aggravated murder in the 2014 death of a sheriff’s deputy and she is entitled to a new trial, the Utah Supreme Court ruled Friday.Justices pointed to mistakes in the instructions given to jurors about Grunwald’s potential criminal liability as an accomplice to her boyfriend, who had fired at officers out of the truck she was driving. While the Utah Court of Appeals had previously ruled that the mistakes did not prejudice the j
  • LDS Business College will become Ensign College

    LDS Business College will become Ensign College
    LDS Business College, the workplace-preparing two-year school owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, will change its name to Ensign College, effective Sept. 1.The name change and some curriculum changes were announced Tuesday at a devotional talk by the school’s president, Bruce C. Kusch.Starting with the fall 2021 semester, the school will offer a limited number of bachelor’s degrees in applied science. The degrees will be offered in three disciplines: business ma
  • Utah woman pleads guilty to lewdness for being topless in her own home

    Utah woman pleads guilty to lewdness for being topless in her own home
    A Utah woman who faced charges for being topless in her own home in front of her stepchildren has taken a plea bargain to resolve her criminal case.Prosecutors had charged Tilli Buchanan with three counts of class A misdemeanor lewdness involving a child, alleging that she exposed her breasts to her stepchildren several years ago. If Buchanan had been convicted of those charges, she would have been required to be on the sex offender registry for 10 years.But Buchanan instead resolved her case Tu
  • Utah’s 911 system crashed and there are still no clear answers about what went wrong

    Utah’s 911 system crashed and there are still no clear answers about what went wrong
    Beginning Saturday morning and continued intermittently until Sunday morning, cellphone users were unable to connect to emergency services in areas across the state. The problem affected Salt Lake, Davis, Weber, Utah, Summit and Washington Counties — and more.CenturyLink issued a statement that the “disruptions to 911 service” were “due to an equipment issue. A repair team was dispatched, and all services are restored. We apologize to those affected.”No further info
  • Utah leaders back bill increasing electric charging stations

    Utah leaders back bill increasing electric charging stations
    Residents in Utah could see an increase in charging stations for electric cars after state leaders have announced their support backing the idea.A bill introduced Monday would encourage up to $50 million of investment by utility company Rocky Mountain Power in more charging stations across the state, KUTV-TV reported.The bill sponsored by Republican Rep. Lowry Snow was supported by legislative leaders in both chambers."We see most of the major automobile manufacturers move to electric vehicles,"
  • Utah’s 911 system crashed and there’s still no clear answers to what went wrong

    Utah’s 911 system crashed and there’s still no clear answers to what went wrong
    Beginning Saturday morning and continued intermittently until Sunday morning, cellphone users were unable to connect to emergency services in areas across the state. The problem affected Salt Lake, Davis, Weber, Utah, Summit and Washington Counties — and more.CenturyLink issued a statement that the “disruptions to 911 service” were “due to an equipment issue. A repair team was dispatched, and all services are restored. We apologize to those affected.”No further info
  • PBS show ‘Finding Your Roots’ genealogist Johni Cerny dies at 76 in Utah

    PBS show ‘Finding Your Roots’ genealogist Johni Cerny dies at 76 in Utah
    Johni Cerny, the chief genealogist for the PBS series “Finding Your Roots,” who helped some 200 famous people — among them Oprah Winfrey, Quincy Jones, Sen. Bernie Sanders and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi — trace their ancestry, died Wednesday in Lehi. She was 76.Deborah Christensen, Cerny’s partner of 23 years, said the cause was coronary artery disease and congestive heart failure.“Johni Cerny was the proverbial dean of American genealogical research,” H
  • Maureen Dowd: Trump should admire a movie about con artists who wreak chaos

    Maureen Dowd: Trump should admire a movie about con artists who wreak chaos
    Washington • It’s funny that Donald Trump doesn’t like a movie about con artists who invade an elegant house and wreak chaos.He should empathize with parasites.No doubt the president is a movie buff. He has been known to call advisers in the wee hours to plan movie nights at the White House for films he wants to see, like “Joker.” And, in an early sign of his affinity for tyrants, he told Playboy in 1990 that his role model was Louis B. Mayer running MGM in the &rsqu
  • Nine Utah Utes headed to NFL Combine for ‘biggest interview’ of their lives

    Nine Utah Utes headed to NFL Combine for ‘biggest interview’ of their lives
    Reigning College Football Playoff winner LSU is sending a whopping 16 players to the NFL Scouting Combine, which officially began Sunday, but will get going in earnest on Thursday with on-field workouts.Michigan and Ohio State sent 11, Georgia and Alabama claim 10 each, and then there’s Utah. The Utes have nine players in Indianapolis this week, tied for sixth-most in the country with Notre Dame and Auburn. Utah does not generally get the national respect those other programs do.However, i
  • IOC official: Tokyo Olympics are still on — for now

    IOC official: Tokyo Olympics are still on — for now
    Tokyo • Dick Pound, the longest-serving member of the IOC, estimates there’s a three-month window to decide the fate of the Tokyo Olympics, which are being threatened by the fast-spreading virus from China.Pound, in an exclusive interview with The Associated Press, did not sound alarmist. But he did speak frankly about the risks facing the Olympics, which open July 24.Pound has been an International Olympic Committee member since 1978, 13 years longer than current President Thomas Bac
  • Another Utah man is charged with a hate crime for alleged assault on an LDS missionary

    Another Utah man is charged with a hate crime for alleged assault on an LDS missionary
    A third man has been charged with a hate crime in the alleged assault on a black Latter-day Saint missionary in Payson on Jan. 28.Nathan W. Thomas, 19, of Santaquin, was charged in 4th District Court with assault with a hate crime enhancement — the same charge filed against two Payson brothers, Malachi Bay West, 20, and Sebastian Francis West, 19.According to police, the victim and a second missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints arrived at a Payson house shortly aft
  • Utah Jazz can’t contain hot-shooting Phoenix Suns in 131-111 loss at Vivint Arena

    Utah Jazz can’t contain hot-shooting Phoenix Suns in 131-111 loss at Vivint Arena
    At Monday morning’s pregame shootaround, Jazz forward Bojan Bogdanovic lamented the team “worrying about the wrong [expletive] — we gotta start with our defense.” Joe Ingles agreed “the coaches can’t do it for us.” And coach Quin Snyder conceded that “[lack of] containment has been a theme.”And then, in Monday night’s game, they allowed the Suns to shoot 56.3% from the field for the game, to score 66 points in the paint, and to make 60%
  • The Triple Team: How the Utah Jazz failed vs. Phoenix Suns, what they said about it, and who’s to blame

    The Triple Team: How the Utah Jazz failed vs. Phoenix Suns, what they said about it, and who’s to blame
    Three thoughts on the Utah Jazz’s 131-111 loss to the Phoenix Suns from Salt Lake Tribune beat writer Andy Larsen.1. Here’s what they didThey allowed the 23-34 Phoenix Suns to score 131 points on them in 99 possessions, so that’s not great. They allowed them to score 66 points in the paint, shoot 60% from three, get 11 offensive rebounds. They let famously-somewhat-limited former Jazz point guard Ricky Rubio score 22 points on 13 shots, and add 11 assists and six rebounds and s
  • Utah Republican women say they are not an ‘endangered species’

    Utah Republican women say they are not an ‘endangered species’
    The number of Republican women in the U.S. House declined in the past decade and many statehouses don’t fare much better. Standing in contrast is the rising number of Democratic women elected to office.That led a historian to write that “Republican women are in crisis.”It is a sentiment that doesn’t sit well with some Utah women.“That’s ridiculous,” said Enid Mickelsen, the first female Republican from the Beehive State elected to the U.S. House.She serv
  • David Leonhardt: Bernie Sanders is making a big mistake

    David Leonhardt: Bernie Sanders is making a big mistake
    The last four presidents — Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama and Donald Trump — are four very different politicians. But they have one crucial similarity: They all tried to appeal to voters who weren’t obvious supporters.Clinton promised a “third way,” distinct from traditional Democratic or Republican policies. Bush ran on compassionate conservatism. Obama said that red and blue America shared more in common than pundits claimed.Even Trump, radical as he i
  • Tribune Editorial: Rep. Chris Stewart is fighting the wrong war

    Tribune Editorial: Rep. Chris Stewart is fighting the wrong war
    Chris Stewart wants to take an anti-tank missile to a cyberwar.Vladimir Putin is happy to let him.The Republican congressman from Utah’s 2nd District has made an unfortunate name for himself as someone who will not or cannot see the threat that Russian meddling has, is and — absent some rapid changes in policy at the federal and state levels — will pose to American democracy.Predictably, Stewart was among those who was closed to the best brains of the U.S. intelligence agencies
  • Utah House OKs tougher ban on hand-held cellphones while driving

    Utah House OKs tougher ban on hand-held cellphones while driving
    After years of hanging up on public calls for it, the Utah House finally advanced a bill Monday to make it easier to enforce laws that ban the use of hand-held cellphones while driving.Members voted 40-32 to endorse HB101 and sent it to the Senate for consideration.“This is about changing habits. It’s not hard. You can do it,” Rep. Carol Moss, D-Holladay, the bill’s sponsor told members — finally overcoming arguments that the bill would do little to change behavior
  • [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - What Happened to the Utah Jazz Defense?

    [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - What Happened to the Utah Jazz Defense?
    What once was a strength is gone
  • Utah Republican women say they need to recruit candidates, but they’re not in ‘crisis’

    Utah Republican women say they need to recruit candidates, but they’re not in ‘crisis’
    The number of Republican women in the U.S. House declined in the past decade and many statehouses don’t fare much better. Standing in contrast is the rising number of Democratic women elected to office.That led a historian to write that “Republican women are in crisis.”It is a sentiment that doesn’t sit well with some Utah women.“That’s ridiculous,” said Enid Mickelsen, the first female Republican from the Beehive State elected to the U.S. House.She serv
  • Benjamin E. Park: The Nauvoo crisis that continues to shape the modern LDS Church

    Benjamin E. Park: The Nauvoo crisis that continues to shape the modern LDS Church
    Most members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are aware of Emma Smith’s difficulties during the Nauvoo period, which resulted in her choosing not to move west under Brigham Young’s leadership. Yet few understand how crucial her actions were to central practices and ideas of the LDS Church, including how modern Mormons view gender, marriage and the importance of dissenting voices.When Russel M. Nelson held his inaugural press conference as the new prophet and preside
  • Tribune Editorial: Stewart is fighting the wrong war

    Tribune Editorial: Stewart is fighting the wrong war
    Chris Stewart wants to take an anti-tank missile to a cyberwar.Vladimir Putin is happy to let him.The Republican congressman from Utah’s 2nd District has made an unfortunate name for himself as someone who will not or cannot see the threat that Russian meddling has, is and — absent some rapid changes in policy at the federal and state levels — will pose to American democracy.Predictably, Stewart was among those who was closed to the best brains of the U.S. intelligence agencies
  • Letter: This ex-Republican prefers a Democrat for president

    Letter: This ex-Republican prefers a Democrat for president
    As a former member of the Republican Party, I was both pleased and amused to receive the official Democratic party primary ballot in the mail last week.I was pleased because there is absolutely no way I will vote for the GOP presidential candidate this year. I was amused because, in the same excessive approach that kept me from the Democratic Party for the previous 40 years, their ballot offers 16 alternative candidates to Donald Trump.I have yet to decide which of those many candidates I will s
  • Letter: The Utah Legislature does not speak for me

    Letter: The Utah Legislature does not speak for me
    The Utah Legislature does not speak for me in its boot-licking “Official Citation Honoring President Donald J. Trump.”The citation is an explicit endorsement of Trump’s values: daily lies, mocking disabled people, calling other countries sh--holes, paying hush money to mistresses, separating children from their parents at the southern border, stealing from his own charity, not to mention all of those around Trump that are now doing jail time.Where was their citation for Preside

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