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• Utah inland port legislation earns bipartisan House vote

  03-03-2020 23:50
  
  Members of the Utah House on Tuesday voted overwhelmingly in favor of a bill that bolsters the role of Salt Lake City and county leaders in the development of a planned trading hub to be located in the city’s northwest quadrant.The House voted 65-6 for HB347, which alters the membership of the Inland Port Authority Board to include the mayors of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County and Magna township — or their designees — and returns a portion of the board’s taxing and land
  
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• Kool & The Gang, Beach Boys among headliners at Utah Symphony’s summer Deer Valley Music Festival

  03-03-2020 23:48
  
  The hills of Park City will be alive this summer with the sounds of rock, pop, jazz and classical — along with a little cannon fire — during the Utah Symphony’s 2020 Deer Valley Music Festival.Nineteen concerts — 11 outdoors with the full symphony, and eight chamber concerts — are in the lineup, running through July and August in Park City, at the Deer Valley Resort, St. Mary’s Church and three art galleries. The symphony announced the schedule Tuesday.Headlin
  
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• [Deseret News] - Knicks’ win over Rockets should motivate Utah Jazz to come ready to fight

  03-03-2020 23:39 via sportspyder.com
  
  NEW YORK — If one thing has been consistent with the Utah Jazz this season, it’s their inconsistency, which makes their game Wednesday against the New York Knicks even more unpredictable than it...
  
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• BYU receiver Neil Pau’u is back in the fold, giving the Cougars another needed weapon on offense

  03-03-2020 23:19
  
  Provo • Although not dressed for practice, a familiar face made his return to the Cougars on Monday for the start of spring football.Almost a year after being arrested on campus for driving under the influence with a blood alcohol content of 0.147 and interfering with signs and signals, Neil Pau'u is ready to get back on the field for BYU. But he'll have to wait.The redshirt junior was ready to go for Monday, but his paperwork wasn't. Besides needing the paperwork to be filed, the insurance
  
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• Residents offer $16,000 reward for information about elk killings. Poachers also face $40,000 in fines.

  03-03-2020 22:52
  
  Residents of an area just north of Park City have raised more than $16,000 as a reward for information about whoever illegally killed six elk near their homes.The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources has asked for the public's help to identify the poacher or poachers, who are also facing fines of more than $40,000.According to the DWR, the six mature bull elk were shot and killed between Dec. 20 and Jan. 15 — picked out of a herd that is often seen “sunning themselves” in the ar
  
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• Christopher Smart: The intended outcome of the abortion fight

  03-03-2020 22:49
  
  The debate on abortion continues to divide us here in Utah and across the country, exactly as intended.After the 1973 landmark 7-2 Supreme Court ruling in Roe v. Wade, which said unduly restrictive state regulation of abortion is unconstitutional, there was relatively little political debate on women’s reproductive rights, let alone a movement.Today, of course, there is a decades-long campaign to end abortion, but it takes place in a historic vacuum, ignoring the long struggle for the most
  
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• Three Utah State players earn MWC all-conference honors; Neemias Queta, Justin Bean also named all-defensive team

  03-03-2020 22:22
  
  If the old cliche of “Defense wins championships” has any truth to it, then coaches around the Mountain West Conference must be wary of Utah State during this week’s conference tournament.The Aggies secured two of five spots on the MWC Defensive Team when all-conference awards, voted on by coaches, were released Tuesday. Neemias Queta and Justin Bean joined San Diego State’s Malachi Flynn and KJ Feagin and Nevada’s Lindsey Drew on the team.Flynn, a junior guard, was
  
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• [YouTube: Utah Jazz Videos] - Historic THREE by Donovan Mitchell

  03-03-2020 22:15 via sportspyder.com
  
  Donovan Mitchell dropped 30 points against the Washington Wizards on February 28, 2020. In the process, he landed a three that pushed him above Mehmet Okur o...
  
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• To fight coronavirus, the Utah Capitol declares a ‘handshake-free zone’

  03-03-2020 21:53
  
  Utah lawmakers and visitors to the Capitol were warned Tuesday to keep their hands clean and, preferably, to themselves amid growing fears over a likely outbreak of coronavirus.Signs placed around the capitol complex — particularly near the House of Representatives offices and chamber — declared public spaces to be “a handshake-free zone.” And House Speaker Brad Wilson, R-Kaysville, took time during morning debate to urge lawmakers to stay away if they or their interns ar
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - For the Utah Jazz to truly contend, Joe Ingles and Bojan Bogdonovic must be on the mark

  03-03-2020 21:53 via sportspyder.com
  
  When Joe Ingles and Bojan Bogdanovic are playing well, so do the Jazz.
  
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• For the Utah Jazz to truly contend, Joe Ingles and Bojan Bogdonovic must be on the mark

  03-03-2020 21:30
  
  When Joe Ingles and Bojan Bogdanovic are playing well, so do the Jazz.The numbers are pretty clear on this point. In wins, Ingles scores 2.1 more points per game, takes more shots, and accumulates more assists and rebounds. For Bojan Bogdanovic, the spread is even wider: he scores 3.8 more points per game in wins than losses, his usage rate goes form 23.4 to 27.0, and he even gets 10% more assists, though slightly fewer rebounds.While it seems obvious — of course when the players play bett
  
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• Paul Krugman: Paranoid politics is scarier than any coronavirus

  03-03-2020 21:21
  
  We still don’t know how much damage COVID-19 — the coronavirus disease — will do, but it’s reasonable to be very concerned. After all, it appears to be highly transmissible, and it is probably a lot more lethal than ordinary flu.But not to worry, say right-wing pundits and news organizations: It’s all a hoax, a conspiracy by the liberal media to make Donald Trump look bad. Administration officials and Trump himself have echoed their claims.These claims are, of cours
  
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• BYU’s Yoeli Childs, TJ Haws and Jake Toolson named to All- WCC First Team, Toolson also named Newcomer of the Year

  03-03-2020 21:15
  
  Provo • Coming back to BYU has proven a successful formula Jake Toolson and the BYU Cougars, and it led the West Coast Conference to name the graduate transfer the WCC Newcomer of the Year — the first BYU men’s basketball player to earn the award.Toolson was also named to the WCC First Team, along with seniors Yoeli Childs and TJ Haws.Because of an injury that forced Childs to miss four league games, the senior only became eligible for WCC stat rankings on Saturday, when he drop
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - NBA to players: Avoid high-fives as virus concern grows

  03-03-2020 20:56 via sportspyder.com
  
  Miami • The NBA has told players to avoid high-fiving fans and strangers and avoid taking any item for autographs, the league’s latest response in its ongoing monitoring of the coronavirus crisis that has spread to most corners of the planet.
  
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• Utah Utes’ Brynna Maxwell, Lola Pendande earn All-Pac-12 honors

  03-03-2020 20:41
  
  Before the Pac-12 Women’s Basketball Tournament gets going Thursday afternoon in Las Vegas, the University of Utah had a couple of players recognized Tuesday morning with All-Pac-12 honors.Brynna Maxwell was named an All-Pac-12 honorable mention selection, in addition to being named one of five players on the league’s All-Freshman first team. Lola Pendande joined Maxwell on the All-Freshman team as an honorable mention pick.Maxwell and Pendande are Utah’s seventh and eighth sel
  
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• Three BYU Cougars receive WCC women’s basketball honors

  03-03-2020 20:34
  
  Provo • With the West Coast Conference tournament right around the corner, the BYU Cougars will go into Las Vegas boasting the WCC Defensive Player of the Year and two First Team honorees, as announced by the league on Tuesday.Junior center Sara Hamson is the WCC Defensive Player of the Year for the second time in her career. This season, the junior lead the NCAA in blocks per game (4.75) and in total blocks (133). Hamson, a Naismith Defensive Player of the Year finalist, stepped up her def
  
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• Pre-abortion ultrasound mandate progresses to Utah House

  03-03-2020 20:26
  
  The question of whether a woman should have to undergo a pre-abortion ultrasound — even against her will — came before a panel of Utah lawmakers in a sprawling debate that ranged from the state’s capital punishment law to the past uses of lobotomy.Ultrasound bill HB364 ultimately moved forward Tuesday, after the House Judiciary Committee heard testimony that spanned two hearings, beginning last week and concluding with the vote. The panel heard from advocates who argued women n
  
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• Tornadoes devastate Tennessee, killing at least 22 people

  03-03-2020 20:11
  
  Nashville, Tenn. • Tornadoes ripped across Tennessee as people slept early Tuesday, shredding at least 140 buildings and killing at least 22 people. Authorities described painstaking efforts to find survivors in piles of rubble and wrecked basements as the death toll climbed.One twister caused severe damage across a 10-mile stretch of downtown Nashville, wrecking businesses and homes and destroying the tower and stained glass of a historic church. Another erased homes from their foundations
  
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• Surprise cut from Fed fails to stem the stock market’s dread

  03-03-2020 20:06
  
  Washington • In a surprise move, the Federal Reserve cut its benchmark interest rate by a sizable half-percentage point Tuesday in an effort to support the economy in the face of the spreading coronavirus.Chairman Jerome Powell said at a news conference that the virus “will surely weigh on economic activity both here and abroad for some time.”It was the Fed's first move since last year, when it reduced its key short-term rate three times. It's also the first time the central ban
  
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• NBA to players: Avoid high-fives as virus concern grows

  03-03-2020 19:54
  
  Miami • The NBA has told players to avoid high-fiving fans and strangers and avoid taking any item for autographs, the league’s latest response in its ongoing monitoring of the coronavirus crisis that has spread to most corners of the planet.The league, in a memo sent to teams on Sunday and obtained Monday by The Associated Press, offered 10 recommendations to players with hopes of decreasing risks of getting the virus — among them, not taking items such as pens, markers, balls
  
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• Showdown brewing over Utah’s school grading law

  03-03-2020 19:41
  
  On Tuesday morning, shortly after watching a panel of Utah senators gut her legislation on school grading, Rep. Marie Poulson stood on the House floor and read a quote from Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird” to her intern.“Real courage,” the Cottonwood Heights Democrat said, “is when you know you’re licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what.”The quote is steeped in the language of defeat, but Poulson is g
  
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• Utah voters cast their Super Tuesday ballots. Here’s how you can still participate.

  03-03-2020 19:40
  
  Utahns stopped by polling locations across the state as Utah participates in the nation’s Super Tuesday primary elections for the first time, joining 13 other states, American Samoa and Democrats living abroad in a day that will allot over a third of the total delegates in the Democratic race for the presidential nomination.And even if you haven’t registered or previously asked for a ballot, you can still participate. Go to vote.utah.gov to find a polling location near you. If you ha
  
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• Devin Brumfield, Jordan Wilmore vying to replace Zack Moss in Utah football backfield

  03-03-2020 19:39
  
  No one is expecting Jordan Wilmore or Devin Brumfield to be Zack Moss this spring. If that were the expectation, it would be wildly unfair to both players.Moss finished his legendary Utah career in December with a senior season that included 1,416 rushing yards, 15 touchdowns and Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Year honors. As the Utes’ rushing offense shifts away from Moss, Wilmore, a junior, and Brumfield, a sophomore, are expected to be the two primary candidates to take his place.That p
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz: A way too early look at the 2020 offseason

  03-03-2020 19:20 via sportspyder.com.sportspyder.com
  The Utah Jazz and the rest of the association will have a relatively quiet summer compared to the 2019 frenzy. Here are some decisions the front office wil...
  
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• Utah Jazz: A way too early look at the 2020 offseason

  03-03-2020 19:18
  
  The Utah Jazz and the rest of the association will have a relatively quiet summer compared to the 2019 frenzy. Here are some decisions the front office will have to make. It may only be March, but the Utah Jazz are most likely already scheming of how they can improve their 15 man roster in […]
  Utah Jazz: A way too early look at the 2020 offseason - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• Portland’s Elizabeth Ball coming to Utah Royals as club makes Becky Sauerbrunn trade official

  03-03-2020 19:01
  
  The best defender in the National Women’s Soccer League, who spent the last two seasons with the Utah Royals FC, officially has a new home.The club announced Tuesday that Sauerbrunn is headed to the Portland Thorns in exchange for $100,000 in guaranteed allocation money and center back Elizabeth Ball. Utah will receive an additional $50,000 in allocation money if certain requirements are met. Those requirements were not disclosed.Sauerbrunn, 34, requested the trade. She lives in Portland d
  
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• Gordon Monson: This BYU basketball team is different, in a way that stirs the imagination

  03-03-2020 18:42
  
  BYU is on the brink of drawing up something … different.And that’s a departure, a depiction worth noting.Painting with a broad brushhere, maybe on the side of a barn somewhere, a certain picture comes to mind and into focus and onto weathered hardwood when you think of Cougars basketball.The image is good, mostly good. It’s solid, not spectacular. It’s made up of a thousand strokes refined by a thousand players who spent a thousand hours in a thousand gyms, probably atta
  
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• ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ is sold out in Salt Lake City, but fans can enter a lottery for a chance to buy $25 tickets

  03-03-2020 18:25
  
  Fans of the touring Broadway musical “Dear Evan Hansen” who couldn’t get tickets for the show’s sold-out run at Salt Lake City’s Eccles Theater can still win a chance to buy $25 tickets — through the show’s lottery drawing.“Dear Evan Hansen” debuts at the Eccles on Wednesday, March 4, and runs through Saturday, March 14.The drawing works like this:• Register to start an account on LuckySeat.com.• Enter for the drawing for the next d
  
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• [True Hoop: Salt City Hoops] - Regaining Some Confidence: The Jazz Take Care of the Cavs in 126-113 Victory

  03-03-2020 18:19 via sportspyder.com
  
  The Utah Jazz are not back, but they are slowly heading in the right direction. Once again, Utah featured a balanced attack, with six players reaching double-figure scoring.
  
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• Virus spread prompts Fed to slash rates in surprise move

  03-03-2020 17:44
  
  Washington • In a surprise move, the Federal Reserve cut its benchmark interest rate by a sizable half-percentage point Tuesday in an effort to support the economy in the face of the spreading coronavirus.Chairman Jerome Powell noted that the virus "poses evolving risks to economic activity."It was the Fed's first move since last year, when it reduced its key short-term rate three times. It's also the first time the central bank has cut its key rate between policy meetings since the 2008 fi
  
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• Residents offer $15,000 reward for information about elk killings. Poachers also face $40,000 in fines.

  03-03-2020 17:07
  
  Residents of an area just north of Park City have raised more than $15,000 as a reward for information about whoever illegally killed six elk near their homes.The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources has asked for the public's help to identify the poacher or poachers, who are also facing fines of more than $40,000.According to the DWR, the six mature bull elk were shot and killed between Dec. 20 and Jan. 15 — picked out of a herd that is often seen “sunning themselves” in the ar
  
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• [CBS Sports] - All-NBA predictions: LeBron, Giannis first-team locks, but who gets in between Luka Doncic and Damian Lillard? - CBSSports.com

  03-03-2020 17:03 via sportspyder.com
  
  Also: Breaking down Russell Westbrook vs. Trae Young and some of the other tightest battles
  
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• Super Tuesday marks first major security test of 2020

  03-03-2020 17:00
  
  Tuesday’s presidential primaries across 14 states mark the first major security test since the 2018 midterm elections, with state and local election officials saying they are prepared to deal with everything from equipment problems to false information about the coronavirus.States have been racing to shore up cybersecurity defenses, replace aging and vulnerable voting equipment and train for worst-case scenarios since it became clear that Russia had launched a sweeping and systematic effor
  
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• Jana Riess : Bernie Sanders is poised to carry Utah, where Democrats are an energized minority

  03-03-2020 16:33
  
  On Tuesday, Utah joins a host of other U.S. states in participating in Super Tuesday, with many eyes watching what Democrats will do in the mostly red, majority-Mormon state.Bernie Sanders appears to hold a commanding lead and is poised to repeat his decisive primary win from four years ago. In 2016, four in five Democrats chose Sanders over Hillary Clinton. This year, Sanders is in the lead among the remaining Democratic candidates, with a projected 28% of the Democratic vote, but the field is
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz: 3 takeaways from hot and cold win in Cleveland

  03-03-2020 16:23 via sportspyder.com
  
  They may have had some poor stretches, but the Utah Jazz had more promising stretches during last night's win in Cleveland. Here are three takeaways from t...
  
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• Here are all the known coronavirus cases in the U.S. (There are probably more.)

  03-03-2020 16:15
  
  Chicago • The number of known coronavirus cases in the United States spiked over the weekend and into Monday, with dozens of new diagnoses bringing the total of confirmations to more than 100.Public health officials reported that the virus was spreading among people with no history of overseas travel. Schools closed. Governors declared states of emergency.The New York Times has been tracking every case in the United States for more than a month and maintaining a database using information f
  
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• What to watch as 14 states vote in Super Tuesday primaries

  03-03-2020 16:05
  
  Sacramento, Calif. • The Democratic presidential candidates are racing toward the biggest day on the primary calendar, when 14 states vote on Super Tuesday. It’s the day when the primary moves from retail to wholesale. Instead of one state voting at a time, candidates have to focus on contests in every region of the country with all types of voters.While Super Tuesday won't necessarily determine who wins the nomination, it has historically been difficult for a candidate who performs p
  
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• Utah Jazz: 3 takeaways from hot and cold win in Cleveland

  03-03-2020 16:00
  
  They may have had some poor stretches, but the Utah Jazz had more promising stretches during last night’s win in Cleveland. Here are three takeaways from the win. Boy, I sure did miss that winning feeling for the Utah Jazz after the All-Star break. Four straight losses had fans on the edge, but the Jazz […]
  Utah Jazz: 3 takeaways from hot and cold win in Cleveland - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• Letter: Mark the 50th anniversary of Earth Day

  03-03-2020 15:12
  
  In 1970, the United States took two bold environmental steps. Americans instituted Earth Day, and the Nixon administration established the Environmental Protection Agency. In 2020, the 50th anniversary of these landmark accomplishments, let’s honor the natural spaces we cherish.For me, this is Diamond Fork Canyon, east of Spanish Fork. I have spent countless days on Diamond Fork River, memorizing its meanders and observing its wildlife, while collecting data for graduate research. In 2018,
  
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• Robert Kirby: Good dog, Hondo. Good boy.

  03-03-2020 14:00
  
  On Saturday, my family attended the funeral of Hondo at Herriman High School.The Herriman Police Department Belgian Malinois was killed Feb. 13 while helping the U.S. Marshal’s Service apprehend a violent fugitive in Salt Lake City.The incident also resulted in the considerably less lamented death of the murder suspect, who was shot and killed. But enough about him.The sudden loss of Hondo left his handler, Sgt. Benjamin Ricks, devastated. Also deeply traumatized were the Ricks family, wit
  
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• Nicholas M. Bielaczyc: That wasn’t a walkout. It was a march.

  03-03-2020 14:00
  
  Let’s be clear about something. What happened Friday was not a walkout. It was a march to ask for support for kids.You don’t announce a walkout 10 days in advance. I grew up in Flint, Mich., birthplace of the United Auto Workers. I know a walkout when I see it. Friday wasn’t it.Consideration was given to families. The Salt Lake City School District recognized the importance of asking for an increase in funding. They worked the Salt Lake Education Association to plan the early o
  
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• Letter: Warren is what we have been waiting for

  03-03-2020 14:00
  
  Sen. Elizabeth Warren is the presidential candidate for which we have been waiting all our lives.She spent her life working for everyday people — from teaching special needs children to fighting big banks and Wall Street. She is smart, she is thoughtful, she is tough and, as we know, she is a woman with plans. Don’t discount them. Dive in and read them.She is not a career politician, but has experience both inside and outside of Washington so that she can actually execute on her plan
  
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• Letter: Trump divides America

  03-03-2020 14:00
  
  The divisiveness in our country is continuing to increase. There was a time when we could “agree to disagree” and still maintain some level of respect toward each other.Donald Trump has changed this. He is continuing to do everything he possibly can to grow this chasm of division with his personal attacks, and even dismissal, of anyone that does not support his views. His followers have donned blinders and are stepping into line accordingly.About the only thing missing is a Donald Tr
  
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• Letter: Republicans should pick a Democrat to beat Trump

  03-03-2020 14:00
  
  I received my Republican presidential primary ballot in the mail, but I will not return it. I believe Donald Trump has undermined the Republican Party’s principles of fiscal conservatism, national security, the rule of law and respect for the U.S. Constitution. It is my opinion that Trump believes he is more important than the office he holds, which leads him to act more like a monarch than a representative of the people.Tuesday’s Democratic presidential primary is open to all voters
  
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• Letter: Ignorance and arrogance

  03-03-2020 14:00
  
  I recently read a quote from Albert Einstein: “The only thing more dangerous than ignorance is arrogance.”I would suggest to our Republican-dominated Utah Legislature that, in combination, the two qualities are even more alarming.John S. Felt, Salt Lake CitySubmit a letter to the editor
  
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• Letter: Creature from the Black Lagoon

  03-03-2020 14:00
  
  In Thomas Pyle’s Feb. 27 commentary, “Utah poised to capitalize on the BLM swamp drain,” Pyle states that Utahns are frustrated with the Bureau of Land Management because of the “notion policy decisions that impact them so squarely is mandated to them from unelected, career bureaucrats in Washington, D.C.”He goes on to refer to BLM employees as "swamp creatures" and open by saying, "Ask a Utahn ... you'll get an earful."This is pretty rich, coming from someone who&r
  
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• Letter: A law to fight pandemics

  03-03-2020 14:00
  
  Over 2,700 dead, more than 80,000 global cases, a 3.5% decline in U.S. markets, and a global pandemic that has shut down entire cities.Democrats and Republicans, alike, are concerned about the long-term impacts the coronavirus could have on the well-being of U.S. citizens and our economy. Despite the Trump administration’s announcement of a $2.5 billion spending plan to combat the pandemic, congressional leaders in both parties say the Trump administration isn’t doing enough. Fortuna
  
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• Frank Bruni: Mayor Pete flew sky high

  03-03-2020 14:00
  
  To Pete Buttigieg’s many other virtues, add these: He’s not delusional, and he can see beyond himself.He looked at what happened in South Carolina on Saturday. He looked at what was likely to happen in the many states that will vote Tuesday. And Buttigieg recognized that he had no path to the Democratic presidential nomination and that staying in the race would probably help Bernie Sanders, the rival he had branded a dangerous nominee.So on Sunday he got out. Just like that. No prayi
  
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• Charles M. Blow: Warnings from South Carolina

  03-03-2020 06:00
  
  Before the South Carolina Democratic primary, many in elite political circles were writing the Joe Biden campaign’s obituary. And they were enjoying it.Political cycles love stories of trajectory: an improbable rise or a tragic fall. Coasting lacks sizzle. A coronation lacks sensation. So being an early front-runner is a precarious position. The power of story pulls on you like gravity, willing you to the ground.But, with Biden’s blowout victory in South Carolina, he breathed new lif
  
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• [Deseret News] - Bojan Bogdanovic leads the way as Utah Jazz beat Cavaliers and start to return to form

  03-03-2020 05:51 via sportspyder.com
  
  It’s not like the Utah Jazz were going to wake up one morning and just play perfectly after dropping four straight games. But, slowly and surely things are starting to turn in the right direction.
  
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