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• Who’s missing from President Trump’s new economic task force? Mitt Romney, of course

  16-04-2020 23:50
  
  Washington • The grudge holds.President Donald Trump on Thursday rolled out a long list of members of Congress who are joining his task force aimed at bringing back the economy ravaged by the coronavirus outbreak.The “Opening Up America Again Congressional Group” includes every Republican senator but one: Sen. Mitt Romney.That, of course, would be the same Mitt Romney who voted to convict Trump on one of the two articles of impeachment during the Senate trial earlier this year a
  
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• [Basketball Insiders] - The Six Things We’re Watching

  16-04-2020 23:46 via sportspyder.com
  
  Spencer Davies takes a look at a handful of storylines surrounding the NBA as the league's suspension continues.
  
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• Morning’s sizable aftershock gives already-rattled Utahns a reason to pay attention to this Great ShakeOut

  16-04-2020 23:37
  
  A sizable aftershock rumbled across the Salt Lake Valley early Thursday, 29 days after a powerful earthquake struck the region and on the very day Utahns participated in drills to prepare for a major quake.Thursday’s temblor began at 7:41 a.m. and registered magnitude 4.2, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The epicenter was about 2.5 miles northeast of Magna, near the site of the mainshock, a magnitude 5.7 quake that struck March 18.This is the second substantial aftershock this wee
  
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• Behind the Headlines: Reporters discuss unemployment, a historic special session, and coronavirus case estimates

  16-04-2020 22:59
  
  Utah unemployment numbers soar, while small businesses plead for more state help in the midst of a pandemic. Lawmakers meet in a largely-digital special session. And official counts vastly underestimate the number of coronavirus cases.At 9 a.m. on Friday, Salt Lake Tribune reporters Andy Larsen and Tony Semerad, and news columnist Robert Gehrke will join KCPW’s Roger McDonough to talk about the week’s top stories. Every Friday at 9 a.m., stream “Behind the Headlines” at k
  
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• Utah Legislature eyes May 1 for reopening economy as the coronavirus wears on

  16-04-2020 22:55
  
  Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing readers free access to critical local stories about the coronavirus during this time of heightened concern. See more coverage here. To support journalism like this, please consider donating or become a subscriber.State lawmakers convened a historic, all-virtual special session on the COVID-19 outbreak on Thursday, with an eye toward the date Utah can start emerging from quarantine — and they’re pitching May 1 as a target.House S
  
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• Bagley Cartoon: Finger Pointing

  16-04-2020 22:50
  
  This Pat Bagley cartoon appears in The Salt Lake Tribune on Friday, April 17, 2020. You can check out the past 10 Bagley editorial cartoons below:<a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2020/04/15/bagley-cartoon/" target=_blank><u>Coronavirus Quacks</u></a><a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2020/04/14/bagley-cartoon-power"><u>Power Grabbers</u></a><a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2020/04/13/bagley-cartoon-preside
  
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• New book ‘American Tacos’ probes a dish’s evolution across borders

  16-04-2020 22:40
  
  Rio Rancho, N.M. • You can eat one with carne asada and corn tortillas in East Los Angeles, or one with flour and pit-grilled pork known as al pastor in Dallas. Travelers can pick a few up outside of Berlin’s Schonefeld Airport before boarding a flight, or grab one with albondigas and collard greens in Memphis, Tenn.In each place, you can taste the social and global evolution of the taco, according to José R. Ralat.Some tacos incorporate the influence of Asian or Jewish cuisine
  
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• Real estate fraudster Rick Koerber wants out of prison because of the coronavirus

  16-04-2020 22:18
  
  Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing readers free access to critical local stories about the coronavirus during this time of heightened concern. See more coverage here. To support journalism like this, please consider donating or become a subscriber.Convicted real estate fraudster Rick Koerber is trying to get out of prison, arguing his health is at risk because of the coronavirus pandemic — but federal prosecutors say he’s a liar and shouldn’t be believed ab
  
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• Greg Hughes’ new running mate lashed out at Utah Governor’s Office over COVID-19

  16-04-2020 22:18
  
  Gubernatorial candidate Greg Hughes and his newly-minted running mate, Washington County Commissioner Victor Iverson, share the belief that the state’s sitting governor isn’t doing enough to keep the coronavirus from stifling the economy.Unlike Hughes, though, Iverson has vented his exasperation in the form of scathing text messages fired off directly to Gov. Gary Herbert’s senior staff. In his conversation opener, Iverson even compared Herbert and Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox to the n
  
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• [Deseret News] - Donovan Mitchell: ‘We’ve moved on from this. I’m just ready to hoop’

  16-04-2020 22:10 via sportspyder.com
  
  Mitchell has been staying in New York during the pandemic.
  
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• South Salt Lake fire heavily damages apartment complex, injures two children

  16-04-2020 22:06
  
  The South Salt Lake Fire Department believe that a vehicle fire was the cause of an early morning blaze that severely damaged an apartment complex, destroyed several vehicles and sent two children to the hospital.The fire at the Shenandoah Apartments at 336 E. 3360 South was reported about 3 a.m. According to a department spokesman, the fire is believed to have started in a vehicle parked in a carport outside the apartments. It spread to nearby vehicles — burning about 18 cars — and
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Donovan Mitchell says he and Rudy Gobert have “moved on”

  16-04-2020 22:02 via sportspyder.com
  
  Mitchell claims he and Rudy have moved on, and are "ready to hoop"
  
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• Kate De Groote: The first pandemic of the internet age

  16-04-2020 22:00
  
  I stepped off the plane at the Beijing Capital Airport on Jan. 23, and was surprised when the immigration officer asked me where my mask was. When I saw I was literally the only one not wearing a surgical mask, I realized that the articles I had read about an unknown disease in Wuhan were out of date.Over the next two weeks, as I prepared to restart classes at Beijing Language and Culture University, where I studied Chinese, the neighborhood I had called home for five months became a ghost town.
  
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• Live coronavirus updates for Thursday, April 16: Utah’s death toll rises to 21; schools to get millions from feds with more going to BYU than the U.

  16-04-2020 21:58
  
  Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing readers free access to critical local stories about the coronavirus during this time of heightened concern. See more coverage here. To support journalism like this, please consider donating or become a subscriber.It’s Thursday, April 16. We’ll provide the latest coronavirus updates involving Utah throughout the day.[Read complete coronavirus coverage here.]----1:50 p.m.: Dunn says starting to reopen the economy May 1 is ‘g
  
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• Donovan Mitchell: ‘We’ve moved on from this. I’m just ready to hoop’

  16-04-2020 21:43
  
  Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell (45) looks into the fans as the Utah Jazz and the Boston Celtics play an NBA basketball game at Vivint Arena in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020. | Scott G Winterton, Deseret NewsSALT LAKE CITY — Through all the drama that has surrounded Utah Jazz franchise cornerstones Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell over the past few weeks, the usually media-savvy Mitchell has remained virtually silent in addressing it, even after Gobert on Sunday said in an I
  
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• Live coronavirus updates for Thursday, April 16: Utah’s death toll rises to 21; House OKs measure reining in guv’s emergency powers

  16-04-2020 21:18
  
  Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing readers free access to critical local stories about the coronavirus during this time of heightened concern. See more coverage here. To support journalism like this, please consider donating or become a subscriber.It’s Thursday, April 16. We’ll provide the latest coronavirus updates involving Utah throughout the day.[Read complete coronavirus coverage here.]----1:10 p.m.: Death toll rises to 21Another Utahn died from COVID-19, br
  
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• President Trump names Utah Sen. Mike Lee to economic recovery task force

  16-04-2020 21:09
  
  Washington • President Donald Trump on Thursday named Sen. Mike Lee to the Congressional Economic Task Force where the Utah Republican will join colleagues from both sides of the aisle in advising the president on reopening the American economy.Lee said it was an honor to serve on the task force, which will include Republicans and Democrats from the Senate and House.“Utah has a plan and is leading the way in solutions to this economic crisis and I look forward to sharing those ideas w
  
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• Live coronavirus updates for Thursday, April 16: House speaker sets May 1 as goal to start opening Utah; see if your favorite restaurant, salon, shop got a city loan

  16-04-2020 20:46
  
  Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing readers free access to critical local stories about the coronavirus during this time of heightened concern. See more coverage here. To support journalism like this, please consider donating or become a subscriber.It’s Thursday, April 16. We’ll provide the latest coronavirus updates involving Utah throughout the day.[Read complete coronavirus coverage here.]----12:45 p.m.: KFC donates 100 meals to St. Mark’s HospitalA KFC s
  
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• UTA survey: scandal memories are fading away

  16-04-2020 20:36
  
  The Utah Transit Authority says the public is starting to forget about its past scandals, and its approval ratings are rising.That’s according to an annual survey that it conducted in January, along with focus groups, to see what the public thinks about the agency and its services.The reported improvement comes after the Legislature restructured the agency in 2018 amid controversy about high executive salaries, extensive international travel and sweetheart deals with developers — and
  
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• [YouTube: Utah Jazz Videos] - Will Amy Rodriguez play in another Olympics? - Georges Drive & Dish

  16-04-2020 20:32 via sportspyder.com
  
  Olympic gold medalist, former USWNT member and current Utah Royals FC player joined Georges Drive & Dish to talk about being quarantined with her family, sta...
  
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• Gail Collins: Trump has been flopping around like a beached flounder

  16-04-2020 20:17
  
  Rest easy, people. We’ve got the Great American Economic Revival Industry Groups watching out for us.Cannot believe you’ve never heard of them. It’s sort of like an Easter present. Donald Trump says GAERIG are going to advise him on when it’s safe to reopen the economy. Biggest question in the nation. So attention must be paid.They’re mostly business leaders. From the head of Goldman Sachs to the head of Chick-fil-A. To the professional wrestling czar who Trump, in
  
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• A principal dancer for the New York City Ballet finds refuge in Utah

  16-04-2020 20:17
  
  Sandy • For ballet dancers, normal life means dancing and sweating very close to one another for up to 12 hours a day, six days a week. Typically, morning company class at New York City Ballet looks as crowded as the 42nd Street subway station after two trains have passed by without stopping. For dancers, 6 feet apart rarely happens.In this new life we’re all leading, we don’t have access to our usual studios, with their special floors, mirrors and ballet barres. And maybe the m
  
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• [NBA] - Drive & Dish: USA, Utah Royals soccer star Amy Rodriguez on overcoming adversity, postponing the Olympics, and fighting for equality in women's sports

  16-04-2020 20:07 via sportspyder.com
  
  Amy Rodriguez’s trophy case is filled with gold medals, a World Cup, national championships and MVP awards. But the Utah Royals’ star forward wants more.On this week’s episode of Georges Niang’s
  
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• What historians will see when they look back on the COVD-19 pandemic of 2020

  16-04-2020 20:02
  
  Sherri Denney was in the fourth day of quarantine in her home in Springboro, Ohio, when she thought about the toll the coronavirus was taking. She sat in her recliner chair and cried as the state’s governor checked off the number of dead and sickened, knowing there would be more the next day. Overwhelmed, Denney, 55, tried to put her feelings into words.“Wow,” she began writing on an old sketch pad, quickly realizing the precise words would not come easy. “That’s al
  
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• Utah farms and ranches in ‘crisis’ due to coronavirus even as freezing temps bite into fruit crops

  16-04-2020 19:59
  
  Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing readers free access to critical local stories about the coronavirus during this time of heightened concern. See more coverage here. To support journalism like this, please consider donating or become a subscriber.From dairy farms and cattle ranches to sheep-shearing pens and fruit orchards — Utah’s agriculture industry is suffering.Most of the misery can be attributed to the closing of schools, restaurants and other food service
  
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• Time-lapse video shows early work on renovation of LDS Church’s Salt Lake temple.

  16-04-2020 19:43
  
  A new video shows what’s happened in the first four months of renovation work for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ Salt Lake City temple — all in about 30 seconds.The church Thursday released a time-lapse video of the early work in the four-year renovation project.So far, it’s more digging than building. The view looks down on the temple’s south side and the courtyard area between the temple and where the South Visitors’ Center used to be.The v
  
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• Live coronavirus updates for Thursday, April 16: Utah’s remote legislative session starts, speaker sets May 1 as goal to start opening state for business

  16-04-2020 19:33
  
  Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing readers free access to critical local stories about the coronavirus during this time of heightened concern. See more coverage here. To support journalism like this, please consider donating or become a subscriber.It’s Thursday, April 16. We’ll provide the latest coronavirus updates involving Utah throughout the day.[Read complete coronavirus coverage here.]----10:44 a.m.: Utah’s first virtual session on Capitol Hill opensD
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell are not BFFs, and that’s okay

  16-04-2020 19:20 via sportspyder.com
  
  They might not be homies, but they can still make it work.
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Michael Jordan has cheeky reaction to missing Game 5 shot vs. Jazz before ‘The Last Shot’ in Game 6

  16-04-2020 19:17 via sportspyder.com
  
  Many stories from Michael Jordan’s championship years have surfaced before the premiere of the 10-part docuseries The Last Dance, which is set to air on ESPN on Sunday, Apr. 19. Yet none are more impactful than this anecdote from Fox Sports’ Skip...
  
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• Small business loan program runs out of money as Congress snipes over next relief package

  16-04-2020 18:52
  
  Washington • A much-touted government program to provide bridge loans to small businesses to keep their employees on the payroll during the coronavirus-caused economic downturn has run out of money while Congress remains deadlocked on how to pour in more funds.“We had hoped that Congress would act before the funds were exhausted, but the speed with which banks were processing the applications, literally around the clock, didn’t allow enough time for the political gamesmanship th
  
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• Live coronavirus updates for Thursday, April 16: Utah’s virus-related unemployment has topped 100,000; remote legislative session starts.

  16-04-2020 18:45
  
  Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing readers free access to critical local stories about the coronavirus during this time of heightened concern. See more coverage here. To support journalism like this, please consider donating or become a subscriber.It’s Thursday, April 16. We’ll provide the latest coronavirus updates involving Utah throughout the day.[Read complete coronavirus coverage here.]----10:44 a.m.: Utah’s first virtual session on Capitol Hill opensD
  
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• A principal dancer from the New York City Ballet finds refuge in Utah

  16-04-2020 18:26
  
  Sandy • For ballet dancers, normal life means dancing and sweating very close to one another for up to 12 hours a day, six days a week. Typically, morning company class at New York City Ballet looks as crowded as the 42nd Street subway station after two trains have passed by without stopping. For dancers, 6 feet apart rarely happens.In this new life we’re all leading, we don’t have access to our usual studios, with their special floors, mirrors and ballet barres. And maybe the m
  
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• More than 100,000 Utahns have filed for unemployment because of the coronavirus

  16-04-2020 18:13
  
  Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing readers free access to critical local stories about the coronavirus during this time of heightened concern. See more coverage here. To support journalism like this, please consider donating or become a subscriber.The scary exponential bend of Utah’s job loss curve in recent weeks appeared to ease a little Thursday, but not by much.Unemployment claims leapt for a fifth week in the pandemic, with 24,171 Utahns seeking jobless benefits,
  
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• Police shot up his alterations shop while chasing a suspect. Now he’s suing for $3 million.

  16-04-2020 18:11
  
  Thaer Mahdi has tried several times to go back to what’s left of his alterations shop, but he has never brought himself to actually step inside.He’s stood on the sidewalk and thought about the racks of gowns and jackets and jeans that he was mending at the little store on State Street, which were all toppled and destroyed when a truck crashed into his front doors.He’s thought about the sewing machines in the back, too — the spot where he hunkered down as police confronted
  
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• Hundreds of Utahns report social distancing violations using new hotline

  16-04-2020 17:32
  
  Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing readers free access to critical local stories about the coronavirus during this time of heightened concern. See more coverage here. To support journalism like this, please consider donating or become a subscriber.Throngs of happy, hugging families standing shoulder to shoulder at the airport to welcome returning missionaries.Hundreds of smiling, sun-seeking walkers strolling the Capitol grounds to delight in the blooming cherry blossoms.Hor
  
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• U.S. job losses mount as economic coronavirus pain deepens worldwide

  16-04-2020 17:24
  
  Washington • The ranks of Americans thrown out of work by the coronavirus ballooned Thursday to at least 22 million in just four weeks, an unprecedented collapse that has fueled widening protests and propelled President Donald Trump’s push to relax the nation’s social distancing guidelines.Trump planned to announce new recommendations later in the day to allow states to reopen, despite warnings from business leaders and governors that more testing and protective gear are needed
  
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• This week in Mormon Land: Church was predicted to have 100M members by now. Why didn’t it happen?

  16-04-2020 16:47
  
  The Mormon Land newsletter is a weekly highlight reel of developments in and about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, whether heralded in headlines, preached from the pulpit or buzzed about on the back benches. Want this free newsletter in your inbox? Subscribe here.100 million members?
  (Photo courtesy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
  Apostle Ulisses Soares, a Brazilian native, meets with Latter-day Saint youths, June 1, 2019, during a devotional on the eve of th
  
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• Another aftershock, a magnitude 4.2, rattles the Salt Lake Valley

  16-04-2020 16:46
  
  An aftershock hit the Salt Lake Valley early Thursday, 29 days after a major quake struck Utah.Thursday’s temblor began at 7:41 a.m., and registered at a magnitude of 4.2, according to the U.S. Geological Survey’s website. The epicenter was 4 kilometers northeast of Magna, near the site of the initial quake, which registered magnitude 5.7 on March 18.This is the second sizable aftershock this week, after a similar 4.17 magnitude quake hit late Tuesday.Since that March 18 quake, the U
  
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• South Salt Lake fire heavily damages apartment complex, injures two infants

  16-04-2020 16:32
  
  The South Salt Lake Fire Department is investigating the cause of an early morning fire that severely damaged an apartment complex, destroyed several vehicles and sent two infants to the hospital.The blaze at the Shenandoah Apartments at 336 E. 3360 South was reported about 3 a.m. According to a department spokesman, the fire is believed to have started in a carport outside the apartments. It spread to nearby vehicles — burning about 18 cars — and then to the apartment building. At l
  
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• PGA Tour hopes to resume in June at Colonial with no fans

  16-04-2020 16:21
  
  The PGA Tour laid out an ambitious plan to resume its season Thursday, with hopes of a restart at Colonial on June 11-14 and keeping fans away for at least the first month.If government and health authorities give golf the green light, the tour will have an official event every week through Dec. 6 except for the week of Thanksgiving.The Charles Schwab Challenge at Colonial in Fort Worth, Texas, was pushed back a month to June and would be followed by the RBC Heritage, which was postponed this we
  
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• [Forbes] - Utah Jazz Fan Favorites And Glue Guys From The Last Decade

  16-04-2020 15:17 via sportspyder.com
  
  With Utah Jazz fan favorite Trevor Booker announcing his retirement, who are some other beloved Jazz players from recent seasons?
  
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• Ask Ann Cannon: My preschool-aged grandchildren watch very violent movies. Should I say something to their parents?

  16-04-2020 15:06
  
  Dear Ann Cannon • I am very troubled by the fact that my preschool grandchildren (they belong to my son and his wife) are allowed to watch very violent mature movies on a regular basis. I don’t think this should be happening. At all. Should I say something? My husband thinks I should keep my opinions to myself.— Worried GrandmotherDear Worried Grandmother • My first impulse always is to advise against interfering in your married children’s business unless life and lim
  
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• Salt Lake and Utah GOP county conventions this week will stretch for days — online

  16-04-2020 15:00
  
  Republican conventions in Salt Lake and Utah counties are always long, with speeches and rounds of voting stretching hour upon hour. But this year amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the conventions will last even longer — for days, without anyone attending in person.“It will all be virtual,” said Salt Lake County Republican Scott Miller. Delegates at his convention may watch prerecorded videos of speeches online when they want — and have 25 hours to cast votes electronically on
  
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• Robert Gehrke: Utah’s emergency legislative session is shaping up to be a pandemic power grab

  16-04-2020 14:59
  
  The emergency legislative session will be unlike any we’ve ever seen before — and I’m not just talking about House Speaker Brad Wilson’s first-in-modern-memory beard.An institution replete with back-slapping and handshakes will convene remotely for the first time starting Thursday to address pressing — and not-so-pressing — issues.When the regular session ended barely a month ago, plenty of lawmakers were still remarkably cavalier about the threat of the coron
  
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• Live coronavirus updates for Thursday, April 16: Utah’s virus-related unemployment has topped 100,000

  16-04-2020 14:56
  
  Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing readers free access to critical local stories about the coronavirus during this time of heightened concern. See more coverage here. To support journalism like this, please consider donating or become a subscriber.It’s Thursday, April 16. We’ll provide the latest coronavirus updates involving Utah throughout the day.[Read complete coronavirus coverage here.]----6:50 a.m.: Another 24,000 Utahns filed for unemploymentThe scary expo
  
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• Rape kits, sexual assault support still available in Utah during COVID-19, advocates say

  16-04-2020 14:00
  
  Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing readers free access to critical local stories about the coronavirus during this time of heightened concern. See more coverage here. To support journalism like this, please consider donating or become a subscriber.Forensic nurses and advocates want Utahns to know they are still available to help people who have been sexually assaulted during the coronavirus pandemic.Evidence is still being collected with rape kits at hospitals across the sta
  
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• Margaret Woolley Busse: The rise of the public policy opportunists

  16-04-2020 14:00
  
  I recently read an article lampooning cities that had previously banned plastic grocery bags, as now they have had to bring them back to avoid germy reusable bags.Reasonable people can disagree over whether banning plastic grocery bags is sound public policy during normal times, but this is not a normal time.Extraordinary times might require certain measures that would be far more controversial in normal times: closed borders, government checks to combat sudden loss of income, free medical testi
  
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• Letter: Trump-style leadership

  16-04-2020 14:00
  
  A general tells the captains of the companies and tells them, “You guys figure out a strategy for taking the division into battle. I’ll be here for support, but I won’t be responsible for anything.”That would be Trump-style "leadership."What a buffoon.Bangs Tapscott, MillcreekSubmit a letter to the editor
  
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• Letter: Thank you for saving Allen Park

  16-04-2020 14:00
  
  Thank you for saving Allen Park. Thank you, Mayor Jackie Biskupski, Mayor Erin Mendenhall, Karri Schlegel, Utah Open Lands and everyone who contributed to saving this historical, magical place.Indeed, thank you to Dr. George Allen for establishing this bird sanctuary and his daughter, Amy Allen Price, for her relentless staving off of developers for whom money trumps all.As a child I was lucky enough to have a father who took us to Allen Park on Sunday afternoons to enjoy the exotic birds.Many y
  
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• Letter: See Trump for what he is

  16-04-2020 14:00
  
  By now, most should recognize Donald Trump for what he really is: a lying egomaniac who thinks only of himself, lacking in compassion, sympathy and humanity. He seeks personal glory and has contempt for all who will not fawn over him.He views this pandemic, not as a threat to human life, but as a threat to his re-election.Glen V. Ruff, SpringvilleSubmit a letter to the editor
  
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