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• State restrictions, testing and immunity: Recap the week’s Utah coronavirus news on KCPW with The Tribune

  14-05-2020 23:50
  
  This week, Utah Gov. Gary Herbert lowers the coronavirus risk level in the state, with some notable regional exceptions. The new revelations about the no-bid, multimillion dollar state contracts for TestUtah.com. And a deep dive into what we know - and don’t know - about coronavirus immunity.At 9 a.m. on Friday, Salt Lake Tribune senior managing editor Matt Canham, reporters Andy Larsen and Bethany Rodgers, and editorial page editor George Pyle join KCPW’s Roger McDonough to talk abo
  
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• Most of Utah will move to ‘yellow’ risk level for coronavirus — with a few exceptions

  14-05-2020 23:35
  
  Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing free access to critical stories about the coronavirus. Sign up for our Top Stories newsletter, sent to your inbox every weekday morning. To support journalism like this, please donate or become a subscriber. Most of Utah will move from a moderate “orange” risk level to a lower “yellow” status starting this weekend, after the governor declared there’s now a low enough risk of the coronavirus spreading here to re
  
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• President Trump’s stances spark fear in many new immigrants in Salt Lake County

  14-05-2020 23:21
  
  Agencies that serve new Americans in Salt Lake County say even legal immigrants often avoid help not only from the government, but also churches and food banks for fear that the Trump administration may deport them as “public charges” dependent on assistance.“Growing anti-immigration sentiment is compounding the challenges that hamper the success of service providers as immigrants do not seek services due to fear,” says a report by the University of Utah’s Kem C. Ga
  
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• Scott D. Pierce: KUTV fires Shauna Lake after second DUI arrest. The station really had no choice.

  14-05-2020 23:08
  
  Two months after she was cited for DUI for the second time, KUTV-Channel 2 anchorwoman Shauna Lake has been fired.It’s not unexpected. KUTV management really had no choice. They did the right thing when they gave Lake a second chance after her first arrest for drunk driving three years ago; they did the right thing by releasing her this week.Not surprisingly, Lake’s now-former bosses don’t have a lot to say about the situation.“We don’t comment on individual personn
  
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• Salt Lake City Concert Cruise offers nine mini-concerts for bike-riding audiences

  14-05-2020 22:49
  
  Do you like to ride your bike? Do you miss live music? If you’re nodding yes, you may want to set sail on the Salt Lake City Concert Cruise.The social-distancing event kicks off Saturday with nine musical acts and about 8 miles of biking.Billed by Kilby Court as a “safe, outdoor biking event featuring live music,” the cruise will take place throughout downtown Salt Lake City. The nine groups will be stationed at undisclosed locations, where they will perform “pop-up style
  
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• Buffets can reopen, with restrictions, under Utah’s new ‘yellow’ coronavirus level

  14-05-2020 22:45
  
  Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing free access to critical stories about the coronavirus. Sign up for our Top Stories newsletter, sent to your inbox every weekday morning. To support journalism like this, please donate or become a subscriber. Buffets and salad bars can reopen — with restrictions — beginning Saturday, when much of Utah shifts into the “yellow” or low-risk coronavirus safety phase.But they may operate more like a school cafeteria than t
  
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• Utah Crew creates fundraiser to benefit Utah Food Bank after season got canceled by COVID-19

  14-05-2020 22:32
  
  Spring is normally the time of year Utah Crew emerges from grueling indoor winter workouts and gets on the water, ready to row at breakneck speeds and win regattas. But COVID-19 took that, too.Now members of the state’s largest competitive rowing team are stuck at home, their season canceled. But one of the captains on the team figured out a way not to let their talents go waste.Jacinda Lee, captain of girls team and senior at West High, proposed Utah Crew hold a fundraiser to benefit Utah
  
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• Bagley Cartoon: King Rat

  14-05-2020 22:28
  
  This Pat Bagley cartoon appears in The Salt Lake Tribune on Friday, May 15, 2020. You can check out the past 10 Bagley editorial cartoons below:<a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2020/05/13/bagley-cartoon-sign-times/" target=_blank><u>Sign of the Times</u></a><a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2020/05/12/bagley-cartoon-testy/"><u>Testy Tesla</u></a><a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2020/05/11/bagley-cartoon-f
  
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• Utah announces tax incentives for three companies bringing new jobs to the state

  14-05-2020 22:09
  
  Three companies announced Thursday they will expand their Utah operations and add new high-paying jobs, with the help of state tax incentives.Malouf, GoHealth and Anglepoint Group will all build on their existing presences along the Wasatch Front, using promises of future tax rebates from the state to create a total of 2,447 jobs over the next 10 years, according to Gov. Gary Herbert’s Office of Economic Development, or GOED.Malouf, a bedding and furniture maker and distributor now based i
  
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• The Utah Department of Health plans to take steps to lower prescription drug costs for Medicaid following audit

  14-05-2020 22:01
  
  A new performance audit released by the Utah Legislature shows that by making a few adjustments, the Utah Department of Health could save the Medicaid program up to $3.4 million a year.“It’s great to see this audit come out to give the Department of Health more information on how to lower the cost of pharmaceuticals for the Medicaid program,” Courtney Bullard, education and collaboration director at Utah Health Policy Project, said in an interview. “It could decrease cost
  
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• With a baby on the way, Joe Ingles steering clear of Utah Jazz practice facility

  14-05-2020 22:00
  
  Utah Jazz forward Joe Ingles and his wife Ranae announced Wednesday on social media they are expecting a baby in November. | Spenser Heaps, Deseret NewsSALT LAKE CITY — Joe Ingles has not worked out at the Utah Jazz practice facility since it reopened on Monday and part of the reason is because Ingles and his wife Renae are expecting a baby in November.
  On Wednesday, Ingles’ wife Renae announced the news via social media.So, we have been keeping a little secret... pic.twitter.com/kC
  
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• Kristi Thomas Boyce: Reparations, and the family history we don’t talk about

  14-05-2020 22:00
  
  On Feb. 23, 2020, a black man went jogging in Georgia and never came back.Unarmed and innocent, he was shot by two white men at point-blank range. For months, Ahmaud Arbery’s killers were free men — no charges, no arrests. That changed last week when a video of the murder was released.In the United States, the debate on reparations often ends in blur. The facts, however, are unambiguous.The Constitution declared black people three-fifths of one person. Their bodies mattered as repres
  
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• Utah small businesses suffered deep damage from pandemic, says Census Bureau survey

  14-05-2020 21:59
  
  Four of every five small businesses in Utah have sought financial assistance during the coronavirus pandemic, and more than a quarter figure that returning to normal will require at least six months.One of every 14 say their businesses will never return to normal.That’s according to the first of what will be weekly Small Business Pulse Surveys by the U.S. Census Bureau to help see how the pandemic affects them.It included results from 22,449 businesses surveyed nationally from April 26 to
  
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• Utah announces tax incentives for three companies bring new jobs to the state

  14-05-2020 21:29
  
  Three companies announced Thursday they will expand their Utah operations and add new high-paying jobs, with the help of state tax incentives.Malouf, GoHealth and Anglepoint Group will all build on their existing presences along the Wasatch Front, using promises of future tax rebates from the state to create a total of 2,447 jobs over the next 10 years, according to Gov. Gary Herbert’s Office of Economic Development, or GOED.Malouf, a bedding and furniture maker and distributor now based i
  
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• BLM cites ‘staggering’ cost of reining in U.S. wild horses

  14-05-2020 21:17
  
  Reno, Nev. • Federal land managers say it will take two decades and cost more than $1 billion over the first six years alone to slash wild horse populations to sustainable levels necessary to protect U.S. rangeland.The Bureau of Land Management's latest plans envision capturing 200,000 mustangs over the next two decades. It also wants to build corrals to hold thousands more than current capacity and adopt regulations allowing the permanent sterilization of horses roaming federal lands for t
  
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• University of Utah was set to host NCAA College Basketball Academy, then COVID-19 stepped in

  14-05-2020 21:06
  
  When a press release came down Tuesday saying the NCAA College Basketball Academy was being canceled next month because of the COVID-19 pandemic, a lot of work from Steve Pyne and his staff was put on hold, if not sent down the drain entirely.Pyne is the University of Utah athletic department’s event management director. As such, any time the school bids on an NCAA-sponsored event like the NCAA Tournament, Pyne is among the key point people for the bid.The NCAA College Basketball Academy b
  
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• The Utah Department of Health plans to take steps to lower prescription drug costs for Medicaid followng audit

  14-05-2020 21:03
  
  A new performance audit released by the Utah Legislature shows that by making a few adjustments, the Utah Department of Health could save the Medicaid program up to $3.4 million a year.“It’s great to see this audit come out to give the Department of Health more information on how to lower the cost of pharmaceuticals for the Medicaid program,” Courtney Bullard, education and collaboration director at Utah Health Policy Project, said in an interview. “It could decrease cost
  
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• Live coronavirus updates for Thursday, May 14: Herbert announces most of Utah will shift from moderate ‘orange’ to low ‘yellow’ risk level; Salt Lake County at odds with looser restrictions

  14-05-2020 20:32
  
  Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing free access to critical stories about the coronavirus. Sign up for our Top Stories newsletter, sent to your inbox every weekday morning. To support journalism like this, please donate or become a subscriber. It’s Thursday, May 14. We’ll provide the latest coronavirus updates involving Utah throughout the day.[Read more coronavirus coverage here.]---12:30 p.m.: Urban Arts Gallery reopening FridaySalt Lake City’s Urban Arts
  
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• ACLU drops its coronavirus lawsuit against Utah’s county jails, but not the prison

  14-05-2020 20:30
  
  Most counties in Utah are taking adequate measures to keep the coronavirus out of its jails, the American Civil Liberties Union of Utah says, which is why it has asked the Utah Supreme Court to dismiss a lawsuit.But the ACLU says it will continue to sue the Utah Department of Corrections and the parole board, saying the processes they have put in place aren’t enough.The ACLU jointly filed a petition on April 1 with the Utah Disability Law Center and the Utah Association of Criminal Defense
  
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• Shelley K. Erickson: Remember in November, voting matters

  14-05-2020 20:14
  
  Voting matters. Voting matters because inequalities have been laid bare by this pandemic. Policymakers at local and national levels are making decisions about health care, employment, air quality and more — now. Who will be making those decisions after November 2020?November 2020 is an extremely important election for all of us, which may be the understatement of the decade. A high percentage of Utahns voted in 2016, but that represented a low number of eligible voters. If you are eligible
  
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• Live coronavirus updates for Thursday, May 14: Herbert announces most of Utah will move from ‘orange,’ to low ‘yellow,’ risk category, not Salt Lake City

  14-05-2020 19:59
  
  Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing free access to critical stories about the coronavirus. Sign up for our Top Stories newsletter, sent to your inbox every weekday morning. To support journalism like this, please donate or become a subscriber. It’s Thursday, May 14. We’ll provide the latest coronavirus updates involving Utah throughout the day.[Read more coronavirus coverage here.]---11:55 a.m.: Herbert announces most of Utah will move from ‘orange,’ t
  
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• Utah unemployment claims show 'encouraging’ drop

  14-05-2020 19:53
  
  Weekly unemployment claims in Utah inched down again last week from pandemic highs reached in early April, with nearly 7,135 residents filing claims.The Department of Labor reported Thursday those Utahns were among another 2.98 million Americans thrown out of work, for a total of 36.5 million displaced since COVID-19 began ravaging the U.S. economy in early March.Utah has now seen 176,706 people seek government help for layoffs, furloughs or reduced pay due to the pandemic and measures to contai
  
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• Utah discloses which long-term care facilities have coronavirus cases

  14-05-2020 19:44
  
  Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing free access to critical stories about the coronavirus. Sign up for our Top Stories newsletter, sent to your inbox every weekday morning. To support journalism like this, please donate or become a subscriber. The Utah Department of Health on Wednesday for the first time published data showing which nursing homes, senior care centers and similar facilities have had COVID-19 cases.The department stopped short of providing complete case counts
  
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• Group ‘zoombombs’ Ogden diversity meeting, hurls racial slurs

  14-05-2020 19:28
  
  A virtual meeting of the Ogden City Diversity Commission had been in session for about an hour, when suddenly about a dozen people joined and began yelling racial slurs, posting violent threats in the chat and displaying pornographic images.“I sat there in shock as my colleagues — my friends — were bombarded with racist language directed at them by complete strangers,” Commission Chair Taylor Knuth-Bishop wrote in a Facebook post.Knuth-Bishop shared a screenshot showing o
  
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• Navajo Nation president: Still not safe to go out in public

  14-05-2020 18:52
  
  Window Rock, Ariz. • Additional deaths and COVID-19 cases on the Navajo Nation’s sprawling reservation indicates it’s still not safe for residents to go out in public, the tribe’s president said.The tribal health department late Wednesday reported 147 more confirmed COVID-19 cases with 16 additional deaths from the coronavirus outbreak. The increases put the number of cases at 3,392 with a total of 119 deaths.The reservation includes large areas of Arizona and Utah and a s
  
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• Gordon Monson: Here’s a Pac-12 idea that’s stupid for Utah — and every other league member

  14-05-2020 18:16
  
  College football is in the brainstorm phase of trying to make the most of whatever the 2020 season will or won’t bring. And there are a number of scenarios being discussed by schools and conferences around the country. One of the dumbest is the idea revealed by USC coach Clay Helton this week that he said the Pac-12 is considering.An 11-game, conference-only season.Who came up with that winner?Pac-12 teams typically play 12-game seasons with nine league games.Figuring how an adjusted 11-ga
  
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• Live coronavirus updates for Thursday, May 14: Another 7,000 Utahns seek unemployment; Delta drops some jumbo jets

  14-05-2020 18:14
  
  Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing free access to critical stories about the coronavirus. Sign up for our Top Stories newsletter, sent to your inbox every weekday morning. To support journalism like this, please donate or become a subscriber. It’s Thursday, May 14. We’ll provide the latest coronavirus updates involving Utah throughout the day.[Read more coronavirus coverage here.]---10 a.m.: AAA expects record low Memorial Day travelFor the first time in 20 years
  
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• Cedar City fatal shooting suspect dies of self-inflicted injuries

  14-05-2020 18:07
  
  St. George • The suspect in a Utah fatal shooting has died of self-inflicted injuries suffered while he fled from authorities, police said.The Cedar City Police Department confirmed the death of 26-year-old Chaz Bennett Wednesday, The Spectrum reported.Bennett’s body will be transported to the Utah State Medical Examiner’s Office for an autopsy, a police statement said.Bennett was suspected in the May 10 shooting death of 47-year-old Jeremey Hunter in Cedar City, 52 miles northe
  
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• Weekend closures are coming to I-15 and Bangerter Highway

  14-05-2020 17:52
  
  The Utah Department of Transportation says that road construction will lead to closures this weekend on Bangerter Highway in Taylorsville and on Interstate 15 in Orem.Bangerter Highway will close in both directions at 6200 South from Friday at 11 p.m. until Saturday morning at 6. Drivers should follow signs for designated detours.Crews will be removing a pedestrian bridge as part of a project that is constructing three new freeway-style interchanges on Bangerter at 6200 South, 10400 South and 12
  
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• Gun control group starts faith-driven push ahead of election

  14-05-2020 17:46
  
  New York • A leading gun control advocacy group has enlisted more than a dozen religious leaders to boost voter turnout this fall in support of candidates who back measures to prevent gun violence.Everytown for Gun Safety, which expects to spend $60 million on this year’s elections, is pressing forward with its interfaith effort amid ongoing concerns about shootings at houses of worship. The group’s partners include representatives from Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu and Sikh
  
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• Were the 1995 playoffs the Utah Jazz’s best path to winning a championship?

  14-05-2020 17:21
  
  Utah Jazz center James Donaldson, left, and Houston Rockets center Hakeem Olajuwon jump center to open the third game of their first-round NBA playoff series, Wednesday, May 3, 1995, in Houston, Texas. | Tim Johnson, Associated PressThe Ringer’s Zach Kram recently published an article introducing a new metric — expected titles. He describes the math behind it here:To get our results, we’ll weigh a variety of factors: the aforementioned team quality, opponent quality, and homec
  
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• Proposal seeks to create oversight of government surveillance and tech in Utah

  14-05-2020 17:01
  
  As rapidly evolving technologies and cozy government contracts have raised alarms over privacy issues, or at least made some Utahns uncomfortable, a local think tank is touting a solution.The Libertarian-leaning, Lehi-based Libertas Institute released a proposal Thursday morning that it’s calling the “Privacy Protection Act.” The proposal would direct the Legislature to create a state privacy officer within the Auditor’s Office as well as a personal privacy oversight comm
  
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• This week in Mormon Land: Jesus will be hanging out in the foyer; Nelson references ‘Heavenly Parents’; a member prays at the White House.

  14-05-2020 16:40
  
  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.Daughters of ‘Heavenly Parents’Church President Russell M. Nelson paid tribute to “all of our “Heavenly Parents’ adult daughters” on Mother’s Day.“Every woman,” he w
  
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• Saddle Fire near Midway is 40% contained, and evacuation order is lifted

  14-05-2020 16:25
  
  Firefighters are making progress against the Saddle Fire near Midway, and nearby residents were allowed to return to their homes.The fire was estimated at 646 acres Wednesday night, with 40% containment. The suspected arson fire was first reported at 5-10 acres on Tuesday afternoon, but high winds drove it to hundreds of acres and nine houses near the blaze were evacuated. The mandatory evacuation order was lifted at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday and residents were allowed to return to their homes.#Saddle
  
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• Federal Reserve chief warns of a possible sustained recession from the coronavirus pandemic

  14-05-2020 15:55
  
  Washington • Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell warned Wednesday of the threat of a prolonged recession resulting from the viral outbreak and urged Congress and the White House to act further to prevent long-lasting economic damage.The Fed and Congress have taken far-reaching steps to try to counter what is likely to be a severe downturn resulting from the widespread shutdown of the U.S. economy. But Powell cautioned that numerous bankruptcies among small businesses and extended unemployme
  
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• Live coronavirus updates for Thursday, May 14: Another 7,000 Utahns and nearly 3 million Americans seek unemployment

  14-05-2020 15:23
  
  Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing free access to critical stories about the coronavirus. Sign up for our Top Stories newsletter, sent to your inbox every weekday morning. To support journalism like this, please donate or become a subscriber. It’s Thursday, May 14. We’ll provide the latest coronavirus updates involving Utah throughout the day.[Read more coronavirus coverage here.]---7:20 a.m.: Ogden launches emergency fund for businessesOgden City has pooled dona
  
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• Nicholas Kristof: America’s true COVID toll already exceeds 100,000

  14-05-2020 15:12
  
  Many supporters of President Donald Trump believe that the figures for coronavirus fatalities are inflated, and Trump himself shared a tweet doubting the accuracy of some virus figures.He’s right that the death toll seems off — but not in the direction he would suggest. We’ve crunched the numbers, state by state, and it appears that somewhere around 100,000 to 110,000 Americans have already died as a result of the pandemic, rather than the 83,000 whose deaths have been attribut
  
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• Robert Gehrke: Here is some advice we can all use from a mental health expert in Utah

  14-05-2020 15:11
  
  For 10 weeks we have been dealing with the effects of the coronavirus, not the least of which are the feelings of isolation, anxiety and economic uncertainty.It’s hard on everyone, but especially those who already grapple with feelings of depression. So I reached out to Doug Thomas, the director of the Utah Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health, to find out what his office has seen when it comes to the impacts of the virus and what services are available for those who need help.Her
  
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• Jamelle Bouie: Elizabeth Warren knows what Joe Biden needs in a vice president

  14-05-2020 15:11
  
  Joe Biden built his political career as the New Deal order came to an end, one of a generation of Democrats who sought to reconcile the Democratic Party to the Reagan revolution by placing distance between the party and the racial and cultural upheavals of the 1960s and 1970s. His was a politics attuned to the worries and fears of suburban white voters, from busing and crime to guns and drugs.Now, of course, those politics are outdated. The Democratic Party has, in the decades since Biden first
  
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• Letter: Work together to save the world

  14-05-2020 15:10
  
  Hi. I am Isabella and I am 9 years old.I love our planet but, this virus, not so much. I know these times are hard, but we need to work together to save the world.We need to do what our leaders and our hearts tell us. Wear masks and don’t go into stores if they have pickup. We need to hope and never give up. Stay strong for others.Every day I look at the leaves on the aspens and it fills me with hope and joy. We can’t give up.Isabella Rushforth, FarmingtonSubmit a letter to the edito
  
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• Gail Collins: Pick your favorite anxiety

  14-05-2020 15:10
  
  Whenever Donald Trump appears in public, you can be sure of a couple of things: He will not wear a mask, and he will brag about having beaten back Chinese travelers.“We are getting great marks for the handling of the CoronaVirus pandemic, especially the very early BAN of people from China,” he tweeted last weekend.“We banned people from China coming in. … I was the only one that wanted to do that,” he told Republican members of Congress.“And I issued a travel
  
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• Utah child care providers start to reopen as COVID-19 relief funds continue

  14-05-2020 15:09
  
  As Utah starts to reopen, child care providers in the state continue to find ways to adapt during the coronavirus pandemic.Missy Monsivais installed walls and doors to separate classrooms at Imagination Time Childcare and Preschool in Marriott-Slaterville to comply with state guidelines limiting group sizes. She also moved her check-in station for parents to an outside shed, decorated with flowers and a sign, to limit the number of people who come inside the building.Monsivais, owner and directo
  
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• Jon Huntsman says his ‘federal service is done,’ fights off criticism as he runs for Utah governor again

  14-05-2020 15:09
  
  Just months into his second term as Utah’s governor, Jon Huntsman resigned to become then-President Barack Obama’s ambassador to China. That was in 2009.Eleven years later, Huntsman has returned and is running to be the state’s chief executive again. In between, he ran for president, led a foreign policy think tank and served as President Donald Trump’s ambassador to Russia.He believes those experiences will benefit Utahns and he says he’s ready to turn his focus on
  
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• Ask Ann Cannon: I love my wife, but not her enthusiasm for tarot cards

  14-05-2020 15:09
  
  Dear Ann Cannon • My wife purchased a couple’s tarot reading for our anniversary. Personally, I think it’s ridiculous. I also find that I’m uncomfortable with it from my religious upbringing. However, she’s so excited about it, and I don’t want to hurt her feelings. Should I go along?— Crazy About My Wife, Just Not About This GiftDear Crazy About Your Wife • Wow! I’ve heard of couples’ massages. And my husband and I even signed up for a c
  
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• Vera Black, whose children were taken away because she was a polygamist in a landmark Utah case, dies at 102

  14-05-2020 15:00
  
  Vera Black, who made international news in the 1950s when she let the state of Utah remove her children rather than teach them polygamy was wrong, died Monday in Colorado City, Ariz. She was 102.One of her sons, Harold Black, said she died in the home of her oldest living daughter. Black had been bedridden for about 30 years after suffering a series of strokes. Her death happened the day before a new Utah law took effect reducing the offense for polygamy among consenting adults from a felony to
  
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• TestUtah declines to join other Utah labs in accuracy check

  14-05-2020 15:00
  
  Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing free access to critical stories about the coronavirus. Sign up for our Top Stories newsletter, sent to your inbox every weekday morning. To support journalism like this, please donate or become a subscriber. Amid questions about the accuracy of TestUtah.com’s coronavirus test results, the statewide testing operation declined to join other major Utah labs in a joint experiment to confirm each others’ quality.Instead, the TestUtah
  
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• ‘Seeds and Sheep’ program is distributing drought-resistant seeds to Native American families in San Juan County

  14-05-2020 15:00
  
  If bare supermarket shelves and stay-at-home orders have marked the coronavirus pandemic for many Americans, the crisis has also sparked a renewed interest in home food production. Baby chicks have repeatedly sold out across Utah, and Google searches for “sourdough” across the country saw a 500% increase between February and April.The Navajo Nation, where many citizens already faced long drives to grocery stores before the pandemic, has been no exception.“Indigenous, drought-re
  
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• The Utah Jazz ought to pursue a Derrick White trade

  14-05-2020 14:00
  
  The Utah Jazz ought to throw their best reasonable trade offer for Derrick White of the San Antonio Spurs. One of the burning questions of the future for the Utah Jazz is their presumptive point guard of the future. The reason why this question is so dire to be answered is because the front office […]
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• Letter: What is a weed?

  14-05-2020 14:00
  
  One of the unmistakable signs of spring and summer is the nostril-clenching stench of lawn chemicals.The potions that kill weeds and insects and green our lawns are nothing more than toxic cocktails of nitrates, phosphorous, potassium, ammonia, urea and formaldehyde. Some of these are known endocrine receptors and carcinogenic agents. They have killed family pets and made children sick.We need to stop killing weeds for the sake of the creatures that need them for survival. Milkweed, for example,
  
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• Letter: We are pro-life, unless ...

  14-05-2020 14:00
  
  I am perplexed by the behavior of recent political figures. These figures are, in many instances, so rabidly pro-life that they try to confer upon fetuses the same rights to life that every American citizen enjoys. Yet these are the same people who are now so cavalier about American citizens dying from the coronavirus in order to restart the economy. Some have gone as far as to say “there are more important things than living.”At first I found this to be contradictory. How can indivi
  
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