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• Board and Leadership

  22-05-2020 23:49
  
  The Salt Lake Tribune is led by an extraordinary volunteer Board of Directors.Paul C. Huntsman served as the owner and publisher of The Salt Lake Tribune until he donated his ownership to create the nation’s first nonprofit metropolitan daily in 2020. Paul serves as chair of The Salt Lake Tribune Inc. Board of Directors and as president of Huntsman Family Investments, LLC. He has over 25 years of board-level, operations and transactional experience in industrial, financial and investment
  
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• Kurt Kragthorpe: All Jerry Sloan ever wanted was a fair shake, and that made an impression

  22-05-2020 23:47
  
  Editor’s note: Kurt Kragthorpe covered the Utah Jazz and Jerry Sloan as a beat writer with the Deseret News and a columnist for The Salt Lake Tribune. Now retired, Kragthorpe shares some of his favorite recollections of the longtime Jazz coach.A life-changing job promotion would not alter Jerry Sloan’s habits.After becoming the Jazz’s head coach in December 1988, Sloan maintained his pregame routine that included dinner in the press room. Jesus ate with tax collectors and sinne
  
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• Before he coached the Utah Jazz, Jerry Sloan was ‘The Original Bull’

  22-05-2020 23:44
  
  As an NBA player, wherever he would go, Jerry Sloan would leave a piece of him behind.The skin off his elbow in Cincinnati, blood from a cut in Baltimore, the remainder of a fingernail in Philadelphia. Night in and night out, he would barter his body for the chance to put his Chicago Bulls in the win column.His enthusiastic disregard for physical consequences encapsulated the bruising style of the Bulls teams in the 1960s and ’70s. Sloan later brought that tough-nosed brand of play to the
  
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• Cooper Vest of Dixie High named Gatorade Utah Baseball Player of the Year

  22-05-2020 23:42
  
  Cooper Vest played just seven games for Dixie High’s baseball team this season because the COVID-19 pandemic caused the cancellation of spring sports in Utah.But those seven games were enough to land Vest the Gatorade Utah Baseball Player of the Year award. He’s the first baseball player in school history to receive the accolade, which means a great deal to him.“I love my school,” Vest said. “My passion for Dixie High is super, super strong just because of the deep
  
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• Jerry Sloan on the record: His most memorable quotes, and, of course, a few ‘Sloan-isms’

  22-05-2020 23:41
  
  Being the coach of the Utah Jazz for 23 seasons gave Jerry Sloan plenty of opportunities to speak his mind. And while many of his most notable sayings were most frequently made behind closed doors — or were otherwise unprintable — Sloan still made clear what he believed in every time he spoke to the media next to a trash can.We thought we’d compile some of our favorite Sloan quotes from a lifetime in basketball.—On why his players had to work hard at Jazz training camp: &
  
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• Utah attorney general wants Congress to let marijuana businesses use banks

  22-05-2020 23:39
  
  Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes joined a bipartisan coalition of 34 state and territorial attorneys general asking Congress to let legal marijuana businesses access the federal banking system.They are urging Congress to pass the federal Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act or a similar bill as part of upcoming COVID-19 relief legislation.“This bill would allow Utah to make critically needed changes regarding legal medical cannabis transactions in our state,” Reyes said in
  
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• Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott believes students are safer on campus, football could start on time

  22-05-2020 23:37
  
  While the return of Pac-12 student-athletes for voluntary athletic activities is expected to be approved by school presidents next week, the man running the league made his opinion known Friday afternoon.Speaking on CNN, Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott said he believes athletes are safer on campus. Furthermore, if things continue trending positively, training camp could open as early as late-July, with an on-time start to the college football season remaining the goal.The University of Utah is s
  
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• Utah football corner Clark Phillips III opts to look at the bright side of COVID-19 pandemic

  22-05-2020 23:13
  
  Like the rest of his University of Utah teammates, Clark Phillips III went home for spring break in early March, only to stay there as the COVID-19 pandemic hit.Like the rest of his teammates, Phillips III continues to adjust to a new normal, conducting Zoom meetings with his coaches and position groups, working out on his own, trying to stay fit and ready for whenever there is clarity on when the 2020 season will begin.Nothing is ideal right now, especially given Phillips III lives in Southern
  
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• History and Mission

  22-05-2020 23:07
  
  History and MissionOur Mission The Tribune is Utah’s independent voice. Building on a legacy of courageous, watchdog journalism, we strive to tell stories that are interesting, important and inclusive. Dedicated to fairness and accuracy, we aim to engage and empower you — our readers.Our HistoryThe first edition of what is now called The Tribune hit the streets on April 15, 1871. It was called “The Tribune & Utah Mining Gazette.”For the next 30 years, The Tribune pas
  
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• Holly Richardson: Memorial Day is time for us to pause and honor those who lost their lives in service to country

  22-05-2020 23:00
  
  In Flanders fields the poppies blowBetween the crosses, row on row,That mark our place; and in the skyThe larks, still bravely singing, flyScarce heard amid the guns below.— John McCraeThis first verse of John McCrae’s poem “In Flanders Fields” was written in May 1915 as the Canadian soldier saw fields poppies springing up around artillery positions in Belgium. The poppy, which flowers from May to August, is an annual plant that spreads its seeds through wind. Those seeds
  
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• Utah Jazz fans share thoughts about, experiences with Jerry Sloan

  22-05-2020 22:50
  
  Utah Jazz fan Nate Salazar brings a tractor and a ball to place an informal memorial outside Vivint Arena in downtown Salt Lake City on Friday, May 22, 2020, after former coach Jerry Sloan died at age 78. | Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret NewsSALT LAKE CITY — Following the announcement Friday morning that legendary Utah Jazz coach Jerry Sloan had died at the age of 78, fans expressed a variety of sentiments on Twitter about him.
  Some recalled experiences they had meeting him, others reflected
  
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• Judge nixes bid to stop coal sales that Trump revived

  22-05-2020 22:24
  
  BILLINGS, Mont. • A judge threw out a lawsuit on Friday from a coalition of states, environmental groups and American Indians which sought to revive an Obama-era moratorium against U.S. government coal sales on public lands in the West.U.S. District Judge Brian Morris said President Donald Trump's administration had fixed its initial failure to consider the environmental impacts of ending the moratorium.The administration's opponents had argued it did not look closely enough at climate chan
  
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• Jerry Sloan on the record: his most memorable quotes, and, of course, a few 'Sloan-isms’

  22-05-2020 22:23
  
  Being the coach of the Utah Jazz for 23 seasons gave Jerry Sloan plenty of opportunities to speak his mind. And while many of his most notable sayings were most frequently made behind closed doors — or were otherwise unprintable — Sloan still made clear what he believed in every time he spoke to the media next to a trash can.We thought we’d compile some of our favorite Sloan quotes from a lifetime in basketball.—On why his players had to work hard at Jazz training camp: &
  
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• Live coronavirus updates for Friday, May 22: State reports one new death and 183 new cases; Bluff forced to lower threat level

  22-05-2020 22:05
  
  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 Friday, May 22. We’ll provide the latest coronavirus updates involving Utah throughout the day.[Read more coronavirus coverage here.]---2:05 p.m.: Flags to be lowered SundayGov. Gary Herbert has ordered U.S. and Utah fl
  
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• Timothy Egan: Bill Gates is the most interesting man in the world

  22-05-2020 22:00
  
  “It tires me to talk to rich men,” said Teddy Roosevelt, himself a product of wealth. “You expect a man of millions, the head of a great industry, to be a man worth hearing. But as a rule, they don’t know anything outside their own businesses.”Had T.R. spent time with Bill Gates, the polymath who predicted the pandemic in a TED Talk, he likely would have made an exception.Gates is everywhere these days, a lavender-sweatered Mister Rogers for the curious and quaranti
  
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• Kurt Kragthorpe: All Jerry Sloan ever wanted was a fair shake, and he deserved it

  22-05-2020 21:00
  
  Editor’s note: Kurt Kragthorpe covered the Utah Jazz and Jerry Sloan as a beat writer with the Deseret News and a columnist for The Salt Lake Tribune. Now retired, Kragthorpe shares some of his favorite recollections of the longtime Jazz coach.A life-changing job promotion would not alter Jerry Sloan’s habits.After becoming the Jazz’s head coach in December 1988, Sloan maintained his pregame routine that included dinner in the press room. Jesus ate with tax collectors and sinne
  
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• Sandy teenager shot and killed, and police are searching for a suspect

  22-05-2020 20:55
  
  A teenager was shot and killed in Sandy on Friday morning, and police are looking for a suspect.According to the Sandy Police Department, a 17-year-old boy was shot shortly after 11:30 a.m. on Saphire Drive near 1100 East. The teenager was taken to a local hospital in critical condition, and died there.Shooting update. The 17 year old victim has passed away from his injuries— Sandy Police (@Sandy_Police) May 22, 2020The name of the victim has not been released.Police are looking for an old
  
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• Stephen Tryon: Trump’s leadership failure has cost America thousands of lives and trillions of dollars

  22-05-2020 20:19
  
  South Korea had 11,110 cases of coronavirus and 263 deaths as of May 20. That is a mortality rate of 2.3 percent of identified infections, and an overall infection rate of two one-hundredths of one percent of the total population. In contrast, as of today, the United States has over 1.5 million reported cases and nearly 92,000 deaths.Americans are 21 times more likely to be infected with coronavirus and 60 times more likely to die from it than South Koreans. President Trump’s lazy, self-in
  
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• Before he coached the Utah Jazz, Jerry Sloan was 'The Original Bull’

  22-05-2020 20:15
  
  As an NBA player, wherever he would go, Jerry Sloan would leave a piece of him behind.The skin off his elbow in Cincinnati, blood from a cut in Baltimore, the remainder of a fingernail in Philadelphia. Night in and night out, he would barter his body for the chance to put his Chicago Bulls in the win column.His enthusiastic disregard for physical consequences encapsulated the bruising style of the Bulls teams in the 1960s and ’70s. Sloan later brought that tough-nosed brand of play to the
  
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• Part science, part art, the allure of sourdough bread is rising in Utah and across the nation during the pandemic

  22-05-2020 20:14
  
  For many people, it’s a new hobby — a way to fill the free time that has come with staying at home.Other folks have decided it might be a good skill to possess, especially if yeast disappears from the stores again.Some simply like it because it fills their kitchen with a comforting aroma in these uncomfortable times.Whatever the reason, baking sourdough bread has become one of the new pastimes of the pandemic. Add it to the list next to planting a garden and raising backyard chickens
  
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• ‘He was the heart and soul of the Utah Jazz for years’: Notable Utahns react to the passing of Jerry Sloan

  22-05-2020 19:46
  
  Gov. Gary Herbert chats with former Jazz coach Jerry Sloan and Jeff Robbins, president and CEO of the Utah Sports Commission, at the Governor’s State of Sport Awards at the Vivint Smart Home Arena in Salt Lake City on Thursday, April 13, 2017. In a statement after news circulated that Sloan passed away Friday morning, Herbert said, ““Jerry Sloan was a fierce competitor and disciplinarian — and he was the heart and soul of the Utah Jazz for years.” | Spenser Heaps,
  
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• Live coronavirus updates for Friday, May 22: Utah urged to protect data on contact tracing app

  22-05-2020 19:26
  
  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 Friday, May 22. We’ll provide the latest coronavirus updates involving Utah throughout the day.[Read more coronavirus coverage here.]---9:30 a.m.: Commission urges coronavirus data protectionsThe coronavirus commission
  
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• Utah’s jobless rate for April was a bleak 9.7% — though not as bad as other states

  22-05-2020 19:25
  
  Utah’s unemployment rate rose to 9.7% in April, state economists said Friday, with as many as 155,800 state residents thrown out of work during the pandemic.In the first solid measure of COVID-19’s economic hit, that jobless rate, while sharply worse from even two months ago, is still well below the national unemployment rate of 14.7% — a clear indication that Utah is faring better than the U.S. as a whole.“Utah’s strong economy preceding this pandemic offered more
  
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• Gordon Monson: Jerry Sloan was a lion and a lamb

  22-05-2020 19:23
  
  Jerry Sloan can coach the angels now.And when he does, up on high celestial courts, they won’t be wearing tuxedos, nor will they be jack-potting around. They will not be playing backward. No. They might wear halos, but they will under no circumstances wear headbands. Their uniform shirts will be properly tucked in, and Sloan will insist they run hard, take smart shots, play defense, step into the competitive challenge.He’ll swear at them in the same colorful manner he perfected down
  
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• Utah Supreme Court dismisses ACLU’s coronavirus lawsuit targeted at county jails

  22-05-2020 19:07
  
  The Utah Supreme Court has tossed a lawsuit that challenged how Utah’s jails and prisons were responding to the pandemic.The high court did not address any of the allegations made in the lawsuit, but instead ruled that the American Civil Liberties Union of Utah and two other groups did not have proper legal standing to bring the lawsuit to court. The justices noted there was not a named plaintiff or inmate that the groups were representing, and the groups didn’t show that the issues
  
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• Tributes to legendary Utah Jazz coach Jerry Sloan pour in from around the NBA, the state and nation

  22-05-2020 19:00
  
  Legendary Utah Jazz Hall of Fame head coach Jerry Sloan died Friday of complications from Parkinson’s disease and Lewy body dementia at age 78.Tributes to Sloan, who is fourth all-time in NBA regular-coaching wins with 1,221, poured in from the basketball world and beyond. Here’s a sampling:“I didn’t expect to cry today. Jerry wouldn’t like that. I’m heartbroken. Much will be written and said about him, but this is all you need to know. They say you should nev
  
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• ‘Trib Talk’: A look back at former Utah Jazz coach Jerry Sloan’s legacy

  22-05-2020 18:50
  
  powered by CrowdcastFormer Utah Jazz coach Jerry Sloan died at age 78 on Friday. On this special edition of “Trib Talk,” columnist Gordon Monson and reporters Eric Walden and Andy Larsen remember the life and legacy of the fourth-winningest coach in NBA history who guided the Utah Jazz for 23 seasons.“Trib Talk” is produced by Jenny Fitzgibbon and Sara Weber.
  
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• Utah Jazz and NBA world react to news of Jerry Sloan’s death

  22-05-2020 18:46
  
  Jazz Coach Jerry Sloan acknowledges the crowd after winning his 1000th career game against the Dallas Mavericks at the EnergySolutions Arena. Jerry got his 1000th win against the Mavericks. December 11, 2006 | Michael Brandy/Deseret Morning News SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Jazz and the NBA world grieved together Friday morning after news of the death of Hall of Fame coach Jerry Sloan started to spread.
  Sloan was one of the most respected men who had been an NBA player and coach, and many ar
  
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• Jerry Sloan timeline: A look back at the life of the Utah Jazz’s Hall of Fame coach

  22-05-2020 18:35
  
  Utah Jazz coach Jerry Sloan confers with Karl Malone during a game in November 1989 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Sloan died Friday morning at the age of 78 due to complications from Parkinson’s disease and Lewy body dementia. | Tom Smart, Deseret NewsSALT LAKE CITY — Longtime Utah Jazz coach Jerry Sloan died early Friday morning at the age of 78 due to complications from Parkinson’s disease and Lewy body dementia.
  The Hall of Fame coach made an indelible mark on the franchise and
  
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• Tributes to legendary Utah Jazz coach Jerry Sloan pour in from around the NBA, the state and elsewhere

  22-05-2020 18:15
  
  Legendary Utah Jazz Hall of Fame head coach Jerry Sloan died Friday of complications from Parkinson’s disease and Lewy body dementia at age 78.Tributes to Sloan, who is fourth all-time in NBA regular-coaching wins with 1,221, poured in from the basketball world and beyond. Here’s a sampling:“I didn’t expect to cry today. Jerry wouldn’t like that. I’m heartbroken. Much will be written and said about him, but this is all you need to know. They say you should nev
  
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• Utah Jazz Hall of Fame coach Jerry Sloan took the franchise to the next level. Here’s how he’ll be remembered

  22-05-2020 18:04
  
  Utah Jazz head coach Jerry Sloan, shown here during a game in 2010, died Friday morning at the age of 78 due to complications from Parkinson’s disease and Lewy body dementia. | Kristin Murphy, Deseret News SALT LAKE CITY — Jerry Sloan, the tough, no-nonsense coach who guided the Utah Jazz through their glory years, died Friday at the age of 78.
  In the fall of 2015, he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease and Lewy body dementia, both contributing factors in his death.
  Sloan w
  
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• Jerry Sloan, Hall of Fame N.B.A. Guard and Coach, Dies at 78

  22-05-2020 18:01 via nytimes.com
  
  An All-Star with the Bulls, he became an immensely successful coach, turning the Utah Jazz into a powerhouse and a postseason perennial.
  
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• Tell The Tribune: What’s your favorite memory of former Utah Jazz coach Jerry Sloan?

  22-05-2020 17:35
  
  He’s been called a “legend,” an “indomitable fighter“ and “one of the greatest coaches in the history of the NBA.” Over 23 years, Jerry Sloan led the Utah Jazz to consecutive NBA Finals in 1997 and 1998 and 15 consecutive playoff appearances between 1989 and 2003. On Friday, he died at age 78.The Salt Lake Tribune wants to hear your favorite memories of the former coach. Your responses won’t be published without your permission. A reporter from The
  
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• Gordon Monson: Pay a sweet silent tribute to Jerry Sloan, as the once-fierce lion’s eyes grow sleepy

  22-05-2020 17:03
  
  The once-fierce lion’s eyes are tired now.The battles — a thousand of them, and more — have been fought and won, and there is a final fight Gerald Eugene Sloan will not win. Against an opponent that never loses.Father Time, with all its minions — in this specific case, Parkinson’s and a severe brand of dementia — pummeling humans and the human condition, the condition that is weakened, year by year, month by month, day by day, minute by minute, striking even t
  
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• Jerry Sloan, the Utah Jazz’s Hall of Fame coach and beloved Beehive State icon, dies at 78

  22-05-2020 16:44
  
  Jerry Sloan was seemingly a man of contradictions. On the one hand, a legendary NBA coach known for his intense, no-nonsense demeanor and a fierce competitive streak, to say nothing of his frequent foul-mouthed rage toward referees; on the other, though, a simple, humble farmer with an affinity for antique stores, yard sales, and vintage tractors, decked out in overalls and a grimy John Deere ballcap, and secretly possessed of a sweet and tender side.And yet, those who knew him best say there wa
  
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• Former Utah Jazz head coach Jerry Sloan passes away at age 78

  22-05-2020 16:43
  
  Former Utah Jazz coach Jerry Sloan died Friday morning at the age of 78 due to complications from Parkinson’s disease and Lewy body dementia. | Michael Brandy, Deseret News SALT LAKE CITY — Jerry Sloan, the fourth-winningest coach in NBA history who led the Utah Jazz for more than 22 years, died Friday at the age of 78.
  Sloan, who ended his coaching career in February 2011, was diagnosed in the fall of 2015 with Parkinson’s disease and Lewy body dementia and his health decline
  
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• ‘An enduring legacy’: Former Utah Jazz coach Jerry Sloan passes away at age 78

  22-05-2020 16:43
  
  Former Utah Jazz coach Jerry Sloan died Friday morning at the age of 78 due to complications from Parkinson’s disease and Lewy body dementia. | Tom Smart, Deseret NewsSALT LAKE CITY — Jerry Sloan, the fourth-winningest coach in NBA history who led the Utah Jazz for more than 22 years, died Friday at the age of 78.
  Sloan, who ended his coaching career in February 2011, was diagnosed in the fall of 2015 with Parkinson’s disease and Lewy body dementia and his health declined over
  
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• Jerry Sloan dies at 78

  22-05-2020 16:42
  
  The Utah Jazz have issued the following statement and background information in response to the passing of NBA and Jazz legend Jerry Sloan earlier this morning due to complications from Parkinson’s disease and Lewy body dementia at the age of 78.
  
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• Live coronavirus updates for Friday, May 22: Utah’s unemployment rate released. It’s bad, but better than the U.S.

  22-05-2020 15:56
  
  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 Friday, May 22. We’ll provide the latest coronavirus updates involving Utah throughout the day.[Read more coronavirus coverage here.]---7:50 a.m.: Utah faring better than the nation economicallyUtah’s unemployment
  
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• About 4 in 10 Americans back Trump’s performance

  22-05-2020 15:52
  
  Washington • As the coronavirus pandemic stretches on, Americans’ views of the federal and state government response to the crisis are starting to sour — yet President Donald Trump’s personal approval rating has remained steady.A new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research shows that 41% of Americans approve of the president’s job performance, while 58% disapprove. That’s consistent with opinions of Trump before the pandemic, as w
  
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• Changes coming to Antelope Island State Park — including a fee hike

  22-05-2020 15:29
  
  As Antelope Island attracts more visitors each year, state and county leaders are looking to make the park more efficient for Utahns, but also a bit more expensive.About $2.3 million annually is generated from the state park, Lorene Kamalu, chair of the Davis County Commission, said in an interview. "It is one of the highest grossing parks in the state, and it’s just becoming more and more popular.”But popularity comes with a price. State officials plan to raise the entrance fee from
  
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• Coronavirus kills 10 at one long-term care center as Utah turns attention toward patients who can’t socially distance

  22-05-2020 15:07
  
  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. Vasiliki “Bess” Vetas couldn’t remember to wear her mask.She was in the memory care unit at The Ridge Foothill, a senior community in Salt Lake City.When her daughter Eleni went to see her — through a windo
  
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• Robert Kirby: ‘Home work’ after the pandemic

  22-05-2020 15:00
  
  Thanks to the lifting of certain restrictions, many businesses are cautiously reopening offices where people once worked in close quarters. The Salt Lake Tribune is no exception.On Wednesday, I attended a Zoom meeting wherein the editor explained to staffers the conditions under which they may soon be able to return — if they so choose — to their desks. As you might expect, there were lots of restrictions.For starters, repopulating the newsroom won’t occur in a rush. Only a cer
  
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• With ‘Saturday’s Voyeur’ canceled, can you write a script to make Utahns laugh?

  22-05-2020 14:00
  
  For the first time in 42 years, Salt Lake Acting Company will not produce its politically charged “Saturday’s Voyeur” comedy show.While there’s no replacement for the in-person experience of lampooning life in Utah together, SLAC wants to give Utahns a much-needed laugh with a series of 10 short videos.And it’s inviting you to be a scriptwriter.The company is calling on comedy writer hopefuls to submit scripts for videos that SLAC’s cast and crew can produce f
  
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• Pandemic halts TV and movie production in Utah. When will it resume?

  22-05-2020 14:00
  
  If these were normal times, there’d be singing and dancing at East High in Salt Lake City as production continued on Season 2 of “High School Musical: The Musical: The Series.” There’d be horse riding and, no doubt, faux murder and mayhem in Summit County during production of Season 3 of “Yellowstone.”But these are not normal times. Not only has production shut down on the Disney+ and Paramount Network TV series that call Utah home, but virtually all movie and
  
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• Letter: Will no Republican speak against Trump?

  22-05-2020 14:00
  
  On Aug. 2, 1974, Republican Sens. Barry Goldwater and Hugh Scott and Rep. John Rhodes went to the White House and informed President Richard Nixon that he did not have the support to survive the hearings and would be impeached. One week later on Aug. 9, Nixon resigned.After his resignation, 69 members of Nixon's administration were indicted for various crimes and 48 of those were convicted.Where are the Barry Goldwaters today? Where are the true patriots today?Most of us can see who and what Don
  
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• Letter: There’s a fox guarding the education henhouse

  22-05-2020 14:00
  
  Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has transferred $180 million from public schools and colleges to private schools and religious schools. The money came from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief & Economic Security Act. This was meant for public schools and colleges. It looks like we have a fox guarding the hen house.Maybe Betsy should spend a few years in a government supported facility where many of the residents could have benefited from a well-funded public education system.Utah’s public scho
  
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• Letter: Nobody cares about the church’s stocks

  22-05-2020 14:00
  
  Regarding the article “LDS Church stock riches drop by $8 billion” on May 21st.Who cares?Does a Salt Lake Tribune reader care? No. Do we care so much that we want three-fourths of a page used for this story? No.It has already been reported that the LDS Church has a secret “rainy day,” save-for-the-last-days stockpile of $100 billion that they didn’t want their members to know about and aren’t going to spend. Why would we need to be kept up-to-date on the healt
  
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• Letter: Disband the University of Utah Police Department

  22-05-2020 14:00
  
  The revelation that explicit photos of Lauren McCluskey were saved on the personal phone of a police officer, who later bragged about getting to look at them whenever he wanted, is beyond outrageous. The fact that the officer, Miguel Deras, has continued on in his law enforcement career and now works for the Logan Police Department makes it even more of an epic failure.This is only the latest offensive tale in a long line of mismanagement, and what needs to happen now is obvious: It’s high
  
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• Letter: Cows, not horses, damage public lands

  22-05-2020 14:00
  
  In the May 17 Salt Lake Tribune was an article about the money the Bureau of Land Management needs to cull the growing wild horse population.Another approach would be to increase the price of grazing rights sold to ranchers, which is $1.41 per month per animal. That is a steal. You cannot even feed your dog or cat on $1.41 a month. They should also reduce the number of permits sold.As the article stated, cows do way more damage to the grazing land and, I believe, to the banks of streams flowing
  
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