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• There’s a virtual traffic jam for people needing a road test to get a Utah driver license

  17-06-2020 23:39
  
  Ever complain about long lines at the Utah Driver License Division? Guess how many people are now in a virtual line awaiting an in-person road test because of delays from COVID-19 restrictions?“We have, as of this moment, 14,681 people who have requested that,” Chris Caras, director of the division, told the Legislature’s Transportation Interim Committee on Wednesday.“I’m just using that to illustrate that there is a delay for some of our services associated with th
  
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• Former BYU basketball star Yoeli Childs opens up about his life as a black man in predominantly white Utah

  17-06-2020 23:25
  
  If silence is compliance, Yoeli Childs didn’t want to keep quiet any longer.In an Instagram post Wednesday afternoon, the former BYU basketball star shared his experiences as a black man growing up in Utah and urged people to listen to the demands for racial justice being made by protesters across the country for nearly three weeks straight.Childs, who grew up in South Jordan, wrote in part, “I understand that ‘all lives matter’ but not everyone knows that Black Lives Mat
  
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• Sen. Mike Lee criticizes Gov. Gary Herbert, Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox over reported election antics

  17-06-2020 23:24
  
  Washington • Sen. Mike Lee is criticizing Utah Gov. Gary Herbert for reportedly trying to cut a deal to get Thomas Wright to drop out out of the race for governor, support Herbert’s favorite hopeful, and run against Lee instead in two years.“These tactics should not take root in our state, especially from within the governor’s office,” Lee said in a Facebook post Tuesday night after watching the governor’s debate.Lee is backing former Gov. Jon Huntsman in the f
  
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• Utah Jazz, and other LHM sports, entertainment groups, will recognize Juneteenth as a paid company holiday

  17-06-2020 23:01
  
  The Larry H. MillerSports and Entertainment group — the organization that oversees the Utah Jazz, Salt Lake Bees, Megaplex Theaters, and Vivint Smart Home Arena — announced Wednesday that it has made Juneteenth an annual company holiday.Juneteenth, or June 19th, is the day in 1865 that Union soldiers came to Galveston, Texas, and read federal orders that all slaves were now free. Theholiday was celebrated in Texas at first, but then spread around the South in the early 20th century a
  
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• Utah Jazz, Larry H. Miller Sports & Entertainment to observe Juneteenth as company holiday

  17-06-2020 22:57
  
  The Utah Jazz announced Wednesday that they will observe Juneteenth, which commemorates emancipation from slavery in the United States, this Friday. | Steve Griffin, Deseret NewsSALT LAKE CITY — Amid the social unrest across the United States, many companies have announced they will officially observe Juneteenth, which commemorates emancipation from slavery in the country, as on June 19, 1865, Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas, and declared that the Civil War was over and that al
  
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• ‘Mormon Land’: Scholar Joanna Brooks explores past leaders’ racist views and how white supremacy took root in the faith

  17-06-2020 22:47
  
  In 1852, Mormon pioneer-prophet Brigham Young put The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on a path toward a racist practice barring blacks from the priesthood. Some 126 years later, in 1978, church President Spencer W. Kimball ended the policy.But racist doctrines and white supremacist views from Mormon pulpits and within Mormon pews hardly started with the priesthood ban and certainly didn’t stop with its removal.Scholar Joanna Brooks, a professor of English and comparative liter
  
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• Utah police academy calls for more anti-bias training and lessons in fighting with hands, not weapons

  17-06-2020 22:35
  
  Utah’s police academy plans to add three more days of training to better teach cadets about implicit bias and how to fight with their hands.The Utah Peace Officer Standards and Training Council on Wednesday gave the academy’s director, Maj. Scott Stephenson, permission to develop the extra training, which will amount to 30 additional hours of instruction for cadets. The council will need to vote again to approve the new hours once Stephenson provides more specifics of the training.Ca
  
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• Utah Nursing homes could discharge patients refusing coronavirus test under bill

  17-06-2020 22:32
  
  Lawmakers advanced a bill that, if approved in Thursday’s special session, would allow assisted living centers to discharge patients who refuse to follow the Utah Department of Health’s order for residents to be tested for COVID-19.Bill sponsor Sen. Curtis Bramble, R-Provo, said the legislation tries to strike a balance between Utahns’ rights to refuse testing with the danger posed to other high-risk residents at assisted living centers.“I was assigned the task of trying
  
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• Utah Royals unveil new home kits, jersey sponsor

  17-06-2020 22:06
  
  The Utah Royals FC will don new uniforms when the National Women’s Soccer League continues play with the Challenge Cup this summer.The Royals unveiled their new uniforms Wednesday morning in tandem with a new sponsorship for the front of the jersey. The jerseys will have Soleil Energy’s name on it through the 2022 season.Soleil Energy is a virtual power plant contractor and operator that aims to help households create zero emissions and provide renewable energy. The unveiling was hel
  
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• Jennifer Finney Boylan: Harry Potter and the Scales of Justice

  17-06-2020 22:00
  
  “I used to think people like you should be, you know, exterminated,” the nice young man said to me. “But after listening to you speak, I’ve really changed my mind!”This was after a lecture I’d given a few years ago at a college in Ohio. He looked at me proudly, clearly hoping that I’d be cheered that my words had opened his heart.But that word, “exterminated,” tempered my happiness somewhat.Sometimes I forget that there are people who want to
  
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• Are Donovan Mitchell and Kyle Kuzma among the NBA’s most overrated players?

  17-06-2020 21:56
  
  Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell (45) passes around Los Angeles Lakers forward Kyle Kuzma (0) during a Lakers-Jazz game at Vivint Arena in Salt Lake City on Friday, Jan. 11, 2019. | Steve Griffin, Deseret NewsUtah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell and Los Angeles Lakers forward Kyle Kuzma (a former University of Utah star) are both big pieces of a 2017 NBA draft class that produced some of the league’s best talent.
  But are Mitchell and Kuzma overrated?
  In a piece written by The Ringer’s D
  
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• LDS apostle Jeffrey Holland in hospital

  17-06-2020 21:46
  
  Apostle Jeffrey R. Holland is in the hospital, undergoing diagnostic tests for an unknown illness, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced Wednesday.The 79-year-old leader, a popular speaker and former Brigham Young University president, was “admitted to the hospital last week following several days of illness,” spokesman Eric Hawkins said in a news release. “He has been tested and does not have COVID-19. Other diagnostic studies are being done.”No other
  
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• Four more dead in Utah from COVID-19, with 407 new cases

  17-06-2020 21:46
  
  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. Another 407 people in Utah have contracted COVID-19 — the second biggest one-day increase since the coronavirus pandemic began — and another four Utahns have died from the virus, the Utah Department of Health announced Wedne
  
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• Appeals court dismisses cases from former Utah Attorney General seeking $80 million

  17-06-2020 21:45
  
  Because former Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff never filed an opening brief after obtaining two extensions, the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday dismissed his lawsuit seeking $80 million against officials who investigated him in one of Utah’s biggest scandals.It also prompted a verbal rebuke from John W. Huber, the U.S. attorney for Utah.“The State of Utah’s former top law enforcement official cast strongly worded accusations against federal and state law enforceme
  
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• Bolton says Trump impeachment inquiry missed other troubling actions

  17-06-2020 21:36
  
  John Bolton, the former national security adviser, says in his new book that the House in its impeachment inquiry should have investigated President Donald Trump not just for pressuring Ukraine to incriminate his domestic foes but for a variety of instances when he sought to intervene in law enforcement matters for political reasons.Bolton describes several episodes where the president expressed willingness to halt criminal investigations “to, in effect, give personal favors to dictators h
  
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• Utah governor’s latest COVID-19 plan focused on ‘full-blown economic recovery’

  17-06-2020 21:24
  
  Utah Gov. Gary Herbert released new updates Wednesday to the state’s plan for navigating the pandemic, focused on “full-blown” economic recovery.This fourth version of what he calls “Utah Leads Together” adds detail to strategies for healing the state’s economy, getting thousands of idled workers back on the job and investing in large public projects — while also addressing deep social inequities laid bare by the crisis.Utah Leads Together 4.0 also repre
  
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• Eccles Theater announces ‘Chicago’ tour canceled, ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ and ‘Les Misérables’ postponed

  17-06-2020 20:52
  
  Broadway at the Eccles is revising its 2020-2021 season because of the coronavirus pandemic, with one national touring production canceling and two more being postponed indefinitely.The touring production of “Chicago” — the story of a scandalous murder and sensational trial, with such songs as “All That Jazz” and “Razzle Dazzle” — has been canceled, subscribers were told in an email this week. The musical, which was to run Oct. 8-11, was an add-on
  
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• Former Ute Megan Huff signs with WNBA’s Minnesota Lynx

  17-06-2020 20:35
  
  Megan Huff, a two-time All-Pac-12 first-team forward for the University of Utah in 2018 and 2019, has signed with the Minnesota Lynx, the team announced on Tuesday morning. “I am so proud of the hard work Huff has put in this past season overseas and I think it is a testament to her work ethic and passion for the game that she has this opportunity,” Utah head coach Lynne Roberts said in a statement. “She is extremely talented and I can’t wait to see what she can achi
  
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• These BYU students want a race and ethnicity class to be required to graduate

  17-06-2020 20:25
  
  Brigham Young University should start requiring all of its students — most of whom are white — to take a class on race and ethnicity before they can graduate, argue students of color there who have started a petition that now has more than 18,000 signatures.Their request comes in response to nationwide protests against racism and police violence targeting black people. But those who created the petition say many of their classmates just don’t understand what’s happening o
  
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• Tiz the Law draws No. 8 post as early 6-5 Belmont favorite

  17-06-2020 20:23
  
  It wasn’t quite the post position trainer Barclay Tagg wanted for Tiz the Law. Still, it wasn’t far off for the colt who on Wednesday was made the early 6-5 favorite for the Belmont Stakes.Tagg was hoping the Florida Derby winner would land anywhere between spots 5 to 7 in the starting gate for Saturday's beginning of the reconfigured Triple Crown series. Tiz the Law drew the No. 8 post in the 10-horse field and will be ridden by Manny Franco."It could have been worse," Tagg said fro
  
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• Glued to the telly: Fans cheer as English soccer returns

  17-06-2020 20:15
  
  Manchester, England • English soccer’s longest suspension since World War II came to an end Wednesday, bringing some relief to a nation deprived of its most popular sport during one of the world’s worst coronavirus outbreaks.The Premier League, the richest soccer league in the world with massive worldwide viewership, was suspended on March 13 after Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta tested positive. The virus had been rapidly spreading from Italy and Spain to the rest of Europe but it
  
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• Ross Douthat: Three futures for the police

  17-06-2020 20:04
  
  American policing is going to emerge changed from this June of protest. The question is whether it will be altered for the better. So let’s consider three possible scenarios for change — one building on the current system, another more ambitious but also riskier, and a third to be avoided at all costs.The grand bargainAt this point, almost everyone except their union reps agrees that American police officers are too well defended from accountability. Collective bargaining makes polic
  
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• ‘Trib Talk’ Town Hall: A conversation about police reform in Utah

  17-06-2020 19:52
  
  Protesters in Utah and across the country are calling for change in how law enforcement operates and is funded. Amid those calls to defund and disband the police, local leaders are looking at budgets, citizen review boards and more.Join The Tribune for an open discussion about police violence and reform efforts in Utah tonight at 7 p.m. Lex Scott of Black Lives Matter, Salt Lake City Police Chief Mike Brown, University of Utah Police Chief Rodney Chatman and Utah Valley University Associate Prof
  
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• SLC airport hit low at 5% of normal, now is back up to 20% to 25%

  17-06-2020 19:15
  
  Amid COVID-19, the daily passenger count at Salt Lake City International Airport recently hit a low of just 1,300 — a mere 5% or so of normal.But in recent days, the count has increased slowly to between 20% to 25% of normal, or 5,000 to 7,000 local passengers a day, Airport Executive Director Bill Wyatt told the airport advisory board on Wednesday.“I’m told by the Delta folks that we are currently their fastest-growing hub,” Wyatt said — but adds that still isn&rsq
  
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• Navajo Nation resumes weekend lockdowns as Arizona virus cases rise

  17-06-2020 18:33
  
  Window Rock, Ariz. • The Navajo Nation is resuming lockdowns for at least the next two weekends as the number of coronavirus cases off the reservation increases, most notably in Arizona.Tribal President Jonathan Nez made the announcement Tuesday in a virtual town hall. He cited Arizona, which hit an alarmingly high new daily number of cases with nearly 2,400 — almost double the previous record, in urging people to stay home. Businesses will be closed during the weekend lockdown.During
  
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• Kerry Gibson’s time over Utah Agriculture Dept. marked by employee turmoil and spending increases

  17-06-2020 18:28
  
  The following story was written and researched by The Utah Investigative Journalism Project in partnership with The Salt Lake Tribune.During Kerry Gibson’s nine months as Commissioner over Utah’s Department of Agriculture and Food, staff shake-ups took a toll on morale, travel spending went up and financial audits flagged a spike in procedural errors.More recently, state Auditor John Dougall launched an investigation into various irregularities at UDAF in response to whistleblower co
  
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• Budget uncertainty pauses algal bloom testing at Utah Lake

  17-06-2020 18:28
  
  Provo • Utah health and water quality officials will temporarily stop monitoring a lake for toxic algal blooms as a result of state funding uncertainty caused by the coronavirus pandemic.The state Division of Water Quality and Utah County Health Department will postpone the testing for Harmful Algal Blooms at Utah Lake until at least July 1, The Daily Herald reports.In lieu of monitoring, officials encouraged visitors to the lake along Provo and neighboring towns to pay attention to signs w
  
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• Uncertainty looms as Utahns prepare for Supreme Court’s ruling on Dreamers

  17-06-2020 18:15
  
  When the country’s highest court decides the fate of a program that protects undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children from deportation, “it’s really going to be life changing” for the roughly 9,700 “Dreamers” in Utah, Ciriac Alvarez Valle said.“Because we’re able to go to work in a higher paying job ... (DACA recipients) have oftentimes been the breadwinners of households or supported their family members. And now it will be a lot m
  
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• Utah’s Republican candidates for governor outline their plans to jump-start the economy

  17-06-2020 18:03
  
  When Utah’s candidates for governor entered the race, it was during a period of booming economic growth — a time when the state led the nation in job creation and saw its lowest unemployment rate ever recorded, with all signs pointing to a prosperous future.Then a pandemic hit.Now, as the Republican gubernatorial hopefuls enter the final stage of the primary campaign ahead of the June 30 election, the state faces a much bleaker economic picture. Unemployment rates are at historically
  
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• Former Jazzman Kyle Korver explains why he’d be willing to sit out NBA restart to protest racial inequality

  17-06-2020 17:35
  
  Former Utah Jazz guard Kyle Korver, shown talking to the media at Zions Bank Basketball Center in Salt Lake City on Thursday, April 25, 2019, has said he will back his black teammates and friends to sit out the NBA season restart.| Kristin Murphy, Deseret News “I care more about change happening than a championship,” Korver told Richard Jefferson during a podcast this week.Amid reports that Kyrie Irving made a plea for players to sit out the upcoming NBA restart as a protest for rac
  
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• Trump administration sues to delay release of John Bolton book

  17-06-2020 15:58
  
  Washington • The Trump administration sued former national security adviser John Bolton on Tuesday to delay the publication of a book that the White House says contains classified information and that is expected to paint an unfavorable portrait of the president’s foreign policy decision-making.The civil lawsuit in Washington's federal court follows warnings from President Donald Trump that Bolton could face a “criminal problem" if he doesn't halt plans to publish the book, whic
  
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• Robert Gehrke: Three key things to keep in mind in Utah’s Republican primary for governor

  17-06-2020 15:13
  
  Between the coronavirus pandemic and protests against racial injustice, I haven’t had time to write as much as I’d like about the race to be Utah’s next governor.So now, with less than two weeks until the Republican primary and Utahns already voting by mail, I figured I’d share a couple observations about the state of the race.Switching sidesA few weeks ago, I wrote about how I was among those Utahns who had changed my party affiliation so I could vote in the Republican p
  
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• Utah liquor stores have an 86% employee turnover rate — and the low pay is hurting business

  17-06-2020 15:12
  
  Employees at Utah’s state-run liquor stores — who for decades have been paid strikingly low wages — are now leaving at an alarming rate.The departures are affecting customer service, efficiency and the bottom line, agency officials warned legislators this week.Employee turnover now averages 86% at the 47 liquor stores operated by the Utah Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control.The worker drain has cost the agency at least $1.2 million in recruiting and training time, as well
  
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• Déborah Aléxis: BYU must act to make black students feel safe and welcome

  17-06-2020 15:12
  
  An open letter to Kevin J. Worthen, president of Brigham Young University:My name is Déborah Aléxis. I am the outgoing president of the Black Student Union at Brigham Young University.As members of the Black Student Union, my friends and I have had to be the first responders to many racist incidents on campus. We think that to be equitable to the black student population, Brigham Young University needs to be transparent with black students and let them know prior to their arrival o
  
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• After spending months living in her car, retired Utah preacher prays for the return of her dogs to their new home

  17-06-2020 15:12
  
  At the time of her retirement in the summer of 2018, the Rev. Nurjhan Govan was hailed as a powerhouse preacher who could move believers with her words and change hearts with her spirit.The 70-something from Harlem had spent 14 years with Trinity African Methodist Episcopal Church, the longest-serving pastor at Salt Lake City’s oldest black church. She worked tirelessly to energize and invigorate her tiny flock, and raise money to restore the historic chapel.Govan was not leaving after ret
  
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• Letter: To get better cops, pay them more

  17-06-2020 15:11
  
  I’ve long heard teachers’ pay advocates argue that wage increases would help ensure better educators for our children. Surely the same applies with police officers?It seems that, with the daily risks cops already face, cutting funding would make the career even less appealing to many potential candidates. Fewer candidates would mean less incentive for police departments to fire bad cops and less-talented men and women filling the positions.We need reform that eliminates police brutal
  
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• Letter: Some concrete things the LDS Church could do

  17-06-2020 15:11
  
  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’s statement with the NAACP was a nice gesture. As I read it, I eagerly anticipated a list of action items that the church would commit to to bring about lasting meaningful change in the practices and culture and community of LDS members. But, gosh darn it, that part must have gotten cut off in editing.Will Colom, special counsel to the NAACP president, noticed it too and pointed it out in a recent Salt Lake Tribune article.No concrete actions
  
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• Letter: Racism is a sickness

  17-06-2020 15:11
  
  Racism is not a gene passed from one generation to the next. It is a sickness that has been allowed to fester for generations.The perception that one person is “better” than another, based on skin color, should give us all pause to maybe take a serious look in the mirror.Bill Owens, SandySubmit a letter to the editor
  
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• Letter: No repentance without apology

  17-06-2020 15:11
  
  Michelle Quist’s Opinion piece on June 11, “Time to apologize for church’s racist history,” was exactly what needed to be said. I appreciate her not mincing words about the great need for an apology. Knowing the LDS history of whitewashing truth, no one is holding their breath. LDS President Russell Nelson’s recent statement, “Any of us who has prejudice toward another race needs to repent” rings hollow until they follow their own advice.I was hoping for
  
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• Letter: Celebrations of Juneteenth would help to unite us

  17-06-2020 15:11
  
  Are you planning to celebrate Juneteenth this year? Do you know what Juneteenth is? I did not know about the holiday until last year, and I am older than Robert Kirby.According to Wikipedia it is a celebration of when Texas emancipated slaves on June 19, 1865. It is also known as Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, and Cel-Liberation Day.Last June I approached a few African Americans that I did not know and said, “Happy Juneteenth!” Every one of them smiled at me and thanked me for the sentime
  
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• Letter: Ranked choice voting is the future of elections

  17-06-2020 15:10
  
  Lee Davidson’s June 16 article features the headline: “Poll: Utah Republican primary voters wary of ranked choice voting.”Sounds dismal.It is not.Davidson concisely identifies the benefits of ranked choice voting and the number of Republican leaders who favor it, especially after its overwhelmingly successful use in their recent Utah Republican State Convention.RCV brings enormous cost savings to the election process, by eliminating primaries. It also motivates turn-out because
  
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• These are the Utahns making sure protesters are safe — and not spreading coronavirus

  17-06-2020 15:09
  
  On most recent evenings, those passing through downtown Salt Lake City are likely to see hundreds marching against police brutality. Those who don’t see them, may hear the group’s chants bouncing off the buildings.For those who get a glance, outside the tightly packed group of demonstrators are some who stand out. They wear yellow or orange safety vests.They ask protesters, walking and yelling in the summer heat, if they need water. Or snacks.And in this moment — where a moveme
  
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• New Utah coronavirus data gives us insights into hospital capacity, outbreaks and more

  17-06-2020 15:09
  
  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. When we get more data about the coronavirus in Utah, I’m going to share it with you. That’s the Andy Larsen guarantee.This week, the information comes courtesy of the updated online dashboard from the Utah Department of Heal
  
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• GOP gubernatorial candidates decry violent protests, support more — not less — police funding

  17-06-2020 05:58
  
  Despite growing calls for defunding the police, the state’s four GOP candidates for Utah governor are largely in accord that withdrawing resources would be the wrong tactic, calling for investing more in agencies that they say are overworked and under pressure.The Republican rivals — Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox, former Gov. Jon Huntsman, former House Speaker Greg Hughes and former Utah GOP chairman Thomas Wright — acknowledged the need for policing reforms and broader societal convers
  
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• Salt Lake City Council approves police budget, which includes modest cut

  17-06-2020 05:56
  
  The Salt Lake City Council held its budget vote Tuesday night, allocating funds for everything from libraries to transportation to public works. But the most discussed line item remained the police department.Calls to cut $30 million from the department’s budget, if not defund it entirely, have steadily grown since the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police on Memorial Day. Council members endured hours of public comment, lasting late into the night, as residents complain
  
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• Two Utah meat plants voluntarily closed after employees tested positive for COVID-19

  17-06-2020 05:46
  
  Two Utah meatpacking plants have voluntarily closed after one or more employees tested positive for COVID-19.A Payson facility that employs about 20 people voluntarily shut down Tuesday, said Bradie Jones, spokeswoman for the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food. It will reopen Wednesday — with limited staffers — to process 150 animals. Then it will close for at least a week so employees can quarantine.A second plant, in Draper, which processes about 300 animals a day, is in the m
  
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• Air conditioning exploded — not a bomb — under a Utah legislative candidate’s car

  17-06-2020 04:40
  
  It turns out that an explosive device did not detonate under the car of a Utah leglislative candidate. It was actually what police now say was a “catastrophic failure” of his air conditioning system.Robert Burch, who is running for state House District 30, had filed a report on June 2 saying that after his wife backed their car out of the family garage, he opened the back hatch and heard a loud boom — also heard by many of his neighbors.After the dust cleared, Burch gathered cl
  
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• NBA lays out its vision for Disney restart to teams, players

  17-06-2020 04:10
  
  Here’s some of what awaits NBA players going to Disney next month: game rooms, golf course access, cabanas with misters to combat the heat, fishing areas, bowling, backstage tours and salon services.It only sounds like vacation.The NBA described very specific plans to players and teams for the restart on Tuesday, doing so in a memo and handbook both obtained by The Associated Press. With safety being of the foremost importance during the coronavirus pandemic, players were told they will be
  
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• Lawsuit seeks to force travel insurance to pay for loss of ski passes because of COVID-19 closures

  17-06-2020 04:08
  
  After a travel insurance company refused to reimburse a Utah skier for an Ikon pass that he could no longer use because of COVID-19 restrictions, a Utah law firm is pushing a class action lawsuit seeking to force payment to everyone in a similar situation.The skier, Earl Parker of Park City, and the Ogden law firm of Gridley Ward & Hamilton filed suit Tuesday in U.S. District Court for Utah against Red Sky Travel Insurance and Arch Insurance.It says Parker bought the travel insurance with hi
  
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• Rich Lowry: Selective social distancing rules are one of the great scams in American life

  17-06-2020 04:00
  
  Earlier this week, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot had big news — the city is opening up its iconic Lakefront Trail after months of being closed off as part of a COVID-19 lockdown.That Lightfoot kept the trail closed even after Chicago had experienced large-scale Black Lives Matter marches — thousands just last weekend during the “Drag March for Change” — is one small instance of the flagrant social distancing hypocrisy across the country in recent weeks.If it's OK for
  
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