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• Paul Krugman: Voting GOP means voting against health care

  22-09-2020 23:58
  
  If you or someone you care about are among the more than 50 million Americans suffering from preexisting medical conditions, you should be aware that the stakes in this year’s election go beyond abstract things like, say, the survival of American democracy. They’re also personal. If Donald Trump is reelected, you will lose the protection you’ve had since the Affordable Care Act went into effect almost seven years ago.The death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has made this even m
  
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• Chris Stewart bill to create 988 suicide hotline heads to White House

  22-09-2020 22:52
  
  The nation soon should have a new three-digit suicide prevention hotline — 988 — similar to dialing 911 for emergencies.On a voice vote, the U.S. House give final passage Monday to the Senate version of the National Suicide Hotline Designation Act. Rep. Chris Stewart, R-Utah, pushed the identical House version of the bill. The legislation now goes to President Donald Trump for his consideration.“This easy-to-remember hotline will save lives,” Stewart said, after working f
  
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• ‘Utah Politics’ podcast: How the Supreme Court fight could change the 2020 election

  22-09-2020 22:48
  
  On Tuesday, Sen. Mitt Romney ended any hope Democrats had that they would be able to stop President Donald Trump from appointing a replacement for Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, who died last week.S.V. Date, a senior White House correspondent for the Huffington Post says he’s not surprised Romney decided to join with other Republicans to say they’d vote on Trump’s nominee this year, even though four years ago, Republicans objected to a vote on President Barack Obama
  
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• Utah 7-Eleven clerk arrested for running over shoplifter with his car

  22-09-2020 22:38
  
  A Salt Lake City convenience store clerk was arrested after he ran over an alleged shoplifter with his car.According to a probable cause statement, the 60-year-old 7-Eleven clerk attempted to stop the unidentified shoplifter, who fled the store on foot. The clerk got in his car and pursued the shoplifter in an attempt to “detain him for police.”However, the clerk “struck … the suspect/victim with his vehicle, driving over his legs.” The clerk then crashed his car i
  
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• Adam Silver says ‘best guess’ is new NBA season won’t start until 2021

  22-09-2020 22:33
  
  NBA commissioner Adam Silver said in an interview with CNN on Tuesday afternoon that his “best guess” about the start of the 2020-21 NBA season is that it won’t actually begin until after the new year, but that his goal remains for the league to play as close to “a standard season” as is possible.When the league originally formed its restart plan following months of hiatus due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the original target timeline for the 2020-21 campaign
  
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• Next NBA season likely won’t start until 2021, goal is to play with fans, Adam Silver says

  22-09-2020 22:32
  
  NBA commissioner Adam Silver announces that the 2023 NBA All-Star game will be held at Vivint Smart Home Arena in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019. | Scott G Winterton, Deseret NewsSALT LAKE CITY — As 26 of the NBA’s 30 teams have transitioned to offseason mode, the biggest question facing the league moving forward is when next season will start.
  On Tuesday, commissioner Adam Silver told broadcaster Bob Costas in an interview on CNN that, “I continue to believe that
  
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• Slumping RSL needs a win badly as Rio Tinto home stand comes to an end

  22-09-2020 21:57
  
  Real Salt Lake is in the midst of a funk.Just a month ago, the team scored 10 goals in the span of three games and was putting out gutsy results despite conceding the first goal. But lately, the opposite has been true.RSL has lost two consecutive home games and scored only four goals in the previous four games, three of which have been losses. It sits 11th in the Western Conference standings with 14 points.And RSL’s struggles have mostly come at Rio Tinto Stadium, where the team usually pl
  
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• Brian D. King: Latter-day Saints should stand with immigrants

  22-09-2020 21:57
  
  To Latter-day Saints, like myself, Christ is the ultimate example of compassion. Throughout his earthly ministry, he took pity on the poor, the meek and those who could not take care of themselves. He fed the hungry, and he clothed the naked. In his words: “For I was an hungered, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in.”The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is no stranger to homelessness. Its members remember that early
  
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• With Provo moving back to Orange level, BYU home football opener will be played in an empty LaVell Edwards Stadium

  22-09-2020 21:47
  
  Days away from BYU’s home opener against Troy on Saturday, the University’s plan to allow up to 6,000 fans in LaVell Edwards Stadium has been scrapped.On Tuesday, Gov. Gary Herbert announced Provo and Orem would move from low risk to moderate, or yellow to orange, due to the spike in coronavirus cases. The decision results in the upcoming Troy and LA Tech (Oct. 2) games to go forward with no fans in attendance.The change in restriction level will go into effect at 11:59 p.m. on Wedne
  
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• Slavery in Utah? LDS Church, others urge voters to wipe it from the state constitution

  22-09-2020 21:45
  
  A coalition of politicians, religious leaders and civil rights activists are urging Utahns to pass Amendment C on the ballot to remove old wording in the state constitution that they say still allows slavery as a punishment for crime.“This is about righting a wrong,” said Rep. Sandra Hollins, D-Salt Lake City, the only Black in the Legislature, who persuaded lawmakers to unanimously approve putting Amendment C on the ballot.Even The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints made a
  
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• New restrictions for Provo, Orem as Utah reports 650 new coronavirus cases

  22-09-2020 20:57
  
  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.With 650 new coronavirus cases reported statewide on Tuesday, Provo and Orem will go back to an “orange” or moderate restriction level at 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday.Rich Saunders, the executive director of the Utah Department of
  
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• Utah COVID-19 hospitalizations rise sharply, with 650 new cases Tuesday

  22-09-2020 20:34
  
  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.With 650 new coronavirus cases reported on Tuesday, Utah’s rate of new diagnoses continued to rise.For the past seven days, Utah has averaged 857 new positive test results per day — far exceeding July’s top week-long av
  
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• BYU, UVU warn in-person classes may end if COVID-19 cases continue to climb

  22-09-2020 20:10
  
  The presidents of Brigham Young University and Utah Valley University threatened Tuesday to close their campuses for the rest of the semester if students continue refusing to follow health guidelines — especially as cases of the coronavirus keep climbing at both schools.In a joint letter Tuesday to all students, the leaders say that they’ll be watching both behavior and the daily virus numbers over the next two weeks. And, “if circumstances do not improve,” they will take
  
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• Eric Bergstrom: The Salt Lake School Board needs an intervention

  22-09-2020 19:57
  
  Most students in the Salt Lake City District started school Sept. 14, a full three weeks after their in-state peers. The delay was caused by both preparation time required for an ill-conceived, remote-only learning plan and unforeseen weather. Now that enrollment and attendance numbers are known, alarm bells are ringing.Of highest concern:Enrollment is down 1,000 students, on track to be the steepest decline in the district’s history.700 high school students still need computers.3,000 stud
  
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• Mountain West, Utah State aiming for an Oct. 24 start to the football season. Can they pull it off?

  22-09-2020 19:11
  
  The Mountain West Conference is pushing forward with plans for a fall football season, and it is doing so aggressively.The Group of Five conference, which includes Utah State as one of 12 teams spread across eight states, is eyeing an eight-game regular season beginning Oct. 24 and culminating with a Mountain West championship game on Dec. 19, multiple outlets reported Monday evening.Multiple league sources painted the situation to The Salt Lake Tribune Monday evening as fluid, but with legitima
  
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• Pope says children with autism are beautiful, unique flowers to God

  22-09-2020 18:32
  
  Vatican City • Pope Francis told a group of children with autism and spectrum disorders Monday that they are beautiful, unique flowers in the eyes of God.Francis met with members of an Austrian center for autism, Sonnenschein (“Sunshine”), in an audience at the Vatican. He told them that the center’s name evoked a flower-filled lawn in the sun “and the flowers of this house are you!”Speaking to the children, their parents and caregivers from the center, Francis
  
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• Navajo Nations extends weekend lockdown because of new virus cases

  22-09-2020 18:30
  
  WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. • The Navajo Nation is implementing a stricter weekend lockdown as it looks into new clusters of coronavirus cases from family gatherings and off-reservation travel.Residents of the vast reservation that extends into New Mexico, Arizona and Utah will be required to stay home from Friday evening until early Monday morning. More recent weekend lockdowns were a day shorter.Tribal President Jonathan Nez said public health experts and contact tracers are investigating new COVI
  
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• Gordon Monson: Dr. Kalani Sitake is tackling BYU’s pandemic problems as much as mastering football

  22-09-2020 18:00
  
  One by one, Kalani Sitake channeled Dr. Gregory House or, for you old-timers, a kinder, gentler Marcus Welby, M.D., answering the questions he was asked during his weekly virtual news conference, most of which had more to do with medical issues and the effects of a pandemic than with actual football.Sitake started the thing off all coach-style, talking about BYU’s coming matchup with Troy, looking forward to his team’s home opener on Saturday, mentioning that the Trojans had blown ou
  
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• Utah’s Post Malone leads the nominations for the Billboard Music Awards

  22-09-2020 17:55
  
  Utah resident Post Malone leads the field with 16 Billboard Music Award nominations — including Top Artist.The rapper is also nominated for Top Male Artist, Top Billboard 200 Artist, Top Hot 100 Artist, Top Streaming Songs Artist, Top Song Sales Artist, Top Radio Songs Artist, Top Rap Artist, Top Rap Male Artist, Top Rap Tour, Top Billboard 200 Album, Top Rap Album, Top Streaming Song, Top Collaboration (fan voted), and two nominations for Top Rap Song.That’s actually one fewer nomin
  
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• ‘Hamilton’ at Eccles Theater moving to July 2021, because of COVID-19

  22-09-2020 17:55
  
  The musical “Hamilton” won’t be playing at Christmastime in Salt Lake City — but the show will be in town for the Fourth of July.Broadway at the Eccles, the company that brings touring Broadway shows to downtown Salt Lake City’s Eccles Theater, announced that the national production of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tony- and Pulitzer-winning musical will not have its scheduled run of Dec. 15 through Jan. 17 — because of COVID-19 delays.Instead, the show has been
  
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• Another Salt Lake County high school closes for ‘deep cleaning' after surpassing 15 COVID-19 cases

  22-09-2020 17:26
  
  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.A West Jordan high school is suspending classes on Tuesday after health officials Monday confirmed more than 15 coronavirus cases at the school.Copper Hills High School was to undergo a “deep cleaning and thorough disinfecting&rdqu
  
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• Utah is the 2nd happiest state, according to study

  22-09-2020 17:02
  
  Utah isn’t the happiest place in the United States, but it’s close. According to a new study, it’s the second-happiest state in the union.The personal finance website Wallethub.com compared the states across 32 “key indicators of happiness,” including depression and divorce rates, work hours and income growth, and COVID-19 factors. Only Hawaii factored out happier than the Beehive State.Utah ranked No. 1 in fewest number of hours worked, volunteer rate and separatio
  
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• Mitt Romney, seen as last possible Supreme Court defector, doesn’t defect

  22-09-2020 16:17
  
  UPDATE: Early Tuesday, Sen. Mitt Romney released a statement indicating that he would not hold up a vote on President Donald Trump’s forthcoming Supreme Court nominee.The list of Republicans who may oppose a swift vote on President Donald Trump’s forthcoming Supreme Court nominee dwindled quickly Monday.It may be down to just one.Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, hasn’t said what he’ll do, but he may give us all an idea Tuesday afternoon.Republicans have a 53-47 majority in the S
  
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• Mitt Romney sticks with Republicans, favors quick vote on Supreme Court nominee

  22-09-2020 16:15
  
  Utah Sen. Mitt Romney is not breaking ranks with his party this time. He signaled Tuesday that he will support a vote before the election on a nominee by President Donald Trump to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court. His decision should clear the way for Republicans to fast track the president’s eventual nominee.Romney noted that four years ago, Republicans refused to hold a confirmation hearing for Merrick Garland, nominated by President Barak Obama, to the high court. Romney
  
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• Another prep football game canceled due to Covid-19: This time it’s Viewmont-Farmington

  22-09-2020 15:52
  
  Another high school football game has been postponed due to positive COVID-19 cases.Friday’sgame between Viewmont and Farmington was postponed Monday after severalpeople in Viewmont’s football program tested positive for thecoronavirus, Davis School District spokesperson Christopher Williamstold The Salt Lake Tribune. The team will undergo a two-week quarantine,which means its game against Bountiful on Oct. 2 is also postponed.The postponements came just one day after Skyline and Bri
  
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• Feds threaten funds to NYC, Seattle and Portland over unrest

  22-09-2020 15:48
  
  Washington • The Justice Department identified New York City, Portland, Oregon, and Seattle as three cities that could have federal funding slashed under a memorandum by President Donald Trump that sought to identify localities that permit “anarchy, violence and destruction in American cities.”The designation, which could open the door for the federal government to cut off some funding to the cities, drew immediate criticism from local elected officials. It comes as Trump throug
  
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• Missing 11-year-old boy found

  22-09-2020 15:47
  
  An 11-year-old boy who walked away from a state facility in South Salt Lake has been found unharmed.Kaydyn Christensen was last seen about 11:40 a.m. Saturday walking away from the Juvenile Receiving Center, according to police. He was considered endangered due to his age and being in the state’s custody.The boy was safe on Monday night, according to police.
  
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• Small wildfire burning near Mount Olympus

  22-09-2020 15:38
  
  A small wildfire was burning early Tuesday in Neffs Canyon, above Olympus Cove, fire officials in Salt Lake County reported.The fire was reported not long after midnight, the Unified Fire Authority wrote in a tweet.The “fire is moving very slowly, but the public can expect to see single tree torching throughout the morning,” firefighters wrote.Crews planned to begin fighting the fire at daybreak.
  
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• Robert Kirby: I’m sneezing and wheezing and getting scared looks

  22-09-2020 14:00
  
  A few days ago, a woman maintaining social distancing behind me in the checkout line at the grocery store asked a deeply personal question.Given the number of heads it turned, it was more a hollered demand for information than a simple query.“Excuse me, sir! Do you have the COVID virus?”I wasn’t offended. Judging from the looks I get, my natural state leads to any number of erroneous conclusions about me. Most of the time they’re just silent looks.Is he sick? Where did he
  
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• Forest Service to raze, sell two historic Utah ranger stations

  22-09-2020 14:00
  
  Lacking the resources to properly maintain all of its historic properties, the Ashley National Forest is proposing to get rid of its two oldest structures, both dating back nearly to the birth of the U.S. Forest Service more than a century ago.The deteriorating, rodent-infested Indian Canyon Ranger Station, along with its outbuildings, are to be razed, under the proposal posted earlier this month and open for public comment through Oct. 23. And the Stockmore Ranger Station, nestled on the Duches
  
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• Don Gale: Too little leadership, too much populism

  22-09-2020 14:00
  
  It’s been a while since I read anything as disturbing as Nicholas Kristof’s op-ed in The Salt Lake Tribune on Sept. 11 (“We’re No. 28! And dropping!”).The latest Social Progress Index shows the United States performing miserably. You can argue with rankings about specific criteria, but that’s a fool’s errand. Our nation is failing its people with regard to education, health care, freedom, safety, nutrition and other societal necessities.It’s a disg
  
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• Mitt Romney may be the only possible Supreme Court defector left

  22-09-2020 13:45
  
  The list of Republicans who may oppose a swift vote on President Donald Trump’s forthcoming Supreme Court nominee dwindled quickly Monday.It may be down to just one.Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, hasn’t said what he’ll do, but he may give us all an idea Tuesday afternoon.Republicans have a 53-47 majority in the Senate, meaning they can afford just three defections and still be able to confirm a replacement for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, who died Friday (with Vice President Mike Pe
  
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• Letter: Paying our way to a benevolent government

  22-09-2020 13:30
  
  I feel deeply conflicted about donating most of my disposable income to help achieve the government I think our country desperately needs — one that puts people first.I am saddened that an obscene amount of money gets pumped into never-ending political campaigns, taking from under-supported people and causes who desperately need financial support. I would rather be giving to homeless shelters, food banks and disaster victims.But first, we need to ensure we elect leaders who prioritize peop
  
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• Letter: Fund mental health services

  22-09-2020 13:00
  
  Recently, I was riding my scooter to work and heard a woman screaming in distress. I put on my mask and approached her to ask if she was OK. She was clearly suffering from a mental health problem and said she was going to call 911 because she was scared. I asked her if she would like help calling the Mobile Crisis Outreach Team (MCOT) instead because they are specially trained in intervening and getting people with mental illness help and support.She said yes, and I was grateful knowing that int
  
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• Ross Douthat: How the GOP might get to yes on a replacement for Ginsburg

  22-09-2020 07:00
  
  Imagine a Republican senator uncertain whether to vote for the Supreme Court nominee that President Donald Trump is poised to put forward. He is part of a select group, our senator; perhaps we can even guess how many children and grandchildren he has, how steeply his hair still rises from his brow, how close he once came to being president himself.Here is how he might consider the problem. On the one hand, there is the threat of what keeps being called a “legitimacy crisis” should Ru
  
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• Raiders open Las Vegas stadium with 34-24 win over Saints

  22-09-2020 06:34
  
  Las Vegas • Derek Carr and the Las Vegas Raiders delivered a performance worthy of their fancy new home.Too bad none of their fans were able to see it in person.Carr threw three touchdown passes and the Raiders gave their new fans in Las Vegas plenty to celebrate even if they weren’t allowed in the stadium by beating the New Orleans Saints 34-24 on Monday night.The new $2 billion stadium in the desert held its first event following the Raiders' move from Oakland without any fans becau
  
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• Wildfire forces evacuations in Beaver County

  22-09-2020 06:26
  
  A wildfire in Beaver County forced evacuations and closed a portion of Highway 153 on Monday night.State wildfire officials said that the 3 Creeks Fire began around 5 p.m. along the highway “in a fuels treatment” area that included piles of dead and downed trees. The fire was unable to be burned earlier this season “due to regulations associated with COVID-19,” fire officials said on Twitter.It is not a controlled or prescribed burn, they said.As of late Monday, the fire
  
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• Letter: Our pinyon and juniper forests are critical

  22-09-2020 06:00
  
  In a recent interview, Bureau of Land Management Acting Director William Pendley claims that the BLM is justified in the large-scale mechanical removal of pinyon-juniper forests because they are not good for habitat, wildlife or people, and that these forests have encroached onto rangelands that were once dominated by sagebrush.In reality, pinyon pine and juniper forests are native to the Colorado plateau and provide critical habitat for native wildlife. He claims that only sagebrush “gree
  
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• Dave Marston: A clear warning about the Colorado River

  22-09-2020 05:00
  
  For the West this summer, the news about water was grim. In some parts of California, it didn’t rain for over 100 days. In western Colorado, the ground was so dry that runoff at first evaporated into the air. And in New Mexico and Nevada, the rains never came.Bill Hasencamp is the manager of California’s Metropolitan Water District, which provides treated water to 19 million people. What was most unfortunate, he said, was that, “the upper Colorado Basin had a 100% snowpack, yet
  
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• Trump says he’ll choose Supreme Court nominee by weekend; Barrett emerges as favorite

  22-09-2020 03:30
  
  Washington • President Donald Trump met Monday with Judge Amy Coney Barrett at the White House as the conservative jurist emerged as a favorite to replace the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court, the start of a monumental Senate confirmation fight over objections from Democrats it’s too close to the November election.Trump said he expects to announce his pick by week’s end, before the burial of Ginsburg, the court’s liberal icon, at Arlington National Cemetery.Th
  
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• Letter: Gov. Herbert’s Hail Mary

  22-09-2020 03:00
  
  Throwing a Hail Mary is an act of desperation, when, in the final seconds of a football game it’s the only possible way left to snatch victory out of the jaws of almost certain defeat. According to fascinating data provided by BYU’s Cougar Stats blog (“Hail Marys—Just How Improbable Are They?” Sept. 10, 2015), a Hail Mary is successful a meager 2.5% of the time.So one must wonder, when it came to responding to the COVID-19 pandemic two months ago, why our state&rsqu
  
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• Commentary: The most Jewish thing that Ruth Bader Ginsburg ever did

  22-09-2020 02:53
  
  Everything the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg did, and everything she was — was Jewish.• Her immigrant roots — a father who had immigrated from Russia, and who became a furrier.• Her childhood in Brooklyn, complete with membership at the East Midwood Jewish Center.• Her professional struggles — entering the law at a time when Jews were not welcome in Wall Street firms.• The interior decoration of her chambers — a large, silver mezuzah; artistic rendi
  
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• With 622 more cases of COVID-19 in Utah, leaders call on Gov. Herbert to impose statewide mask order

  22-09-2020 02:48
  
  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.As Utah’s rate of new coronavirus cases continued to rise on Monday, Gov. Gary Herbert said he would wait at least another day before enacting any new restrictions — an approach that had Salt Lake County Mayor Jenny Wilson fu
  
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• Bagley Cartoon: Notorious RBG

  22-09-2020 02:12
  
  This Pat Bagley cartoon appears in The Salt Lake Tribune on Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020. You can check out the past 10 Bagley editorial cartoons below:His Story HistorySpiking the RonaRevenge of the DemsFire StarterLowering the BarrOver the RainbowA Mighty WindLoserPutting Pelosi Out ThereUtah FanWant more Bagley? Become a fan on Facebook.
  
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• Will Mitt Romney buck his party on a quick vote on Supreme Court nominee?

  22-09-2020 02:04
  
  Waiting to see if Utah Sen. Mitt Romney will revolt against his party again became less dramatic late Monday when two key Republicans fell in line with leaders, and appeared to give them just enough backing to force a vote before the election on an upcoming nominee by President Donald Trump to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court.Charles Grassley of Iowa and Colorado’s Cory Gardner decided to support that quick vote, even though four years ago the GOP refused to give Merrick Ga
  
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• University of Utah to halt in-person classes ahead of vice presidential debate

  22-09-2020 01:43
  
  The University of Utah will stop in-person classes for two weeks as a precaution against coronavirus spread before a planned U.S. vice presidential debate, school officials reiterated Monday.U. officials initially announced the decision in July. The temporary move to online remote learning comes as Utah during a surge that began after schools and colleges resumed classes. It hit a new high on Friday with a record number of confirmed cases in a single day. Republican Gov. Gary Herbert has so far
  
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• Jonathan M. Ruga and Scott F. Young: Romney and Lee must act now to avert a devastating crisis

  22-09-2020 01:00
  
  It’s been over a month since the $600 weekly boost to unemployment benefits expired, and millions of people across the country are facing a devastating financial situation. After negotiating for months, then giving up and going on recess, Congress has still not reached an agreement.Every additional day that Congress fails to pass a second aid package, the length of our economic recovery increases, and more Utahns are pushed into financial insolvency.If we are going to make it out of this d
  
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• Jana Riess: Does serving a Latter-day Saint mission make people want to help developing countries?

  22-09-2020 00:43
  
  When economist Lee Crawfurd was 10 years old, his mother took him on a safari holiday in Kenya, which ignited his interest in Africa and developing countries.He is now a researcher with the Center for Global Development, which focuses on how wealthy nations' policies on immigration, trade, security and other matters can affect global development.He’s not the only one who became interested in global development after a foundational travel experience. Lots of people vacation in developing na
  
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• Sen. Mike Lee supports quick vote on Supreme Court nominee

  22-09-2020 00:38
  
  Utah Sen. Mike Lee on Monday said he supports moves by Republican leaders to force a vote before the election to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg to the Supreme Court — even though GOP senators blocked President Barack Obama’s nomination four years ago arguing it was too close to the election. The support now from Lee — who is on the Judiciary Committee that will hold confirmation hearings — is no surprise, as he has never been shy to say it is fine for Republicans to wield th
  
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• House passes McAdams bill seeking to slow human trafficking

  22-09-2020 00:11
  
  The U.S. House passed on Monday a bill by Rep. Ben McAdams, D-Utah, that would order a federal study on how to better attack and prevent human trafficking.The House passed by voice vote the Stopping Trafficking, Illicit Flows, Laundering and Exploitation (STIFLE) Act, and sent it to the Senate. The House also previously attached it to the annual defense bill. Differing versions of that defense bill must still be reconciled between the House and Senate.“Illegal trafficking, particularly hum
  
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