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• Latter-day Saints urged to be Christlike in politics, told ‘various political parties’ offer acceptable principles

  06-10-2020 23:55
  
  The ruling First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints urged its U.S. members Tuesday to vote in the upcoming election and, in contrast to last week’s chaotic presidential debate, to be civil and Christlike when it comes to politics.“Please strive to live the gospel in your own life by demonstrating Christlike love and civility in political discourse,” its letter to members says as it urges them to cast well-informed votes.The letter comes three days aft
  
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• Amber Alert issued for 6-year-old Summit County girl

  06-10-2020 23:55
  
  The Summit County Sheriff’s Office issued an Amber Alert for a missing 6-year-old on Tuesday.It said Chanzi Delgado was taken by her estranged father, Mark Anthony Delgado, who does not have legal custody.He is described as a 49-year-old Latino with brown hair, brown eyes and a shaved, bald head last seen driving a black 2007 GMC Yukon with Utah license plate 8G4PP and chrome rims.He is about 5-feet-2 and weighs about 210 pounds. Authorities said he was last seen wearing blue jeans and a b
  
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• Utah golf star Tony Finau announces he has tested positive for COVID-19

  06-10-2020 23:50
  
  Utah golfer Tony Finau announced Tuesday that he has tested positive for COVID-19.Finau also said he is currently asymptomatic.“Earlier today, I received a positive result for Covid-19 under PGA TOUR on-site testing protocols and have begun a period of self-quarantine to protect others around me. I am feeling well, and am otherwise in good spirits,” Finau said on Twitter.He added: “I look forward to returning to action as soon as I am able, and I wish everyone at the Shriners H
  
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• 10 people — including 2 Utahns — and their dogs will compete for $500,000 on Amazon’s ‘The Pack’

  06-10-2020 23:43
  
  Ten people and their dogs will compete for half a million dollars in a new Amazon Prime series — and not only are two of the teams from Utah, one of the episodes was filmed here.Former world champion skier Lindsey Vonn (who competed in her first Olympics at the 2002 Games in Salt lake City) is the host of “The Pack,” which will start streaming on Amazon on Nov. 20. It’s sort of like “The Amazing Race” with human-and-dog teams — contestants tackle challen
  
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• Report: Donovan Mitchell will help lead NBA Social Justice Coalition; free agency Dec. 1?

  06-10-2020 23:14
  
  Utah Jazz’s Donovan Mitchell (45) plays against the Boston Celtics during the first half on an NBA basketball game in Boston, Saturday, Nov. 17, 2018. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer) | Associated Press
  SALT LAKE CITY — Utah Jazz All-Star guard Donovan Mitchell has become a prominent voice concerning matters of racial justice in recent months, and according to a report Tuesday from The Athletic’s Shams Charania, he will formally become part of a new group of NBA players tasked with he
  
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• RSL needs results ‘bad,' and looks to get them on the road in last stretch of 2020 season

  06-10-2020 23:09
  
  Real Salt Lake is about to embark on arguably its most difficult stretch of the 2020 regular season with the Orlando bubble tournament in the rearview and the acclimatization of COVID-19 protocols.RSL has eight games left, five of which are on the road. And those eight games will be finished in just a month’s time.All the while, the team sits just barely over the playoff line in the Western Conference, just three points ahead of the 12th place L.A. Galaxy. And, they’re missing midfie
  
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• LaVell Edwards Stadium to stay empty for Saturday’s BYU-UTSA game

  06-10-2020 22:58
  
  LaVell Edwards will continue to be empty when the Cougars face UTSA Saturday.BYU Athletics announced on Tuesday that the decision was based on the current moderate (orange) risk COVID-19 designation for Provo, which will seemingly not be changed this week.Following this week’s game, the Cougars will travel to Texas to take on Houston Oct. 16.However, “the university hopes to have fans in the stadium on Oct. 24 versus Texas State,” as continued efforts to lower case counts and c
  
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• ‘Utah Politics’ podcast: Rev. Al Sharpton on the vice presidential debate and America at a crossroads

  06-10-2020 22:35
  
  Following last week’s bombastic presidential debate, Americans might be hoping for a more sedate event when Vice President Mike Pence and Sen. Kamala Harris meet on the debate stage Wednesday in Salt Lake City.“I think it will be a more substantive debate than what we saw in last week’s debacle,” says Rev. Al Sharpton, host of MSNBC’s “Politics Nation.”“I don’t think it will devolve into fisticuffs,” he added.Sharpton was a guest on the
  
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• Victoria Peck: America needs migrant workers

  06-10-2020 22:23
  
  My name is Victoria Peck. I am 11 years old, and I have a home here in Utah. I have never moved from my house, and I have always gone to the same school. My dad has always had the same job as a teacher. I have all the same friends since I was very young, and I love it. I have a place to call my own.In school I recently read a story called Amelia’s Road. It was about a little girl who was a migrant worker. She had to move from place to place during the harvest time. Her father had to move h
  
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• Liz Moore: Working-class students deserve an equal chance at getting college degrees

  06-10-2020 22:22
  
  I’m a first-generation college student from the working class. I’m in my mid-30s. I’ve been struggling to obtain an education while working full time to support myself for over 10 years. The pursuit of education has often been at odds with my health needs, and I’ve found myself having to make hard decisions between my health and my education because of the lack of resources available to me.I often hear of the extraordinary and inspirational stories of people who come from
  
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• Guitar rock legend Eddie Van Halen dies of cancer at 65

  06-10-2020 22:20
  
  New York • Eddie Van Halen, the guitar virtuoso whose blinding speed, control and innovation propelled his band Van Halen into one of hard rock’s biggest groups, fueled the unmistakable fiery solo in Michael Jackson’s hit “Beat It” and became elevated to the status of rock god, has died. He was 65A person close to Van Halen’s family confirmed the rocker died Tuesday due to cancer. The person was not authorized to publicly release details in advance of an offici
  
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• Man dies in fall at Glen Canyon Dam Overlook, and recovery crews find remains of another body

  06-10-2020 22:11
  
  A man has died in a fall at the Glen Canyon Dam Overlook — and while crews were retrieving his body, they found the remains of another body.The fall happened Sunday morning at the overlook, near Page, Ariz., just over the Utah state line in the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, according to a release from the recreation area and the Coconino County Sheriff’s Office.Witnesses reported the man — identified as Orlando Serrano-Arzola, 25, of Phoenix — was on top of the ri
  
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• Legendary rocker Eddie Van Halen dead at 65

  06-10-2020 22:00
  
  Eddie Van Halen, the legendary guitarist and co-founder of rock supergroup Van Halen, has died after a battle with throat cancer.He was 65.Van Halen’s son broke the news in a series of social media posts.“I can’t believe I’m having to write this, but my father, Edward Lodewijk Van Halen, has lost his long and arduous battle with cancer this morning,” son Wolfgang Van Halen wrote.“He was the best father I could ever ask for. Every moment I’ve shared with
  
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• Gordon Monson: Can unbeaten BYU and its players, coaches and fans handle the truth? Yeah, but.

  06-10-2020 21:54
  
  Before anybody gets carried away here — oops, too late? — this is a reminder to BYU football, its players, its coaches and fans, to remember thepast, to remember that there’s a big ol' “yeah, but” attached to prettymuch everything the Cougars achieve this season, even if what theyachieve is — dare we use the word anymore? — perfect.There’s nothing wrong with that “yeah, but” appendage, at least nothing for which to blame BYU.Considering
  
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• As Utah reports 716 new coronavirus cases, Salt Lake City mayor wants to reinstate restrictions

  06-10-2020 21:38
  
  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 716 new coronavirus cases reported in Utah on Tuesday, Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall wants Gov. Gary Herbert to allow the city to return to “orange,” or moderate, restriction levels.“Our data’s continu
  
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• Women hold ‘considerably fewer’ positions in Utah’s cities than in state and county governments

  06-10-2020 20:59
  
  The percentage of women who hold leadership positions in Utah’s cities and towns ranges widely — from a high of 83.3% in the town of Marysvale in Piute County to a low of 6.7% in Naples in Uintah County.That’s according to a new analysis released Tuesday by the Utah Women and Leadership Project at Utah State University, which also found that female leaders are more likely to hold clout in less populated counties than those with larger populations, and make up a higher percentag
  
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• Investigation opened into match-fixing at French Open match

  06-10-2020 20:27
  
  Paris • The Paris prosecutor’s office has opened a police investigation into suspicions of match-fixing at the French Open.The office said the investigation is being conducted by a French police unit that specializes in betting fraud and match-fixing probes and which, among other investigations, has previously worked with Belgian authorities in investigating suspected fixed matches at the lower levels of professional tennis.But match-fixing probes targeting Grand Slam tennis are compa
  
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• The vice presidential debate in Utah: What you need to know about the big event

  06-10-2020 20:26
  
  The lights will come and the nation’s attention will turn to Salt Lake City as Vice President Mike Pence and Sen. Kamala Harris meet for the first and only time on the debate stage.The vice presidential debate is usually a snoozefest, but Wednesday’s event is taking place during a global pandemic, an economic downturn and a political season that feels like a soap opera. Republicans are rushing to fill a vacancy on the Supreme Court before Election Day. President Donald Trump got the
  
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• Brooklyn Larsen: How can students remain upbeat during the pandemic?

  06-10-2020 20:22
  
  As a national student body, and a worldwide collective group of youth, the COVID-19 pandemic has greatly impacted us and our way of life. The youth of this country have struggled greatly with the closure of our educational system as well as the closure of extracurricular activities. There are, in fact, millions of cases of suicide, depression, or some other form of mental issue since the beginning of the closure. Nearly half of all Americans have and continue to be affected mentally by the pande
  
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• Brecklynn Brown: We need to break the partisan trend of arguments and anger

  06-10-2020 20:21
  
  When I watch the news, all I see is arguing between Democrats and Republicans. When I watch the news, all I see is citizen fighting against citizen. When I watch the news, all I see are two candidates from opposing parties trying to tear each other down. If our leaders can’t get along, how are the citizens supposed to get along?Our nation’s capital is setting a poor example of unity and respect. No matter who we are and what we stand for, we all want to be heard and we all want to be
  
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• Trailblazing apostle Gerrit Gong and his wife have COVID-19; other senior LDS leaders to be tested

  06-10-2020 20:09
  
  Apostle Gerrit W. Gong, who recently was exposed to the coronavirus, has tested positive, becoming the first leader in the upper echelons of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints known to have COVID-19.His wife, Susan Gong, also has tested positive, the Utah-based faith announced Tuesday in a news release.“Their condition is mild, but they are being cautious and their health is being carefully monitored by doctors,” church spokesman Eric Hawkins stated. “The church wi
  
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• Nels Elde, University of Utah evolutionary geneticist, receives MacArthur Foundation ‘genius grant’

  06-10-2020 20:08
  
  A University of Utah scientist who studies how microbes evolve with their hosts — human bodies — has received one of the nation’s most prestigious awards: A MacArthur Fellowship, often called a “genius grant.”Nels Elde, an evolutionary geneticist at the U., is one of 21 people — a group that includes writers, scientists, sociologists, a property law scholar and a documentary filmmaker — who were picked for their creativity, their track record and their p
  
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• Watch ‘Trib Talk’ live: How Utah’s housing market continues to thrive in spite of a pandemic

  06-10-2020 20:00
  
  Watch live here.The pandemic brought many industries to a screeching halt. One sector, however, continued to thrive.On the next episode of “Trib Talk,” Tribune reporter Tony Semerad talks with Alicia Holdaway, president of the Salt Lake Board of Realtors, about Utah’s booming housing market and how the social shifts created by our reaction to the coronavirus are drawing people to Utah.Watch live on our Facebook page at noon on Tuesday. Tweet your questions using #TribTalk, or e
  
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• Trump administration faulted over breaks for oil companies

  06-10-2020 19:39
  
  Billings, Mont. • A U.S. government watchdog agency faulted the Trump administration Tuesday for its handling of a COVID-19 relief effort that awarded companies breaks on payments for oil and gas extracted from public lands in Western states in more than 500 cases.The Government Accountability Office, a nonpartisan arm of Congress, said haphazard rules for the program left the administration unable to say how much relief was given or if it would ultimately benefit taxpayers, as was intended
  
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• Utah’s preseason football camp will not look like it normally does. Here’s why

  06-10-2020 18:39
  
  Under normal conditions for the University of Utah football program, fall camp would open in late July or early August, and that is all anyone would have to worry about.The start of fall classes would still be weeks away, so days are completely dedicated to football. Practice, meetings and weight training are among the various activities going on from early in the morning until late at night.The Utes will open training camp on Friday in advance of a seven-game season beginning Nov. 7 vs. Arizona
  
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• Tourist sites on Navajo Nation to remain closed through 2020

  06-10-2020 18:32
  
  Window Rock, Ariz. • Tourist sites on the Navajo Nation, including the Four Corners Monument, will be closed through at least the rest of the year.The Navajo Parks and Recreation Department cited a rise in coronavirus cases on the reservation and a tribal public health order in making the announcement. It said it will reassess in January.The closure extends to rivers, trails, canyons and roads that lead to tribal parks at Lake Powell, the Little Colorado River, Antelope Canyon and Window Ro
  
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• ‘The coal industry is back,’ Trump proclaimed. It wasn’t.

  06-10-2020 18:26
  
  Page, Ariz. • For decades, waves of electricity poured from this behemoth of a power plant on the high desert plateau of the Navajo reservation in northern Arizona, lighting up hundreds of thousands of homes from Phoenix to Las Vegas as it burned 240 rail cars' worth of coal a day.But as the day shift ended here at the Navajo Generating Station one evening early this year, all but a half-dozen spaces in the employee parking lot — a stretch of asphalt larger than a football field &mdas
  
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• Trailblazing LDS apostle Gerrit Gong and his wife test positive for COVID-19

  06-10-2020 18:17
  
  Apostle Gerrit W. Gong, who recently was exposed to the coronavirus, has tested positive, becoming the first member in the upper leadership echelons of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints known to have COVID-19.His wife, Susan Gong, also has tested positive, the Utah-based faith announced Tuesday in a news release.“Their condition is mild, but they are being cautious and their health is being carefully monitored by doctors,” church spokesman Eric Hawkins stated. “Th
  
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• Utah woman who fled state with her 6-year-old son is facing felony charge

  06-10-2020 16:23
  
  A Utah woman who took her son to Oregon — despite the fact that the boy’s father has full custody of him — has been charged with felony custodial interference.Emily Jolley, 43, of Murray was charged in 3rd District Court with custodial interference across state lines, a third-degree felony. Oregon resident Bonnie Jackson, 56, is facing the same charge. According to police, Jackson transported Jolley and 6-year-old Terran Butler from Utah to Oregon.No-bail warrants have been iss
  
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• GOP willing to let sick senators vote for Amy Coney Barrett

  06-10-2020 15:43
  
  Washington • Shuttered by COVID-19 infections, the Republican-led Senate is refusing to delay confirmation of President Donald Trump’s pick for the Supreme Court. They are even willing to make special arrangements so sick senators can vote for Judge Amy Coney Barrett, and Democrats appear powerless to stop them.Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., said Monday that he’ll go to the Capitol “in a moon suit” to vote if he’s still testing positive for the coronavirus, which ha
  
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• Salt Lake County recorder touts transparency, but her opponent says it’s lacking

  06-10-2020 15:14
  
  In her first term, Salt Lake County Recorder Rashelle Hobbs launched a new alert tool for property owners and funneled millions back to the county’s general fund, all while keeping her office humming during pandemic closures.But her opponent in this year’s election, attorney Erin Preston, says the recorder needs to do a better job making documents searchable and viewable online for free.“They frequently tout how much money they’re bringing into the recorder’s office
  
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• ‘Trib Talk’: How Utah’s housing market continues to thrive in spite of a pandemic

  06-10-2020 15:12
  
  The pandemic brought many industries to a screeching halt. One sector, however, continued to thrive.On the next episode of “Trib Talk,” Tribune reporter Tony Semerad talks with Alicia Holdaway, president of the Salt Lake Board of Realtors, about Utah’s booming housing market and how the social shifts created by our reaction to the coronavirus are drawing people to Utah.Watch live on our Facebook page at noon on Tuesday. Tweet your questions using #TribTalk, or email them to tri
  
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• Robert Kirby: What happened to manners in political debates?

  06-10-2020 14:00
  
  With the Old Man gone now, I’ll have to find someone else with whom to engage in political debates. It’s going to be tough.Thanks to human nature, it’s almost impossible to find someone with whom to have political discussions that don’t end in threat of a physical assault or harsh words like “… and your mother, too!”The Old Man and I could argue politics and still tolerate each other once the discussions were over. Granted, these talks weren’t ent
  
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• Catherine Weller: Press candidates on how they will move our country forward

  06-10-2020 14:00
  
  This week, vice presidential candidates Kamala Harris and Mike Pence will take the debate stage here in Utah for the first time together and go head-to-head on some of the most pressing issues facing our country, including democracy reforms.At the League of Women Voters, we’ve long recognized the value of candidates coming together to publicly state their positions on how they plan to move our country forward. As an early sponsor of the televised presidential debates, we’ve convened
  
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• Letter: Idling cars in Millcreek Canyon worsen pollution

  06-10-2020 13:00
  
  Sunday morning I woke to a gorgeous day, a respite in the unseasonably warm temperatures and a break from the smoky air. I headed to Millcreek Canyon and expected it to be busy, but I didn’t anticipate the gigantic line of cars trying to exit the canyon. I have an annual pass to Millcreek, but many people pay $5 for day use, which is a wonderful way to manage over-use in the canyon. To exit the canyon, all cars must stop and show their pass or pay a fee with a credit card. Too late to turn
  
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• Letter: Bring women into the Quorum

  06-10-2020 07:00
  
  Rather than eliminating a statue, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will show more relevance in today’s world by bringing women into the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. That would really be groundbreaking.Stephanie Richardson, Park CitySubmit a letter to the editor
  
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• Vice President Mike Pence arrives in Utah for debate, says election stakes ‘have never been higher’

  06-10-2020 06:01
  
  Just before Vice President Mike Pence flew to Salt Lake City on Monday, he talked up the debate Wednesday with Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris at the University of Utah.“The stakes in this election have never been higher, the choice has never been clearer, and I look forward to the opportunity to take our case to the American people for four more years for President Donald Trump in the White House,” he told reporters at Andrews Air Force Base.Pence arrived at Salt
  
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• Jennifer Senior: Why Fox News is still a coronavirus bubble

  06-10-2020 06:00
  
  Back in the 1950s, psychologist Leon Festinger came up with cognitive dissonance theory, which can essentially be described as the very human desire to reconcile the irreconcilable. Our brains, he realized, will go to baroque lengths — do magic tricks, even — to preserve the integrity of our worldview, even when the facts inconveniently club us over the head with a 2-by-4.Festinger’s most famous case study was of a cult that believed life on Earth would come to an end in a grea
  
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• White House nixes tougher FDA guidelines on vaccine approval

  06-10-2020 04:31
  
  Washington • The White House has blocked new Food and Drug Administration guidelines on bringing potential vaccines for COVID-19 to market that would almost certainly have prevented their approval before the Nov. 3 election.At issue was the FDA’s planned requirement that participants in the ongoing mass clinical trials for nearly a half-dozen vaccine candidates be followed for two months to ensure there are no side effects and that the vaccines provide lasting protection from the viru
  
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• Frank Bruni: A president in the hospital and a nation in the dark

  06-10-2020 04:00
  
  The coronavirus’ rampage through America threw a spotlight on its failings — on the galling inequality, the fatal partisanship, the susceptibility to fiction and the way in which rugged individualism had curdled into plain old selfishness.The coronavirus’s rampage through the White House has had the same effect. What we have seen over recent days is Donald Trump’s presidency in miniature, his worst traits distilled. Two in particular — mendacity and recklessness &md
  
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• COVID-19 cases explode at Utah State Prison in Draper

  06-10-2020 03:21
  
  COVID-19 cases have exploded at the Utah State Prison, which is now reporting 196 active cases — up from just two on Sept. 23.All of them are in the Wasatch A and B blocks at the Draper campus. The Wasatch facility, which opened in 1952, is the oldest at the prison. Those two A and B blocks hold 327 prisoners, so 60% of them now have tested positive.“Nearly all of those who are positive for COVID in those housing units are either asymptomatic or they are experiencing very minor sympt
  
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• Letter: We have to do something about Utah’s housing crisis

  06-10-2020 03:10
  
  Recent college graduates have much to worry about — an uncertain job market, managing financial independence and where the future will take them. As I anticipate graduating with my bachelor’s degree from Utah State University in the spring, I am especially worried about the worsening housing affordability crisis that Utah finds itself in.The Utah Housing Gap Coalition presents some alarming statistics on its website. First, Utah’s population has doubled in the past 30 years and
  
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• Vice President Mike Pence arrives in Utah, says debate stakes ‘have never been higher’

  06-10-2020 03:02
  
  Just before Vice President Mike Pence flew to Salt Lake City on Monday, he talked up the debate Wednesday with Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris at the University of Utah.“The stakes in this election have never been higher, the choice has never been clearer, and I look forward to the opportunity to take our case to the American people for four more years for President Donald Trump in the White House,” he told reporters at Andrews Air Force Base.Pence arrived at Salt
  
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• Hundreds of Regal, Cineworld theaters to close

  06-10-2020 03:00
  
  London • In the latest blow to the beleaguered film industry, the second-largest movie theater chain in the U.S. is temporarily shuttering its locations Thursday due to a lack of blockbusters on the calendar and major domestic markets like New York remaining closed.Cineworld Group Plc said Monday that it would close 536 Regal cinemas in the U.S. and 127 Cineworld and Picturehouse venues in the U.K. this week, affecting some 45,000 employees. There is a Regal location in Taylorsville.“
  
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• Utah poll has Trump up 10, and a big majority don’t see him as a person of faith

  06-10-2020 02:16
  
  President Donald Trump has a 10-point lead over Joe Biden in Utah with less than a month to go before the presidential election.The survey from Y2 Analytics found Trump ahead of Biden by a roughly 50% to 40% split among likely voters, while about 10% said they favored another candidate. The number of respondents who said they were undecided was tiny and would make up about 1%.Y2 surveyed 1,214 likely voters online from Sept. 26 to Oct. 4. The latter half of that time period covers the aftermath
  
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• Pepper Trail: Fanning the flames in Oregon with hate and lies

  06-10-2020 02:00
  
  In early September, the Almeda Fire ignited at the edge of my hometown of Ashland, Oregon, and roared through the nearby towns of Talent and Phoenix, pushed by hot south winds.Over 2,800 houses, mobile homes and apartment units were destroyed, representing much of the low-income housing in our increasingly expensive valley. Three people were killed. The story was repeated across Oregon this fire season, and at its peak almost a million acres burned across the state. Some 500,000 people were forc
  
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• Trump, still infectious and not wearing a mask, returns to White House

  06-10-2020 01:54
  
  Bethesda, Md. • President Donald Trump staged a dramatic return to the White House Monday night after leaving the military hospital where he has been receiving an unprecedented level of care for COVID-19. He immediately ignited a new controversy by declaring that despite his illness the nation should not fear the virus that has killed more than 210,000 Americans — and then he entered the White House without a protective mask.Trump’s message alarmed infectious disease experts and
  
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• Utah’s courts tweak pandemic rules, offer leniency for people with bad internet

  06-10-2020 01:48
  
  If a balky internet connections causes a person to miss an online court hearing, they may be able to avoid an arrest warrant after some tweaks ordered Monday by Utah Supreme Court Chief Justice Matthew B. Durrant.He made a few changes to emergency orders that govern how courts operate during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.One of them says, “A court may not issue a warrant solely for a person’s failure to appear for a remote hearing or comply in a class B or C misdemeanor or infraction
  
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• Letter: Trump does not respect all of God’s children

  06-10-2020 01:00
  
  During the recent semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, President Russell M. Nelson admonished church members to “lead out in abandoning attitudes and actions of prejudice” and to “promote respect for all of God’s children.”The upcoming presidential election provides a timely opportunity for people of all faiths and goodwill to unitedly follow this counsel.The current president of the United States has repeatedly and unapo
  
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• Trump leaves hospital, exhorts nation don’t fear virus

  06-10-2020 00:56
  
  Bethesda, Md. • Stepping gingerly, President Donald Trump walked out the military hospital Monday night where he has been receiving an unprecedented level of care for COVID-19, immediately igniting a new controversy by declaring that despite his illness the nation should fear the virus that has killed more than 210,000 Americans.Wearing a mask, Trump left Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for a waiting SUV that carried him to Marine One for the short helicopter flight back to the
  
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