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• Utah’s Sean Reyes joins lawsuit against Google for its ad practices

  16-12-2020 23:54
  
  Utah is joining a multistate lawsuit against Google, alleging the search engine is “anticompetitive” and “deceptive” in its ad practices.The suit alleges that Google has violated Federal and State Antitrust Laws by monopolizing online advertising services. It also alleges that Google engaged in “deceptive acts” while selling, buying and auctioning online ads. This increased costs for advertisers and harmed the ability of online publishers to profit from their
  
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• Corner Canyon QB Jaxson Dart is headed to USC. Here’s where some other top Utah prep football recruits are going.

  16-12-2020 23:35
  
  While some high school football players close to sign national letters of intent to local schools such as Utah, BYU or Utah State, some of the state’s top talent decided to continue their careers elsewhere.A dozen players signed with out-of-state schools, highlighted by four-star recruits Jaxson Dart and Jackson Light of Corner Canyon High School, and Kingsley Suamataia of Orem High School.Dart chose USC on Wednesday morning, while Light and Suamataia had already committed to the Universit
  
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• Utah gymnasts strut their stuff in an empty Huntsman Center to get their ‘21 season going

  16-12-2020 23:32
  
  An empty arena and piped in music greeted Utah’s gymnastics team asit held the annual Red Rocks preseason event at the Huntsman Center onWednesday.It wasn’t the usual festive atmosphere the gymnasts are accustomed toin their home arena, but the gymnastics at least seemed to be up toUtah standards.Despite getting a late start to their training due to restrictions inplace for COVID-19, the Utes were fairly clean in their routines.Standouts were senior Alexia Burch with sticks on her va
  
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• Wajahat Ali: What makes you think 2021 will be any better?

  16-12-2020 23:22
  
  I’m not a Debbie Downer. Far from it. I’m usually an optimist who pushes for hope in the most dire of circumstances. However, when I hear friends talk about how the new year and Joe Biden’s presidency will answer our collective prayers and cleanse our collective palate from 2020′s unrelenting onslaught of pain and misery, I can’t help but feel skeptical.“What makes you think 2021 will be any better?” I ask them.Like many, I would love an instant catharsi
  
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• Kimball Dean Parker: The fall of Mike Lee

  16-12-2020 23:22
  
  How far Mike Lee has fallen.As a Republican who worked for the Bush administration, I once admired Sen. Lee’s fierce adherence to the Constitution and his devotion to democracy. He believed in religious freedom, small government, fiscal responsibility and free market economics.But, like many in politics, his early devotions have fallen to self-interest. When the biggest threat to the Constitution in his lifetime arose out of his own party — when the sitting president of the United St
  
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• Bagley Cartoon: Working President

  16-12-2020 23:20
  
  This Pat Bagley cartoon appears in The Salt Lake Tribune on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020. You can check out the past 10 Bagley editorial cartoons below:Time of Good CheerLoyalty OafManspreader MansplainsMAGA Makes Their PointThe Straight PoopA Christmas StoryThe Trump Presidential LibraryBear NecessitiesTreading CoronavirusQanon Be Like ...Want more Bagley? Become a fan on Facebook.
  
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• Evan McMullin: Should Never Trump conservatives form a new political party?

  16-12-2020 22:55
  
  Donald Trump’s refusal to accept his electoral defeat is alarming, but unsurprising. It is Mr. Trump’s character to reject even reality itself when it conflicts with his ego. More alarming is the long list of state and national Republican leaders cravenly falling in line behind his desperate efforts to topple American democracy.On Friday, the Supreme Court rejected a Texas lawsuit to overturn the election, a legal challenge that was as frivolous as it was anti-constitutional. Yet mor
  
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• BYU’s early signing class is on the small side, but Kalani Sitake says Cougars meeting their needs

  16-12-2020 22:38
  
  Provo • With the start of the early signing period underway on Wednesday, BYU wasted no time getting some top talent to sign their national letter of intent to play for the Cougars.Obviously, the latest recruiting period has been more difficult than usual, with athletes unable to visit different programs due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, but the Cougars took it all in stride.Even without having official on-campus visits, which BYU coach Kalani Sitake considers the strongest part of t
  
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• Plan gives Utah teachers a $1,500 bonus, but lawmakers may leave out Salt Lake City educators

  16-12-2020 22:25
  
  Utah lawmakers are adding $400 million to the state’s public school budget this year, and maybe more, under a plan unveiled Wednesday.Included is $121 million to provide a $1,500 one-time bonus for licensed educators. Non-administrative staffers in schools will see a $1,000 bonus, while part-time employees will receive a prorated payment. Lawmakers are hoping to get those bonuses to teachers sometime in February.The bonus money should be quite welcome for teachers as the average annual med
  
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• Joe Biden is under pressure to ban oil and gas leasing, but this study says that will cost Utah dearly

  16-12-2020 22:14
  
  Editor’s note: This story is available to Tribune subscribers only. Thank you for supporting important local journalism.The incoming Biden administration is under intense pressure to end permitting for oil and gas development on public lands from environmentalists who see this as a necessary step toward reducing the carbon emissions disrupting the climate.As a candidate, President-elect Joe Biden made such a pledge and a large coalition is now insisting his administration bar drilling on t
  
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• ‘Mormon Land’: The Atlantic’s McKay Coppins explores the LDS Church’s quest for approval, its future, and his interview with President Russell Nelson

  16-12-2020 21:45
  
  In a lengthy essay in The Atlantic posted online Wednesday, reporter McKay Coppins examines The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and its history as “The Most American Religion.”In a subtitle, the article states: “Perpetual outsiders, Mormons spent 200 years assimilating to a certain national ideal — only to find their country is in an identity crisis. What will the third century of the faith look like?”Coppins’ piece looks backward and forward, not
  
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• UTA moves forward with plans for new downtown TRAX station

  16-12-2020 21:39
  
  A new TRAX station in downtown Salt Lake City should be completed by the end of 2021, according to an agreement the Utah Transit Authority Board approved Wednesday with Salt Lake City.Terms say construction of that station at 650 S. Main Street should begin by July, and be finished no later than Dec. 15, 2021.UTA and the city in April approved a $300,000 contract to design the station. The latest agreement is for the city’s Redevelopment Agency to cover the $2 million in construction costs
  
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• 19 more Utahns have died from the coronavirus, with another 2,928 new cases reported

  16-12-2020 21:24
  
  Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing free access to critical stories about the coronavirus. Sign up for our Top Stories newsletter, sent to your inbox every weekday morning. To support journalism like this, please donate or become a subscriber.The 2,928 cases of COVID-19 reported on Wednesday nudged up the weekly average for the number of new diagnoses, but the average rate of positive tests is sliding down slowly.For the past week, the state has averaged 2,600 new positive te
  
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• Weekly Run: Why the Utah Jazz cut Nigel Williams-Goss, and why their lack of ‘point guards’ means nothing

  16-12-2020 21:07
  
  The Weekly Run is a newsletter about the Utah Jazz. Not a subscriber? Sign up here.When the Jazz PR team sent out a text on Monday morning asking some of the reporters who cover the team who they wanted to speak with following shootaround, I made the unusual move of requesting Nigel Williams-Goss.As a guy who barely saw any action for the team last season, he wasn’t often asked for. However, he was just coming off an honestly shocking 15-point performance in Saturday’s preseason open
  
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• UTA will keep its bus and train service at 91% of pre-pandemic levels in 2021

  16-12-2020 20:53
  
  Wasatch Front bus and train riders will endure no deeper service cuts next year as the pandemic continues, thanks to a $101 million in emergency federal aid.That money is covering holes in the Utah Transit Authority budget that hit after ridership plummeted because of COVID-19 hit. Ridership still is about 59% below pre-pandemic levels.Under the new budget approve Wednesday, service next year will be at 91% percent of pre-coronavirus levels, the same as is currently offered.The federal governmen
  
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• MLB reclassifies Negro Leagues as major league

  16-12-2020 20:43
  
  New York • Willie Mays will add some hits to his record, Monte Irvin’s big league batting average should climb over .300 and Satchel Paige may add nearly 150 victories to his total. Josh Gibson, the greatest of all Negro League sluggers, might just wind up with a major league record, too.The statistics and records of greats like Gibson, Paige and roughly 3,400 other players are set to join Major League Baseball’s books after MLB announced Wednesday it is reclassifying the Negro
  
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• Supreme Court agrees to hear NCAA athlete compensation case

  16-12-2020 18:49
  
  Washington • For the first time in more than three decades, the Supreme Court will hear a case involving the NCAA and what it means to be a college athlete.The high court on Wednesday agreed to review a court decision in an antitrust lawsuit the NCAA has said blurred “the line between student-athletes and professionals” by removing caps on compensation that major college football and basketball players can receive.The case will be argued in 2021 with a decision expected before t
  
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• Jazz sign Tre Scott

  16-12-2020 18:18
  
  JD Shaw: The Jazz have signed free agent forward Tre Scott. Utah created roster space by waving Nigel Williams-Goss yesterday.
  
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• Top Montana prospect signs with BYU as early signing period gets underway

  16-12-2020 17:51
  
  With the start of the early signing period underway on Wednesday, BYU wasted no time getting some top talent to sign their national letter of intent to play for the Cougars.One of the first to join the recruiting class of 2021 was Dylan Rollins, the top prospect from the state of Montana, according to 247Sports.Committed!! Go Cougs!🤙 @kalanifsitake @CoachMateos @BYUfootball pic.twitter.com/9HNRb8KAKH— Dylan_Rollins (@DylanRollins14) December 8, 2020Rollins, an offensive lineman, al
  
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• How to help The Salt Lake Tribune cover the COVID-19 vaccine rollout

  16-12-2020 16:55
  
  Dr. Eddie Stenehjem, one of Utah’s leading infectious disease physicians, recently said the COVID-19 vaccine is “the light at the end of the tunnel. However, that tunnel that we’re in is still quite long.”Since the pandemic’s beginning, reporters at The Salt Lake Tribune have walked Utahns through that tunnel, explaining the state’s experience with the coronavirus. We’ve covered the multimillion-dollar contracts that companies secured from state governme
  
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• Snowstorm is headed for Utah on Thursday

  16-12-2020 16:26
  
  A winter storm is headed for Utah on Thursday, just in time for the morning commute north of Salt Lake City — and will affect the evening commute up and down the Wasatch Front.According to the National Weather Service, snow will move into northern Utah on Thursday morning and spread south in the afternoon and evening. A winter weather advisory has been issued for the Wasatch Mountains, the western Uinta Mountains, the Wasatch Plateau/Book Cliffs and Utah’s central mountains from 8 a.
  
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• Utah football recruit Peter Costelli will enroll next month as early signing period begins

  16-12-2020 15:47
  
  If the COVID-19 pandemic allows spring football practice to happen come March, the cornerstone of the University of Utah football program’s recruiting class will be there.Peter Costelli, a four-star quarterback from Mission Viejo (Calif.) High School, told The Salt Lake Tribune late Tuesday evening that he will enroll for the spring semester starting Jan. 19, which means he would be available for spring ball, which is likely to start in early or mid-March.247sports first was first to repor
  
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• Alta mayor calls for quiet after study at resort shows how loud talking can spread coronavirus droplets around

  16-12-2020 15:40
  
  With snow absorbing the ambient chatter, the quiet at the top of an empty ski run can have a Zen effect.Likewise, one elected official is suggesting a similar hush in locker rooms, bathrooms, lift lines and restaurants in and around Utah’s ski resorts could calm the spread of COVID-19.“What I’m fantasizing about,” said Town of Alta Mayor Harris Sondak, “is our [variable messaging signs] saying: ‘Be boisterous and kill your bro.’”Sondak isn’t
  
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• There are ways Utah cities can boost affordable housing. But some residents may not like them.

  16-12-2020 15:12
  
  If you’re looking for a place to live in Utah right now, you’re well aware that home prices and prevailing rents are high and climbing skyward.With Utah’s housing shortage now reaching crisis worsened by the pandemic, researchers at the University of Utah have published a new guide to help cities encourage more homebuilding at more accessible prices — including some ideas not always popular with existing residents.Heading the list of “best practices” from the
  
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• Evan McMullin: Should NeverTrump conservatives form a new political party?

  16-12-2020 15:12
  
  Donald Trump’s refusal to accept his electoral defeat is alarming, but unsurprising. It is Mr. Trump’s character to reject even reality itself when it conflicts with his ego. More alarming is the long list of state and national Republican leaders cravenly falling in line behind his desperate efforts to topple American democracy.On Friday, the Supreme Court rejected a Texas lawsuit to overturn the election, a legal challenge that was as frivolous as it was anti-constitutional. Yet mor
  
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• Do Utah lawmakers listen to the people they serve? Most voters say no.

  16-12-2020 15:12
  
  Two out of three Utah voters believe state lawmakers listen to business, religious or special interest groups more than they do voters, according to the Utah Foundation.The nonprofit surveyed hundreds of Utahns for its Utah Priorities Project and found that voters in March ranked the unresponsiveness of politicians as the top issue. But in July, well into the coronavirus pandemic, it had dropped to No. 6 behind health care, taxes, education, the economy and the pandemic. Some 1,150 registered vo
  
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• Alta mayor calls for quiet after turning to science to determine risk of catching coronavirus in town, at resort

  16-12-2020 15:00
  
  With snow absorbing the ambient chatter, the quiet at the top of an empty ski run can have a Zen effect.Likewise, one elected official is suggesting a similar hush in locker rooms, bathrooms, lift lines and restaurants in and around Utah’s ski resorts could calm the spread of COVID-19.“What I’m fantasizing about,” said Town of Alta Mayor Harris Sondak, “is our [variable messaging signs] saying: ‘Be boisterous and kill your bro.’”Sondak isn’t
  
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• Lawmaker wants to block Utah from forcing people to get the vaccine, but says businesses can

  16-12-2020 14:15
  
  Utah’s front-line health workers are now getting the COVID-19 vaccine, the beginning of a huge endeavor that in the latter half of 2021 may end with the community having “herd immunity.” That’s when enough people are immune that the virus can’t effectively spread.With the measles, it’s estimated that 94% of the population must be immune to establish herd immunity. Experts don’t know what that percentage needs to be for COVID-19, but vaccinations are the
  
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• Robert Gehrke: Where do Utah Democrats go from here?

  16-12-2020 14:14
  
  Studying Greek mythology back in high school, we probably all learned the story of Sisyphus, who was sentenced by the gods to roll a boulder up a mountain only to have it roll all the way back down each time he neared the top.And one night, Sisyphus was sitting in a bar, just before closing time, telling this story of futility and disappointment and the guy next to him says, “You think that’s bad? I’m a Utah Democrat.”It’s how it is and how it has been for Democrats
  
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• Utah teachers would get a $1,500 bonus under education plan to be unveiled Wednesday

  16-12-2020 14:00
  
  Utah lawmakers are readying a plan to give teacher a $1,500 bonus as a thank you for working in difficult conditions caused by the pandemic. It’s part of an education funding package expected to be unveiled Wednesday.Several House and Senate sources tell The Salt Lake Tribune that legislative leaders plan to propose adding $140 million to next year’s education budget in addition to the bonus money for teachers.That money makes good on a promised 6% increase in the basic unit of schoo
  
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• Letter: Time magazine shows full media bias

  16-12-2020 14:00
  
  When Time magazine placed Joe Biden and Kamala Harris on their cover as Persons of the Year they insulted hundreds of thousands of doctors, nurses, other medical personnel and the many first responders who have been in the trenches caring for us during this terrible, devastating pandemic.Instead, they put on a person who spent almost the entirety of his campaign in his basement at home. And a vice presidential candidate who could not engender sufficient public or fiscal support to even enter the
  
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• Letter: McAdams fell with the other Blue Dogs

  16-12-2020 14:00
  
  I voted for Ben McAdams, as did the majority of Salt Lake County voters. Ben’s numbers dropped in Juab, Sanpete and Utah counties. No surprise that this gerrymandered district fails to represent urban voters.When Ben slings accusations at the left, though, I wince and think he needs to do a little soul-searching. Every single candidate who co-sponsored Rep. Pramila Jayapal’s 2019 Medicare for All legislation won reelection in 2020. Of the 93 cosponsors for the Green New Deal bill who
  
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• Letter: Lee, Stewart and Reyes should resign

  16-12-2020 14:00
  
  Sen. Mike Lee, Rep. Chris Stewart and Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes should resign. They took an oath to honor and defend the U.S. Constitution.Instead, they wanted to have a court turn over an election — an election that has been deemed by the government as a safe, no-fraud election.If they want to dedicate their lives to the Trump team, they should resign and let us elect someone to represent Utah.The Supreme Court would not even consider what they deemed a nuisance lawsuit.Utah deserv
  
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• Letter: Grateful to have The Tribune in any form

  16-12-2020 14:00
  
  As a former journalist, I know and love the smell of the printing press. While I appreciate the value of our senses in the intellectual process, I am more than willing to forfeit the feel of inky paper between my fingers if it preserves the daily deliverance of local news.Early on, I saw the writing on the wall. I have been a digital-only subscriber for many years now. I believed that if we could get to the point of replicating the reading experience through hand-held devices, that would be enou
  
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• Letter: Even economists support a carbon fee

  16-12-2020 14:00
  
  Yes, climate change impacts our health and environment. But let’s not forget the impact on our economy and therefore our livelihoods.A 2015 Stanford University study shows that if we do nothing to address climate change the costs to deal with its effects will reduce the U.S.’s GDP by 37%. A G30 study published this year predicts a 25% reduction. That means the goods and services we as citizens provide to our communities will be worth approximately 37% to 25% less, a considerable loss
  
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• Letter: Don’t be a ‘mask-hole’

  16-12-2020 14:00
  
  I applaud the apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for citing “Christlike love” in an appeal to convince their brethren to wear masks. I want to reach out to the remaining 40% of the Utah population with a more succinct message: Wear a mask, don’t be a “mask-hole.”Scott Fenwick, Salt Lake CitySubmit a letter to the editor
  
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• Top five hold steady 
in College Football Playoff rankings

  16-12-2020 06:58
  Alabama, Notre Dame, Clemson and Ohio State will enter championship weekend in position to make the College Football Playoff with very little drama.In fact, where the semifinals will be played might be more in doubt than who will play in them.The top five teams were locked into their places Tuesday night for the fourth straight week, with the Crimson Tide (10-0) leading the way as it prepares to play Florida for the Southeastern Conference championship.The Fighting Irish (10-0) are second and Cl
  
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• State colleges: Utah State adds game to basketball schedule

  16-12-2020 06:41
  
  The Utah State men’s basketball team added a game to its nonconference schedule and will host Northern Colorado at 7 p.m. Friday at the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum.The game will mark the seventh meeting between the two programs, and the first since the 1934-35 season. In fact, the previous six games all took place during the 1925-26 and 1934-35 seasons, with the Aggies leading the all-time series 5-1.Northern Colorado (2-1) has wins over Colorado Christian (87-62) and Regis (83-58). The Bears
  
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• Stanford’s Tara VanDerveer becomes winningest women’s basketball coach

  16-12-2020 06:22
  
  Stockton, Calif. • Tara VanDerveer became the winningest women’s college basketball coach Tuesday night, passing the late Pat Summitt with her 1,099th victory as No. 1 Stanford romped to a 104-61 victory over Pacific.Dressed casually in all black, VanDerveer received the game ball after the final buzzer. Her dancing players chanted “Tara! Tara!” and gave her a new oversized pullover reading “T-DAWG” to celebrate the latest milestone for the Hall of Fame coach i
  
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• Mother arrested after Uintah County shooting leaves child dead

  16-12-2020 04:48
  
  The Uintah County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a woman in the fatal shooting of her 2-year old son.Police found the mother and child Monday in the area of Fantasy Canyon, south of Vernal in Uintah County, after receiving a call reporting a shooting.The child was dead and the woman was injured when police arrived. She received medical treatment at the scene before being taken to a hospital. The sheriff’s office originally said the child was 3 years old but later reported the child&rs
  
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• Ross Douthat: Did the Resistance defeat Donald Trump?

  16-12-2020 04:14
  
  Two of the most intense factions in our politics, the anti-Trump Resistance with its claim to be standing against fascism and the conservatives trying to delegitimize Joe Biden’s victory with claims of widespread voter fraud, agree on almost nothing, but they do agree on one point: The Trump administration was successfully undermined — the Trump agenda thwarted and Donald Trump himself defeated — by liberal institutions that refused to normalize him, maintained a persistent ala
  
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• Utah holds off neighbor Utah Valley, 75-67, at Huntsman Center

  16-12-2020 03:06
  
  The University of Utah men’s basketball program has two games and about a week to figure itself out before things get a little more serious.The Utes hosted Utah Valley on Tuesday evening, will do the same for the University of Idaho on Friday evening, and that’s going to be it for the tuneups. A trip to Pac-12 contender Arizona State will follow Dec. 22. Utah will play at another title contender, UCLA, on Dec. 31, then face USC and freshman-phenom center Evan Mobley two days later.Th
  
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• Utah leaders sign on to compact acknowledging racism and committing to ending it

  16-12-2020 02:58
  
  Utah government, business and community leaders began signing on to a new compact Tuesday acknowledging the existence of racism and committing to financial investments and public policy changes to eliminate disparities in the state.The Utah Compact on Racial Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, which was unveiled during a news conference on the steps of the state Capitol on Tuesday, comes after a summer of protests sparked by the death of George Floyd, a Black man who died at the hands of police thi
  
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• Michelle Goldberg: Just how dangerous was Trump?

  16-12-2020 02:00
  
  Throughout Donald Trump’s presidency, there’s been an argument on the left over the sort of threat he poses.The American left’s most famous figures — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Bernie Sanders, Noam Chomsky — saw Trump as an authoritarian who could, if reelected, destroy American democracy for good. But another strain of left opinion viewed Trump’s fascistic gestures as almost purely performative, and believed his clumsiness in marshaling state power made him le
  
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• Utah’s rate of new coronavirus cases continues to fall, with 1,915 positive tests reported Tuesday

  16-12-2020 01:18
  
  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 1,915 new coronavirus cases reported Tuesday, Utah’s rate of new diagnoses continued to fall.The Utah Department of Health reported a seven-day average of 2,540 new positive test results per day — the lowest rate so far
  
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• Jazz waive Nigel Williams-Goss

  16-12-2020 00:40
  
  Sarah Todd: Can confirm the Utah Jazz are waiving Nigel Williams-Goss
  
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• Utah leaders sign on to new Utah Compact acknowledging racism and committing to ending it

  16-12-2020 00:27
  
  Utah government, business and community leaders began signing on to a new compact Tuesday acknowledging the existence of racism and committing to financial investments and public policy changes to eliminate disparities in the state.The Utah Compact on Racial Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, which was unveiled during a news conference on the steps of the state Capitol on Tuesday, comes after a summer of protests sparked by the death of George Floyd, a Black man who died at the hands of police thi
  
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• Bagley Cartoon: Time of Good Cheer

  16-12-2020 00:02
  
  This Pat Bagley cartoon appears in The Salt Lake Tribune on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. You can check out the past 10 Bagley editorial cartoons below:Loyalty OafManspreader MansplainsMAGA Makes Their PointThe Straight PoopA Christmas StoryThe Trump Presidential LibraryBear NecessitiesTreading CoronavirusQanon Be Like ...Mad HatterWant more Bagley? Become a fan on Facebook.
  
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