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• Bagley Cartoon:

  17-12-2020 23:42
  
  This Pat Bagley cartoon appears in The Salt Lake Tribune on Friday, Dec. 18, 2020. You can check out the past 10 Bagley editorial cartoons below:Working PresidentTime of Good CheerLoyalty OafManspreader MansplainsMAGA Makes Their PointThe Straight PoopA Christmas StoryThe Trump Presidential LibraryBear NecessitiesTreading CoronavirusWant more Bagley? Become a fan on Facebook.
  
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• Board of Governors to approve Utah Jazz sale

  17-12-2020 23:36
  
  Adrian Wojnarowski: Sources: Among items NBA Board of Governors are expected to approve in meeting this afternoon: Ryan Smith’s purchase of Utah Jazz, expanding active rosters to 15 on game nights, permanently adopting coaching challenge and amending several trade rules.
  
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• UHSAA finalizes realignment for next two years — and says it’s open to rule changes going forward

  17-12-2020 23:05
  
  As the Utah High School Activities Association approved the 2021-23 realignment for school classifications and regions, Alpine School District Superintendent Sam Jarman made a motion: Things need to change.“I want to make a motion that we formally establish a committee to study our rules and realignment so that when we come around in two years, we’ve had it vetted and it’s ready to go with any changes that may be necessary and recommended by staff or the [board of trustees],&rd
  
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• Elyse Arrington: Students do an astonishing job of learning during pandemic

  17-12-2020 23:00
  
  Dear students of the Salt Lake City School District,I would like to offer a most sincere, depth-of-my-soul, kind of apology to you. I fear we have failed you. And for that, I am sorry.If we led you to believe that the only place you can learn is within the four walls of a classroom, we have failed you. You see, the world is your classroom and teachers will come and go throughout your life leaving you doses of truth and wisdom along the way. You are your best teacher if you only stop to reflect o
  
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• Utah Grizzlies’ home-opening games have been postponed

  17-12-2020 22:13
  
  WestValley City • The Utah Grizzlies games scheduled for Friday and Saturday against the Tulsa Oilers at the Maverik Center have been postponed, per the ECHL’s safetyprotocols.The league is working with the Grizzlies and Oilers on rescheduling the games to a later date.Ticketsfor this weekend’s games will be valid for the rescheduled dates. Oncethe rescheduled games are announced, ticket-holders will be informed via Email.The Grizzlies rescheduled home opening games will no
  
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• Salt Lake City mayor says rent help and cash are available to those struggling because of the pandemic

  17-12-2020 22:07
  
  As the federal eviction moratorium may end on Jan. 1, Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall said keeping a roof over residents’ heads is a top priority.The mayor announced $1.1 million in rental assistance Thursday, available to all city residents, regardless of their documentation status. Applicants will receive the money as a grant, not a loan, and it can be used to paid current or back rent.“Right now, at this very minute, there are members of our community who are struggling to ma
  
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• Joe Biden to pick Rep. Deb Haaland as interior secretary

  17-12-2020 21:59
  
  President-elect Joe Biden plans to nominate New Mexico Rep. Deb Haaland as interior secretary, according to a person familiar with the decision, a historic pick that would make her the first Native American to lead the powerful federal agency that has wielded influence over the nation’s tribes for generations.Tribal leaders and activists around the country, along with many Democratic figures, have urged Biden for weeks to choose Haaland. They stood behind her candidacy even when concerns t
  
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• Charles M. Blow: Move on, but never forget

  17-12-2020 21:01
  
  Imagine this scene, which is a common experience for Black people:You are receiving a service for which tipping is a customary practice. Maybe you’re taking a cab or receiving a beauty treatment; maybe having a drink at a bar or eating at a restaurant.Your service provider is not Black. The service is poor. Your server is not at all attentive. You wait for things far longer than you believe you should or far longer than you believe others in the space are waiting.Then comes the check, and
  
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• Charlie Warzel: I can’t stop watching vaccine videos

  17-12-2020 20:58
  
  All I seem to want to do these days is stare mindlessly at health care workers and the elderly getting stuck in the arm with a needle.Over the last week I’ve watched countless videos of men and women shoveling dry ice into packages. I’ve gawked at footage of masked individuals hauling boxes with fork lifts. I have become well acquainted with stock video of vial sorting and refrigeration systems. I’ve even watched mundane footage of FedEx planes touching down in the middle of th
  
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• 9 Utah food gifts for last-minute shoppers

  17-12-2020 20:57
  
  Everyone knows the feeling when suddenly you realize that the holiday season is fully upon us and all the gifts are not yet checked off the shopping list.Fear not; we’ve compiled a handy list of nine gift ideas for neighbors, coworkers, friends and family that are sure to satiate even the pickiest of palates.Most suggestions are sourced from small local businesses founded in Utah and many are women-owned companies, meaning your purchase helps support business owners and families in our own
  
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• Eye on the Y: A deeper look at one of BYU football’s recruiting stories — and how I relate to it

  17-12-2020 20:54
  
  Most of y’all most likely don’t know — actually, none of you may be aware — but I am a twin. An identical twin, in fact.So, it warmed my heart yesterday when I saw BYU had signed a pair of twins to their 2021 recruiting class. Elia and Enoka Migao, 17-year-olds from Chaparral High School in Temecula, Calif., will be joining the Cougars soon, but may serve a mission after one year at BYU.But while watching BYU Sports Nation Wednesday morning, co-hosts Jarom Jordan and Jaso
  
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• AP source: Biden to pick Rep. Haaland as interior secretary

  17-12-2020 20:54
  
  President-elect Joe Biden plans to nominate New Mexico Rep. Deb Haaland as interior secretary, according to a person familiar with the decision, a historic pick that would make her the first Native American to lead the powerful federal agency that has wielded influence over the nation’s tribes for generations.Tribal leaders and activists around the country, along with many Democratic figures, have urged Biden for weeks to choose Haaland. They stood behind her candidacy even when concerns t
  
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• You can drink later in Utah starting soon, as alcohol curfew comes to an end

  17-12-2020 20:21
  
  Utah’s 10 p.m. curfew on alcohol service at bars and restaurants will be lifted starting Friday, Gov. Gary Herbert announced Thursday.The hospitality industry is among the hardest hit during the pandemic, Herbert said during his monthly news conference, and lifting the alcohol restriction “will give them some relief and they can hang on until the first of the year, when we can put this pandemic in our rearview mirror.”The 10 p.m. alcohol restriction for restaurants and bars too
  
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• Utah will relax COVID-19 guidelines for public schools, Gov. Gary Herbert says

  17-12-2020 20:04
  
  Utah Gov. Gary Herbert announced that the state is easing the quarantining guidelines for public schools.During his monthly televised news conference Thursday, Herbert revealed the state will no longer instruct public schools to quarantine students just because they’ve been in close contact with a classmate who tests positive for COVID-19. Going forward, these students won’t have to quarantine if everyone was wearing face coverings at the time of their interaction.“If they have
  
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• Kyle Whittingham pleased with Utah’s highest-ranked football recruiting class, but he’s not finished

  17-12-2020 20:00
  
  The early signing period for Division I football began on Wednesday, and the University of Utah came away with a significant haul. The Utes signed 18 recruits to national letters of intent, including the No. 1 quarterback on their big board, four-star Peter Costelli, and a top-75 national recruit in four-star inside linebacker Ethan Calvert. In total, those 18 signees equate to Utah’s highest-rated class ever, per the 247sports composite.Kyle Whittingham addressed his latest recruiting wit
  
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• As 30 more COVID-19 deaths are reported, Utah’s rate of new cases is holding steady

  17-12-2020 19:59
  
  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.Thirty more Utahns have died from the coronavirus, state health officials reported Thursday — a record-high increase in a single day.Utah’s death toll from COVID-19 stood at 1,126 Thursday, which marked the end of the virus&r
  
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• Utah’s 10 p.m. alcohol curfew at bars and restaurants will end starting Friday

  17-12-2020 19:33
  
  Utah’s 10 p.m. curfew on alcohol service at bars and restaurants will be lifted starting Friday, Gov. Gary Herbert announced Thursday.The hospitality industry is among the hardest hit during the pandemic, Herbert said during his monthly news conference, and lifting the alcohol restriction “will give them some relief and they can hang on until the first of the year, when we can put this pandemic in our rearview mirror.”The 10 p.m. alcohol restriction for restaurants and bars too
  
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• Utah basketball freshman Ian Martinez is continuing to adjust to college game

  17-12-2020 19:28
  
  Based on nothing but recruiting rankings, freshman guard Ian Martinez should be playing a larger role for the University of Utah, which entertains Idaho on Friday night at the Huntsman Center.A four-star recruit out of J Serra Catholic (Calif.) who was at one point rated as a top-60 recruit in the class of 2021, Martinez has struggled to find his footing as the infancy of his career unfolds. He has played all of 36 minutes and attempted eight field goals in that time.Based on what the average ob
  
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• Bar owners sue to block Utah’s 10 p.m. alcohol curfew

  17-12-2020 19:18
  
  A group of Utah bar and restaurant owners sued Thursday to block the month-old health order that prohibits alcohol service after 10 p.m.In the 3rd District Court complaint, the bar owners said the ban, intended to help curb the spread of the coronavirus, is an “unreasonable restriction” on their businesses and one that is “causing irreparable and distinct harms” to the establishments and their employees.Gov. Gary Herbert and Richard Saunders, the interim executive directo
  
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• Live: Gov. Gary Herbert holds his final televised news conference

  17-12-2020 18:26
  
  Utah Gov. Gary Herbert is scheduled to address reporters Thursday for the final regular televised news conference of his term. This comes during the same week that the coronavirus vaccine is starting to be given to front-line health care workers and the Legislature announces its plan for a big increase in education funding.Herbert, who took office in 2009 and is currently the nation’s longest-serving governor, will hand over the title to Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox in early January. His monthly n
  
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• Red All Over: Has the Utah football team had a successful season?

  17-12-2020 18:20
  
  Red All Over is a weekly newsletter covering Utah athletics. Subscribe here.Has this Utah football season been a success? If not, what has to happen between now and the end of the season for you to take one side or the other?I ask this because, honestly, I’m not sure how to judge this for myself. Here’s where I am, though, as the Utes prepare to face Washington State on Saturday morning (11:30 a.m., Fox Sports 1).The bar for Utah is a Pac-12 title game, which it will not play in for
  
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• Weekly Run podcast: Impressions from the Utah Jazz’s preseason and training camp

  17-12-2020 17:59
  
  After a couple of games of preseason, it’s time to report what we’ve learned from speaking to the players and coaches about the Jazz’s strategic goals for the season and the roster guys being given a chance in the second half of games so far.That means a new podcast from Tribune Jazz beat writers Andy Larsen and Eric Walden.Here’s the breakdown of topics:2:35: The Jazz trying to eke extra points out of their offense through pace and space9:40: Any changes defensively?13:4
  
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• Tribune Editorial: Committee vote wrongly punishes Salt Lake City teachers

  17-12-2020 17:56
  
  Leaders of the Utah Legislature are not the only people who wish the Salt Lake City School District’s classrooms were open for in-person learning. Those who think it is past time for education to go back to normal include many parents (including those who have taken the matter to court), some students and probably not a few teachers.But it was churlish in the extreme for the Legislature’s Executive Appropriations Committee, in a party-line vote, to deny a proposed $1,500-per-teacher
  
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• This week in Mormon Land: The missing women in Bethlehem; revisiting ‘Wear Pants to Church Day’; and the Uchtdorfs celebrate

  17-12-2020 16:47
  
  The Mormon Land newsletter is a weekly highlight reel of developments in and about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, whether heralded in headlines, preached from the pulpit or buzzed about on the back benches. Want this free newsletter in your inbox? Subscribe here.Dancing with DieterOn Dec. 14, Latter-day Saint apostle Dieter F. Uchtdorf and his wife, Harriet, celebrated 58 years of marriage.As a way to express their continued delight in the union, the apostle posted a video on I
  
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• Utah football reels in its highest-rated recruiting class ever, ranking 29th nationally and 4th in the Pac-12

  17-12-2020 16:10
  
  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 was first to report that
  
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• BYU’s early signing class includes size, and a lot of Cougar family ties. Kalani Sitake says it meets their needs.

  17-12-2020 16:05
  
  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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• Thomas L. Friedman: Kamala Harris deserves a more important job

  17-12-2020 14:00
  
  I was speaking recently to Matt Dunne, founder of the Center on Rural Innovation, which promotes digital economic development in small-town America, and he was telling me about a Vermont community near his home with a great public library: “You could drive by on any Sunday and the parking lot would be full,” he said. “There was just one problem: The library was closed on Sundays.”The parking lot was full of cars with kids doing their homework and adults doing their office
  
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• Robert Gehrke: Utah’s Republican legislators spoil their good deed on education

  17-12-2020 14:00
  
  Listening to the Legislature’s budget meeting Wednesday was a little like watching my favorite Christmas show, “How The Grinch Stole Christmas” — only in reverse.It opened with Republican leaders, with tremendous fanfare, thundering down from Mount Crumpit bearing gifts, in this case an unprecedented amount of new money for Utah’s public schools, like their heart had grown three sizes.It was $400 million in new funding, including the promise of $1,500 bonuses for te
  
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• Letter: Vaccines provide the quickest path to normalcy — and should be required

  17-12-2020 14:00
  
  Rep. Robert Spendlove, R-Sandy, says he supports vaccinations but understands that some people may object to getting the shots. And, as a result, he’s proposing a bill for the January legislative session to block the state from mandating vaccinations, while not blocking individual businesses from imposing a requirement.But we need some universal guidance that helps business owners avoid unnecessary confrontations with customers. We also need to understand that many types of businesses have
  
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• Letter: Private businesses have the right to decide what programs are shown

  17-12-2020 14:00
  
  According to a 2015 report by the nonpartisan Politifact, 60% of the statements made by Fox News presenters were factually inaccurate, compared to 21% by their CNN counterparts. A 2011 Farleigh Dickinson University survey found that people who regularly watched Fox News actually had less knowledge of current events than people who watched no news at all. And although that data may be nine years old, given the soon to be ex-president’s close relationship with Fox News and his truly remarkab
  
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• Letter: A later start time would do high school students a lot of good

  17-12-2020 14:00
  
  Sleeping in, even for a little while, on a weekday might seem like an unnecessary luxury to some, but for high school students it’s been proven to be a medical necessity. Nine hours of sleep is ideal for most teens, according to a number of studies, including one administered by Stanford University.The American Academy of Pediatrics supports a later start time for teens. This is based on the American Academy of Sleep Medicine’s findings that when teens get eight to 10 hours of sleep,
  
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• Letter: A dangerous worldview has taken root in America

  17-12-2020 14:00
  
  The mindset of many Americans has turned to mush. Far too many believe the end justifies the means, or that might makes right, or that only a single ruler can make them safe.When a demagogue emerges in one party, fellow politicians fear the wrath of the popular one, and learn to lust after power and drama in a like manner.They learn to hate empowerment of ordinary groups of people, and want government instead by a small group, perhaps including just the president, Congressional party leadership,
  
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• Letter: A Christmas wish for these pandemic stricken times

  17-12-2020 14:00
  
  Utah COVID by the numbers:• 452 restaurants have closed for good.• 16,000 restaurant workers lost their jobs.• 22,000 Utah workers in the hospitality industry are without work.• The arts and culture industry lost 32,000 jobs.I’ve learned of incidences of suicide in the past several days. Not everyone is suffering from this pandemic equally. If you consider your position fortunate right now, make an effort to help others who are less fortunate.When you drive around Salt
  
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• Ellen Birrell: UDOT ignores citizen input in Wasatch Boulevard redesign

  17-12-2020 13:00
  
  ”Work with what you’ve got” was the advice from Cottonwood Heights leaders when the Utah Department of Transportation announced it had millions of dollars from the Legislature to spend on reducing traffic on State Route 210 from Fort Union Boulevard to Alta.“It is better to work with UDOT than to try and fight them,” they said.So, work with UDOT officials we did. Invited by the agency to a Little Cottonwood Canyon environmental impact statement open house, hundreds
  
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• Tenth incarcerated person dies after COVID-19 positive test

  17-12-2020 05:30
  
  A 71-year-old incarcerated man who had tested positive for COVID-19 died Tuesday night, according to the Utah Department of Corrections.The man had been living at the Central Utah Correctional Facility in Gunnison but was hospitalized before his death, the Department of Corrections said in a Facebook post. He is the tenth incarcerated person to die after contracting COVID-19 in Utah and the first one from the Gunnison facility to die. There are currently 1,193 COVID cases among state inmates, ac
  
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• ‘The Weekly Housewives Watch’: Sundance City

  17-12-2020 05:01
  
  On the latest episode of “The Weekly Housewives Watch,” TV critic Scott D. Pierce and trash television connoisseur Sara Weber discuss Heather Gay’s new man, Jen Shah and Mary Cosby’s undeniably temporary truce, the “Vanderpump Rules” crossover, and, of course, the queen of Sundance.Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Soundcloud | RSSHave a question for Scott or Sara? A fun fact to share? Email [email protected] more about the “Real Housewives of S
  
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• Episode 6: ‘The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City’ go to Sundance ... sort of

  17-12-2020 05:01
  
  “The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City” go to Sundance 2020 this week — although there’s no evidence in the episode that any of them actually attended anything involving the actual Sundance Film Festival.The queen of Sundance?Lisa Barlow and her company, LUXE Marketing, spend enormous amounts of time putting on events and throwing parties during the film festival.“When it comes to Sundance, I am my most busy,” she says. “I have 10 days straight of nonsto
  
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• Jamelle Bouie: Six weeks of Republican shamelessness have done real damage

  17-12-2020 04:00
  
  Early this week, electors in 50 states and Washington, D.C., formally chose Joe Biden as the next president of the United States.And after weeks (and weeks) of waiting, Republicans in the Senate began to acknowledge the president-elect’s victory.“We’ve now gone through the constitutional process and the electors have voted, so there’s a president-elect,” Sen. Roy Blunt of Missouri, who is the chairman of the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies, sai
  
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• Pilot killed in gyrocopter crash near Heber Valley Airport

  17-12-2020 03:57
  
  A man was killed Wednesday night when the gyrocopter he was flying crashed shortly after taking off from the Heber Valley Airport, authorities said.Lt. Nick Street of the Utah Highway Patrol said no one else was injured in the crash. He said the cause of the crash is still under investigation. The name of the pilot hasn’t been released yet.The plane took off from a runway by U.S. Highway 189, according to Street. It went down and hit dirt off of the highway before rolling into a fence.Stre
  
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• Negotiators near agreement on COVID-19 economic aid bill

  17-12-2020 02:25
  
  Washington • Congressional negotiators closed in Wednesday on a $900 billion COVID-19 relief package that would deliver additional “paycheck protection” subsidies to businesses, $300 per week jobless checks, and $600 or so stimulus payments to most Americans.The long-delayed measure was coming together as Capitol Hill combatants finally fashioned difficult compromises, often at the expense of more ambitious Democratic wishes for the legislation, to complete the second major reli
  
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• Man who drowned in Park City pool identified as Naval Academy Midshipman

  17-12-2020 02:11
  
  The North Carolina man who drowned in the pool at a Park City hotel was identified Wednesday by the United States Naval Academy where he was a Midshipman.John Johnson, 22, was swimming with three friends in the Westgate Park City Resort and Spa’s outdoor pool on Monday when he drowned. Johnson’s friends told police Johnson said he was “going to practice underwater breathing training” in the pool and attempt “to hold his breath longer than he had before.” Polic
  
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• Peter Reichard: Development tax breaks need oversight

  17-12-2020 01:52
  
  It looked like a stroke of genius. Back in the 1950s, California officials, looking to fund economic development projects under tight budget constraints, created a mechanism known as tax increment financing, or TIF. The idea was to pledge new (or incremental) tax revenue generated from a project to make the project itself possible. It would be a clean win for the public, because the only money to be spent would be money that would not otherwise have existed.In the ensuing decades, as more states
  
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• Utah State football signs four locals amid coaching change and program turmoil

  17-12-2020 00:54
  
  Amid a transition period that’s seen a coaching change, several players transferring and a dismal win-loss record, the Utah State football team added to its 2021 roster Wednesday morning.Four players, all with Utah ties, signed national letters of intent to play with the Aggies next season. Those players are: linebacker Siona Moa of Weber High School, Isaac Larsen of Sky View High school, and Johnson Hansen and Seni Tuiaki of East High School.Hansen, Moa and Tuiaki are return missionaries
  
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• This study shows how Utah may be impacted if Joe Biden bans oil and gas leasing

  17-12-2020 00:49
  
  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 step toward reducing carbon emissions.As a candidate, President-elect Joe Biden made such a pledge and a large coalition is now insisting his administration bar drilling across Utah and other Western states.Not
  
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• Royce O’Neale returns as Utah Jazz hit the road for their final preseason game

  17-12-2020 00:48
  
  Royce O’Neale’s return from the NBA’s COVID-19 medical protocol after missing the team’s first two preseason games is a big deal for the Utah Jazz, though you’d never know it from talking to the fourth-year wing.Not on account of any false modesty, but rather his purely-distilled reticence.So, Royce, how are you feeling physically?“I’m … good. You know, I’ve been working hard all season, and getting back. So, basically, I feel … good.
  
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• This study show how Utah may be impacted if Joe Biden bans oil and gas leasing

  17-12-2020 00:36
  
  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 step toward reducing carbon emissions.As a candidate, President-elect Joe Biden made such a pledge and a large coalition is now insisting his administration bar drilling across Utah and other Western states.Not
  
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