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Gov. Herbert shuts down a condom giveaway by the health department

Governor Herbert nixes a Health Department plan to distribute condoms with suggestive packaging. A key export city for Utah mines says it will phase out coal shipments. And, following complaints over a controversial plate, Utah’s process for approving personalized license plates gets new scrutiny. At 9 a.m. on Friday, Salt Lake Tribune senior managing editor…

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Join Tribune reporters on KCPW to discuss the outcome of the inland port lawsuit

A judge throws out Salt Lake City’s lawsuit against the Utah inland Port. Sen. Mike Lee lambasts the Trump administration over its briefing on the assassination of a top Iranian general. And the Utah program that sends public employees to Mexico to buy their medications at a deeply discounted rate. At 9 a.m. on Friday,…

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Homeless pedestrian deaths, a father-son homeless outreach, and the decade in Utah health

In this week’s episode of Behind the Headlines, we look at how pedestrian deaths near the new South Salt Lake homeless center spark calls for safety improvements, a father-son team working to make a difference in the lives of people who are homeless, by listening, and the Utah health trends that defined that past decade.…

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Join Tribune reporters on KCPW to talk about 2019 in Utah

 For this week’s episode, we take a look back at the year in Utah news. At 9 a.m. on Friday, Salt Lake Tribune senior managing editor Matt Canham, and managing editors David Noyce and Sheila McCann join KCPW’s Roger McDonough to talk about the stories that defined Utah in 2019. Every Friday at 9…

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President Donald Trump is impeached; and a whistleblower claims that the LDS Church is stockpiling $100 billion

President Donald Trump is impeached. Utah Republican Congressmen Chris Stewart, Rob Bishop and John Curtis vote against impeachment, while Democrat Ben McAdams votes for it. And a whistleblower claims that the LDS Church stockpiled $100 billion in charitable donations. At 9 a.m. on Friday, Salt Lake Tribune Washington bureau chief Thomas Burr, reporter Nate Carlisle,…

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Impeachment vote, shelter vacancies, and a recap of the special session

The House Judiciary Committee advances articles of impeachment. Utah lawmakers pass a sweeping tax reform in a special legislative session. And despite bed availability, some homeless men in Salt Lake City say the new Men’s Resource Center is too far away. At 9 a.m. on Friday, Salt Lake Tribune reporters Taylor Stevens and Benjamin Wood,…

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Jaywalking, the Utah Theater, a Pac-12 championship and more

Data on jaywalking citations in Salt Lake City shows an apparent targeting of the city’s homeless population. The historic Utah Theater is ‘sold’ and slated for demolition. And the University of Utah football team heads to the PAC-12 championship and beyond. At 9 a.m. on Friday, Salt Lake Tribune senior managing editor Matt Canham, and…

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Chris Stewart at the impeachment hearings, Utah women’s poll and state oil and gas regulations

Utah Rep. Chris Stewart defends President Donald Trump amid ongoing impeachment hearings. A new poll shows that more than half of Utah women believe that they have a lower status than men. And a legislative audit finds Utah oil and gas regulators aren’t regulating all that much. At 9 a.m. on Friday, Salt Lake Tribune…

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Jon Huntsman announces his candidacy for governor and Rep. Chris Stewart calls the impeachment inquiry a ‘coup’

Jon Huntsman Jr. launches his bid to become Utah governor — again. With public impeachment hearings underway in the U.S. House, Rep. Chris Stewart says ‘the coup has started.’ And editorial cartoonist Pat Bagley marks 40 years of ruffling sea gull feathers in Utah. At 9 a.m. on Friday, Salt Lake Tribune government and politics…

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9 women and children with Utah ties are killed in Mexico and Erin Mendenhall is elected mayor of Salt Lake City

Families are grieving after an attack from a Mexican drug cartel left three women and six children dead. Salt Lake City Councilwoman Erin Mendenhall was voted to be the next mayor of Salt Lake City after securing an early lead on election night. And The Salt Lake Tribune is now a nonprofit. At 9 a.m.…

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