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SLC Council limits mayor’s options for inland port lawsuit, Provo festival adds nonbias policy but bars LGBT groups, former detective sues police for retaliation

June 15, 2018 Emily Means

The Salt Lake City Council forbids Mayor Jackie Biskupski from suing over the inland port deal — unless she gets its permission first. The America’s Freedom Festival in Provo enacts a nondiscrimination policy, and then, once again, rejects LGBT parade entries, causing an uproar that led to a sit-down at which the groups reached a compromise. And a former police detective…

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Inland port plan bridges divide, couple attacked during Pride and ozone pollution arrives earlier than usual

June 8, 2018 JCE

Two Utah lawmakers unveil their ideas for bridging a divide between Salt Lake City and the state over the planned Inland Port. A mob shouting homophobic slurs chases four men leaving the Utah Pride Festival, until a dessert shop employee intervenes. And ozone pollution season arrives earlier than usual in northern Utah. At 9 a.m. Friday, Salt Lake Tribune reporters…

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Utahn released from Venezuelan prison, 3 initiatives make the ballot and Eagle Mountain to get a Facebook data center

June 1, 2018 Emily Means

After spending nearly two years in a Venezuelan prison, Josh Holt and his wife arrive home in the Beehive State. A final certification shows that three of four citizen initiatives are on their way to the November ballot. And Facebook plans to put a data center in Eagle Mountain, enticed by a $150 million tax break. At 9 a.m. Friday, Salt…

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Utah authors call FanX founders out, Utah GOP removes minority members before vice chair election, LDS and NAACP leaders announce joint efforts

May 25, 2018 Emily Means

Utah authors band together to criticize the founders of the FanX convention for their response to sexual harassment allegations. At its State Central Committee meeting, the Utah Republican Party removes some of its female and minority members and elects a new vice chairperson. And, in a historic meeting, LDS Church leaders get together with NAACP officials to collaborate on humanitarian and education…

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Salt Lake Tribune lays off third of staff, Utah County Clerk’s office misses petition signatures and San Juan County Commission candidate booted from ballot

May 18, 2018 Emily Means

The Salt Lake Tribune lays off a third of its staff, after publisher Paul Huntsman announces a steep decline in revenue since purchasing the paper in 2016. The Utah County Clerk’s office fails to count more than 100 packets of petition signatures for the Count My Vote ballot initiative. And San Juan County Commission candidate Willie Grayeyes, a…

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Mormon church to split with Boy Scouts, lyme disease flares in Utah and invasive plants proliferate in SLC

May 11, 2018 Emily Means

An invasive plant jumps from Salt Lake City gardens to the surrounding foothills. Deer ticks carrying lyme disease are more prevalent in Utah due to climate change. And after more than a century, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the Boy Scouts of America announce a future split. At 9 a.m. Friday, Salt Lake Tribune reporters…

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An officer fights his demons and the demons of other cops, the EPA gives Utah a pollution deadline and Orrin Hatch gets a tribute in SLC

May 4, 2018 Emily Means

The EPA gives Utah three years to bring its ozone pollution down to acceptable levels. The newly announced Hatch Center aims to honor the legacy of retiring Sen. Orrin Hatch. And a Utah police officer, who sought help after years of on-the-job trauma, is working to get other officers to do the same. At 9 a.m. Friday, Salt…

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Kennedy defeats Romney at a tense GOP convention, and the Utah Jazz try to end their playoff series with the Oklahoma City Thunder

April 27, 2018 Emily Means

Rep. Michael Kennedy, R-Alpine, bested Mitt Romney in the GOP convention last weekend and will face off with him in the primary election. The tension between conservative and moderate Republicans worked up the convention into a tense marathon of a meeting. And the Utah Jazz gear up for Game 6 against the Oklahoma City Thunder. At 9 a.m. Friday, Salt Lake…

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Legislature pokes back at Utah governor; ballot likely to include medical marijuana, Medicaid expansion; San Juan wants Recapture Canyon road

April 20, 2018 Emily Means

The power struggle between Gary Herbert and the Legislature intensifies with lawmakers overriding two of the Utah governor’s vetoes. Four of six citizen initiatives likely will end up on the ballot in November, including one to expand Medicaid and another to legalize medical marijuana. And San Juan County claims a right of way through Recapture Canyon, the site of ancient archaeological…

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San Juan GOP is miffed at new voting boundaries, Salt Lake County sues over opioids and the Utah Jazz are back in the playoffs

April 13, 2018 Emily Means

At their convention, San Juan County Republicans express deep frustration over recently redrawn voting district boundaries that give the county’s majority Navajo population a greater say at the ballot box. Salt Lake County sues pharmaceutical companies over the opioid crisis while the state debates doing the same. And after turning their season around, the Utah Jazz are headed to the…

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