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sltrib, 13 hours ago to random

Assuming the Salt Lake City Council approves raising the sales tax in the city by 0.5 percentage points, the average tax burden will grow by $220.87 per year, or $18.41 a month, according to calculations.
https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2024/05/23/nhl-sports-district-will-be-boon

sltrib, 1 day ago to random

How the LDS Church's emphasis on control and covenants has come at the cost of community and support for many, argues blogger Candice Wendt, including parents and youth.
https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2024/05/22/mormon-land-podcast-what-was-lost

sltrib, 2 days ago to random

The fundraiser, originally scheduled to take place in Park City on June 27, for former President Donald Trump has been canceled, The Salt Lake Tribune confirmed Tuesday. The event was nixed because Trump is expected to debate President Joe Biden on CNN that evening.
https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2024/05/21/donald-trumps-utah-fundraiser

sltrib, 2 days ago to random

No one wants to prosecute a high-profile “ritualistic” sex abuse case except Utah County. And now that Utah County has been banned for a second time from handling it, the controversial prosecution is in indefinite limbo.
https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2024/05/21/utah-county-ritualistic-sex-abuse

sltrib, 3 days ago to random

Leaders in the Utah Legislature have been pushing to build new homes in Utah — and are making money off that development.
https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2024/05/20/more-than-third-utah-lawmakers

sltrib, 4 days ago to random

Scott D. Pierce: Imagine competing in a brutal, 150-mile race against 8 other teams for $500,000. Now imagine your partner is the spouse you just divorced.
https://www.sltrib.com/artsliving/2024/05/19/scott-d-pierce-utah-couple-got/

sltrib, 4 days ago to random

Crossroads Urban Center says "it’s only fair" for mayor, City Council to insist that up to 20% of any new homes in the district be rent-subsidized.
https://www.sltrib.com/news/2024/05/19/advocates-urge-that-new-slc-sports/

sltrib, 4 days ago to random

Tribune Editorial: “Utahns should contact their representatives — Blake Moore, Celeste Maloy, John Curtis and Burgess Owens — and demand they support the new Radiation Exposure Compensation Act. The fact that none of them now backs it is appalling.”
https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/editorial/2024/05/19/tribune-editorial-utahs/

sltrib, 4 days ago to random

LitJoy Crate started in a Utah garage in 2016, and has grown around the idea of putting "a book club in a box."
https://www.sltrib.com/artsliving/2024/05/19/bookish-subscription-boxes-are-all/

sltrib, 5 days ago to random

The Utah Board of Higher Education has sued a Salt Lake Tribune reporter and the state records committee, arguing it should not have to release a draft investigative report into sexual misconduct allegations against a former commissioner.
https://www.sltrib.com/news/education/2024/05/18/utahs-higher-education

sltrib, 6 days ago to random

The Salt Lake Tribune looked at median home sale prices and calculated the needed income to spend less than 28% of monthly pay on a mortgage. Here’s what we found for all of Utah’s 29 counties.
https://www.sltrib.com/news/2024/05/17/heres-how-much-you-need-earn-buy/

sltrib, 6 days ago to random

New disclosures to federal regulators by the LDS Church's investment arm, Ensign Peak Advisors, show its holdings in stocks, mutual funds and other investments grew to $54.7 billion as of late March.
https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2024/05/17/lds-churchs-huge-stock-portfolio/

sltrib, 6 days ago to random

During an air quality briefing, Utah lawmakers blasted federal standards that they claim are “uncontrollable by us.”
https://www.sltrib.com/news/environment/2024/05/17/utah-could-lose-federal-highway/

sltrib, 6 days ago to random

From Nevada to Wyoming to Texas, small towns have become neighborhood battlegrounds as feuds break out about the height and light of proposed new LDS temples.
https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2024/05/17/its-created-lot-division-how-lds/

sltrib, 7 days ago to random

Gov. Spencer Cox said the University of Utah “absolutely did it the right way” when it disbanded a peaceful encampment on campus last month by sending in police suited in full riot gear.
https://www.sltrib.com/news/education/2024/05/16/gov-spencer-cox-says-hes-just-so/