Legislators who almost raised food tax this year now consider eliminating it
In the waning days of this year’s Legislature, Utah lawmakers came close to raising the sales tax on food — but pulled back, saying more study was needed. Now, some members instead are considering...
View ArticleUtahns head to Houston to help with relief effort
Utahns are gathering resources to help feed and support displaced Texans after Hurricane Harvey left Houston and its environs submerged and floundering.A couple from Moab are driving a 30-foot mobile...
View ArticleOne officer dead after shooting at California hotel
Sacramento, Calif. • One sheriff’s deputy was killed and two California police officers and one suspect were shot Wednesday following a stolen vehicle investigation that led officers on a car chase and...
View ArticleBYU football: Freshman Khyiris Tonga is an impactful but less-hyped addition...
Provo • While a throng of reporters waited for their first chance to talk to 6-foot-7, 410-pound Motekiai Langi on Tuesday at BYU’s Indoor Practice Facility, another true freshman returned missionary...
View ArticleCrews try to restore badly scorched portions of Brian Head
It is raining straw over Utah’s Markagunt Plateau this week as helicopter crews drop mulch on the worst burn spots from the Brian Head fire.The month-long blaze that scorched 71,700 acres in and around...
View ArticleRollie Massimino, who led Villanova to 1985 NCAA title, dies
West Palm Beach, Fla. • Rollie Massimino, who led Villanova’s storied run to the 1985 NCAA championship and won more than 800 games in his coaching career, died Wednesday after a long battle with...
View ArticleFoothill Drive ramps reopen in time for Utah football game rush
All Foothill Drive ramps around Interstate 80 in Salt Lake City reopened about 9 p.m. today, the Utah Department of Transportation announced.The closures had been in place since the spring, when UDOT...
View ArticleCommentary: Why not give aid money directly to Harvey’s victims?
After Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, the Harvard economist Edward Glaeser made a provocative proposal: Instead of spending billions in federal dollars to rebuild the city, why not give the...
View ArticleCoyotes captain Shane Doan calls it a career
Glendale, Ariz. • Arizona Coyotes captain Shane Doan had chances to leave the desert for a better shot at winning the Stanley Cup.Every time, he resisted the urge, a loyalty that cemented his legacy as...
View ArticleCommentary: Hungry Harvey victims have committed no crime
Twitter erupted with fury Tuesday after a television reporter tweeted from Houston that he had informed police about looting he observed at a grocery store while covering Hurricane Harvey. Angry tweets...
View ArticlePrep football: Corner Canyon sack artist Mikey Petty creates headaches for...
Draper • Something just didn’t seem to jibe about Mikey Petty when Eric Kjar took over the Corner Canyon Chargers football coaching job last year.Petty had athleticism, which Kjar could see. But for a...
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Hurricane Harvey survivors face an epic housing crisis
On the flooded Gulf Coast, hundreds of thousands of people are facing a housing crisis that will drag on long after the floodwater recedes.Many have little information about the homes they fled. Now...
View ArticleFederal judge blocks Texas’ tough ‘sanctuary cities’ law
Austin, Texas • A federal judge late Wednesday temporarily blocked most of Texas’ tough new “sanctuary cities” law that would have allowed police to inquire about people’s immigration status during...
View ArticleHuntsman Corp. reopens headquarters in Texas
Huntsman Corp. has reopened its global headquarters and advanced technology center in The Woodlands, Texas, 30 miles north of Houston, but a company statement said employees are being advised “to avoid...
View ArticleLeonard Pitts: When you need saving, you don’t care who saves you
It seems like it always takes a disaster.Twenty-five years ago this month, that disaster was Andrew, a hurricane that devastated a large swath of South Florida, including the house in whose master...
View ArticleTexas town under emergency evacuation as flooded chemical plant nears explosion
Crosby, Texas • Officials evacuated this small town east of Houston Wednesday afternoon as they braced for the imminent explosion of a chemical plant that was ravaged by floodwaters from Hurricane...
View ArticleE.J. Dionne: Why we can’t think straight about government
Washington • One of the barriers to sensible politics is the opportunism that so often infects our debates about what government is there for, where we want it to be energetic, and how we can keep it...
View ArticleKremlin confirms Trump’s lawyer reached out during campaign about a business...
Moscow • The Kremlin on Wednesday confirmed that President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer reached out to them during the 2016 presidential campaign, seeking help for a business project in Russia.In a...
View ArticleMidvale grass fire, fanned by gusty winds, briefly threatens homes and...
A grass fire in Midvale briefly threatened residences and businesses Wednesday night before firefighters were able to contain it, authorities said.The blaze broke out about 8 p.m. on a grassy, vacant...
View ArticleGeorge F. Will: Yale offers a tutorial in social descent
Washington • Summer brings no respite for academics committed to campus purifications, particularly at the institution that is the leader in the silliness sweepstakes, Yale. Its Committee on Art in...
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