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Utah governor wants to cut tax rate, add taxes on services

Utah governor wants to cut tax rate, add taxes on services

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Gov. Gary Herbert on Thursday proposed adding new sales taxes on services while cutting the overall tax rate, part of a reform effort he said will be a “heavy lift” but is essential for the state’s economic future. Herbert outlined the idea as he […]

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Governor wants to add new taxes, cut overall rate by $200M

Governor wants to add new taxes, cut overall rate by $200M

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Gov. Gary Herbert wants to add new sales taxes on services while cutting the overall rate to the tune of $200 million, part of a reform effort he says will be a “heavy lift” but is essential for the state’s economic future. Herbert outlined […]

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Police release name of man fatally shot by detective

Police release name of man fatally shot by detective

OGDEN, Utah (AP) — Authorities have identified an 18-year-old man who was fatally shot by an Ogden detective following a car chase. Police say Ogden resident Anthony Ray Borden-Cortez allegedly pointed a realistic-looking BB gun at the officer Tuesday after he fled from police in a stolen vehicle and crashed. […]

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Driver in fatal crash sentenced; girl’s family forgave him

Driver in fatal crash sentenced; girl’s family forgave him

PROVO, Utah (AP) — The family of a 2-year-old girl killed in an April crash in Provo has forgiven a driver whose utility truck smashed into the family’s vehicle, and he has been sentenced to one day in jail along with two years of probation and 400 hours of community […]

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Medical-marijuana advocates challenging new law in court

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Medical-marijuana advocates in Utah are suing to block a compromise agreement legalizing the drug, saying it wrongly guts a measure approved by voters. The lawsuit filed Thursday says the changes create overwhelming obstacles for suffering patients. It asks a judge to set aside the overhaul […]

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US to ease oil drilling controls protecting imperiled bird

US to ease oil drilling controls protecting imperiled bird

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Latest on the Trump administration’s efforts to ease drilling restrictions that were put in place to protect a declining bird species (all times local): 3:00 p.m. Federal officials have dropped plans to conduct a five-year status review of a jeopardized bird species as the Trump […]

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Accident on U.S. 189 Near Charleston Turnoff Caused By Rock Slide

Accident on U.S. 189 Near Charleston Turnoff Caused By Rock Slide

WASATCH COUNTY, Utah- 10:17 am The Utah Highway Patrol confirms an accident on U.S. Highway 189 at milepost 16 nine miles southwest of Charleston was caused by a rock slide. The highway was closed for two hours before wreckers could clear the road. The UHP stated a northbound car struck […]

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Pearl Harbor re-burials across the US give families closure

Pearl Harbor re-burials across the US give families closure

HONOLULU (AP) — More than 75 years after nearly 2,400 members of the U.S. military were killed in the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor, some who died on Dec. 7, 1941, are finally being laid to rest in cemeteries across the United States. In 2015, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency […]

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BOISE, ID - NOVEMBER 24: Head Coach Matt Wells of the Utah State Aggies walks off the field at the conclusion of second half action against the Boise State Broncos on November 24, 2018 at Albertsons Stadium in Boise, Idaho. Boise State won the game 33-24. (Photo by Loren Orr/Getty Images)

New Texas Tech coach Wells hires 6 more Utah St assistants

LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — New Texas Tech coach Matt Wells has brought six more of his assistant coaches from Utah State to be on his staff with the Red Raiders. The new Tech hires were announced Wednesday. When Wells was hired away from his alma mater last week to replace […]

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Slain Utah police officer honored at public funeral

Slain Utah police officer honored at public funeral

WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah (AP) — A South Salt Lake police officer and former Marine who was killed on duty when a man driving a stolen SUV rammed into him was remembered at a public funeral Wednesday as a humble public servant and loving husband and father. During the memorial […]

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