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Salt Lake City to host Quidditch World Cup in 2021

Salt Lake City to host Quidditch World Cup in 2021

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Salt Lake City has been chosen to host the U.S. Quidditch World Cup in 2021. Mayor Jackie Biskupski announced the event location selection Friday and said the city was chosen for its proximity to an airport and its walkable downtown area. The event is expected […]

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Chris Harrison drops out of Salt Lake City mayoral race

Chris Harrison drops out of Salt Lake City mayoral race

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Former Downtown Community Council Chairman Christian Harrison is withdrawing his name from the Salt Lake City mayoral race and instead endorsing his former rival David Garbett. The Salt Lake Tribune reports Harrison announced his decision Tuesday to drop out of the race ahead of Friday’s filing deadline […]

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Mayor Proposes Tax Hike For Police, Firefighter Pay Raises

Mayor Proposes Tax Hike For Police, Firefighter Pay Raises

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — South Salt Lake Mayor Cherie Wood is proposing a substantial property-tax hike to give police and firefighters a pay raise. The Deseret News reports that Wood night proposed a 31% property tax hike to the City Council on Wednesday. The new tax would bring in about $1.6 […]

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Archie Archuleta, Hispanic activist in Utah, is dead.

Archie Archuleta, Hispanic activist in Utah, is dead.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah officials reacted Saturday with expressions of respect and sadness to the death Friday night of Robert “Archie” Archuleta, a leader of the state’s Hispanic community and prominent civil rights activist. He was 88. Archuleta was former president of the Utah Coalition of La Raza, […]

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Marchers raise voices, cheer during march in Salt Lake City

Marchers raise voices, cheer during march in Salt Lake City

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Marchers waved signs and raised their voices in cheers in Salt Lake City on Saturday for the third annual Women’s March. Participants marched from Washington Square Park to the Utah State Capitol, with local media outlets’ estimates on the crowd size ranging from hundreds of […]

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Dabakis to face Biskupski for Salt Lake City mayor in 2019

Dabakis to face Biskupski for Salt Lake City mayor in 2019

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Outgoing Utah state Sen. Jim Dabakis will challenge incumbent Salt Lake City mayor Jackie Biskupski in next year’s election. Dabakis announced his candidacy Tuesday with a Facebook video in which he said a mayor should be a great city ambassador, know how to run a […]

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Latino businessman launches bid for Salt Lake City mayor

Latino businessman launches bid for Salt Lake City mayor

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah businessman is challenging Salt Lake City mayor Jackie Biskupski in hopes of becoming the capital’s first ethnic-minority leader. The Salt Lake Tribune reports Democrat David Ibarra made the announcement Tuesday backed by Salt Lake County Attorney Sim Gill and former mayor Rocky Anderson. Ibarra’s father […]

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Get ready for Election Day with voter-registration events

Get ready for Election Day with voter-registration events

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — With election season heating up, people in Utah can register to vote at a series of events on National Voter Registration Day. The Tuesday holiday will include events at Glendale and Columbus libraries and University of Utah in Salt Lake City, and there are other […]

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Salt Lake mayor to join climate-change summit in California

Salt Lake mayor to join climate-change summit in California

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The mayor of Salt Lake City is attending a California summit dedicated to continuing the path to clean energy despite President Donald Trump’s withdrawal of the United States from the Paris climate agreement. Mayor Jackie Biskupski will be among business leaders, mayors, governors and activists […]

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