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Could this Salt Lake City artist's Granary District dino sculpture become the 'whale of the west'?

5 days ago | sltrib.com | Jordan Miller

One of Utah's native creatureshopes to find a permanent home in the Granary District. "Kosmo" is a 20-foot-long steel sculpture of a Kosmoceratops, a plant-eating dinosaur discovered in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. He's the creation of Salt Lake City woodworkerand artistGarth Franklin, who hopes Kosmo will become a mascot and anchor of the city's Granary District, like the 9th and 9th's whale has become to the east.
Ruling on tithing leaves questions about the LDS Church's wealth and financial transparency up in the air

5 days ago | sltrib.com | Tony Semerad

With a federal judge shutting down the latest legal challenge to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints over its handling of billions of dollars in sacred donations from its members, where does that leave the larger story of tithing and transparency in light of the faith's vast wealth?
For Utah Christians, it's a day to sing, to pray, to march, to unite

5 days ago | sltrib.com | David Noyce

Amid this time of widespread division, all of Christendom will unite this weekend to celebrate the religion's holiest day. For the first time in nearly a decade, Easter will fall on the same Sunday (April 20) for Western Christians and Eastern Orthodox devotees. On Good Friday, dozens of Utah Christians again took to the streets of downtown Salt Lake City and symbolically retraced Jesus' steps to his crucifixion on Golgotha, with participants taking turns bearing the cross.
Utah's school voucher program is unconstitutional, judge rules

5 days ago | sltrib.com | Carmen Nesbitt

Utah's $100 million school voucher program violates the state's constitution, a judge ruled Friday. "[Because] the Program is a legislatively created, publicly funded education program aimed at elementary and secondary education, it must satisfy the constitutional requirements applicable to the 'public education system' set forth in the Utah Constitution," Third District Judge Laura Scott wrote in her ruling.
A sports and entertainment district in Sandy? Real Salt Lake's new owners are making plans.

5 days ago | sltrib.com | Kevin Reynolds |Andy Larsen

Sandy * Is another Utah sports and entertainment district on the way? The Larry H. Miller Co. - as of Friday, new owners of Real Salt Lake and the Utah Royals - plans to further develop the area around the team's stadium in Sandy with more restaurants and other entertainment options for the team's fans.
Marriott family donates $25 million to launch hospitality institute at University of Utah

5 days ago | sltrib.com | Brock Marchant

The family behind one of America's biggest hotel fortunes is donating $25 million to the University of Utah, to give students the skills and experience to help them excel in the hospitality industry. The donation from the J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott Foundation will go to create the J.W. Marriott Jr. Institute. The institute is named for the chairman emeritus of Marriott International, the corporation that owns the Marriott, Sheraton, Westin, Ritz-Carlton and other hotel chains.
Real Salt Lake and the Utah Royals have new, familiar owners

6 days ago | sltrib.com | Kevin Reynolds

The Miller family is back in major league sports. Five years after selling the Utah Jazz, the Larry H. Miller Co. has taken control of the Real Salt Lake and the Utah Royals soccer clubs in a deal worth $600 million, The Athletic reported Friday morning. New York-based private equity investor David Blitzer will transition into a minority ownership role with the clubs. But the Millers will have final decision-making power, ensuring the team will once again be controlled by a local group.
Park City mayor optimistic as Sundance Film Festival leaves town

6 days ago | sltrib.com | Brock Marchant

Even though the Sundance Film Festival called Park City its home for four decades, the city's mayor, Nann Worel, said she's not especially concerned about the hole it's going to leave behind when it heads for Boulder, Colorado, in 2027.
On Utah Hockey Club's first anniversary, players have gone from shock to something else entirely

6 days ago | sltrib.com | Belle Fraser

Nick Bjugstad's doorstep was filled with cookies, bread and candy when he and his family moved to Utah last summer. "My girls were loving it," the Utah Hockey Club forward and father of three said. Bjugstad's neighbors, who were the suppliers of the treats, soon put together a welcome party for the NHL veteran's arrival. He did not think more than 20 people would be in attendance. After all, the Bjugstads had been in town just a short while. "There were like 70 or 80 people," Bjugstad said.
Trump administration proposes sharp budget cuts for HHS

6 days ago | sltrib.com | Karoun Demirjian |Apoorva Mandavilli

The Trump administration is eyeing about $40 billion in cuts to the Department of Health and Human Services' budget next year, according to a memo obtained by The New York Times, as the White House charges ahead with plans for drastic changes to the agencies that regulate food and drugs, protect Americans from disease and research new treatments. The proposed cuts laid out in the preliminary budget memo would reduce the department's budget from about $121 billion to about $80.4 billion.