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The latest Utah news for Thursday morning, April 28, 2022

Who holds the cards when it comes to government power in Utah? Salt Lake Tribune Columnist Robert Gehrke has some thoughts.

Utah has a memorandum of understanding with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for welfare in the state.That agreement is legal and has saved Utah $75 million in federal obligation over the last decade. Here’s what happens when the state “effectively outsources its safety net to a religious institution.”

About a quarter of Utah’s population is made up of racial and ethnic minorities. But a new investigation by the Salt Lake Tribune and Frontline PBS found that a third of the people Utah police shoot at are minorities.

In 2019, Michael Chad Breinholt was shot by a West Valley City police officer while in custody at the station. A new investigation by The Salt Lake Tribune and PBS Frontline found that it wasn’t Sgt. Tyler Longman’s first fatal shooting, and that he’s not the only Utah officer who has been involved in multiple shootings.

The latest Utah news from Wednesday evening, March 31, 2021.

The Salt Lake Tribune is now accepting requests from people who want their name or image removed from previous reporting.

Last week, The Salt Lake Tribune and KUER released a database of documents that show how the teen treatment industry is regulated in Utah. It contains the past five years worth of inspection reports for every youth residential treatment center in the state. The Salt Lake Tribune's Jessica Miller spearheaded the project. She sat down with KUER’s David Fuchs to talk about what her analysis of those inspection reports has revealed so far.

Robert Kirby is something of a notorious writer in Utah. He spent 26 years as a humor columnist for the Salt Lake Tribune. In that time, he never shied away from lampooning the powerful, the self-righteous and more often than not — himself. His writing made a lot of people mad, but it also made a lot of people laugh.Kirby retired last month, and KUER’s Bob Nelson sat down with him to talk about his career.

The latest Utah news on Friday morning, January 1, 2021.

The latest Utah news from Tuesday morning, October 27, 2020.

Salt Lake Tribune cartoonist Pat Bagley has come under fire from police groups and lawmakers because of a controversial image he drew. Edgy cartoons are protected by the First Amendment and play a valuable role in public discussions, according to a law professor.