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- News, Cover Story October 30, 2024
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Did Moab's police chief fully disclose his history of leaving departments while under investigation for misconduct?
Getting Around
- At a Sept. 27, 2022, Moab City Council meeting, then-Chief Jared Garcia introduced his new assistant chief Lex Bell to the council, as well as another detective.
- News, Cover Story September 18, 2024
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New data tool allows journalists and the public to track 'wandering cops' in Utah
Patrolling Misconduct
- In September 2019, the Logan City Police Department hired Officer Miguel Deras, who had recently left the University of Utah's campus police. Police officers move from job to job just like anyone else, but Deras was not like anyone else.
- News, City Weekly REWIND September 2, 2024
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FLASHBACK 2009: A muckraker's guide to Utah
How to Keep Tabs on the Man
- A muckraker is that rare journalist, gadfly, activist or social critic who values unadulterated, truth-dripping evidence over the artful quotation of a dubious source—an executive, politician, lawyer, bureaucrat, cop, crackhead, dweeb, wasteoid, or the like. This guide aims to aid fellow malcontents in finding that evidence, and coaxing it away from those disinclined to let it go.
- News, Cover Story May 1, 2024
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Utah gave $40M in tax breaks to a solar company accused of fraud.
Fun in the $un
- "I guess you could call me a tree hugger," said Washington state resident Tammy Crough on why she decided to install home solar power in 2023.
- News, Cover Story February 14, 2024
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The Secret Sauce
How Utah lawmakers disclose—or don't disclose—conflicts of interest.
- But lawmakers' professional interests can also open the door for conflicts of interest.
- News, Cover Story October 18, 2023
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Police departments in Salt Lake County spent almost $20 million on civil rights complaints in the past decade
The Co$t of Mi$conduct
- Kim Bojórquez
- News, Cover Story October 11, 2023
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Women decry harassment and toxic culture at St. George auto dealership
Men at Work
- Stuck at her desk answering the phone, she was immersed in a raucous frat-house vibe from the predominantly male sales staff.
- News, Cover Story January 25, 2023
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Salt Lake and other Utah cities used most of a $10 million homeless services fund to hire cops.
Policing the Problem
- News, Cover Story October 26, 2022
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Clean Slates
How to get an eviction off your record in Utah.
- Have you ever been evicted? Do you wish it never happened? Thanks to a new law in Utah, you might be able to make it disappear from your legal record.
- News, Cover Story September 14, 2022
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Paving Paradise
Critics fear a highway bypass could trigger development in Heber Valley's open spaces and threaten a critical water source.
- Brian Wimmer, president of the Trout Unlimited chapter of Utah County, has been casting his flies into the Middle Provo River for years.
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Box Elder County's Broken Court
The fast and loose rulings of a Box Elder County Justice Court Judge are symptomatic of a broken system, advocates say.
March 31, 2010
