SALT LAKE CITY Unflappable, tough-talking U.S. Attorney John Huber admittedly had a case of the jitters when he had to face the Washington media in the White House briefing room.
The Department of Justice summoned him to the nation s capital on short notice to hold a news conference on immigration. The DOJ at the time was having trouble getting any of its own messages out because wherever Attorney General Jeff Sessions went, the press just wanted to talk about the Russia investigation.
Huber spent a day prepping to talk from a Utah perspective about proposed federal laws aimed at making stiffer penalties for deported immigrants who return illegally to commit crimes.
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Unflappable, tough-talking U.S. Attorney John Huber admittedly had a case of the jitters when he had to face the Washington media in the White House briefing room.
The Department of Justice summoned him to the nation’s capital on short notice to hold a news conference on immigration. The DOJ at the time was having trouble getting any of its own messages out because wherever Attorney General Jeff Sessions went, the press just wanted to talk about the Russia investigation.
Huber spent a day prepping to talk from a Utah perspective about proposed federal laws aimed at making stiffer penalties for deported immigrants who return illegally to commit crimes.
Critics see law firm’s debt collection maneuver as an abuse of the court system
Regulators haven’t heard of it, but a judge denounced it as questionable, if not ‘unconscionable.’
(Rick Egan | Tribune file photo) In this March 20, 2020, file photo, Sen. Kirk Cullimore speaks at a Capitol news conference about the state response to the outbreak of the coronavirus. The law firm in which Cullimore is a partner is Utah s leader in evictions and debt collections. In some cases it has employed an usual maneuver to seize someone s legal claim, auction it off, purchase it and dismiss it. A federal judge criticized the move as questionable at best, unconscionable at worst.
Common calendar, Packet papers, January 29
Common calendar, Packet papers, January 29
Ongoing
Princeton University Concerts (PUC) is expanding its digital offerings for the remainder of the 2020-21 season to replace planned in-person concerts, many of which will be rescheduled to future seasons.
The university’s performing arts series has recast all of its virtual programming to directly address socially relevant topics. This includes: a new podcast series, Breathe in Music, bringing PUC’s popular Live Music Meditation series to a digital format; a new series of conversations with musicians and prominent arts thinkers about the impact of COVID-19 on the performing arts hosted by multidisciplinary artist and WNYC host Helga Davis; the release of new video episodes of mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato’s Sing for Today, in which the opera star responds to current events through the lens of song and conversations; and virtual performances and live Q&As with world-renowned musicians
Editorâs note:
In a series running through Dec. 31, the Daily Herald is sharing its picks for âUtah Countyâs Top 10 News Stories for 2020.â We will be running recaps of those stories, two per day, through New Yearâs Eve. This story is ranked No. 8.
The discussion surrounding ancillary breweries â or brewpubs â in Provo was the talk of the county in 2020, and the topic has qualified as one of Utah Countyâs top 10 stories of the year.
Since 2017, businesses in downtown Provo have been researching the opportunity to have brew pubs and on-site microbreweries in restaurants, which would require a land use change.