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AM News Brief: Flu Cases Down, Opening Online Schools & Virgin River Bridge Project


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Construction crews will begin a years-long project Monday to replace a bridge on a stretch of the I-15. This story and more in the Friday morning news brief.
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Bill Would Create Utah Colorado River Authority
Republican legislative leaders have proposed a bill to create the Utah Colorado River Authority. The six-member commission would negotiate the state’s rights to the dwindling river. House Speaker Brad Wilson is sponsoring the bill, and he said Utah is at a disadvantage because other Colorado River Basin states already have commissions like this. The bill would also allow the new authority to hold closed door meetings when discussing negotiations. Deeda Seed, with the Center for Biological Diversity, said she’s concerned about that, because divvying out the water’s flows requires collaboration. Read the full story. ....

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Utah A.G. Office 'Surprised' by Number of 2020 Police Shootings


Police across Utah shot at a record 30 people two years ago.
The Utah Attorney General’s Office announced it would study the shootings in reaction to a detailed summary in
The Salt Lake Tribune, which at the time was the only entity compiling a statewide tally. The idea: examine what happened and identify opportunities for police to respond differently following a violent encounter.
But Attorney General Sean Reyes’ team never finished the study. No findings were shared. His staff stopped because it was too difficult to collect the information from police departments.
To this day, no government entity is tracking police shootings in Utah. ....

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Utah Attorney General's Office 'surprised' police shot at so many people in 2020


Utah Attorney General’s Office ‘surprised’ police shot at so many people in 2020
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(Screenshot via Salt Lake City Police Department) Salt Lake City police shot and killed 34-year-old Andrew Preece on July 25, 2020, after responding to a call that two men had been fighting outside a Smith s at 455 S. 500 East.
Police across Utah shot at a record 30 people two years ago.
The Utah Attorney General’s Office announced it would study the shootings in reaction to a detailed summary in The Salt Lake Tribune, which at the time was the only entity compiling a statewide tally. The idea: Examine what happened and identify opportunities for police to respond differently after a violent encounter. ....

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