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Website sues Salt Lake County for booking photos

Thu, 23 May 2013 00:31:08 MDT

Website sues Salt Lake County for booking photos

By Mike Gorrell The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 23, 2013 12:31AM MDT

The operator of a website that publishes jail-booking pictures sued Salt Lake County on Tuesday for refusing his request for photographs of people admitted to the Salt Lake County Jail during 17 days in January. Kyle Prall and his company, Information Freedom, LLC, are asking a 3rd District Court judge to overturn a County Council decision April 9 that upheld Sheriff Jim Winder’s rejection of an application — through the Government Records Access and Management Act (GRAMA) — for 1,388 “mug shot...

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Council says no records for mother of Utah woman shot by West Valley City officers

Tue, 21 May 2013 19:58:21 MDT

Council says no records for mother of Utah woman shot by West Valley City officers

By Janelle Stecklein The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 21, 2013 07:58PM MDT

The Salt Lake County district attorney’s office will not have to release records related to the Danielle Willard officer-involved fatal shooting, the Salt Lake County Council decided Tuesday. The council voted 7-1 to deny a request by Melissa Kennedy’s attorney for records pertaining to the November shooting in West Valley City. Jon Williams, who represents Kennedy, Willard’s mother, argued that the denial of the records was “inappropriate” and that his client has already waited 6 ½ months for a...

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Paul Rolly: Separating church, state and Twitter

Tue, 21 May 2013 22:12:58 MDT

Paul Rolly: Separating church, state and Twitter

By PAUL ROLLY Tribune Columnist

Updated May 21, 2013 10:12PM MDT

Utah state government’s Twitter account, @UtahGov, posted on May 12 a link to a spectacular seven-minute video journey through southwestern Utah’s Snow Canyon, produced by Jeremiah Barber. The scenery, accompanied by soft music, creates an enticing tourism lure to that part of the Beehive State. At the end of the video, right after a shot through an opening in a rock formation revealing a star-filled sky, a Book of Mormon scripture, from Jacob 4:9, appears. It reads: “For behold, by the power o...

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New Draper company helps launch singing careers

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:13:35 MDT

New Draper company helps launch singing careers

By david burger The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 21, 2013 09:13PM MDT

What happens after “The Voice”? Not much — even if you win the NBC-televised singing competition. But three recent contestants with Utah ties have been selected by a Utah recording company to go on a national tour. In advance of the trip, the singers — Midas Whale, Ryan Innes and Amy Whitcomb — will perform Wednesday, May 22, at an open house for Refinement Records, the new artist development company in Draper. The three Utah-based artists advanced relatively far in “The Voice” competition be...

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Three recent 'The Voice' contestants with Utah ties to perform May 22 and subsequent tour

Mon, 20 May 2013 17:06:02 MDT

Three recent 'The Voice' contestants with Utah ties to perform May 22 and subsequent tour

The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 20, 2013 05:06PM MDT

What happens after “The Voice”?Sometimes, not much, even if you win.But three recent contestants with Utah ties on the NBC-televised singing competition will perform May 22 at an open house for a new artist development company for musicians in Draper, and the three acts — Midas Whale, Ryan Innes and Amy Whitcomb — will announce a tour sponsored by the new company.Each of the three Utah-based artists advanced relatively far in the competition before being eliminated, so they are hoping to capital...

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Editor column: DOJ’s acquisition of AP phone records averted agency’s own rules

Sat, 18 May 2013 23:38:09 MDT

Editor column: DOJ’s acquisition of AP phone records averted agency’s own rules

By Lisa Carricaburu The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 18, 2013 11:38PM MDT

Good reporters build trust with key sources by making — and keeping — promises of anonymity in cases where matters of crucial public interest are at stake. That’s why we join journalists and other First Amendment advocates around the nation in our outrage over last week’s revelation that the U.S. Justice Department, without providing notice, subpoenaed two months of records for 20 telephone lines used by the Associated Press, a media cooperative of which The Salt Lake Tribune is a member. The r...

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He’s back: Romney buys houses in Utah

Wed, 15 May 2013 23:22:38 MDT

He’s back: Romney buys houses in Utah

By Thomas Burr The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 15, 2013 11:22PM MDT

Washington • Utahns may see Mitt Romney a little more often. The former presidential candidate and his family have purchased two adjoining homes in Holladay, each of which is zoned for equestrian use. Romney purchased two homes through a holding company in March, Salt Lake County records show. Mitt Romney had sold his Deer Valley home in 2009 as he prepared for his second bid for the White House. The former head of the 2002 Winter Olympics still owns a home in New Hampshire and in La Jolla, Cali...

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Records: West Valley narcotics officers have disciplinary history

Thu, 16 May 2013 06:34:42 MDT

Records: West Valley narcotics officers have disciplinary history

By Janelle Stecklein The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 16, 2013 06:34AM MDT

At the same time newly minted West Valley City narcotics detective Shaun Cowley was being trained as an evidence custodian for his unit, the detective assigned to teach him was being reprimanded for mishandling money. According to a discipline letter released Wednesday by West Valley City police in response to a public-records request, detective James Terrill was tasked with instructing Cowley during a joint operation of the city’s Neighborhood Narcotics Unit (NNU) and the DEA’s Metro Narcotics...

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Three recent Utah contestants from 'The Voice' will kick off open house at a new artist development company in Draper

Wed, 15 May 2013 15:08:02 MDT

Three recent Utah contestants from 'The Voice' will kick off open house at a new artist development company in Draper

The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 15, 2013 03:08PM MDT

The three recent Utah contestants from TV’s hit show “The Voice” will help kick off the Open House at a new artist development company for musicians in Draper May 22. Ryan Innes, the duo from Midas Whale and Amy Whitcomb will appear at a 11:30 a.m. press conference talk abiut Refinement Records, what is being called a "360-music development concept." All three contestants will sing at the open house at 11:30 a.m. during the 11-1 p.m. event at 12244 South Business Park Drive in Draper.A sp...

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GOP, Democrats challenge Holder over subpoenas to AP

Wed, 15 May 2013 14:35:05 MDT

GOP, Democrats challenge Holder over subpoenas to AP

By PETE YOST and DONNA CASSATA The Associated Press

Updated May 15, 2013 02:35PM MDT

WASHINGTON • Congressional Republicans and Democrats on Wednesday challenged Attorney General Eric Holder over the Justice Department’s handling of the investigation of national security leaks and its failure to talk to The Associated Press before issuing subpoenas for the news service’s telephone records. In exchanges that often turned testy, Holder defended the inquiry while pointing out that he had removed himself from any decision on subpoenas. The attorney general explained that he had been...

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Holder says he played no role in AP phone subpoena

Tue, 14 May 2013 22:16:02 MDT

Holder says he played no role in AP phone subpoena

By PETE YOST The Associated Press

Updated May 14, 2013 10:16PM MDT

Washington • Attorney General Eric Holder on Tuesday defended the Justice Department’s secret examination of Associated Press phone records though he declared he had played no role in it, saying it was justified as part of an investigation into a grave national security leak. The government’s wide-ranging information gathering from the news cooperative has created a bipartisan political headache for President Barack Obama, with prominent Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill expressing outra...

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Justice Department seized AP reporters’ call records

Tue, 14 May 2013 14:08:26 MDT

Justice Department seized AP reporters’ call records

By MARK SHERMAN The Associated Press

Updated May 14, 2013 02:08PM MDT

WASHINGTON • The Justice Department secretly obtained two months of telephone records of reporters and editors for The Associated Press in what the news cooperative’s top executive called a “massive and unprecedented intrusion” into how news organizations gather the news. The records obtained by the Justice Department listed outgoing calls for the work and personal phone numbers of individual reporters, for general AP office numbers in New York, Washington and Hartford, Conn., and for the main n...

Gov’t obtains wide AP phone records in probe

Mon, 13 May 2013 20:53:54 MDT

Gov’t obtains wide AP phone records in probe

By MARK SHERMAN The Associated Press

Updated May 13, 2013 08:53PM MDT

Washington • The Justice Department secretly obtained two months of telephone records of reporters and editors for The Associated Press in what the news cooperative’s top executive called a “massive and unprecedented intrusion” into how news organizations gather the news. The records obtained by the Justice Department listed outgoing calls for the work and personal phone numbers of individual reporters, for general AP office numbers in New York, Washington and Hartford, Conn., and for the main ...

Utah State Records Committee looking to fill vacancy for public member

Mon, 13 May 2013 20:57:02 MDT

Utah State Records Committee looking to fill vacancy for public member

The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 13, 2013 08:57PM MDT

Do you have an interest in open government? The Utah State Records Committee is looking for you. The committee is seeking applications from people interested in filling the vacancy for a second public member on the seven-member body. The committee hears appeals of records requests, as well as establishes records retention policies. The board includes representatives of local government, news media, private business, the governor’s office and the public. The current opening was created when the U...

Rolly: Redistricting is bipartisan for a price

Mon, 13 May 2013 09:01:14 MDT

Rolly: Redistricting is bipartisan for a price

By Paul Rolly The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 13, 2013 09:01AM MDT

My column last week opined that the lawyers hired by the Legislature do the Republicans’ bidding because that’s who runs the show. My basis for that conclusion was the nearly $16,000 the Legislature’s Office of Research and General Counsel charged the Democratic Party for its GRAMA request of documents relating to the Legislature’s redistricting process compared to the little more than $2,000 charged for the Republicans’ request. That triggered protests from some readers who pointed out that th...

90-year-old woman denied Utah ID as feds search for immigration papers in ‘cave’

Fri, 10 May 2013 12:26:53 MDT

90-year-old woman denied Utah ID as feds search for immigration papers in ‘cave’

By Derek P. Jensen The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 10, 2013 12:26PM MDT

Call it From Prussia with No Love. After living for 88 years across America’s heartland — Renate McKitrick called Kansas home, married an Air Force serviceman and votes Republican — the 90-year-old grandma has traveled from Ellis Island to immigration limbo. A naturalized U.S. citizen, McKitrick simply wanted to renew her Utah ID card at the South Ogden Division of Motor Vehicles office so she could vote and pick up medications. But stricter screening standards have plunged her immigration stat...

New Jersey bill would make mug shots public records

Thu, 09 May 2013 15:40:03 MDT

New Jersey bill would make mug shots public records

The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 9, 2013 03:40PM MDT

Just as Utah officials are looking for ways to restrict access to mug shots, New Jersey is going in the opposite direction. The Daily Record of Parsippany, N.J., reports that a bill is moving through the Garden State’s legislature classifying booking photos as public records. The state’s open-records laws were ambiguous on the point, with some counties denying access and others granting it. “Releasing pictures of defendants puts a face with a name,” the bill’s sponsor, Assemblyman Ronald S. Danc...