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Utah wine store management shake-up stirs controversy • Just days after liquor store manager Ron Harris announced his April 24 retirement, his bosses at the Utah Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (DABC) gave the 20-year employee an unusual send-off: They forced him to clean out his desk and placed him on paid administrative leave.
Unified Police detective charged with misuse of 'drug buy' funds • A Unified Police narcotics detective has been charged after departmental audits allegedly turned up evidence that thousands of dollars in cash had gone missing from a fund used to conduct undercover drug buys.
Survey ranks Salt Lake City's LGBT population 7th among top 50 metro areas • A new national survey ranks Salt Lake City's population of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender adults as seventh highest among the top 50 U.S. metropolitan areas — a finding that may surprise only those who live outside the Beehive State.
Utah biodiesel plant fined for selling invalid renewable-energy credits • Utah's largest biodiesel producer has agreed to pay a $3 million fine to resolve allegations that it sold credits associated with renewable fuels it had not produced, although the company attributes the violation to a "misinterpretation" of the law and says it fully cooperated with investigators.
'Immigrant's choice' launched the inspiring rise of Utah's newest justice • While growing up, Deno Himonas considered becoming a Greek Orthodox priest. When he told his mother, she said he could be anything he wanted to be — as long as it was a doctor or a lawyer.
Ukrainians in Utah form group to aid those in turmoil • A year ago, Alexey Gavrilov addressed a gathering in the main square of Kerch, a small Crimean city. Out of nowhere, 300 angry men filled the square, denouncing Gavrilov as a traitor for opposing Russian annexation of the Ukrainian peninsula jutting into the Black Sea.
Utah's anti-bias law has teeth Salt Lake City's does not • Salt Lake City's anti-discrimination ordinances passed in 2009 and set the stage for 18 other local governments and, eventually, the Utah Legislature, to protect lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender residents.
Utah's economy has improved, but the rate of Utahns willing to work has not • With one of the nation's lowest unemployment rates, Utah's economy has taken off, and politicians, led by Gov. Gary Herbert, regularly crow about the state's economic exceptionalism.
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