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It's tough to follow the news when you're finally off the clock and have time for yourself and your family. Rewind will help you catch up with all the happenings in Utah over the weekend.
New Utah report cards: Too complex to hand to parents • Next week, Utahns will get a first look at how their kids' schools and school districts performed on the state's new SAGE computer-adaptive testing system. But parents will have to wait days, and maybe weeks, to see how their own children performed. State education managers worry the reports — double-sided documents awash with information — are too overwhelming to send home with students or in the mail.
Waterless subdivision in Saratoga Springs spurs criminal charges • Kimberly Bowen is accused of fraud for neglecting to tell buyers of lots in a Saratoga Springs development called Fox Hollow that there was no water available, and that the city was not issuing building permits until facilities were done. A review of documents and interviews shows it was the city and the developer, Richard Wolper, who cooperated to allow Wolper to sell lots without water and with what appears to be inadequate written warning in at least several sales.
Will Utah end chronic homelessness in 2015? • The long-term homeless were once told they had to beat their addictions and find jobs to get and keep housing. But by embracing the Housing First model, Utah has reduced its chronically homeless population from 1,932 to 539 — a drop of 72 percent since 2005.
Protesters demand answers in police shooting of Darrien Hunt • Demonstrators demanded answers Saturday in the police shooting death of Darrien Hunt and called for citizen review boards in Utah and throughout the nation. About 60 protesters, including members of Hunt's family, rallied along Commerce Boulevard, then marched about a half block to the Saratoga Springs Police Department, chanting "Hey, ho, police brutality's got to go" and "Shot in the back for being black."
Salt Lake City's top planners are gone, but mystery remains • Eric Shaw arrived at Salt Lake City Hall less than two years ago to fanfare and praise as the new community and economic development director. But now, he's gone. No public notice, no official farewell.
Investigation: Bikini models weren't firing Utah National Guard guns • The Utah National Guard and the Utah Department of Public Safety on Friday both were investigating how and why their personnel appeared in a video with British bikini models. The video and photographs were taken in June and show the barely-clothed models for the 2015 Hot Shots Calendar driving with soldiers in an all-terrain vehicle and a tank and firing guns. The video was posted on YouTube on Thursday.
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