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Behind the Headlines: Salt Lake City Council approves Inland Port incentive, United Nations conference in Salt Lake

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Robyn Adamson urges the City Council to vote no on a proposal that would grant up to $28 million in tax increment reimbursement to a developer seeking to build a 3,000 acre industrial development in the city’s northwest side, The council voted yes on the proposal, during a Salt Lake City Council redevelopment agency meeting. Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2019.

  | Aug. 29, 2019, 4:52 p.m.

This week in news: the Salt Lake City Council approves a tax incentive for a developer to build on 3,000 acres inside the Utah Inland Port; the former Salt Lake City police officer who handcuffed nurse Alex Wubbels gets a job at the Weber County jail; and a United Nations conference descends on Utah’s capital.

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