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May 10, 2013 • Out of Context by Tribune Political Reporters
Lawmakers contemplate impeaching Swallow. Chinese citizens petition the White House. Lee's border security amendment gets rejected.
Happy Friday. Frustrated Chinese people have learned the White House accepts online petitions and they have d... Full Story
May 28, 2013 • By Janelle Stecklein The Salt Lake Tribune
When the woman was pulled over by police, they discovered drugs inside her vehicle.
But officers also discovered something else — she was an undocumented immigrant.
The officer then allegedly told the woman she had 72 hours to become a confidential... Full Story
May 29, 2013 • The Salt Lake Tribune
Police work often involves the use of informants: people who are associated with those who may be committing crimes. These people sometimes put their lives in danger in order to provide cops with information they otherwise wouldn't be able to ge... Full Story
May 31, 2013 • By Ray Parker The Salt Lake Tribune
David Nelson has been a pioneer throughout the gay-rights movement in Utah.
Born in Salt Lake City into the politically active Cannon family, he ran the first campaign as an openly gay candidate for the Salt Lake City Council in 1985, but lost.
The ... Full Story
June 14, 2013 • By Bob Mims The Salt Lake Tribune
Want to help the homeless? Don't give your dollars to street panhandlers or potential scam artists holding those stereotypical, hand-lettered cardboard signs at freeway ramps, parking lots or street corners.
Salt Lake City Police Chief Chris Bu... Full Story
June 21, 2013 • Utah's Right Blog by Donald Meyers
Betsy Ross, former chairwoman of the State Records Committee was honored for her 18 years of advocating for open government.
The Utah Headliners Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists gave Ross one of its annual Sunshine Awards at a cerem... Full Story
June 22, 2013 • The Salt Lake Tribune
The Salt Lake Tribune won more than 60 awards in the annual Society of Professional Journalists Utah Headliners Awards, including best newspaper and three of the contest's top honors.
The Tribune won nearly twice as many awards as any other new... Full Story
June 24, 2013 • By Michael Mcfall The Salt Lake Tribune
City Creek Canyon • John and Alma have been down on their luck.
Homeless and unemployed, the couple was running into dead ends. Salt Lake City has shelters, but John and Alma aren't there in part because of the other transients.
"They are smoki... Full Story
July 8, 2013 • By Janelle Stecklein | The Salt Lake Tribune
Kurt Cook is no weatherman, but he's always known which way the wind was blowing — from inside his office.
Turns out, the clear tape that employees slapped over a large crack in the Salt Lake City fire chief's window couldn't block so... Full Story
July 7, 2013 • By Janelle Stecklein The Salt Lake Tribune
Salt Lake City leaders have discovered they won't be able to move as quickly as they'd like on plans to sell the current Public Safety Building.
The problem is that the facility won't be completely vacant after the new state-of-the-a... Full Story
July 19, 2013 • By Jim Dalrymple Ii The Salt Lake Tribune
Officials and onlookers celebrated the opening of Salt Lake City's new Public Safety Building Friday with speeches, song and a fire fighter rappelling out of the sky.
During a ribbon-cutting ceremony early Friday afternoon, Mayor Ralph Becker p... Full Story
July 19, 2013 • By George Pyle The Salt Lake Tribune
Some people seem determined to make it really difficult for a fuzzy old liberal to point to the federal government as the guardian of freedom and to local government as what freedom needs to be protected from. (Unless, of course, he lives in Kanab.)
... Full Story
August 5, 2013 • By Michael Mcfall The Salt Lake Tribune
Salt Lake City police see the difference it makes when neighbors ban together and push back against crime, and Tuesday marks the celebration of that fight.
National Night Out Against Crime, held annually the first Tuesday of August since 1984, is mea... Full Story
August 7, 2013 • By Michael Mcfall The Salt Lake Tribune
At his podium in Westpointe Park, Salt Lake City Police Chief Chris Burbank could see a garage door left wide open across the street.
That is exactly the sort of behavior that the police want people to stop. At the annual Night Out Against Crime on ... Full Story
August 17, 2013 • The Salt Lake Tribune
The Aug. 12 Salt Lake Tribune story about the GOP lemmings accusing Sim Gill of being a "cop hater" is a great object lesson in political propaganda. If you have a losing defense — think John Swallow, Mark Shurtleff, Gary Herbert and the list goes o... Full Story
August 22, 2013 • By Thomas Burr The Salt Lake Tribune
Washington • The National Security Agency and the FBI monitored the content of all email and text messages in the Salt Lake City area during the time of the 2002 Winter Olympics, according to a new report.
The Wall Street Journal cited unnamed "offi... Full Story
August 26, 2013 • By Nate Carlisle The Salt Lake Tribune
Statistically speaking, you probably think Salt Lake City police are doing a good job.
Serious complaints against city police officers have declined to their lowest number since the Salt Lake City Civilian Review Board was reconstituted in 2008. Th... Full Story
September 24, 2013 • By Michael Mcfall The Salt Lake Tribune
Utah is still one of the safest states in the country, despite some recent upticks in crime, including noticeable jumps in Salt Lake City property crimes.
Violent crime rose slightly statewide in 2012, new FBI data show. Accounting for murder, rape, ... Full Story
September 26, 2013 • By Erin Alberty The Salt Lake Tribune
In a panel discussion Thursday, Salt Lake City police Chief Chris Burbank reiterated his opposition to the participation of local law enforcement in immigration control.
"You cannot do immigration enforcement without interjecting race into the situa... Full Story
September 30, 2013 • By Christopher Smart The Salt Lake Tribune
Facing a surge of criminal activity surrounding downtown Salt Lake City's homeless population, Mayor Ralph Becker and Police Chief Chris Burbank are hitting back.
The strategy: Get tough on criminals while helping the homeless get back on their ... Full Story
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