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Jerry Sloan returns to the Utah Jazz

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – Legendary basketball coach Jerry Sloan will be serving as a senior basketball adviser for the Utah Jazz it was announced Wednesday.

The Jazz and Sloan have agreed to a multi-year deal. Sloan has been with the team throughout the off-season. He’s been helping out during the pregame workouts leading up to next week’s NBA draft.

According to a press release from the Utah Jazz, Sloan will help with player evaluations at workouts, camps and summer league. He will do limited pro and regional college scouting and occasional practice observation. He will also host an annual prep and college coaches clinic.

Utah Jazz President Randy Rigby said Sloan will be an incredible asset to the team.

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Workout Wednesday: Brickwall Crossfit

Greg Shell from Brickwall Crossfit SLC showed GDU how to box jump, dead lift and renegade row with push up.

Annual challenge promotes better air quality

By Alexandria Autrey

Business, community and elected officials issued the fifth annual Clear the Air Challenge which is used to encourage Utahns to enhance air quality throughout the state.

The goal of the challenge is to eliminate vehicle trips and save vehicle miles traveled while engaging 10,000 participants.

In addition, UTA announced an additional number of available Ride Clear passes.

The clear the air challenge was created by Partner teams interested in motivating behavior changes to improve Utah’s air quality.

Proposed budget includes property tax increase for SLC

SALT LAKE CITY – The Salt Lake City Council has approved a new budget, and that budget includes a property tax hike.

The increases would come to about $55 per year for a home costing $200,000, and the increase would be about $500 for a business worth $1 million.

The property tax increase will bring an estimated $8 million to the city. The tax increase is not final yet, and the public will have the opportunity to offer feedback on the proposal at a meeting scheduled for August 15.

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Beginning of the end for Swallow?

SALT LAKE CITY — Republican leaders publicly discussed the process of impeachment for Utah Attorney General John Swallow during a caucus meeting Wednesday.

A rally was also held Wednesday in the rotunda at the State Capitol Building. The rally was organized by the liberal group, Alliance for a Better Utah. Organizers said the rally was a stand against corruption in the Utah Attorney General’s office, and they are calling for Swallow’s impeachment.

The House Caucus met to discuss what the impeachment process entails.

In an interview with FOX 13, House Speaker Becky Lockhart said it could be potentially historic.

“Some are saying let’s impeach him tomorrow or yesterday if you will, and there are others that say, no, nothing has happened that rises to that level. We need to wait,” she said.

New poll shows majority of Utah voters want AG John Swallow to resign

SALT LAKE CITY — The majority of Utah voters want Attorney General John Swallow out of office; that’s what a new poll from Brigham Young University reveals.

Despite strong support for impeaching Swallow, one powerful political activist said it would be wrong.

Gayle Ruzicka, President of Utah’s conservative Eagle Forum, calls The Utah Legislature’s process “outrageous.”

According to an article from Utah Data Points and a new BYU poll, 72 percent of the 947 registered Utah voters polled strongly support beginning impeachment proceedings.

Of the 28 percent who don’t want him impeached now, 62 percent said they want lawmakers to wait until the federal investigation is finished.

Program for Utah kids with autism accepting applications

SALT LAKE CITY — A program that gives Utah children with autism intensive, individual support is open for enrollment again.

The Medicaid Autism Waiver Program is a pilot program by the Utah Department of Health, and it was funded by the Utah State Legislature to run to the end of fiscal year 2014. Utah has the highest rate of autism in the nation.

Enrollment opened Tuesday and will remain open until July 12. The program treats approximately 250 children between the ages of 2 and 6, and there are currently 35 openings to be filled.

The program launched in late 2012, and Health Department officials said parents and children in the program are seeing positive results. The program provides individual support for children with autism as well as respite care for families.

For more information or to apply for the program, click here.