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Jesse Fruhwirth´s Profile
Jesse Fruhwirth
Salt Lake City
25-35

 

Investigative reporter, digital news editor and blogger.

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News Blog -
Sep
02
2010

Gay Republican vs. Gay-Friendly Mormon Democrat

Jesse Fruhwirth

Log Cabin Republicans Utah president Mel Nimer will oppose the legislature's newest gay-friendly Mormon, Democrat Ben McAdams, hoping to become a senator representing Salt Lake City's east side. How very.

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News Blog -
Sep
01
2010

What Deseret News censorship says about LDS Church

Jesse Fruhwirth

I always thought censorship at the Deseret News was motivated entirely by politics. Think gay marriage: less coverage of couples hurt by their lack of access to marriage perhaps results in less political will for reform. But that's not the whole picture.

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News Blog -
Aug
27
2010

ICE wears gang-colored glasses

Jesse Fruhwirth

Immigrants recently apprehended on suspicion that they are gang members or felons may have been identified as such based on nothing more than a nautical star tattoo. Big surprise: ICE has been doing similar things for nearly a decade.

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News Blog -
Aug
25
2010

Gov. Herbert's elephants in the room at LGBT reception

Jesse Fruhwirth

Utah Governor Gary Herbert welcomed the LGBT community last night at a reception hosted by Utah Log Cabin Republicans, but the gayest thing Herbert talked about was remodeling the Capitol.

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News Blog -
Aug
23
2010

Organic grocery war on SLC east side emerging

Jesse Fruhwirth

Soon after Whole Foods finishes their new Trolley Square superstore, near-east-side Salt Lakers will have another "greener" grocery chain to patronize: Sunflower Farmers Market confirmed with me today that they will move into Big Lots store on 700 East 200 South.

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News Blog -
Aug
20
2010

Pride Center vandalized with 'FAG"S' tag

Jesse Fruhwirth

Cafe Marmalade at the Utah Pride Center opened this morning with an unwelcome addition. Vandals spray-painted the word FAG"S (sic) in large black letters on their sign facing 300 West.

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News Blog -
Aug
18
2010

Court: UHP memorial crosses are unconstitional

Jesse Fruhwirth

The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals today ruled that crosses placed on public lands to memorialize the deaths of Utah Highway Patrol troopers are a state endorsement of Christianity, thus they violate the Establishment Clause and are unconstitutional.

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News Blog -
Aug
17
2010

UPDATE 2: Why Luz Robles ought to rouse the rabble

Jesse Fruhwirth

update 11:53 a.m. 8-18-10: It occurred to me that I may have left out the most important details here, which is essentially that Sandstrom was able to conduct his press conference just fine--for a long time--without obtrusive interruption.

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News Blog -
Aug
13
2010

Vegan activists raided by feds--again

Jesse Fruhwirth

As I was writing a blog post yesterday that mentioned an FBI raid of a vegan household in Salt Lake City earlier this year, I was unaware that the same household had been raided by the FBI again earlier that day.

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News Blog -
Aug
12
2010

Conspiracy Tour supports activists charged with conspiracy

Jesse Fruhwirth

Salt Lake City's Boing Collective will host a presentation, discussion and potluck dinner--even a puppet show!--Friday to benefit the RNC8, a group of political organizers accused of conspiring to riot at the Republican National Committee convention of 2008.

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