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UTAH – Utah State staged a comeback from down nine with a minute left but came up just short after Steven Ashworth’s tying 3-point attempt at the buzzer was blocked. Here are three takeaways from the Aggies’ 59-56 loss to UNLV. Incredibly, USU was able to climb back into the game after being down nine with 1:08 left in the contest. Marco Anthony made a pair of free throws to cut the Rebels’ lead to seven points, then stole the ball and fed Justin Bean for a layup to make it 57-52 with 58 seconds to go. This time, UNLV…

UTAH- Often times, when a bill is opened on Utah’s capitol hill, lawmakers are coy about the motivations for a particular piece of proposed legislation. However, when it comes to Senate Bill 0107, there is no hiding what spawned that bill. The legislation threatens to strip funding from any school district which does not offer an in-person option to its students. There was only one district offering virtually learning only when the bill file was opened, and that was Salt Lake City Schools. When Beyond the Books reporter Chris Jones asked the bill’s sponsor, Sen. Todd Weiler (R-Dist. 23), if SB 0107 was directed at…