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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Salt Lake City Council is denouncing the rejection of a Mormon LGBT group's proposed float in Utah's most popular parade. But the Salt Lake Tribune reports council members voted unanimously to march in the Days of '47 Parade, while sending a letter to the organizers denouncing the rejection of the Mormons Building Bridges float.

PRICE, Utah (AP) — The U.S. Bureau of Land Management is tracking down a person who reportedly confessed to vandalizing a popular rock art panel northeast of Price. The BLM says an individual confessed to a local property owner and authorities are following up on the lead. Officials on Sunday discovered the initials "JMN" etched into the rock near an ancient image of a pregnant buffalo.

DRAPER, Utah (AP) — Parents of students at Draper Park Middle School are demanding to know why they weren't told about an investigation of a bus driver accused of sexually abusing a special needs girl. The Deseret News reports a group of parents sent a letter to the school board. A district spokeswoman says officials did not want to compromise an active police investigation.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah judge will give a progress report next month about the creation of a board that will oversee the redistribution of about 750 homes and parcels of property in Warren Jeffs' polygamous sect on the Utah-Arizona border. Judge Denise Lindberg has scheduled a hearing June 13. It's unclear if she'll announce her choices for the board at that time.

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