Local Headlines 2-8-17

Salt Lake Tribune

Op-ed: Thanks, Rep. Chaffetz, for dropping lands-disposal act

Op-ed: Thank you, Utah leaders, for standing up for refugee women

Editorial: SB54 is legal, and Utahns want to keep it that way

New BYU Pathway offers online higher education to Mormons and others worldwide

Salt Lake County Mayor McAdams: fund drug treatment or scrap justice reforms

House hears the deaf, votes to change how law refers to them

Legislature passes safety-net spending bills

House doctors reach compromise on opiate overdose bill

U., BYU professors file motion asking to support immigration order lawsuit

Utah business leaders worried about Trump actions on immigration, trade

Is proposed tax increase 1% or 17.5%? Depends on what you count, which could affect $750M ballot initiative

Chaffetz urges Trump to revoke Bears Ears National Monument designation

Lawmakers support bill aimed at curbing bullying of teachers

Bill seeks to outlaw animal gas chambers

Proposal advances for new child abuse registry

Utah legislators vote to make changes to polygamy law but would keep it a felony

Salt Lake City’s golf woes face tough crowd in council

Gehrke: Utah Republicans aren’t satisfied with merely losing, they want to be humiliated

Patagonia drops out of Outdoor Retailer over Utah leaders’ opposition to Bears Ears

Deseret News

Op-ed: Thomas Jefferson and the Muslim ban

Op-ed: It is time for a drastic change in how we regard narcotics

Richard Davis: No, Mr. President, the United States and Russia are not moral equivalents

Editorial: BYU Pathway Worldwide offers a path forward for higher education

Which Utah colleges do the most to lift students out of poverty and into wealth?

After 4 years of waiting, a jury is in place to hear the case of John Swallow

Chaffetz says Bears Ears was first topic in meeting with Trump

Herbert urges Utahns to help homeless through income tax checkoff program

Report: U.S.-Mexico trade war would hurt Utah more than many other states

S.L. County Mayor says justice reforms can’t stay without drug treatment funding

Bill barring remote abortion pill dispensing passes in House

Retailer threats to leave Utah shouldn’t dictate public policy, House speaker says

Euthanasia reform moves forward in the senate

Resolution on daylight saving time exemption dies in committee

U., BYU law professors join court brief over Trump executive order on immigration

LDS Church creates worldwide education program in historic announcement

Report: Solar jobs growth hot in Utah, more than twice national average

Bigamy bill gains House committee approval

Other

Jason Chaffetz co-sponsors bill to abolish U.S. Department of Education (Daily Herald)

Utah lawmaker proposes bill requiring the testing of all sexual assault kits (Park Record)

Op-ed: Why would a Northern Utah lawmaker want to kill rebates for rooftop solar panels? (Standard-Examiner)

Editorial: 2017 session shows Utah legislators are crummy listeners (Standard-Examiner)