Local Headlines 2-14-17

Salt Lake Tribune

Paul Mero: Here are women’s issues conservative legislators should address

Editorial: Utah juvenile justice reforms should be approved

Senate reverses course on $20 marriage license fee

Rooftop solar tax credits will be phased out under bill OK’d by House

Free teacher licenses and 3% school spending bump in latest budget numbers

A lawsuit involving American Indian artifacts, alleged excessive force and a Utahn’s suicide has hit another wall

Utah groups pushing greater local control of public lands, wildlife seeking $4 million in state money

Rolly: Chaffetz’s town-hall protesters have no voice. What’s the NRA’s excuse?

Mountain View Corridor could become ‘Minuteman Highway’

Salt Lake City joins cities asking high court to uphold rights for detained immigrants

John Swallow’s public corruption trial enters Week 2

Gehrke: Just when you thought sanity had been restored to the Utah GOP …

Speaker: Lawmakers won’t act on nonpartisan ed-board bill

Fifty percent hike in 911 fees sought to upgrade emergency system

Chaffetz’s committee begins to overturn D.C. law legalizing assisted suicide

House committee approves bill to end Utah school grading

Sheriff urges lawmakers to again extend benefits for fallen Utah officers

Hughes, others decry ‘state problem’ of homelessness

There are 95 free social events paid for by groups seeking to influence Utah Legislature

Chaffetz’s unsubstantiated claim of out-of-state professional agitators fuels more anger

Deseret News

Kerry Gibson: We need respectful communication from all sides

Deidre Henderson: The people of the 3rd Congressional District

Editorial: Legislature should provide funds for indigent legal defense

Bill would allow sunscreen use at public schools

Bill prohibiting abortion pill prescriptions via telemedicine on hold

Senate panel OKs resolution calling for Medicaid block grants

Bill providing protections in overdose reversals advances

Bill would change how courts look at parents’ disabilities in child custody cases

Jay Evensen: Tax hike for schools? It’s all in how you ask the question

Salt Lake among 20 cities opposing long detention for immigrants

Short-term rental bill advances in House committee

Bill would allow patients, doctors to request partial drug prescriptions

Lawmakers seeking 3 percent school spending increase, waving teacher license fees

House panel passes bill to prevent ‘gamesmanship’ in tax increase initiatives

Doug Robinson: The DJ on Capitol Hill marks 31st legislative session

Civic leaders encourage residents to support Salt Lake homeless sites

Official: No Utah dams currently a cause for concern

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Despite Facebook rumors, Jason Chaffetz does not yet have plans for another town hall (Daily Herald)