Local Headlines 3-6-17

Salt Lake Tribune

Op-ed: Adding more teacher tests won’t improve Utah classrooms

Op-ed: Outdoor companies should keep talking with legislators

Op-ed: The homeless need services, but they also need neighbors

Op-ed: Trump should rely heavily on Hatch to get Gorsuch confirmed

Op-ed: Poorly worded poll on end-of-life bill was fake news

Holly Richardson: Go to college, Utah women, to handle life’s unexpected turns

Editorial: Tougher laws are needed to prevent the next John Swallow

Editorial: Take 2017 to attack Utah’s school funding gap

Utah’s jobless rate fell to 3.1 percent in January

Did pornography lead to therapy for your child? Utah bill advances to allow suing for that

After unusual Republican Party support, Democrat passes election-reform bill

Final budget boosts school funding, gives state workers a raise

Senate passes clean-fuel tax incentive

House will try to raise food tax, but is dropping plans for income tax reform

Following Trump’s lead, Utah’s top prosecutor announces ‘gang initiative’ to crack down on violent crime

‘Zion Curtain’ alcohol reform bill zips through House

Gehrke: Swallow acquittal doesn’t mean we should ignore corruption

HIV-positive sexual disclosure bill heads to Senate

Senate panel clings to school grading despite push to end practice

Religious leaders laud Utah for its work with refugees

Death on the Job: Utah’s worker safety agency rejects ‘heavy-handed’ enforcement

1 of every 4 bills in Legislature poses potential conflict-of-interest for sponsors

Deseret News

Frank Pignanelli & LaVarr Webb: Donald Trump’s impact on Utah

Op-ed: Cybersecurity is a shared responsibility for all of us

Op-ed: Sen. Hatch should oppose the job-killing Border Adjustment Tax

Op-ed: What can Utahns do to counteract the destructive pornography industry?

Editorial: No need to take it on faith, alcohol has detrimental effects

Editorial: Body camera law

Financial help for working poor advancing at Capitol

Legal fees for anti-porn lawsuits concern lawmakers

Swallow exonerated in criminal case but still has more to prove

Lawmakers issue ‘call to arms’ to help struggling Utah Lake

Why Utah’s new prison design is cutting edge

Bill would allocate transportation funding to meet population growth

House, Senate Republicans reach deal to restore food tax, offer income tax credits for poor

Candidates might have to choose between caucus system and signature-gathering

USTAR hopes Davis tech incubator leads to ‘Silicon Hills’

House passes alcohol bill sponsor says was lesson in ‘collaboration and finding balance’

Smog in the American West: Study shows Asia largely to blame

Lawmakers consider regulatory, tax standards for food trucks

Ban on gas chambers for animal euthanasia likely won’t advance this year

Other

‘Equal Pay’ bill is held by a Senate committee after sponsor says data may be inadequate (Daily Herald)

Where issues stand as the Legislature heads into its final week (Daily Herald)

Editorial: Utah lawmakers have 4 days to approve diesel emissions testing. And they should (Standard-Examiner)

Ogden lawmaker pushes for changes to school grade system (Standard-Examiner)

Ogden restaurant owners pan Zion Curtain as lawmakers mull alternatives (Standard-Examiner)

Legislators give final update, lift sign ban (Logan Herald Journal)

‘An economic engine’: Cache Valley tourism continues record growth, new markets eyed (Logan Herald Journal)

Editorial: ‘Zion Curtain’ bill is a good compromise (Park Record)

Summit County health officials leery of immunization legislation (Park Record)