Local Headlines 7-11-17

Salt Lake Tribune

Op-ed: All Americans on the 4th of July

Editorial: Someone finally steps up to help hungry veterans

Trump nominates Utahn Randal Quarles to be Fed’s top bank regulator

You can’t ‘hug-a-thug’ out of crime near homeless shelter, Hughes says. But the House Speaker also isn’t sure what to do just yet.

Gehrke: Hughes is right. The state needs a strong, cooperative response to the homeless crisis

Rolly: 40 buses idling for hours may be a sin in Salt Lakers’ eyes, but not the Legislature’s

Lawsuit accuses state of Utah of favoring a tow company, and a state trooper of sexual harassment

Despite alumni efforts to preserve its buildings, demolition begins on historic Granite High School

Inconvenient location, meeting times hamper public input on Utah’s Medicaid expansion plans, health experts say

Provo Mayor John Curtis riding high as study names his city No. 2 and a poll ranks his congressional bid No. 1

Change Miranda rights, University of Utah professors say, because they’re ‘handcuffing the cops’

Mountain Accord is subject to open meeting laws, judge rules, allowing lawsuit over $8M project to proceed

Deseret News

Boyd Matheson: Every student in Utah should have the means to attain their educational goals

Editorial: Helping families exit the Road Home shelter situation will require dedicated efforts, resources

Lawsuit accuses UHP, UDOT of playing favorites with towing companies

Utah leaders react to Trump’s pitch for Russian cybersecurity partnership

Health care advocates share concerns about proposed medicaid revisions, hopes for expansion

Judge: Mountain Accord subject to open meetings law

Poll: Curtis leads Herrod, Ainge in 3rd District Congressional race