Local Headlines 8-29-17

Salt Lake Tribune

Editorial: Utah women last, again

Rocky Mountain Power, solar advocates, reach a deal on an alternative to utility’s net-metering program

Utah insurers want high-cost patients removed from the Obamacare marketplace

Here are the weapons and surplus gear your local police force has received from the U.S. military

Utah lawmaker Paul Ray has a way of making enemies — and he likes it

Fences have helped cut wildlife collisions by 35% on I-80, so UDOT is building more of them

Not all Utah police forces are interested in, again, receiving guns from U.S. military

State lawmaker chosen to head Utah Technology Council advocacy group

Utahn Thomas Wright elected to Republican National Committee post

Some Salt Lake County leaders want to halt money shift to help build new Hale Centre Theatre

Utah taxpayers to spend $67 million to improve SLC’s Rio Grande area through law enforcement, drug treatment, services

Deseret News

Op-ed: Tax increase would offer little change, only more confusion

Op-ed: Follow the Framers of the Constitution and vote no on term limits

Boyd Matheson: After the eclipse, we need to take the cosmic perspective on life

Editorial: Racial equality is a goal behind which all should unite

Operation Rio Grande to cost $67 million over 2 years

New research may be blueprint for tackling Utah’s wintertime inversion

Salt Lake seeks 500 volunteers for ‘one-stop shop’ event for homeless

Utahn in Kenya election calls for help to preserve peace following tumultuous election

Huntsman confirmation hearing could come as soon as mid-September

Other

Trackline: Ogden will demolish Swift Building, offer incentives to bike company (Standard-Examiner)