Local Headlines 9-8-17

Salt Lake Tribune

Op-ed: Middle school course changes will allow for flexibility, local control

Editorial: Coal is gone, let’s diversify

Amazon’s $5B second headquarters will offer 50,000 jobs, and Utah may bid for it

Utah’s ACT scores inch up; state ranks either 33rd or 5th. Here’s why.

Sen. Mike Lee joins conservative lawmakers in supporting baker who refused cake order for gay wedding

Trump remains under 50 percent in Utah, holding steady despite his tumultuous first year in office

Salt Lake City mayor signs lease agreement to close Rio Grande Street

Salt Lake City, Sandy council primary results hold up in recount

Utah Gov. Gary Herbert stresses need for state control in health care

Utah’s Mike Lee votes against Hurricane Harvey relief bill tied to debt limits

Northern Utah residents sound off on whether a new Davis County freeway is ‘overdue,’ ‘devastating’ or somewhere in the middle

After more than 1,000 arrests, drug treatment comes online as part of Operation Rio Grande

Deseret News

A. Scott Anderson: Utah leaders step up in big way to address homelessness

Jay Evensen: Credit cards, student loans and the federal deficit — a toxic brew

Op-ed: Bears Ears: Perhaps there’s a third way

Editorial: Parents are even more important than schools in academic achievement

Silicon Valley finds peace in Utah mountains

Hatch child protection bill passes Senate committee

Will Amazon’s new headquarters land in Silicon Slopes?

Utahns nearly evenly split over President Donald Trump’s job performance

Hatch draws on Charlottesville, Houston to urge unity in the Senate

Herbert urges D.C. committee to give states control of health insurance

31 arrested in 4 raids linked to Operation Rio Grande

Sen. Mike Lee battles for religious freedom in courts, on Senate floor

Native Utahn to head four-state Homeland Security Investigations office

S.L. Chamber of Commerce honors champions, outgoing chairman at awards event

District attorney asks FBI to also investigate controversial U. nurse arrest

Over 1,000 arrests made in Operation Rio Grande as 37 new treatment beds open

Other

Editorial: The solution to Utah County’s housing problem can shift with two key changes (Daily Herald)

Odell Miner officially files to be write-in candidate for Provo mayor (Daily Herald)

Provo recount uncovers 150 unrecorded ballots (Daily Herald)

Op-ed: Remarkably few prisoners die in the Weber County Jail (Standard-Examiner)

Davis County leading largest US counties in employment growth, new numbers show (Standard-Examiner)