Local Headlines 3-2-18

Salt Lake Tribune

Editorial: From the horse’s mouth: Money buys influence in the Legislature

Utah House speaker says it’s time to act, but Senate president prefers to wait and let educators respond to gun violence and school safety

House votes to add lessons on consent and pornography to Utah’s sex education classes

Utah Board of Education members want to appoint people to the State Charter School Board if they lose the ability to approve and deny new schools

Utah’s city lights are baffling — and killing — migratory birds. Conservationists say it’s time to go dark.

Utah’s ‘incredible’ rise in solar power may just be the start of a decadeslong surge, industry experts say

Trump-endorsed Medicaid expansion bill clears first test in Utah Legislature

Gehrke: Without a big investment in affordable housing, Salt Lake’s homeless efforts could be wasted

In three years, a Salt Lake City student has gone from not being able to write his name to becoming a science geek and potential theater buff

One lawmaker says he’s nervous ‘about empowering the citizenry,’ as committee pushes bill to delay effective date of voter initiatives

Senate gives final approval to allow more toll roads in Utah — perhaps beginning with Little Cottowood Canyon

Utah’s tough new drunken driving law likely will remain in place, as lawmakers kill bill to delay 0.05 DUI standard

Sim Gill announces bid for third term as Salt Lake County district attorney

Rep. Mike Noel proposes a Utah highway name change to honor President Donald Trump

March is women’s history month, and Salt Lake City has a new plan on equal pay for women

Utah’s Sen. Orrin Hatch calls Obamacare supporters ‘the stupidest, dumbass people I’ve ever met’

Sen. Hatch pushes back on Trump’s move to hike tariffs on steel, aluminum imports

REI joins gun-related boycott of major Utah outdoor gear company

Utah lawmakers reject a bill to raise the minimum wage to $12 an hour

Deseret News

Jay Evensen: So much for Salt Lake City’s plans

Greg Bell: Dear Congress: Breaking up is hard to do, but I don’t love you anymore

Op-ed: School choice doesn’t destroy public schools; it makes them better

Bill advances to fix Utah law in ‘Deadpool’ lawsuit

‘This is the time to do something’: Utah Safe Schools Commission launched

Utah is the third best state in the country, new report says. Here’s why it’s not No. 1

Sen. Orrin Hatch calls Obamacare supporters ‘stupid’ people

Utah lawmakers drop surprise ‘Fresh Prints of Bills Here’ rap video

Utah State School Board opposes amendment to strip its powers

Utah House OKs teaching refusal skills in sex ed curriculum

Herbert: Republican bylaw change ‘bad form’

Trump Highway? Lawmaker proposes renaming southern Utah route

Utah Senate panel OKs reimbursing busing costs to rural districts, some charter schools

Bill increasing Utah police access to drug database advances after heated debate

‘Equal pay for equal work’: Salt Lake enacts gender pay equity policy for city employees

Income tax rate would drop, corporations would get a break under House bill

Bill mandating warning of mammograms’ limitations passes Senate

Other

Editorial: American Fork campground conundrum highlights desperate need for affordable housing (Daily Herald)

Utah County Commissioner Graves still largely ‘working from home’ after release of report (Daily Herald)

Kerry Gibson police probe done, Davis County Attorney’s Office handling review (Standard-Examiner)