Local Headlines 3-15-18

Salt Lake Tribune

Editorial: Petition backers deal away citizens’ intentions

Utah lawmakers embraced billboard-friendly legislation — with the ‘Yes’ votes more likely to come from those who took industry donations

To sidestep a criminal investigation, UTA agreed to have a federal watchdog. Nearly a year later, it still doesn’t have one.

UDOT decides to convert U.S. 89 in Davis County into a freeway — but grass-roots group plans to sue to block it

Utah Senate President Wayne Niederhauser decides not to seek re-election

House passes bill backed by the White House, NRA and Utah’s members of Congress

New Provo-Orem bus rapid transit now has a name: Utah Valley Express (UVX)

Mitt Romney again faces a Kennedy in a U.S. Senate race

Deseret News

Jay Evensen: Why you’ll be asked to raise gas taxes by 10 cents, not 33 percent

Ralph Hancock: Vulgar elitism and empty populism

Op-ed: Could nuclear power be a solution to Utah’s big problems?

Editorial: S.L. must now move past frustration and work to make a successful inland port

Candidates file for congressional, Utah legislative races

‘This is wow’: Salt Lake able to participate in 2026 Winter Games bidding process

Utah Senate Pres. Wayne Niederhauser stepping down from Legislature

Pressure mounts as groups join Salt Lake’s cries for veto of inland port bill

Other

Alpine state rep files as Republican to take on Mitt Romney (Daily Herald)

Death penalty ban, research bills fail while expansion bill passes Legislature (Standard-Examiner)

Mitt Mania: Senate hopeful Romney woos Cache delegates, voters (Logan Herald Journal)