Local Headlines 2-4-14

Salt Lake Tribune

Judge denies protective order against Utah gun lobbyist Aposhian

Utahns praise new GOP immigration proposals

Burningham won’t seek re-election to state school board

Legislature passes only three bills in first week

Sponsor said polygamy bill will have to wait

Shurtleff ‘fixer’ Tim Lawson excused from court hearing

Utah lawmakers back away from offensive ‘changing gender’ tweets

Proposed bill would require Utah to consolidate dispatch centers

Deseret News

Op-ed: Now what, exactly, are prisons for?

State GOP lawmakers call air quality everyone’s problem

Lawmaker says report on Utah liquor laws overdue

Lawmakers identify $67 million in possible budget cuts

GOP immigration reform standards a cause for optimism, local leaders say

Utah lawmakers criticized for transgender comments on Twitter, later apologize

Utah lawmaker proposes panel to look at labeling genetically modified foods

Abortion falls to lowest level since 1973, study finds

Other

Anderegg bathroom tweet causes Capitol Hill stir (Daily Herald)

Poll: Utah fourth-most conservative state (Daily Herald)