Local Headlines 2-10-14

Salt Lake Tribune

Orrin Hatch: Obamacare threatens Utah families’ future

Op-ed: HB37 a sound compromise in stream-access fight

Editorial: Utah’s open-admissions schools need taxpayer help

Utah recreational land swap finally wraps up

Utah Senate passes first clean-air bill

Drinking data may stir liquor debate

80 mph speed zone bill clears House, heads to Senate

Is charging alt-fuel drivers more good for roads or bad for the air?

State agency seeks $1 million to prevent listing of sage grouse

Rising status in Congress comes with big dues for Utah’s Chris Stewart

D.C. Notebook: Lee: Farm bill is Frankenstein’s monster

Utah considers all-out attack on schools’ digital divide

Insurance, retirement soak up boosts to Utah’s per-pupil spending

Lawmakers debate fixes for Utah doc shortage

Deseret News

Natalie Gochnour: Time to raise Utah’s motor fuel tax

Frank Pignanelli & LaVarr Webb: Legislature review: Air, alcohol and the Affordable Care Act

Robert Bennett: Living in a representative democracy

John Florez: Utah education is a leaky pipeline

House approves 80 mph speed limit bill

Supporters of prison move will try again to sway lawmakers

Senate committee supports bill to limit use of CO gas at animal shelters

Long-sought recreational land exchange approved

Lawmakers, educators debate changes to school grading law

New state report could play role in future liquor law debates

Bill seeks to open custody questions in domestic homicide investigations

Opposition to cockfighting bill raised in Senate committee meeting

When counting college degrees, more Utah legislators bleed BYU blue

Survey: Utahns most concerned about education, air quality

Other

Leaders of Count My Vote aren’t pleased with Bramble’s bill (Daily Herald)

House approves bill that could lead to higher speed limits (Daily Herald)

Brad Dee: 911 consolidation bill needed (Standard-Examiner)

Editorial: Species Act needs overhaul (Standard-Examiner)

Housing for the mentally ill imperiled in Weber County (Standard-Examiner)

Don Porter: North Ogden representative still trying to tear down that ‘curtain’ (Standard-Examiner)

USU President Stan Albrecht stresses funding needs at legislative subcommittee meeting (Logan Herald Journal)