Local Headlines 9-15-16

Salt Lake Tribune

Editorial: Draft water plan looks like business as usual

Congress can still avoid a Bears Ears National Monument, says Rep. Jason Chaffetz

Guv nixes 28-year debate streak at League of Cities and Towns event

West Jordan blames Ben McAdams for losing out on Facebook data center

UTA refuses to release data on cost of ‘union buster’ consultants

Teachers union endorses Gov. Gary Herbert over Democrat Mike Weinholtz

Auditor: Dairy Commission ‘operating in the shadows’

USU administrator David Woolstenhulme picked to lead Utah’s tech education system, UCAT

Federal health officials: Utah sees further drop in uninsured

Niederhauser and Hughes ask business leaders to help defeat UEA-backed school board candidates

Environmental group Open Lands seeks $700,000 — now — to buy owl preserve

New Census data: Utahns’ income up, poverty down

Lawsuit accuses University of Utah of firing whistleblowers over wasted public funds

Deseret News

Dan Liljenquist: Hillary Clinton’s chronic paranoia problem

Jay Evensen: Don’t cry that Utah lost the Facebook data center

Editorial: Wells Fargo phony account scheme raises ethical questions

Public lands bill takes hits in first public hearing, but Bishop punches back

Utah tourism director wins national leadership award

Residents decry proposed new $13M Bountiful City Hall

Love launches negative ad as tone shifts in 4th District race

Utah is doing better, one person at a time

West Jordan falls to New Mexico’s sweetheart deal for Facebook data center

Auditor chides Utah Dairy Commission over misused credit cards, accountability

Assaults on officers near homeless shelter increasing, police say

Other

Utah Supreme Court denies BRT injunction (Daily Herald)

Weber County council floats unified police department, grapples with funding (Standard-Examiner)

Increase in health insurance premiums may impact 2017 Cache County budget (Logan Herald Journal)