Local Headlines 1-27-17

Salt Lake Tribune

Op-ed: Justice reform is making real progress in Utah and elsewhere

Editorial: State and local leaders put aside rivalries to face homeless problem

Huntsman would beat Hatch in a Senate showdown, new poll finds

Study: Utah No. 2 for putting its money into programs that work

Utah would adopt a system of runoff elections under new proposal

Survey finds apparent increase in unsheltered homeless in Salt Lake City

Equality Utah seeks injunction blocking state’s ‘anti-gay’ school curriculum laws

Rolly: Thanks, Mrs. Jacobs, a journalism teacher who deserves her own headline

Salt Lake City to be reimbursed less than half of $7 million Simpson Avenue purchase

Utah House endorses leasing federal land to create state park at Hole in the Rock

Affordable housing bill advances, despite concern it will cut school funds

Audit: Utah courts missing chance to save money, ensure defendants appear

Utahns oppose Trump’s plan to curtail refugee immigration

Seat belts could be required in new Utah school buses

Audit rips Utah’s employment discrimination investigators for finding cause in just 1 of 250 allegations

Gehrke: It may not make sense, but the ‘Zion Curtain’ still has some powerful supporters

Child abuse registry bill hits snag for now

SLC shirks Trump, refuses to enforce his immigration edict

Deseret News

Jay Evensen: Is SLC’s homeless plan the most messed up in the nation?

Editorial: Public should get full accounting of UFA audit allegations

Utah lawmaker introduces ‘modified’ sex ed bill, hopes for more support

Utah House Speaker Greg Hughes offers proof he didn’t attend secret meeting

Catholic choir, other school groups rally at Utah Capitol for clean air

Bill requiring seat belts in new school buses advances

BYU alum, Harvard expert on presidency says there were plenty of signs Trump would win

Equality Utah asks for injunction on ‘anti-gay’ school laws as lawsuit proceeds

GOP Senate leaders not ready to back bill to change liquor laws

Mysterious fund tied to League of Cities and Towns raises questions

Salt Lake mayor, police chief pledge safety for immigrants despite executive order

Will Department of Defense relocate BYU’s ROTCs because of honor code?

Fierce BLM critic Mike Noel wants to lead federal agency

Other

Editorial: Your fight to limit growth in Utah Valley is a losing battle (Daily Herald)

State of the County: 2017 to be a year of planning for growth, focusing on transparency (Daily Herald)

Trump presidency creates economic uncertainty, Northern Utah experts say (Standard-Examiner)

‘Reinvent ourselves’: Utah Democratic Party reaches out to Cache County on listening tour (Logan Herald Journal)