Local Headlines 12-23-13

Deseret News

Editorial: Judicial tyranny

Editorial: Utah’s economy has made an impressive recovery

Former Attorney General John Swallow hid donations from payday loan industry, investigators say

Survey shows Utah residents willing to do their part to improve air quality

Are Utahn’s solar projects just pie in the sky? Claims raise questions in Millard County, elsewhere

University Mall project upsets neighbors, pleases mayor

Court ruling has created ‘chaotic situation,’ Utah Gov. Gary Herbert says

New solar projects in Utah, nation poised to come online

Salt Lake not bidding for 2016 GOP Convention

Appeals court denies stay on same-sex marriage ruling pending hearing Monday

Salt Lake Tribune

Rolly: Matheson still has a campaign war chest

Op-ed: Tobacco tax won’t sustain early education

Editorial: Voters take some blame for Swallow legacy

Utah groups move to block Holly refinery expansion

After latest Swallow dirt, some Utah lawmakers want to keep digging

More Swallow revelations: pay to play, hidden donations

Bill to expand Utah sheriffs’ power draw concerns

Salt Lake City wants a transit system that works for everyone

Scientists tackle Utah’s particulate pollution puzzle

Utah tries again Monday to halt same-sex marriages

Other

Swallow weaves complex web (Daily Herald)

Provo mayor says 2013 most productive year to date (Daily Herald)

Utah’s teacher pay hits 33-year high (Daily Herald)

Utah bill promoting sheriffs’ power draws grumbling from cities (Standard-Examiner)

Legislator downplays minor accident with UTA bus (Standard-Examiner)

Ray contemplates Davis County Commission run (Standard-Examiner)

Ballooning sheriff’s costs shock smaller Weber cities (Standard-Examiner)

‘Uniting the Wasatch’ talks transportation, environmental solutions (Park Record)