Local Headlines 8-20-18

Salt Lake Tribune

Op-ed: Will voters put Utah kids first?

Editorial: Mountain Accord won’t make it at a glacial pace

‘Where do they go?’ With prices rising, advocates urge Utah leaders to focus on affordable housing to help reduce homelessness.

A southern Utah county that fought monument designations is now eager to make money off them

How bad is this year’s Utah wildfire season? Actually, not that bad so far — unless you’re trying to breathe.

Utah again leads the nation for job growth

Federal complaints accuse Mia Love and Ben McAdams of taking illegal donations, marking the latest fight in this contentious campaign

Surprised by plan from his own BLM to unload land inside Utah’s former Grand Staircase monument, Interior boss cancels sale

Midvale councilman calls for the Utah city to ban Confederate flags from its Harvest Days Parade

Deseret News

Pignanelli & Webb: The political inferno of wildfires, and other issues

Op-ed: Are tax exemptions for businesses a blessing or a curse?

Editorial: This is a vexed generation

Love, McAdams refute allegations in dueling FEC complaints

Utah’s jobless rate is among the lowest in the nation. Here’s how it ranks

Utah Inland Port board subcommittees have been meeting behind closed doors

Utah 2018 wildfires destroy the most structures in past 15 years

Dream of citizenship at risk for immigrants in the U.S. military

Utah’s overdose deaths fall 12% despite nationwide surge

Utah lawmaker proposes putting a team in every school to catch red flags

Other

Vice chair of Utah County Republicans makes Nazi joke in Facebook group, later retracts (Daily Herald)

U.S. Senate candidate Jenny Wilson makes case to valley voters (Logan Herald Journal)