Local Headlines 2-28-14

Salt Lake Tribune

Editorial: Refusing Medicaid expansion is a dreadful idea

Payday-loan reform bill still rolling

Utah panel OKs call for convention to amend U.S. Constitution

Lawmakers want voters to amend Constitution on education

Boundary bill moves forward, wording unclear

Bill advances to make school district splits tougher

Senate panel votes to beef up U. Reading Clinic

As Elizabeth Smart watches, Utah House passes sex abuse bill

House wants study on dumping Daylight Saving Time

House kills tax credit for home schooling

Lawmakers advance ‘bill of rights’ for Utah parents

State attorneys: ‘Hold’ on Utah same-sex marriages warranted

Post-Swallow reform bills advance

Paul Rolly: Republicans square off in Utah’s payday-lending debate

Medicaid plans divide Utah GOP

Deseret News

Dan Liljenquist: Negative impact: the Affordable Care Act, pensions and hourly workers

Op-ed: Bolstering the Earned Income Tax Credit

Editorial: Planning for parking

Resolution advances giving governor, Senate power over State School Board

Senate panel approves bill creating safety tip line for students

Bill gives enrollment preference to grandchildren of charter school founders

Governor encourages Utahns to give 100 hours of service in 2014

Bill would bar ‘cherry-picking’ of tax bases in a school district split

Lawmakers reject bill granting tax credit to home-school parents

Senate gives preliminary approval to school funding equalization bill

Lawmakers, Count My Vote talking deal that would end initiative petition

Tax or donation? Opinions differ on clean air funding bill

House passes bill requiring meeting to discuss daylight saving time

Utah House panel endorses election reform prompted by Swallow investigation

Gov. Gary Herbert offers ‘Utah solution’ to Medicaid expansion

Elizabeth Smart, Deondra Brown on hand to watch as child sexual abuse prevention bill passes House with applause

Other

Provo’s 311 line causing a stir on Capitol Hill (Daily Herald)

Editorial: Re-energize West Ogden (Standard-Examiner)