Local Headlines 3-5-14

Salt Lake Tribune

Editorial: Autism treatment works, and should be covered

Bill advances to protect Utah police from chase-related lawsuits

Senate passes bill to reform USTAR with more oversight

Utah Senate acts to prevent ‘another Stericylcle situation’

Utah’s CUP doesn’t runneth over in Obama’s budget

House OKs downtown Salt Lake City convention hotel plan

Money for Utah school equalization hijacked for tech initiative

Lawmakers advance clean-air bills, reject wood-burning crackdown

Paul Rolly: Legislative UFO buzzes the Utah Capitol

House gives resounding support to relocation of state prison

Utah Supreme Court hears challenge to tar sands permit

Bill defending carbon dioxide gets shelved

Utah lawmakers embrace wilderness? Not so fast

Lawmakers advance two bills to raise highway funds, including higher gas tax

Bill to limit force in police raids passes House

Senate panel OKs bill to rein in student-loan garnishment

Restaurants: Tear down that ‘Zion Curtain’

Utah high court weighs appeal in Pennsylvania man’s adoption case

Does Daybreak’s take on green building help air quality?

UTA gets nod for involvement in more development

Will Utah’s lawmakers take action on Medicaid this session?

Deseret News

Op-ed: All Utahns can help clean up our air

Richard Davis: State legislators: There’s still more election reform to do

Editorial: In prudently expanding Medicaid, Utah can be a model for the nation

Senate panel advances bill expanding role of parent review committee

School district ‘cherry-picking’ bill advances to Senate

Committee OKs bill to help victims get information about rape exams

Bill giving immunity to officers in police chases passes Senate

Senate approves tax increase to fund technology modernization plan

Utah Supreme Court hears hotly contested water war on oil sands development

Senate panel approves bill excluding disabled students from school grade calculations

House approves convention hotel bill

Senate committee shelves $1M school technology bill

Pennsylvania man challenges adoption, Utah law

Count My Vote continues to gather signatures as vote on deal nears

Prison relocation resolution passes House

Regulators: 2014 inversion season was a mixed bag

House panel approves bill to protect children whose parent is murder suspect

Governor says special session may be needed on Medicaid expansion

Other

S.B. 54 may face changes when debated in House (Daily Herald)

Bill would keep parks open during government shutdowns (Daily Herald)

House OKs bill to put Utah primary first, online (Daily Herald)

Editorial: UTOPIA’s clinging existence (Standard-Examiner)

Utah Senate committee doesn’t recommend Terryl Warner for Board of Education (Logan Herald Journal)

Count My Vote supporters happy with compromise bill but push on with petitions (Logan Herald Journal)

Stream access fight will not be resolved by Legislature (Park Record)

Count My Vote ‘compromise bill’ advances to House (Park Record)

Rep. Mel Brown to seek re-election (Park Record)