Local Headlines 1-7-15

Salt Lake Tribune

Family: Former Speaker Lockhart critically ill with unknown condition

Salt Lake City Council picks Garrott as chairman

Obama commits to compromise on Herbert’s Healthy Utah plan

Judge orders Utah anti-fed protest leader Phil Lyman to pay for own defense

California activists charged under Utah’s ‘ag-gag’ law for photographing pig farm

Legislators: Utah tax hikes coming for gas, roads, transit

Hatch now third in line for presidency as Senate president pro tem

Glenn Beck says Utah’s Rep. Chris Stewart is losing his soul

Wildlife managers approve plan to kill more bears in Utah

Deseret News

Op-ed: Utah students need better overall preparation for job future

Richard Davis: Take partisan politics out of AG’s office

Editorial: Let SB54 take effect and tweak it, rather than repeal it

Orrin Hatch and Mia Love ready for new roles

Jewell issues order on wildfire season to protect sage grouse habitat

U. professor Paul Cassell fires back at Alan Dershowitz, files defamation suit

Utah has no plans to sue Colorado over marijuana ‘today,’ Herbert says

Hatch, Love attract crowds as congressional session gets underway

Other

Don Porter: State bigshots make too much money (Standard-Examiner)

State of the City: New rec center plan highlights Logan mayor’s address (Logan Herald Journal)

Op-ed: Herald Editorial unfair portrayal of county leaders (Daily Herald)

Mike Lee to join national Republican leadership (Daily Herald)

Utah County thoughts on Mia Love as she makes national history (Daily Herald)

From mosquitoes to making history: a brief history of Mia Love’s career (Daily Herald)