Local Headlines 3-6-15

Salt Lake Tribune

January sees Utah’s best job gains since 2007

House passes bill to keep partisan elections in counties

Rolly: Oops! Herbert aide disses House leaders — by mistake

For the fifth year in a row, lawmakers tweak school grading system

Hundreds of Healthy Utah backers rally to pressure the House

House milks debate over cow sharing

ALEC leader meets with Utah leaders, U. students

Utah lawmakers not ready to OK physician-assisted suicide

Legislature backs big bump in student spending, smaller than guv wanted

Bill advances to allow presidential primary, a day after Mitt Romney requests it

Equality Utah concerned about bill allowing government employees to refuse to perform gay marriages

‘I’m going to sign the bill’: Utah guv lauds compromise of religious liberty, LGBT protections

Dems force Healthy Utah vote in House, igniting fight with GOP

Deseret News

Natalie Gochnour: The best of Utah demonstrated in religious freedom/LGBT compromise

Editorial: Closing the ‘discipline gap’ in our schools to keep kids in class

House committee passes bill setting presidential primary date

Bill to replace ‘dirty buses’ moves on to Senate

Initiative for better school Internet filtering moves to Senate floor

School counselor training bill gets preliminary approval in Senate

Court fee for parents seeking guardianship of disabled children may drop tenfold

Bill to expand death benefits to families of fallen officers advances

Should Utah high schoolers be required to take four years of math?

Lawmakers propose big increase for education in new budget

House committee rejects class size reduction bill

Who will control Utah’s public lands?

Teacher salary increase bill advances to Senate

‘Death with dignity’ bill put on hold for further study

Senate panel endorses anti-discrimination, religious rights bill

Bill requires county clerks to provide person to perform same-sex marriages

Gov. Herbert: ‘Fight goes on’ for Healthy Utah

Other

House gives nod to Lockhart name on I-15 (Daily Herald)

Op-ed: Healthy distrust of government key to democracy (Standard-Examiner)

Editorial: Corradini leaves a positive legacy (Standard-Examiner)

Bill for presidential primary and limited internet voting advances (Standard-Examiner)

Competing religious liberty and antidiscrimination bills move forward (Standard-Examiner)