Local Headlines 4-29-15

Salt Lake Tribune

Editorial: Taxpayers shouldn’t fund Utah State’s athletic arms race

Nashville officials visiting SLC for ideas on transit, planning

Bishop Wester: Immigration reform may require reforming ourselves first

West Jordan Councilman denounces ‘abuse of power’ in city government

Mike Lee dodges potential challenger with Romney ties

Utah legislator blasts liquor agency leaders over treatment of employees

Utahns react to same-sex marriage arguments at the U.S. Supreme Court

Bishop, Stewart launch action group for states to take over federal lands

Utah’s chronic homeless numbers drop from 1,932 to 178 in 10 years

Utahn who organized ATV ride through Recapture Canyon wants to keep mention of guns, militias out of trial

Utahns rally for and against same-sex marriage

Rolly: Utah cop who refused Pride Parade duty finds a home with Sutherland Institute

Deseret News

Richard Davis: State GOP is excluding Utah voters from presidential primary

Editorial: Utah’s ‘Housing First’ decreases chronic homelessness in first decade

Chronic homelessness in Utah down 91 percent under decade-long ‘Housing First’ initiative

League of Women Voters honors Lockhart, Granite Technical Institute

Nashville looks to Salt Lake City as transit, immigration leader

Provo businessman declines push to run against Sen. Mike Lee

Outcome of same-sex marriage case hard to predict

Stewart, Bishop launch group to take land from feds

Garland mayor fires first woman police chief in Utah, says department was ineffective

Opposing sides of same-sex marriage rally as Supreme Court deliberates

Other

Report: Tourists spend record $7.5 billion in Utah (Daily Herald)

Editorial: Quit trying to undermine SB54 (Standard-Examiner)

Utah groups sue state over Woods Cross refinery permit (Standard-Examiner)

State says Utah chronic homelessness at ‘functional zero’ (Standard-Examiner)