Local Headlines 12-21-15

Salt Lake Tribune

Op-ed: UTA’s governance problems are solvable

Op-ed: Hughes’ Swiss trip is further sign that Mountain Accord pushes unwanted canyon rail

Op-ed: Hatch’s test-range bill is a win for Utah schoolchildren

Rolly: Utah GOP has become its own worst enemy

Editorial: Compromise saves conservation fund

Editorial: Utah needs more brain power to compete

Rolly: Utah’s charter schools were supposed to be more frugal — not

Complaint cites charter school company’s donation to campaign of prospective Utah senator

Utah leads nation in job growth, but wages are lower than national average

Biskupski names David Litvack deputy chief of staff

Utah’s Lee says Rubio is ‘dead wrong’ about USA Freedom Act

Utahn elected chairman of the Federal Election Commission

Huntsmans to donate up to $1 million for fundraiser to benefit homeless people in Utah

In wake of ‘black eye’ from audit, UCAT postpones naming president at request of Utah Senate

West-sider sought for planning board

Nearly 1 million Utah acres sit unused by oil industry or recreation, report says

Undocumented immigrant among Utahns learning to spur activism through filmmaking

Payday lenders sued 7,927 Utahns last year

Deseret News

Frank Pignanelli & LaVarr Webb: Pontificating on the possibility of running out of party ice

Op-ed: Clean power plan means prosperity for Utahns

Op-ed: Utah needs to use new technologies to get cleaner buildings and air

Editorial: Gun safety

Editorial: The Constitution sputters back to life

Judge sentences San Juan Commissioner Phil Lyman to 10 days in jail, 3 years of probation

Sentencing delayed for former McAdams campaign manager

Utah unemployment rate up from last year, down from last month

McAdams seeks $20M to ‘realign’ system of homeless services in Utah

Doug Robinson: A record run on Sandy’s City Council

Biskupski’s priorities: Homelessness, economy and crime

Dam problems on Klamath River could mean higher power bills for Utah

New beginnings: Biskupski set to take office, start new family

Other

Senate president: Budget, infrastructure key issues in next legislative session (Daily Herald)

‘One of the challenges:’ Retention critical for school districts (Logan Herald Journal)

Why do people in Northern Utah support Donald Trump? (Standard-Examiner)

Park City Latinos outline concerns about housing, work force equality (Park Record)