Local Headlines 1-11-16

Salt Lake Tribune

Rolly: Retiring Sen. Steve Urquhart will leave a lasting impression on Utah

Op-ed: Oregon occupiers have much in common with Utah legislators

Op-ed: Utah needs more women running for office, and we will help them

Editorial: Utah land grab: A fool and other people’s money

Editorial: Give school districts room to operate, legislators

Official claims UTA fired him for warning it violated safety rules

New panel will explore needs of Utah’s minority and at-risk students

Utah group hopeful after trip to occupied Oregon wildlife reserve

Salt Lake County mayor requests jail time for his former deputy

ACLU director who challenged Utah on same-sex marriage, immigration to retire

Deseret News

Frank Pignanelli and LaVarr Webb: Signature-gathering period in primary election process marks new era

John Florez: We have lawmakers who keep on spending our money for things we don’t want

Editorial: In Utah, two-party negotiation not necessary to get laws passed, and that’s too bad

Editorial: The Utah Media Coalition calls for increased transparency from state Republican leaders

Top education leader Brad Smith to take 90-day medical leave

State education funding priorities: Paying for pupil influx, local needs

What’s the cost of a shrinking middle class?

West Jordan leaders seek to keep City Hall civil in 2016

ACLU leader Karen McCreary announces June retirement

Doug Robinson: Sean Reyes — Out of the ’hood, into the AG’s office

Other

Senator Mike Lee draws crowd with town hall (Daily Herald)

Utah bills limiting medical marijuana to certain illnesses have advocates wary (Standard-Examiner)

Former Ogden mayor Matthew Godfrey surprised by mission president call (Standard-Examiner)

Bill to exempt military pensions from state income tax will go to Legislature (Standard-Examiner)

Erickson to run for full term on Cache County Council (Logan Herald Journal)

Legislators visit Summit County Board of Health (Park Record)

Utahns weigh in on gun control (Park Record)