Local Headlines 12-5-17

Salt Lake Tribune

Op-ed: City vote on extra units on houses creates unnecessary boundaries

Op-ed: Time to put limits on the Antiquities Act

Editorial: We should know when Congress pays a sexual harassment claim

What’s in, what’s out of Utah’s new monuments

Trump turned two vast Utah national monuments into five smaller ones. Here’s a look at the new sites — and key lands that got left out.

Meet the 5 new Utah monuments replacing Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante — which Trump shaved down by 2 million acres

Women made gains in Utah’s recent elections, but men still hold nearly 3 of every 4 city offices along the Wasatch Front

Utah reacts to President Trump’s visit and his monument announcements

Trump tours Welfare Square looking for ‘tuna fish,’ praises ‘good stuff’ the Mormon church does and vows to protect religious freedom

Trump wants Utah’s Orrin Hatch to serve in the Senate ‘for a very long time to come’

While Utahns grovel before Trump, remember he stiffed them repeatedly for jobs in his administration

Five American Indian tribes, furious over Trump shrinking Bears Ears on his trip to Utah, sue the president

Trump greeted by thousands of Utah protesters, some who blocked downtown Salt Lake City streets and faced off with cops in riot gear

More police, affordable housing on tap as Salt Lake City Council winds down for year

Deseret News

Boyd Matheson: There is no ‘I’ in Utah

Op-ed: Bears Ears — missing facts and misconceptions

Gary Herbert: 5 myths about Bears Ears

Editorial: President Trump should bring Utah back to Washington

Mitt Romney, Christmas and tuna: Twitter reacts to Trump’s visit to Utah

Native American tribe coalition to sue Trump for shrinking Bears Ears

Hundreds of protesters greet Trump at state Capitol

Trump pushing Hatch to run again, calls Romney ‘good man’ at Welfare Square

Trump: ‘Public lands will once again be for public use’

Questions linger about decade-old Real Salt Lake stadium deal

U. study: Just 6% of Americans with high-deductible health plans negotiate prices

Other

President Trump meets with LDS Church leadership at Welfare Square (Daily Herald)

Utah County needs to adjust employee compensation to be competitive, study finds (Daily Herald)

Weber County spends $456K on public relations, economic development contracts (Standard-Examiner)

Local lawmakers join in Trump Administration’s monument showdown (Logan Herald Journal)