Local Headlines 1-12-18

Salt Lake Tribune

Michelle Quist: The Attorney General should be focused on something other than human trafficking

Loren Yager: Retiring Utah legislators’ legacy: a less effective IRS

What will GOP tax plan mean for Utahns? Experts try to break it down

Lawmaker aims to strip Utah cities’ authority to protect their drinking water sources

Environmentalists worry Utah regulators let violations at radioactive waste site ‘fly under the radar’

In case affecting Utah mines, judge orders trial on challenge to Oakland coal ban

Gehrke: He went from a punk kid to Utah’s House speaker. Now, Greg Hughes is getting out at the top of his game.

Millcreek city celebrates its one-year anniversary

Stewart defends government surveillance program as House votes to extend it six years

Big donor agrees to cover cost of GOP lawsuit against new Utah election law

UTA passed big discounts for 2 Utah universities. A board member says the program violated policy and surprised the agency panel.

Odyssey House expansion in Millcreek puts Utah about halfway to drug-treatment goals

Deseret News

Editorial: Put down the cellphone and drive

Sen. Orrin Hatch vows to go ‘big and bold’ in final year

Feds grant Utah $10.3 million to help homeless

‘You’re doing the right thing’: Addiction experts applaud Utah for homeless reform

UTA trustee says BYU/UVU transit pass deal ‘crazy’

Stewart, Lee differ over controversial government surveillance program

Other

Editorial: With Hatch, it was time to call him home and he heeded (Daily Herald)

Rural Weber County residents bristle at development, but growth is coming (Standard-Examiner)