Local Headlines 2-7-18

Salt Lake Tribune

Op-ed: Promontory landfill will not receive hazardous waste

Editorial: EnergySolutions doesn’t need a $1.72 million tax break

Utahns say campus trustees, not regents, should hire college presidents — but poll results suggest many don’t understand the issue

Lawmakers want to stop your car from polluting — and hire a few more air scientists

Utah lawmaker seeks to restrict city and local officials from speaking up in favor of public-lands protections

Lawmaker pulls plan to delay Medicaid, CHIP coverage for new immigrants; poll shows most Utahns opposed mandating such a wait

Mormon church backs bill that could prevent recording bishop interviews

Utah Legislature assures no state government shutdown games by passing ‘base budgets’

With last-minute change, Utah Senate passed a bill that leaves lawmakers out of toll road decisions, while opening door to tolling

House votes to shrink where panhandling is allowed on roads

House passes bill to allow ‘water cremation’ as an alternative to burial, traditional cremation

Part of Utah Rep. Mia Love’s plan is in a House bill to stop use of taxpayer money to settle sexual harassment claims against lawmakers

Bill advances to make it easier to catch government employees who use official email for politics

House acts to close loophole in seatbelt law

Lawmakers balk at latest proposal to get rid of ‘spring forward, fall back’

Salt Lake City can’t build an inland trade hub by itself, Utah leaders tell the City Council, so let’s work together

Deseret News

Jay Evensen: Lawmakers are hinting at more toll roads, and that’s good

Jay Evensen: Another Olympics? This time, Utah should be making demands on the IOC

Editorial: Alternatives to incarceration look positive in Utah

$10 million request in state funds for Operation Rio Grande has early support

Utah lawmaker wants federal lands decisions to involve state Legislature

Utah House advances bill to add assisted suicide to state manslaughter statute

Bill would establish Jordan River Recreation Area

Another Olympic bid expected to be recommended, but there may be a roadblock

State doesn’t want ‘hostile takeover’ for Salt Lake inland port, leaders say

Legislative effort for a permanent ‘spring ahead’ falls short — for now

Toll bill expanded to allow electronic assessment on any state road

Utah lawmakers push for bevy of clean air measures

Overworked domestic violence programs seeking $1.4M annually from Utah lawmakers

Bill would require consent to record a conversation in Utah

Other

2 pending Utah medical cannabis bills draw mixed reactions (Standard-Examiner)

Park City tourism industry leaders concerned about state’s proposed transient room tax increase (Park Record)

Park City Mountain Resort, Deer Valley sign onto future Olympic efforts, crowd told (Park Record)