Local Headlines 2-13-18

Salt Lake Tribune

Editorial: Charter schools need state board’s oversight

Schools want to send teachers to Utahns’ homes, but critics say it’s government overreach

Should cash-strapped Utah school districts get extra money from the state?

Utah lawmaker describes opposition to his charter-school authority bill as a ‘schoolyard fight’

Where would Utah’s statue of TV inventor Philo Farnsworth go if lawmakers vote to replace him at the U.S. Capitol?

Are California climate policies unfair to Utah?

Her family’s from Tonga. She grew up on Salt Lake City’s west side. How this ‘in-betweener’ got to the mayor’s office.

Senate takes step to shed light on big, under-the-radar tax cuts like the one given to Real Salt Lake’s Rio Tinto Stadium in Sandy

Resolution to place statue of polygamous suffragette Martha Hughes Cannon in U.S. Capitol clears House committee

Lawmakers reject bill that would have made it a crime to ignore people in need of assistance

Utah House Speaker Greg Hughes lauds Trump‘s infrastructure plan after White House meeting

Hate crimes bill stalled as Senate president says no need for debate when ‘it doesn’t have the votes to pass’

Trump budget would create $18B fund for parks but allow sale of public lands, Interior Department cuts

Bill would require visible ‘No Parking’ signs in lots that tow away unauthorized cars

House Republicans move bill to create powerful new oversight committee to the floor after initial stumble

This state lawmaker wants to force the Utah attorney general to sue prescription opioid manufacturers

Here’s look at 15 years of the fatal accidents involving drivers with a BAC between 0.05 to 0.08

Gehrke: Data shows few die from 0.05 DUI crashes, so let’s focus on where the real danger is

Deseret News

Editorial: Latest budget deal in Congress does little more than kick the can … again

Low-level offenders could undergo job training instead of serving jail sentences under bill

Utah House rejects bill making it a crime for failing to call 911 during assault, injury accident

Bill would make deafblindness a qualifying disability for scholarship

These 11 cities, like Cape Town, are in danger of running out of water. But what about Utah, Arizona and Nevada?

Utah House Speaker Greg Hughes meets with Trump administration on road issues

Rep. Rob Bishop calls for more power for states in address to Utah lawmakers

Bill would extend more protections to Utah food truck operators

Lawmaker wants to bring back black Utah license plates for Utah State Historical Society

Utah self-defense bill passes House despite ‘outraged’ Democrats

Bill seeks to prevent quiet tax devaluations, inspired by Rio Tinto Stadium appeal

Utah’s Martha vs. Philo debate marches on

Committee approves telehealth mental health pilot for schools

House panel OKs ban on donations to executive branch during session

School funding equalization bill would create no winners or losers, says sponsor of SB145

$2.5 million tech career incentive program wins House committee approval

Are major water reforms poised to take a dive?

Surveillance footage reviewed in alleged entrapment of Utah state senator

Senate approves bill making Utahraptor state dinosaur

Bill to remove mentally unfit elected officials advances to Utah House floor

Utah lawmakers give thumbs-down to ‘hands-free cellphone bill’

Bill to create legislative oversight entity revived in House committee

Other

BDO expires next year; school district, county, city to get tax dollar influx (Standard-Examiner)

Trump renews threat on CDBG as Logan moves forward with plans (Logan Herald Journal)