Local Headlines 8-7-18

Salt Lake Tribune

Op-ed: Utah can’t afford a new energy tax

‘You’ll never have it again’: Residents warn a big downtown project could sweep aside what’s left of Salt Lake City’s historic Japantown

Holladay rejects voter petition on former Cottonwood Mall site but schedules special election just in case

Salt Lake City hiring a full-time census coordinator to avert an undercount many fear is likely with Trump’s new immigration question

Deseret News

Utah panel aims to rethink ‘shame-based’ drug prosecutions

Possible Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren raises money in Utah

Canyons controversy heats up over possible federal designation

Utah has desperate need for highly educated, skilled workers

Utah joins states fighting to keep World War I memorial cross from being torn down

Other

Abatement ramps up after West Nile found in Logan mosquitoes (Logan Herald Journal)