Local Headlines 12-4-18

Deseret News

Editorial: The day for gene editing has not come

$1.3B in new revenue available for next Utah legislative session, budget projections say

‘Time to move forward’: Utah House, Senate overwhelmingly pass medical marijuana compromise bill

Utah lawmakers pass driver’s license changes, $235M for prison construction in special session

How will legal medical marijuana in Utah affect the workplace?

Salt Lake Tribune

Editorial: Utahns had good reasons to vote this year. So they did.

Utah coal mine keeps emitting methane a decade after it ceased operations

Lehi’s assurance that Point of the Mountain dust poses no health risk draws backlash from residents; Health Department says more study is needed

Utah Senate, House vote to update driver licenses that are in conflict with federal rules

Ben McAdams resigns as Salt Lake County mayor, effective Jan. 2, the day before he enters Congress

One of every four residents in Utah’s San Juan County lives in poverty. In Morgan County, just one in 25 is impoverished.

Utah soon will have a new medical marijuana law — but not the one approved by voters in the recent election

Cash or charge? Utah Legislature eyes budget surplus to fund new prison construction without bonding

Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch shares a poem he wrote for former President George H.W. Bush

Other

Incoming Utah County Clerk Amelia Powers has big plans to improve Utah County elections (Daily Herald)

Nordic Valley ski resort plans spur skepticism, and a little excitement in North Ogden meeting (Standard-Examiner)