Local Headlines 2-26-14

Salt Lake Tribune

Bill for tax credit on electric cars moves foward

Senate panel advances restrictions on drone use

Bill for clean-fuel school buses motors forward

Lawmakers push for help as Utah crime victim fund is drained

Utah’s first female agriculture commissioner gets things done

Utah can still tax NSA, but probably won’t

Swallow, Shurtleff probe may not wrap up for 3 to 6 months

For Utah parents, hurdle to divorce could advance in Legislature

Farmington may sue to block West Davis Corridor freeway

McAdams delays boundary bill to listen to concerns

House looks at potential recall of officials

Senators: Utah narrowly dodged Arizona’s fate on gay bias bill

Speaker’s education plan takes fire from anti-Common Core crowd

Bill to keep Utah voter data private passes House

Deseret News

Op-ed: Honor the promise to transfer public lands

Richard Davis: Debates will improve election process for voters, candidates

Jay Evensen: Here is why Utah should not host another Olympics

Voter information bill passes House

Senate panel passes bill governing use of drones by police

Panel approves bill to extend renewable energy tax credits to solar projects

Lawmakers defer action on canal safety measure

House passes bill to swap diesel school buses with alternative fuel vehicles

Legislative committee supports biodiesel as clean air tool

House GOP discusses bill aimed at Count My Vote in closed caucus

House passes bill requiring divorcing parents to take course sooner

Committee passes bill clarifying exemptions to informed consent for abortions

Senate GOP considers taking federal Medicaid expansion money

Other

House approves bill to change access to Utah voter rolls (Daily Herald)

Brad Wilson: Moving the prison the right thing to do (Standard-Examiner)

Utah lawmakers mull limits to drone use (Standard-Examiner)

BE lawmakers seat belt bill sent back for further review (Standard-Examiner)

Bill will extend Utah’s autism program (Standard-Examiner)

Legislature moves to bottle up some Utah voter data (Standard-Examiner)

County Democratic Party Chair to run against Rep. Powell (Park Record)

Democrat lays into ‘disinterested and uncooperative’ Rob Bishop (Park Record)