Local Headlines 4-24-14

Salt Lake Tribune

Editorial: Utah can’t keep sprawling

Shurtleff responds to report critical of his conduct in Jenson case

Number of Utahns with degrees inches up, but too slowly

Western lands takeover: Former BLM chief, state lawmaker clash

Utah’s political parties to prune candidates

Deseret News

Dan Liljenquist: Higher education reform

Jay Evensen: In predicting the future, we seem to miss the most obvious trends

Editorial: Utah is not a swing state and should focus political and civic energies elsewhere

Higher education, demographics among proposed changes to school grading system

GOP, Democrats holding state conventions Saturday

Could Salt Lake City host Democratic National Convention?

Mark Shurtleff says new report based on ‘tall tales,’ vows to fight any charges

Other

Chaffetz readies for nomination, sets record straight (Daily Herald)

New House member Fawson resigns N. Ogden council seat (Standard-Examiner)

State lawmakers granted Weber County’s $1.5 million gun range request (Standard-Examiner)