Local Headlines 5-22-14

Salt Lake Tribune

Op-ed: Students should move full STEAM ahead

BLM reaps $2.8 million in Utah oil and gas auction

Utah’s tab for studying takeover of federal land? $500,000-plus

Utah awards $2 million contract to fight grouse listing

Utahns in the ‘Medicaid gap’ are working; here’s where

UTA board approves $1.9 million bonus for execs

Vineyard doubles in size; Uinta Basin towns surging, Census shows

Obama names 500,000-acre monument in New Mexico, says ‘I am not finished’

Poor Utahns may go without health coverage until 2015

State fair at a crossroads as legislators ponder its future

Davis School board member alleges discrimination

Deseret News

Dan Liljenquist: Intrinsic motivation

Op-ed: Stop meddling With Medicare

Editorial: Decision about validity of marriages during 17-day period of chaos should be delayed for now

Study underway about transfer of federal lands to Utah

State School Board candidates trimmed by nominating committee

A rising tide lifts all boats, Lieberman tells business leaders

Report: Utah’s uninsured aren’t idle

Utah lawmaker pushes again for states to share birth father registries

Audit complete, land-use study underway for Utah State Fairpark

Lawmakers, educators discuss Utah’s educational future

Gov. Herbert faces GOP opposition to special session on Medicaid expansion

Other

Legislature looking to punt on Medicaid expansion decision until 2015 (Daily Herald)

Tax status for local organization inspires legislative discussion (Daily Herald)

Editorial: Obama must fix VA scandal (Standard-Examiner)

Clinton City considers 38 percent tax hike (Standard-Examiner)