Local Headlines 10-16-13

Salt Lake Tribune

Could cheap UTA passes in Salt Lake City spread elsewhere?

Audit: $334 million USTAR effort inflated jobs, revenue

Lawmaker drafts bill to help Utahns keep and eat roadkill

So much for Lee’s strategy — Obamacare survives

End near for food stamps, WIC if shutdown goes on

Utah governor calls up ‘action team’ to fight dirty air

How Cox rose from farm boy to lieutenant-governor-in-waiting

Audit: Contracts for anti-wolf groups didn’t safeguard tax dollars

Deseret News

Editorial: Uneducated Americans

Audit: USTAR revenue, jobs reports were overstated and inaccurate

Legislative audit: State wolf contract lacks accountability, appropriate safeguards

Public hearings starting on Count My Vote initiative

Utah’s Gov. Gary Herbert announces Clean Air Action Team

Federal shutdown threatens Utah food stamps, WIC programs

Utah may spend another $7M to keep national parks open

Other

Cox expected to take office as lieutenant governor (Standard-Examiner)

Utah among top 10 tax climates in U.S. (Standard-Examiner)

Davis and Weber counties propose space for state prisoners (Standard-Examiner)

Lawmaker Froerer looks to a legal form of cannabis (Standard-Examiner)

Audit claims USTAR overstated success (Standard-Examiner)

Gov. Herbert: State could lose $1 billion in tourism during shutdown (Standard-Examiner)

Wolf funding audit brings out political divide (Standard-Examiner)