Members of the Utah State Legislature are continuing their listening tour, with a better understanding of rural issues after a town hall in Richfield Friday evening. The meeting was part of the tax restructuring and equalization task force’s listening tour–with the ultimate goal to update the state tax code. About […]
The Tax Restructuring and Equalization Task Force is on their way to Central Utah. The task force will be in Richfield Friday evening for a town hall meeting to hear from taxpayers on changing the state code. During the 2019 General Legislative Session, the legislature created the task force after […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah would charge electric and hybrid vehicle owners for miles driven under a voluntary program intended to compensate for diminishing gas tax returns. The state will be one of the first to collect the road usage charge for such a purpose, The Deseret News reported Wednesday. The […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Health care advocates challenged restrictions set by state officials in Utah’s proposed Medicaid expansion during a tense public hearing. The Utah Department of Health met with residents Thursday to collect feedback before submitting the plan to the federal government. Some health care advocates expressed concern […]
ATLANTA (AP) — New state abortion laws likely to become bogged down in legal challenges face another potential obstacle: prosecutors who refuse to enforce them. The Associated Press reached out to nearly two dozen district attorneys across seven states, and several said they would not file criminal charges against doctors […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah lawmakers say reforming the state tax system could include anything from ending the income tax to broadening the tax base. The Deseret News reports lawmakers and state officials floated reform ideas during a panel at the Utah Taxes Now Conference on Tuesday. Republican Senate […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Several hundred people gathered in the Utah State Capitol Tuesday afternoon to join a nationwide protest against abortion bans being passed around the country. Parents with young children and teenagers who left school early to attend the protest passed around markers and made posters championing […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah legislative leaders are considering spending up to $1 million on efforts to promote participation in the census next year. Republican Senate Majority Leader Evan Vickers told the Deseret News that legislative leaders met Tuesday to discuss 2020 census spending, and the issue was brought up in […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — As Utah defends its strict new abortion ban in court, the chief prosecutor overseeing the county with the state’s only two clinics has said he won’t enforce the measure, marking latest example of an official resisting strict anti-abortion measures in states around the country. Democratic […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah lawmakers have agreed to spend $56 million to buy and renovate American Express office buildings to use as a new state office complex that could house up to 1,500 employees. The Legislature’s Executive Appropriations Committee voted unanimously Tuesday to fund the purchase of the […]
