The Utah Supreme Court just ruled in a unanimous (4-0) decision that (contrary to the opinion of the Attorney General) HB 174 could not stand alone, separate and apart from HB 148. Read the full decision (pdf). Before reading the decision to those assembled, the presiding Justice prefaced his comments, including the following (as best [...]

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A handful of discussions have popped up recently in response to the Utah Taxpayers Association’s suggestion that the gas tax be raised significantly. It seems to me UTA and those responding to their proposal are coming from different premises, and thus arriving at different conclusions. One of UTA’s reasons for supporting a significant gas tax [...]

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