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The latest Utah news from Friday evening, Dec. 10, 2021.

The size of the rebate or tax break would depend on how polluting a person’s old car is and how clean the new one is.

To the editor: On June 4, 25 Utah Legislators published an op-ed in the Deseret News entitled “Republicans need to engage in climate politics,” endorsing the concept of carbon fee and dividend as a means of reducing greenhouse gas emissions. From the op-ed: “We support a carbon dividends approach that puts a fee on carbon emissions and returns all the money to the American people in dividend checks. This approach does not require heavy-handed government oversight. The fee gives t...

Salt Lake Valley trails get busy as mountain biking skyrockets during pandemic Salt Lake area sees surge in mountain biking popularity Salt Lake Valley mountain bike shops say they are exploding in sales and cant keep enough inventory in stock because of the pandemic and rise in mountain biking. Bikers on the trail say the rise in popularity means the potential for crowded trails and crashes. and last updated 2021-05-22 00:13:53-04 SALT LAKE COUNTY — Breathing hard and pedaling fast, Jeff...

3:18 Earlier this year, the Utah State Legislature passed a bill that would allow more cities to try ranked-choice voting in their local elections this fall. Ranked-choice voting allows voters to choose who their first choice for a position is and then rank every other candidate in the order they would like.  What vote counters are looking for is a 50% majority for one candidate. If this doesn’t happen, the person with the lowest number of votes are eliminated and the votes for that candida...

Ranked-Choice Voting Gains Momentum Nationwide New York City’s June mayoral primary will be the largest test for the voting method. Matt Vasilogambros, Stateline.org   |   March 17, 2021   |  Analysis In a few months, New York City residents won’t just vote for their favorite candidate in the June mayoral primary. They will choose their second, third and fourth favorites, as well. Two years after New Yorkers voted to change the way they...

Deseret News Share this story Scott G Winterton, Deseret News SALT LAKE CITY — Guns once again were a contentious issue on Capitol Hill during the Legislature’s 45-day session that ended March 5, and after several tries through the years, lawmakers succeeded in ending the permit requirement for carrying a concealed weapon in Utah. HB60 lets any Utah resident who is 21 years or older and can legally possess a firearm to carry their weapon concealed without needing a permit. It received final...

By IAN DUNCAN AND JOE FOX | The Washington Post | Published: March 12, 2021 Bruce Starr spotted the problem right away: The hydrogen-powered cars General Motors was showing off on the Oregon Capitol grounds wouldnt need gas. And if they didnt need gas, drivers wouldnt be paying gas taxes that fund the states roads. It was 2001, and the problem seemed urgent. GM predicted the cars would be on the market in a few years. Starr, then a Republican state representative, created a task force to figu...

| Updated: March 8, 2021, 7:52 p.m. The Utah Legislature has given final approval to a bill that would allow more cities to try ranked choice voting in their local elections, beginning this year. HB75, sponsored by Rep. Jeff Stenquist, R-Draper, would broaden an existing ranked choice voting pilot project that the Legislature passed in 2018. The program allows municipalities to give the alternative kind of election a try before ranked choice voting is adopted more widely, if at all. Ranked cho...

Bill on changing Dixie State University’s name gets final approval from Utah lawmakers Courtney Tanner © Chris Caldwell (Chris Caldwell | AP)"DIXIE" is painted on a sandstone rock formation in St. George, Utah, near Dixie State University. The school can now move forward with possibly changing its name after a final vote from the Legislature on March 3, 2021. A bill that will allow Dixie State University to move forward with plans to possibly change its controversial name h...