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Utah Transit Authority officials are reminding passengers to continue to follow federal guidelines for safe travel. This story and more in the Tuesday morning news brief.
Tuesday morning, February 2, 2021
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Electric Vehicle Fees
A Utah House committee approved a bill Monday that would dramatically increase annual fees for electric and hybrid vehicles starting next year. The idea is to bring those fees closer to what the average driver of a gas-powered vehicle pays in taxes at the pump, which go toward paying for road maintenance. According to the Utah State Tax Commission, the fees would still be less than that average tax payment, but Rep. Suzanne Harrison, D-Draper, said lawmakers shouldn’t use data from mostly gas-powered cars to make policy decisions about electric vehicles. Harrison and other critics of the bill are also concerned about the environmental impacts of making electric vehicles more expensive to own than they are now.
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Who are the 10 Republican senators meeting with President Joe Biden on COVID stimulus? Matthew Brown, USA TODAY
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Ten Republican senators will meet with President Joe Biden Monday to discuss a coronavirus relief package counterproposal in response to Biden’s $1.9 trillion plan.
The meeting comes after the group issued a joint open letter to the president on Sunday, echoing Biden s calls for unity and urging Biden to work in a bipartisan manner to combat the COVID-19 virus and provide continued support to families struggling during the pandemic. © Stefani Reynolds, Getty Images Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, wears a protective mask at the weekly Senate Republican policy luncheon in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on Oct. 20, 2020 in Washington.