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Utah Senate Committee on Government Operations just passed unanimously SB234, which suddenly appeared over the weekend. It now goes to the Senate.

Repeal of Utah’s year-old bail reform now on governor’s desk Share this story Crystal Powell, with the Utah Crime Victim Legal Clinic, left, discusses a legislative effort to repeal last year’s bail reform during a press conference at the Salt Lake County District Attorney’s office in Salt Lake City on Monday, March 1, 2021. County attorneys and public defenders from Salt Lake, Davis and Utah counties denounced what they called a “bad faith” proposal to undo the law now keeping suspects in jail based mainly on the risk they pose and not whether they can afford bail. Scott G Win...

Letter: Where’s the transparency for the Inland Port? Readers' Forum © Colter Peterson, Deseret News A cement truck kicks up dust as it travels to a construction site of the inland port warehouse west of the Salt Lake City International Airport on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019. The Utah Senate Committee on Government Operations Confirmation just passed unanimously SB243, which suddenly appeared over the weekend. It now goes to the Senate. SB243 creates a tiny, hand-picked committee, with no public accountability or oversight, to offer $75 million in loans to private businesses...

Bail reform repeal passes Utah Legislature just months after kicking in Reforms were meant to stop kicking defendants locked up before trial simply because they couldn’t afford bail. Prosecutors say the new system has worked. (Francisco Kjolseth | Tribune file photo) Salt Lake County Jail on Friday, March 20, 2020.   | March 3, 2021, 11:36 p.m. A Utah bill that would dismantle key pieces of last year’s bail reform package is heading to the governor’s desk, with several state senators on Wednesday signing off on the proposal despite their reservations. State legislators have spent we...

Bail reform repeal passes Utah Legislature just months after kicking in Bethany Rodgers © Francisco Kjolseth (Francisco Kjolseth | Tribune file photo) Salt Lake County Jail on Friday, March 20, 2020. A Utah bill that would dismantle key pieces of last year’s bail reform package is heading to the governor’s desk, with several state senators on Wednesday signing off on the proposal despite their reservations. State legislators have spent weeks wrestling over whether to repeal or modify the 2020 law that sought to overhaul Utah’s wealth-based system for jailing or freein...