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After two years of failed attempts, a Utah bill that clarifies only the state \u2014 not cities, counties or other local entities \u2014 can enact firearm regulations cleared a major legislative hurdle.
Air pollution is a problem in Utah. Republican and Democratic Utah lawmakers have proposals to clean the dirty air. Plans include free public transit, promoting electric vehicles, a carbon tax and adding unhealthy air to a death certificate.
After two years of failed attempts, a Utah bill that clarifies only the state \u2014 not cities, counties or other local entities \u2014 can enact firearm regulations cleared a major legislative hurdle.
Utah's bipartisan Clean Air Caucus met Wednesday to touch on the almost 40 bills, resolutions and appropriations they say will combat the state's dirty air.
A state senator is proposing a carbon tax that he said would earmark funds for free transit, eliminating the sales tax on food and funding rural Utah development projects.