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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 the markets an incentive to move to cleaner technologies, while the dividend protects families from 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 can't 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 Waldmuller cruised along the Juniper Crest Trail Friday afternoon. He sailed down a hill, the dust...

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 candidate are given to the voters second choice candidate. This is done until a 50% majority has been reach...