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SALT LAKE CITY — It's full steam ahead for another Utah Inland Port Authority bill filed late in the Utah Legislature's general session, this year to create a funding mechanism for low-interest loans for rural port projects. Even though dozens of public speakers lined up both online and in person on Utah's Capitol Hill Monday — filling the Senate committee room's limited capacity due to COVID-19 and multiple overflow rooms — the committee's chairman, Sen. Daniel Thatcher, allowed less than 15 minutes of public comment on the bill as lawmakers barrel toward the end of the 45-day session ...

SALT LAKE CITY — With just one week of the state Legislature's 2021 session to go, lawmakers dropped a big bill that could have major implications for the Utah Inland Port Authority. House lawmakers, while putting final touches on the state budget, announced Friday a big chunk of cash — $75 million — would be set aside in a newly created state "bank" that could be used to fund loans for the port authority. SB243 creates what House Majority Leader Francis Gibson, R-Mapleton, called "infrastructure banks" that could stash state money to be used as loans for future projects. The bill would...