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‘Behind the Headlines’: Legislature pokes back at Utah governor; ballot likely to include medical marijuana, Medicaid expansion; San Juan wants Recapture Canyon road

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) House Speaker Greg Hughes calls to order a special legislative session to override Gov. Gary Herbert's vetoes of two bills. The issues at hand are both balance-of-power matters. One would allow the Legislature to use its own attorneys to intervene in any court challenge of state law instead of relying on the attorney general. The second would establish legal methods to force the attorney general to provide the Legislature with legal opinions when requested.

  | April 19, 2018, 11:12 p.m.

The power struggle between Gary Herbert and the Legislature intensifies with lawmakers overriding two of the Utah governor’s vetoes. Four of six citizen initiatives likely will end up on the ballot in November, including one to expand Medicaid and another to legalize medical marijuana. And San Juan County claims a right of way through Recapture Canyon, the site of ancient archaeological ruins and of a 2014 protest ATV ride.

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