Behind the Headlines: Replacement for Prop. 3 is speeding through the Legislature
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune)
Sen. Allen Christensen, R-North Ogden speaks as the Senate Health and Human Services committee debates SB96, a bill replacing Proposition 3, at the Utah Capitol in Salt Lake City on Tuesday Jan. 29, 2019.
A proposal to replace Utah's voter-passed Medicaid expansion gets fast-tracked at the legislature. Republican lawmakers and governor Gary Herbert want to deliver the largest tax-cut in state history, but Democrats call for investments in other policy priorities (including education). And a judge rules that a San Juan County Commissioner is, indeed, a Utahn.
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