Plans to remake — if not abolish — the Utah Board of Education see heavy lobbying on Capitol Hill, with strange alliances on many sides

(Scott Sommerdorf | The Salt Lake Tribune) Rep. Daniel McCay, R-Riverton, as seen in the Utah House of Representatives, Wednesday, March 7, 2018.

(Scott Sommerdorf | The Salt Lake Tribune) Rep. Daniel McCay, R-Riverton, as seen in the Utah House of Representatives, Wednesday, March 7, 2018.

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