‘The problem is immediate and the solution is urgent’: Republican Utah lawmakers pitched on the need for sales tax reform in closed-door meetings

(Trent Nelson | Tribune file photo) Sen. Lincoln Fillmore, R-South Jordan, asks a question during the Health and Human Services Interim Committee hearing on the Utah Medical Cannabis Act before the special session, Nov. 26, 2018. Fillmore is involved in negotiations over a tax-reform plan that Republican lawmakers may launch in coming days.

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