Though it s been floated as an idea for the 2021 session, legislative leaders aren t promising an across-the-board income tax rate cut this year, but they are aligned on reducing taxes in other ways.
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Kristin Murphy, Deseret News
SALT LAKE CITY Though it’s been floated as an idea for the 2021 session, legislative leaders aren’t promising an across-the-board income tax rate cut this year, but they are aligned on reducing taxes in other ways.
House Speaker Brad Wilson, R-Kaysville, and Senate President Stuart Adams, R-Layton, won’t say an income tax cut is “off the table,” but as of Friday it’s not a direction they’re heading.
“Nothing is ever off the table until the last bill is run through the process,” Wilson told reporters. However, he added, lawmakers seem to be “coalescing” around legislation to cut Social Security and retired military income taxes, as well as expand the state’s current dependent exemption.
Letter: If everyone is armed, thereâs no need for the police, right?
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Charles Hardy of the Gun Owners of Utah who has a concealed weapons permit but choses to excercise his right to openly carry, spends time at the capitol for the Last day of the 2007 legislative session contacting his representatives about gun rights. The legislature passed SB 251 which modifies provisions related to the posession and carrying of concealed firearms at institutions of higher education.
By Dana Carroll | The Public Forum
  | Jan. 6, 2021, 5:01 p.m.
If Rep. Walt Brooksâ bill allowing Utahns to carry firearms openly without a permit passes in the 2021 legislative session, I propose a companion bill that is sure to gain the support of budget-conscious Republicans.