The three bills would provide tax relief to families with children, veterans and seniors, but not all Utahns as legislative leaders have said an across-the-board income tax rate cut is unlikely.
A bill to bar government agencies from requiring most Utah employees to receive COVID-19 vaccinations won bipartisan approval from the Utah House of Representatives.
SALT LAKE CITY Nearly half of Utahns believe it will be at least a year from now before life returns to normal from the COVID-19 pandemic, according to results of a new Deseret News/Hinckley Institute of Politics poll released Monday.
Most Utahns, 27%, said that time will come one year from now, while 20% see it taking several years.
But others are more optimistic, with 21% of Utahns expecting normalcy to return this fall; 12% say within three to six months; and 2% believe within one to two months.
There are 19% of Utahns who say they don’t know when to expect the end of the almost yearlong coronavirus pandemic.
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SALT LAKE CITY Most Utahns want this year’s extra revenue in the state’s coffers to be pumped into education, while an across-the-board income tax cut comes in as a close second.
A new Deseret News/Hinckley Institute of Politics poll found 34% of residents want the Utah Legislature to spend the budget surplus in education, while 28% said they want an income tax cut for all wage earners.
A smaller number of Utahns want the money spent in other ways, with 11% wanting a more targeted income tax cut for senior citizens, 10% wanting the money to go toward infrastructure investments, 9% for economic development and 2% for an income tax cut rate for military personnel.