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Is it working? Lawmakers get an update on Utah law seeking to reduce prison population


SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) —
The Justice Reinvestment Initiative that went into law in Utah in 2015 reduced felony drug charges to misdemeanors. It also offers substance abuse and mental health treatment instead of time behind bars.
Tuesday, lawmakers got an update on the effectiveness of the law.
You can t have a program of this magnitude and not have unintended consequences, Tom Ross, the former Bountiful Police chief who is now the executive director of the Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice, told a legislative committee.
Ross calls it unintended consequences, but 2News has profiled numerous instances where violent offenders have benefitted from JRI, resulting in deadly outcomes. ....

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Tax cuts, vaccine mandates, billions for building top issues as Legislature in final stretch


SALT LAKE CITY The question of whether the government or even your boss should be able to order you to take the COVID-19 vaccine sparked debate on Utah s Capitol Hill as the Legislature nears the end of its 2021 session.
With one week to go, lawmakers have passed almost 200 bills and resolutions out of more than 700 filed. Of those, three involving nearly $100 million in targeted tax cuts focusing on families and retirees are advancing after legislative leaders detailed plans to help return to Utahns some of the surplus money the state is seeing.
One controversial bill that apparently will not advance would ban transgender athletes from competing in girls sports in Utah s public schools. A Senate committee held the bill in a meeting late Wednesday. ....

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Tax cuts, vaccine mandates, billions for building top issues at Capitol


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Scott G Winterton, Deseret News
SALT LAKE CITY The question of whether the government or even your boss should be able to order you to take the COVID-19 vaccine sparked debate on Utah’s Capitol Hill as the Legislature nears the end of its 2021 session.
With one week to go, lawmakers have passed almost 200 bills and resolutions out of more than 700 filed. Of those, three involving nearly $100 million in targeted tax cuts focusing on families and retirees are advancing after legislative leaders detailed plans to help return to Utahns some of the surplus money the state is seeing. ....

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