Plus, will Salt Lake City raise sales tax for the downtown project?
Good morning! Here are today’s temperatures: 🌦️ 59 – 86° in Logan | 💧⚡ 40% 🌦️ 69 – 90° in Salt Lake | 💧⚡ 40% ⛅ 72 – 95° in St. George | 💧 30% The Democratic National Convention concluded Thursday night, with Vice President Kamala Harris formally accepting the party’s nomination for president. Harris used the speech to lay out her case against Trump. But our reporter at the convention, Samuel Benson, said that details of what Harris would do as president were sparse. Read more about what delegates thought of Harris’ message. Also on our minds: Donald Trump tells the Deseret News how he’d implement plans for mass deportation during a second term Utah diaper drive aiming to hit new record Friday Salt Lake City airport prepares for record Labor Day crowds |
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| If constitutional amendment passes, will Utah lawmakers respect the intent of initiatives? |
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If Utah voters this November pass a constitutional amendment giving the Utah Legislature the ability to amend or repeal initiatives, will state lawmakers be able to just toss out laws that started out as citizen initiatives? Not exactly. A bill passed on Wednesday night, contingent on Utah voters approving the amendment, essentially says lawmakers will not repeal initiatives when making changes, said Derek Monson, chief growth officer at the Sutherland Institute. “I think what the Legislature wanted to do is just clarify that intent,” said Monson. “And that going forward, this is the policy of the state or the way of the state, when it comes to ballot initiatives, that we’re going to respect the will of the people and try to forward the underlying goals of the ballot initiatives.” Read more about the bill and what it means for Utah voters. More in Politics Donald Trump tells the Deseret News how he’d implement plans for mass deportation during a second term (Deseret News)
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| Utahns aren’t hip on raising the sales tax rate in Salt Lake City as part of an ambitious plan to reimagine the city center and renovate the Delta Center to accommodate both the Utah Jazz and the new Utah Hockey Club. A new Deseret News/Hinckley Institute of Politics poll posed this question to 800 registered Utah voters: “Salt Lake City is considering raising its sales tax by 0.5% to generate revenue to establish a downtown sports entertainment, cultural, and convention zone, including renovations to the Delta Center. Do you support or oppose this proposal?” The survey found 54% of residents oppose the proposed tax increase for the plan, while 38% favor it. Another 8% don’t know. “I think it’s disappointing to see a poll like that but I also think this is the nature of a growth trajectory. There very rarely are easy answers. There are very rarely overwhelming positive answers. They’re called growing pains for a reason,” said Salt Lake City Council chair Victoria Petro. Read more about the survey and the city’s response. More in Utah Salt Lake City International ranks 5th in on-time departures (Deseret News) Utah real estate disruptor Homie files federal antitrust action against NAR (Deseret News) Proposed licensing makeover prompts concern among Utah’s beauty professionals (KSL) Lawsuit could delay Little Cottonwood Canyon plan by ‘a couple of years,’ UDOT says (KSL) |
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