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Curtain falls on Utah legislative session
The Utah Legislature’s 45-day session came to an end Friday at midnight — capping off a session underscored by a glaring theme: control. Throughout the session, Republican lawmakers sought to flex their muscles and extend legislative power over a wide span of policy areas — and even over other branches of government. They included efforts to exert control over the judiciary. Control over public unions. Control over higher education. Control over transgender students. Control over cities and counties — especially the state’s Democratic capital of Salt Lake City. ...
