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Utah Senate opens path for voters to reconsider income-tax earmark for education; measure passes Senate
Summary
After a heated floor debate over whether the constitutional earmark for income-tax revenues should be broadened to allow funding for social services, the Utah Senate voted to pass Third Substitute Senate Joint Resolution 3 (21–8), sending the proposal to the House and, if advanced, to the ballot.
Senator Jonathan McKay moved to uncircle Third Substitute Senate Joint Resolution 3 and framed the measure as giving Utahns options about how income-tax revenue earmarked for education could be used in the future.
"What this does is it allows the earmark that's currently set for public and higher education. It allows it to provide for services for the poor, the disabled, or the elderly," McKay said in his floor remarks,…
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