Tax cuts and COVID: Utah lawmakers spin last year’s greatest hits during first week of 2022 general session

The first week of the Utah Legislature’s 2022 general session began with a remix of last year’s greatest hits — tax cuts and coronavirus.

And he wasn’t the only person on the hill to test positive on day one. Officials said several legislative interns — who are required to undergo biweekly rapid testing — also came up hot.

“I liken this requirement to wear a mask like trying to wave your arms out the window of a car to try and slow yourself down,” said Sen. Dan McCay, R-Riverton, the resolution’s sponsor. “My constituency was begging for a mask mandate before the mayor acted and the council,” said Sen. Luz Escamilla, D-Salt Lake City. ”Not having that was for many irresponsible and a lack of leadership from the county.”said on Twitter after the Senate vote that she had “no regrets” about issuing a mask mandate in the capital city.

“This was a program implemented at the beginning of the pandemic and actually worked pretty well to get our kids back into school. Our approach has had to evolve,” Teuscher said during Wednesday’s floor debate. “Test to Stay isn’t practical and isn’t working right now.”

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