Utah

The Southern California Public Power Authority plans to price $700 million in revenue bonds for improvements to a 488-mile power transmission system.

The measure, which passed with slim vote margins in the Republican-controlled legislature, could drive banks out of the state's market, according to the governor.

The House and Senate differ in their approaches to lowering property taxes by billions of dollars as the state anticipates a record budget surplus.

Big national banks would be banned from state and local government contracts in Oklahoma if their policies "discriminate" against the firearm industry.

The Uinta Basin railway is asking the DOT to authorize up to $2 billion of PABs for the project, which would move oil to market from northeast Utah.

The measure prohibits government contracts with companies deemed to be "boycotting" the fossil fuel, firearm, timber, mining, and agriculture industries.

Legislation barring government contracts with companies that engage in a growing list of "boycotts" in their business dealings has popped up in several states.

The popularity of Arizona's universal school choice program, which pays for private schools, brought higher-than-projected costs and future budget impact.

As revenue collections climb, governors are laying out plans to reduce property, sales, and income taxes.

With federal funding accounting for the largest portion of its revenue, Utah is mulling safeguards in the event of a future decrease.