Bill overhauling UTA now includes local option sales tax increase for transit

SALT LAKE CITY — After trying to win support for a long list of revenue options to pay for transit projects, including a statewide sales tax hike, lawmakers are settling on giving some counties the option of raising sales taxes 0.2 percent."While I would like to see us take bigger steps, I'm excited about this step," Senate President Wayne Niederhauser, R-Sandy, said at a conference committee to resolve issues with House changes to SB136.The House approved the revised bill 40-32 with no de