Sweeping transportation bill barely passes Senate

SALT LAKE CITY — A sweeping transportation bill that raises vehicle registration fees, allows local sales tax increases and establishes new management for the Utah Transit Authority barely passed the Senate Wednesday.SB136, the product of the Legislature's yearlong Transportation Governance and Funding Task Force, no longer would impose a 0.15 percent statewide sales tax increase to raise more than $80 million for mass transit.The bill still allows for local sales tax increases, but no lon