Utah lawmakers wrap up legislative session with tax relief, big boost for education

SALT LAKE CITY — Taxes will go up — and down — and education will see a substantial boost under a complicated deal lawmakers reached with backers of the Our Schools Now initiative in the final hours of the 2018 Legislature.The deal that halts the initiative also includes a nonbinding question on the November ballot asking voters whether they want to add a dime to the state's 29.4 cent per gallon gas tax."It's really staving off a significant tax increase for a minimal tax incre