Utah lawmakers OK $1M for census preparations

Six months after refusing to set aside any money for promoting a complete and accurate count in next year’s census, Utah lawmakers have belatedly changed their minds.In Monday’s one-day special session, called mainly to get the state out of the medical marijuana distribution business and turn that responsibility over to the private sector, the Legislature appropriated $1 million to pay for promotional and outreach efforts for the census.It may seem like a simple matter of counting he