Utah legislative panel chokes on compromise about filling congressional vacancies

After years of squabbling — including a veto last year — legislators and Gov. Gary Herbert thought they reached a compromise on how to fill congressional vacancies, like the one created when then Rep. Jason Chaffetz resigned midterm in 2017.But a committee choked on the deal Friday.The House Government and Operations Committee voted unanimously to “move to the next item on the agenda,” and not pass the compromise, HB17. But it is expected to come back to the issue, perhap