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Lawmakers want to lower Utah gas prices next year — here’s their proposal
Last summer, on his way to the Rich County rodeo, Utah House Speaker Mike Schultz stopped at a gas station in Evanston, Wyoming. Taking the out-of-state route allowed him to do two things — to buy a couple of lottery tickets, which are banned in Utah, and fill up his gas tank while saving 26 cents per gallon. The gas price disparity across state lines had been on his mind before then, he said in a social media post in August, where he hinted at a legislative proposal to help find a relief. “A big reason is that Utah refineries produce up to 220,000 barrels a day, but about 75,000 ...
