Because the unemployment fund is drained, payroll taxes are due to jump significantly next July. A bill seeks to limit, though not block, the increase.
A proposed constitutional amendment will be before voters next November, after it barely achieved the needed three-fifths supermajority in the Legislature.
Currently the fines for using your hand-held cell phone to talk, text or email while driving are $100 for each offense. State Senators Dick Codey and Fred Madden don’t feel that’s much a deterrent.