This year, the Utah Legislature passed a resolution urging Congress to pass a bill by Rep. Rob Bishop to allow states to move to permanent Daylight Saving Time if they choose. The Hill reports that three dozen states are considering such moves. Legislation to do so has failed in many states this year, although Washington just enacted such a bill. [The Hill]
Topping the news: Uintah Basin leaders are resurrecting a push to build a train line to carry oil from eastern Utah to Price (and then the Wasatch Front), insisting it would cost only $1.