Every week during Utah’s legislative session, The Salt Lake Tribune’s political reporters and columnists will chat about the hottest topics of the week. The following is a lightly edited transcript of their conversation.
Benjamin Wood (education reporter): Welcome to this week’s Trib Caucus Slack chat, which will be convening weekly during the 2018 legislative session. The Legislature got roiled by a sex scandal shortly after our last discussion, but before we get to that, let’s talk about an issue that won’t see the light of day this year.
Wood: Yet again, a bill aimed at toughening hate-crimes laws will receive neither a committee hearing nor a floor vote.