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Michelle Quist: Hatch shrine is one more sign of Utah GOP’s bro club

It’s the last week of the 2019 Utah legislative session. They’re winding down, and boy, are they rubbing it in our faces.

Senate and House Republican leadership announced a budget deal on Tuesday after days of a stalled impasse after tax reform went down in burning flames. Many legislators were glad to see their bills funded. For instance, Sen. Todd Weiler’s bill to provide for attorney representation in juvenile court was funded.

But it’s marred by a $1.5 million outlay to the Kem Gardner Institute, presumably for a building to commemorate former Sen.