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Utah Legislature convenes with car talk in the House and a parade of special interests in the Senate.
Day One
The Utah State Capitol, viewed from the high-frequency 200 bus, on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026. Benjamin Wood CAPITOL HILL—Leaders of the Utah House and Senate opened the 2026 session on Tuesday, boasting of the city's road-building history, its modern-day economic prowess and its potential future as an innovative national leader in nuclear power and resource extraction.
House Speaker Mike Schultz built his remarks around the theme of "Good Roads Roberts," a pre-war Utah lawmaker supposedly ahead of his time for pushing the construction of a statewide highway system.
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