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 (government reporter): Welcome to this week’s Trib Caucus Slack chat, which will be convening weekly during the 2018 legislative session. We’re four days in (out of 45) and already the Senate is in a sprint to euthanize full Medicaid expansion while the governor and House Speaker are going all-in on hundreds of millions of dollars in tax cuts.