(Salt Lake City, UT) — Governor Cox is taking aim at a Utah company that has been blamed for a significant portion of the state’s air pollution. The governor asked the EPA to change the boundaries of an air pollution non-attainment area to include the section of Tooele County where […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah Governor Spencer Cox says states should be allowed to sponsor immigrants from other countries to fill essential jobs. Cox and Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb co-authored an editorial in the Washington Post on Tuesday to lobby Congress for action on immigration visas. The two governors […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Senator Mitt Romney is condemning comments by a Georgia congresswoman calling for a “national divorce” between red states and blue states. The Utah Republican was asked about Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene’s comments yesterday in Salt Lake City. Romney criticized the hyper-partisan nature of comments made […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Governor Spencer Cox Says Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene’s call for a “national divorce” is evil. Cox blasted Greene’s proposal yesterday, when the far-right Georgia Republican suggested splitting the union based on party lines. The moderate GOP governor tweeted that Greene’s rhetoric is destructive, wrong, “and […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A bill banning LGBTQ conversion therapy in Utah is awaiting Governor Spencer Cox’s signature. The state Senate passed the measure unanimously on Friday after the House did the same earlier this month. It was previously amended to exclude language that would still allow talk therapy. […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Governor Spencer Cox is a definite “no” on medical “magic mushrooms.” Cox told reporters on Thursday he does not support a bill before the Legislature that would narrowly legalize so-called magic mushrooms for medicinal use in the same way the state currently regulates medical marijuana. […]
(Lehi, UT) — Texas Instruments is going to invest eleven-billion dollars to expand its Lehi facility. Governor Spencer Cox made the announcement Wednesday, calling it the “largest private economic investment in Utah history.” Texas Instruments will build a new 300-millimeter semiconductor wafer fabrication plant as an extension of its existing […]
(Washington, DC) — Governor Spencer Cox says a governor should be the Republican nominee for president in 2024. On NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday Cox said he’d choose a governor over a candidate from Congress “every day of the week.” Cox said governors tend to be more pragmatic due […]
(Washington, DC) — Utah Governor Spencer Cox says Americans need to relearn how to disagree with each other. Cox appeared yesterday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” and discussed his friendship with New Jersey Democratic Governor Phil Murphy. The Republican governor said he and Murphy disagree passionately on some issues but […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A bipartisan group of Utah lawmakers is pushing for steps to clean up the state’s air. During a press conference on Wednesday, the Republicans and Democrats who make up the Clean Air Caucus outlined dozens of bills and proposals aimed making Utah’s air better. One […]
