(St. George, UT) — Governor Cox is nominating a St. George man for the Fifth District Court. Cox named Jay Winward to take District Judge Jeffrey Wilcox’s spot after he retires. A statement issued by Cox yesterday said he is confident Winward will bring great knowledge and experience to the […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Governor Cox is open to endorsing a school voucher bill during the upcoming legislative session. But, he says it all depends on how much money lawmakers are willing to free up for public education. The governor’s proposed budget includes six-thousand-dollar pay raises for teachers. Some […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Governor Cox thinks his proposed one-billion-dollars in tax cuts will help soften the impacts of inflation. That was his sentiment during his monthly PBS news conference on Thursday. Cox says state tax cuts won’t be like rebates or incentives from the federal government, in that […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah Senate President Stuart Adams has been taking in World Cup soccer action in person, thanks in part to the Qatar government, which partially paid for his trip. An Adams spokesperson says the World Cup trip was a follow-up to the senator’s visit to Qatar […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Governor Spencer Cox has instituted a ban on all applications of the social media platform called Tik Tok from being installed on all state-owned devices. The executive order the governor signed yesterday bans state agencies or agency employees from downloading the TikTok app or visiting […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Governor Spencer Cox wants a tuition freeze to help public degree-granting colleges and universities. The proposed tuition freeze is part of the governor’s budget recommendations he outlined Friday ahead of the next session of the state legislature. Cox explained that increases in tuition and fees […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Governor Cox wants to give Utah teachers a boost in pay in the next state budget. The governor went to Centennial Junior High in Kaysville yesterday and announced his plan to give every teacher in Utah a six-thousand-dollar raise. He also wants to increase a […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah’s governor has ordered a review of security plans at all state agencies following a break-in at a state office building. The suspect entered a building in downtown Salt Lake City through an unlocked security door. That led to security badges being stolen and allowed […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah officials are offering their prayers and condolences following a mass shooting that left at least five people dead at an LGBTQ club in southern Colorado. Governor Cox said in a statement yesterday that he and his wife Abby were deeply saddened by the shooting […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Governor Cox is thanking Utahns for helping reduce the number of wildfires in the state. The governor appears with state firefighters in a new advertising campaign released yesterday. He praises Utahns for taking steps to reduce human-caused fires, including making sure campfires are out and […]
