(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 […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Governor Cox is blocking any further diversion of water in three Utah basins in hopes of getting more water into the Great Salt Lake. A proclamation issued by the governor will keep unallocated water in the Bear, Jordan and Weber river basins from being diverted […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Governor Cox is meeting with members of a state human rights commission just days after a video of young Utahns in blackface gained national attention. Cox met with the Martin Luther King Jr. commission yesterday at the governor’s mansion. Members of the panel said the […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah Governor Spencer Cox is one of two Republican governors asking Congress to support permanent legal residency for Afghan refugees. Cox joined 12 other governors in a letter last week asking for legislation that would allow refugees to apply for residency. The governor said in […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Governor Spencer Cox is holding a first-of-its-kind town hall to make sure he’s listening to the concerns and needs of Utah’s Latino community. Cox held the town hall last night on the South City campus of Salt Lake Community College. The town hall touched on […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Governor Spencer Cox says he wants all colleges and universities in the state to enact a tuition freeze for the next academic year. Cox has been critical of the Biden Administration’s student debt forgiveness plan and says a tuition freeze is a better way to […]
(Holladay, UT) — Utah’s governor says the mental health of children is taking a beating due to their exposure to and dependence on social media. Governor Cox addressed parents, teachers and administrators at Bonneville Junior High School yesterday. He told them that kids and adults aren’t spending enough time making […]
(St. George, UT) — Utah Governor Spencer J. Cox says water conservancy is a St. George issue. Speaking at Utah Tech University yesterday, he said St. George is not on an island of its own. He said his cabinet is committed to working with the city to solve the problem. […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — It looks like Utahans might have to pay another fee when ordering deliveries. On Wednesday, Utah’s Unified Economic Opportunity Commission unveiled the proposed fee, which could be added to all sorts of deliveries, including food and Amazon ones. Governor Spencer Cox said the fee, if […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah Governor Spencer Cox is a rising star. That’s the opinion of Time Magazine, which named the Utah Republican one of the 100 emerging stars of 2022. Time examined Cox’s stance on several issues, including those affecting the LGBTQ community. The magazine said in an […]
