(Salt Lake City, UT) — Governor Spencer Cox is inviting the public to take part in a virtual town hall. The event will be live-streamed on the governor’s social media accounts at seven o’clock tonight. The public is being invited to submit questions in advance, though questions will also be […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Senate has passed a $193 million tax cut, sending it to the desk of Gov. Spencer Cox, who is expected to sign it into law. The tax cut parallels actions advancing in other legislatures in a year where states are flush with cash […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) – Governor Spencer Cox spent some time in a middle school classroom yesterday. Cox says he is taught three periods of eighth grade history, serving as a substitute teacher. This comes after the governor eased restrictions for substitute teachers statewide due to an ongoing staff shortage. […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Governor Spencer Cox is putting the brakes on a program that allowed COVID-19 testing to help keep kids in school. Governor Cox signed House Bill 183 into law yesterday. The measure pauses the state’s “Test to Stay” program, which required a certain threshold of positive […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — An environmental group is accusing the Bureau of Land Management of damaging a Utah site containing historic dinosaur tracks. The Center for Biological Diversity says the agency has driven over and destroyed up to 30-percent of the Mill Canyon Dinosaur Tracksite near Moab while trying […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Two state lawmakers are hoping to push their colleagues into discussing a proposal to eliminate the state’s sales tax on food. Democratic Representative Rosemary Lesser and Republican Representative Judy Weeks Rohner plan to speak to reporters about the issue this morning. Governor Cox has already […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Gov. Spencer Cox is allowing state workers additional time off to help combat the labor shortage facing schools throughout the state. On Monday, Cox signed an executive order allowing state workers to take about four school days of administrative leave to work as substitute […]
(Washington, DC) – Governor Spencer Cox defended Utah’s vote-by-mail system this morning during a summit held in Washington, D.C. Speaking at “The Fifty: America’s Governors,” Cox said it’s a “false choice” for states to choose between making it easier for Americans to vote and having a secure elections system. Cox […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Governor Spencer Cox is speaking out about security upgrades being made at his home in Fairview. Governor Cox took to Twitter yesterday after a Salt Lake Tribune report about fencing and, gates and a security office being planned for his private home. The project will […]
The Sixth District Judicial Nominating Commission has selected nominees for a vacancy on the Sixth District Court. The Vacancy is a result of the retirement of Judge Wallace A. Lee happening Apr. 1. The nominees for this vacancy are: county attorney Kevin Daniels, deputy county attorney Mandy Larsen, attorney Michael […]
