(Salt Lake City, UT) — Governor Spencer Cox’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2023 includes 45-million dollars to help preserve and protect the Great Sale Lake. It’s part of his 25-billion-dollar state budget that also features a half-billion in water conservation measures and a 160-million-dollar grocery tax credit. At a […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — State leaders released their plan to combine the Utah Department of Health and the Human Services Department into a single agency. The proposal from Governor Spencer Cox calls for the new Utah Department of Health and Human Services, or DHHS, to begin work on July […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Governor Cox and his wife are getting into the holiday spirit. Students from a Salt Lake City school visited the Governor’s Mansion yesterday to help the Cox family decorate their Christmas tree. The children also got to hear a holiday story read by the state’s […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Governor Spencer Cox is riding a wave of voter approval as his first year in office winds down. A new Morning Consult poll shows 62-percent of registered voters in Utah approve of Cox’s job performance. Cox’s rating is the tenth-highest among governors in the U.S. […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah’s governor wants to improve healthcare in the state by embracing new ideas and reducing patient costs. Governor Cox announced the Utah Sustainable Health Collaborative yesterday during a meeting with leaders from across the state. The governor says the initiative would create more opportunities for […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — New redistricting maps that largely ignore a voter-approved nonpartisan commission in Utah are sparking a backlash and highlighting the challenges the independent panels face an era of deep political divisions and surging gerrymandering. Several states created independent commissions for the once-a-decade process, in hopes the […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — All bills passed in the special session are getting green-lighted by Governor Spencer Cox. On Thursday, Governor Cox announced that he will not veto any bill the State Legislature approved in special session this week. In a statement, Cox said that he will sign off […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Governor Cox says Utah is likely to join several other states in a lawsuit to block a rule implementing COVID-19 safety rules at larger businesses. The Biden Administration announced yesterday that companies with at least 100 employees have until January 4th to comply with the […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Governor Cox is forming a cybersecurity task force to help protect citizens, businesses and government. The governor announced yesterday that the state would partner with private companies to help prevent data mining, hacking and ransomware attacks. Initial partners include Rocky Mountain Power, Chevron, the Utah […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Flags in Utah will be lowered to half-staff to honor former Secretary of State Colin Powell. Governor Cox ordered flags on all state facilities to be lowered through sunset on Friday. It also encouraged private citizens and businesses to join in the salute to Powell. […]
