(Salt Lake City, UT) — More than seven-hundred refugees from Afghanistan are expected to arrive in Utah in the coming months. Governor Spencer Cox’s Office says Utah will take in 765 refugees and most of them have been granted humanitarian parole due to threats to their safety. Officials added that […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Governor Cox thinks tech companies and the state government should work together to provide better opportunities for all Utahns. Cox spoke yesterday during the Silicon Slopes summit in Salt Lake City. Cox said he sees some tension between the growing tech industry and Utah’s goal […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Governor Cox will not seek to renew his order declaring a state of emergency in Utah due to drought. The governor said yesterday that he will not seek to extend the order past the end of this month. State lawmakers declined to extend the emergency […]
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah. (AP) — Lawyers for Utah Gov. Spencer Cox’s former campaign manager, who resigned this week after an investigation substantiated claims of sexual misconduct made against him, is calling the accusations baseless. KUTV reports in a statement Friday, lawyers representing Austin Cox said the relationship with a […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The former campaign manager for Utah Gov. Spencer Cox has resigned after an investigation substantiated claims of sexual misconduct made against him by a female campaign employee. The Republican governor said Thursday that an independent investigation found cause to terminate Austin Cox, his 2020 campaign […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Hundreds of maskless people packed a legislative hearing to urge Utah lawmakers to fight President Joe Biden’s plan to require most workers to get either vaccinated or regularly tested for COVID-19. Most of the people who attended the hearing Monday criticized Biden’s plan, saying it […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah’s governor is asking for less partisanship and more cooperation between western states. Governor Spencer Cox addressed a workshop meeting of the Western Governor’s Association in Salt Lake City yesterday. During his remarks, he told the audience that state governments litigate rather than cooperate to […]
(St. George, UT) — Governor Cox and Lieutenant Governor Henderson are upset with the U.S. Department of the Interior’s plans to relocate the Bureau of Land Management’s headquarters. Last week, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland announced her plans to rebuild and strengthen the BLM to better serve the American […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah’s governor is joining Republican colleagues from several states in a letter critical of the Biden administration’s border policies. The letter released yesterday demands immediate action to reduce the number of illegal crossings at the US-Mexico border. It also demands a meeting with White House […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s newest license plate features an outline of the state and five hands of different colors holding it into place. The words “many stories, one Utah” are printed underneath. The Deseret News reports that Gov. Spencer Cox hopes it’ll be the one many people are […]
