Cox thinks there's a smarter way to be tough on crime as prison sentences set to go up in Utah
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox called for a more coordinated approach to the state's tough-on-crime streak as the 2025 legislative session came to a close.
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Utah NAACP leader calls out Gov. Cox for siding with Trump
On the heels of President Trump's address to Congress, Salt Lake City's NAACP branch president shared her concerns with the current administration and why she has taken them to Gov. Spencer Cox.
Utah Governor Spencer Cox will not veto Pride Flag bill
Governor Cox said Friday night he will not veto the bill to bar prominent displays of Pride flags in schools and government buildings.He said he would not comme
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Is Gov. Cox's promise to kill the Social Security tax dead in the water?
On Monday, the Senate Taxation Committee advanced a bill that would eliminate the state tax on Social Security but only under the condition that the bill sponsor narrowed it substantially to fit withi
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Did the 2025 Legislature do enough for housing affordability in Utah?
The chairman of the powerful Senate Rules Committee, Sen. Lincoln Fillmore, R-South Jordan, clearly hasn't been pleased with the progress made on affordable housing at the 2025 Legislature.
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Gov. Cox signs Utah Inland Port Authority bill, making it law
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox signed a bill giving the Utah Inland Port Authority new power for land purchases and development.
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Gov. Cox announces 2nd batch of bills he has signed into law — What you should know
A bill worth highlighting is H.B. 32 — or Borgstrom Brothers Memorial Highway Designation — which names State Route 102 after the famous Borgstrom brothers. They were 5 brothe
‘It’s money laundering’: Utah state school board wants Cox to veto bill that diverts property taxes from local schools
Utah education leaders are asking Gox. Spencer Cox to veto a bill that diverts Utahns’ property taxes away from local public schools and instead drops them into the state’s general fund.
Divisive higher ed 'cuts, reallocation' bill a key step closer to Gov. Cox's desk
The University of Utah’s J. Willard Marriott Library in Salt Lake City on Feb. 27. A controversial higher education "strategic reinvestment" bill is now a step closer to Gov. Spencer Cox's desk after passing the Senate Tuesday. (Laura Seitz, Deseret News)
Fluoride will be banned from Utah’s water supplies — but only if Cox signs this bill
Fluoride will be banned from Utah water systems by May 7, if Gov. Spencer Cox signs a bill now headed to his desk. Friday evening, the Utah Senate approved HB81, sponsored by Rep. Stephanie Gricius, R-Eagle Mountain, prohibiting fluoride from being added to water systems, the latest battle in a war that has been waged in Utah for five decades.
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Utah's legislative session has come to an end. Here's what your lawmakers did
Another 45-day legislative session is in the books, dominated early by rancor over a bill stripping public unions of bargaining power and concluding with Utah lawmakers revamping the state's election system.