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Lt. Gov. Spencer J. Cox speaks at a House Committee on Natural Resources forum on transforming government to better serve the American public at the World Trade Center Utah in Salt Lake City on Friday, Feb. 2, 2018.

Ukraine’s President To Appear At National Governor’s Meeting Today

(Salt Lake City, UT) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will be in Utah today to speak to the National Governor’s Association. The visit by Zelensky and his wife follows his trip to the NATO Summit in Washington, D.C. Governor Cox welcomed the couple in a social media post, saying the […]

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Lt. Gov. Spencer J. Cox speaks at a House Committee on Natural Resources forum on transforming government to better serve the American public at the World Trade Center Utah in Salt Lake City on Friday, Feb. 2, 2018.

Governor Cox Defeats Lyman In Primary Election Win

(Salt Lake City, UT) — Governor Spencer Cox is the unofficial winner in Tuesday’s state primary election. He defeated Phil Lyman, a former county commissioner who went to the state legislature. Cox will now face Democrat nominee Rep. Brian King in the November election. Utah has not had a Democrat […]

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Utah Gov. Spencer J. Cox speaks during a COVID-19 briefing at the Utah State Capitol in Salt Lake City on Friday, Jan. 8, 2021. Cox unveiled a plan Friday to ramp up Utah's COVID-19 vaccine distribution as the state sees a post-holiday surge in new cases. Cox, a Republican, said he will issue an executive order requiring facilities to allocate their doses the week they are received and have local health departments manage distribution, with an expectation of administering 50,000 doses a week. (Jeffrey D. Allred/Deseret News, via AP, Pool)

Cox Leads Governor Primary, Curtis On Top For Senate

(Salt Lake City, UT) — Governor Spencer Cox is poised to contend for another term in November. Unofficial results from the primary election showed the incumbent with nearly 57-percent of the vote as of early this morning. His challenger, Phil Lyman, told the Salt Lake Tribune he had no plans […]

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FILE - Rows of homes, are shown in suburban Salt Lake City, on April 13, 2019. Utah is one of two Western states known for rugged landscapes and wide-open spaces that are bucking the trend of sluggish U.S. population growth. The boom there and in Idaho are accompanied by healthy economic expansion, but also concern about strain on infrastructure and soaring housing prices. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Cox Calls For More Foster Families

(Salt Lake City, UT) — Governor Spencer Cox is asking Utahns to come to the rescue of foster kids. Cox said children across the Beehive State need foster parents because of a massive shortage. There are more than 17-hundred foster kids, but only 822 families licensed to care for them. […]

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Utah GOP picks Trump-backed mayor as nominee to replace Sen. Mitt Romney, but primary foes await

Utah GOP picks Trump-backed mayor as nominee to replace Sen. Mitt Romney, but primary foes await

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Republican Party has selected Trent Staggs as its nominee to replace Mitt Romney in the U.S. Senate, hours after the local official received former President Donald Trump’s endorsement. While the endorsement on Saturday carries Staggs through convention with more than two-thirds of delegate […]

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First Lady Has Spinal Surgery

First Lady Has Spinal Surgery

(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah First Lady Abby Cox is facing weeks of recovery this spring after she had spinal surgery yesterday. The governor’s office released a statement saying the First Lady had surgery to remove degenerative discs in her neck which had caused weeks of debilitating pain. The […]

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Shown are lockers at Penn Wood High School in Lansdowne, Pa., Wednesday, May 3, 2023. As schools across the country struggle to find teachers to hire, more governors are pushing for pay increases and bonuses for the beleaguered profession. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Gov. Cox Signs Law Requiring Silent Alarms At Schools

(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah Governor Spencer Cox has signed House Bill 84 into law, which makes silent alarms a requirement in schools across the state. The alarms can be triggered in the event of a mass shooting, which alerts police and first responders as quickly as possible. The […]

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Psilocybin Program To Begin Later This Year

Psilocybin Program To Begin Later This Year

(Salt Lake City, UT) — While not being approved by Governor Cox, the psilocybin program will go into effect on May first. The program allows doctors at the University of Utah Health and Intermountain to prescribe Magic Mushrooms and MDMA to patients struggling with mental health. This comes as studies […]

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Governor Cox Vetoes Seven Bills During Recent Session

Governor Cox Vetoes Seven Bills During Recent Session

(Salt Lake City, UT) — In the latest session Governor Cox has vetoed seven bills, the second most in at least the past quarter century. The majority of them were denied because he believed it was unnecessary to craft legislation around the items proposed. In total five-hundred 55 bills were […]

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Lt. Gov. Spencer J. Cox speaks at a House Committee on Natural Resources forum on transforming government to better serve the American public at the World Trade Center Utah in Salt Lake City on Friday, Feb. 2, 2018.

Gov. Cox Signs Bill To Include 10 Commandments In Utah Schools

(Salt Lake City, UT) — Governor Spencer Cox has signed a bill that adds the Ten Commandments and Magna Carta to Utah public school history studies. Cox signing House Bill 269, also called Public School History Curricula Amendments, which means the two historical documents will be taught to students alongside […]

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