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Kristin Murphy, Deseret News
SALT LAKE CITY The $900 billion economic relief package that President Donald Trump signed at the beginning of the week will deliver vital aid to millions of struggling households and businesses, but the nearly one-week delay in signing the bill means that it will take that much longer for the financial support to arrive.
“We are dedicated to ensuring these critical benefits are made available as quickly as possible to those who are eligible,” said Bethany Hyatt, public information officer with the Utah Department of Workforce Services.
The agency does not have a set timeline for processing the distribution of new funding from the new stimulus package, as administrators await official guidance from the U.S. Department of Labor. Upon receiving that information, officials will be able to better evaluate the timelines to implementation.
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SALT LAKE CITY Even though the new COVID-19 relief bill has been signed into law, Utah must still wait for instructions from the federal government on how to pass along certain unemployment payments. We re not able to start making payments until we actually get the funds and we re able to draw down those funds from the federal government, said Nate McDonald, the communications director for the Utah Department of Workforce Services.
Approximately 10,400 Utahns are currently receiving unemployment benefits or have applied for benefits under the two programs originally created under the CARES Act that have now been extended into March.
Toll roads, taxes, public safety changes in Cox transition team reports
Toll roads, taxes, public safety changes in Cox transition team reports
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SALT LAKE CITY â In a series of reports, Governor-elect Spencer Cox s transition team recommends some significant changes to state agencies.
The reports, made public on Tuesday night, are a part of a review he ordered after being elected to office. The governor-elect s transition team, made up of volunteers, reviewed each agency and made a number of staffing and policy recommendations. Some suggest consolidating state divisions and departments, as first reported by FOX 13 earlier this month, while others expand government.
The COVID-19 pandemic has had an ongoing economic impact on Tooele County, including its employers and employees.
“In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, businesses lost revenues and workers lost jobs,” reads a Utah Department of Workforce Services report on local economic impacts of the pandemic.
“But because of the time it takes to collect and collate data, economists have been left without much information to quantify the economic impacts at the local level,” the report continues.
The DWS reports that Tooele County may be faring better than other places in the state.
“Overall, Tooele County’s economy is weathering the global pandemic better than the rest of the state,” reads a comment by a DWS regional economist on a snapshot report of Tooele County.
Cox/Henderson announce 19 more cabinet/staff members (Part 3) Created: 22 December 2020
Governor-elect Cox and Lt. Governor-elect Henderson announced 19 additional key cabinet and staff positions that will join the new administration. The appointees represent a range of diversity and bring both private and public sector experience to their new (and in some cases, continuing) roles. The first six were listed previously here, the next six here and these are the final seven from Monday s announcement.
Tracy Gruber has been named the executive director of the Utah Department of Human Services. DHS oversees multiple divisions including the Division of Aging and Adult Services, the Division of Child and Family Services, the Division of Juvenile Justice Services, the Division of Services for People with Disabilities, the Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health, the Office of Fiscal Operations, the Office of Licensing (foster care, adoption, etc.), the Office of Pub