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January 11, 2021 CEDAR CITY (Jan. 11, 2021) — Gov. Spencer J. Cox and Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson unveiled their FY 2022 budget priorities, featuring major investments in education, infrastructure, open space and a tax decrease. The $21.7 billion budget includes $250 million to assist the state’s public health partners, households, businesses and schools affected by the coronavirus; $125 million for an upskilling initiative focused on helping those out of work or needing a better job; $350 million to double-track FrontRunner; $50 million to improve transportation in the Wasatch canyons; $12...

CEDAR CITY — All Utah agencies will be required to review which jobs could be conducted remotely or be relocated to rural parts of the state, according to a pair of executive orders issued by Gov. Spencer Cox Monday morning. Cox and Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson both signed the orders from the governor's new remote office on the campus of Southern Utah University shortly after he revealed his first budget proposal heading into the 2021 legislative session that begins next week. The goal for the executive orders, Cox said, is to expand remote working opportunities for all state agency jobs throu...