News Releases
Gov. Cox releases Utahâs new State Energy and Innovation Plan
Gov. Spencer J. Cox and the Utah Office of Energy Development (OED) released Utahâs new State Energy and Innovation Plan. Identifying six key commitments, the State Energy and Innovation Plan will serve as a guidepost for energy development in Utah.
Thom Carter, Energy Advisor to the Governor and Executive Director of OED, announced the release of the plan during his remarks at the One Utah Summit. The plan lives on the OEDâs website as an interactive story map at energy.utah.gov/plan. (Read More)
Romney calls out feds for lack of action on baby formula shortage
U.S. Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) today urged U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Califf and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Vilsack to address the current shortage of baby formula and work to prevent future threats to infant health. In the letter, he stressed that FDA and USDA have a dual responsibility to ensure safe formula and prevent supply shortages when a crisis arises, and he underscored his concern regarding the lack of action to mitigate the ongoing shortage. Romney also highlighted how the recall has caused prices of formulas to skyrocket for many American families who are already facing hardships due to high levels of inflation. (Read More)
Utah Foundation: Homes are moving increasingly out of reach for blue-collar households
Today, the Utah Foundation released a new Significant Statistic post on housing costs in Utah. Having recently completed our âmiddle housingâ project, the Utah Foundation continues to track Utahâs housing issues. A recent find is the Carpenter Index.
AEIâs Housing Center created its Carpenter Index as a way of tracking housing affordability in the countryâs 100 largest metro areas. The Index looks at the income for the average carpenter-headed household as a proxy for blue-collar Americansâ incomes. The gist of the question: Can carpenters afford the homes they build? Salt Lake, Ogden and Provo are all among the 10 least affordable metros on the Carpenter Index for 2021. (Read More)
Utah State Board of Education: Federal waivers for free school lunch to all students to end with school year
Federal waivers granting access to free school lunch for students enrolled at schools participating in the National School Lunch Program since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020 will end at the end of this school year.
Families will be able apply for free or reduced-price school lunch with their local participating school as soon as of July 1. Families may be eligible if they meet the federal income eligibility guidelines or participate in one of the following programs: SNAP, TANF or FDPIR. (Read More)
Office of the State Auditor reviews complaint about process to select vendor to perform Orem School District feasibility study
In response to a complaint, the Office of the State Auditor (Office) conducted a limited review of the process Orem City recently used to select a vendor to perform the Orem School District Feasibility Study. The Office reviewed the concerns expressed. A letter summarizing the Officeâs review was sent both to the complainant and to Orem City.
The news release and a link to the letter may be found on the Officeâs website, auditor.utah.gov.
Owens co-sponsors bill to immediately defund Biden administrationâs âMinistry of Truthâ
Today, Rep. Burgess Owens (UT-04) co-sponsored legislation introduced by Rep. Mike Johnson (LA-04) to prohibit federal funding for the Department of Homeland Securityâs recently announced âDisinformation Governance Board.â
âThe Biden Administrationâs Disinformation Governance Board is a political tool for so-called experts to referee free speech,â said Rep. Owens. âIâm proud to support this commonsense legislation to prevent Utahnsâ hard-earned taxpayer dollars from funding the obstruction of their First Amendment rights.â
The full legislative text is available here.
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