News Releases
Romney joins bipartisan letter requesting full funding for the PILT program in fiscal year 2023 appropriations bill
U.S. Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) today joined Senators Michael Bennet (D-CO), Mike Crapo (R-ID), and 29 of their colleagues in urging Senators Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, and Richard Shelby (R-AL), Vice Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, to fully fund the Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) program for fiscal year (FY) 2023. PILT provides payments to counties with non-taxable federal land within their borders to offset the lost property tax revenue.
Throughout the country, PILT provides critical resources to nearly 1,900 counties across 49 states. With two-thirds of Utah held as public land, the PILT program helps to fund local services including road and bridge maintenance, law enforcement, and emergency medical, in many of Utahâs rural counties. (Read More)
Romney attends Navajo Utah Water Settlement signing, curls with Ukrainian curlers, and attends Rock Climbing World Cup
While home in Utah during the Senate state work period, U.S. Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) joined U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, Utah Governor Spencer J. Cox, Utah Lt. Governor Deidre Henderson, and Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez for the signing of the Navajo Utah Water Rights Settlement Agreement in Monument Valley. Later in the day, he curled with the Ukrainian National Curling Team at the Utah Olympic Oval in Kearns and attended the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) World Cup in Salt Lake City. (Read More)
Utah State Board of Education to convene special meeting for model library policy
The Utah State Board of Education (USBE) will be holding a special board meeting on June 30 to discuss a model library policy. The model library policy, which is being developed in accordance with H.B. 374, Sensitive Materials in Schools and board rule R277-628 School Libraries School Libraries, will provide school districts and charters schools with a guideline as they establish policies and procedures for the review of library materials. (Read More)
Gov. Spencer Cox appoints Abby Osborne to Inland Port Authority
Gov. Spencer J. Cox has named Abby Osborne to the Inland Port Authority Board. Osborne currently serves as the chief of staff for the Utah House of Representatives, helping to oversee and coordinate legislative initiatives for the House Majority Caucus. Prior to her current role with the House, Osborne worked as the executive vice president of government affairs and public policy for the Salt Lake Chamber where she championed policies to improve business and economic conditions across the state. Before her involvement in public administration, she worked for Granite Construction for 13 years. In 2014, Osborne started the Utah Transportation Coalition which brings public and private sector groups together to solve pressing transportation problems facing the state. (Read More)
Gov. Spencer Cox reappoints John Valentine as chair of the Utah State Tax Commission
Gov. Spencer J. Cox has reappointed John Valentine to serve as chair of the Utah State Tax Commission and commissioner of revenue. This reappointment requires approval by the Utah Senate. Commissioner Valentine was reappointed by Gov. Cox in 2021. He was first appointed by Gov. Gary R. Herbert to serve as commissioner and chairman of the Utah State Tax Commission in 2014. Valentine served in the Utah Legislature from 1988 to 2014, first in the House of Representatives from 1988 to 1998 and then in the Senate from 1998 to 2014. He served two terms as Senate President from 2005 to 2008. (Read More)
Launching Utahâs federal Small Business Credit Initiative
The Governorâs Office of Economic Opportunity (Go Utah) recently announced the launch of the State Small Business Credit Initiative program (SSBCI) that will expand access to capital, promote economic resiliency, create new jobs, and increase economic opportunity in Utah. The program helps develop opportunities in underserved communities lacking capital and builds financing ecosystems that support entrepreneurs and small businesses. (Read More)
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