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Gov. Cox signs 10 bills

SALT LAKE CITY (Nov 16, 2021) – Today, Gov. Spencer J. Cox signed 10 bills. This brings the total number of signed pieces of legislation from the 2021 Special Legislative Session to 12. All of the bills from the special session have now been signed. Information on these bills can be found below. HB2002 Unemployment […]

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Utah elected officials join lawsuit opposing federal vaccine mandate

SALT LAKE CITY (Oct. 30, 2021) – Today Gov. Spencer Cox, Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson, Attorney General Sean D. Reyes, Senate President J. Stuart Adams, House Speaker Brad Wilson, State Auditor John Dougall and State Treasurer Marlo M. Oaks are united in joining a lawsuit opposing the proposed federal mandate requiring vaccinations for federal contractor […]

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Gov. Cox and Lt. Gov. Henderson release One Utah Roadmap update

SALT LAKE CITY (Oct. 20, 2021) — With the completion of some of the goals outlined in the One Utah Roadmap, the Cox-Henderson administration has refined and reset priorities for the next 250 days and beyond. Version 2 of the One Utah Roadmap hones in on the administration’s top priorities that will be managed by […]

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Gov. Cox Statement on Monoclonal Antibody Treatment

SALT LAKE CITY (Sept. 23, 2021) — The Utah Department of Health announced this week that a Monoclonal Antibody Infusion Center on the campus of the Intermountain Healthcare Employee Services Center in Murray is now open. This temporary medical facility will serve as a high-volume site, providing treatment to as many as 50 patients per […]

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Gov. Cox, Lt. Gov. Henderson, President Adams and Speaker Wilson respond to federal government vaccine mandates 

SALT LAKE CITY (Sept. 17, 2021) – Gov. Spencer J. Cox and Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson stand united with legislative leadership and join President J. Stuart Adams and Speaker Brad Wilson against the egregious federal mandates and overreach regarding President Biden’s mandate on COVID-19 vaccines: “The president’s unilateral decision to force American businesses to mandate COVID-19 […]

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Gov. Cox issues statement on President Biden’s vaccine mandate

SALT LAKE CITY (Sept. 9, 2021) — Gov. Cox issued the following statement in response to President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate: “Getting vaccinated is the single most important thing people can do right now to protect ourselves and our community and reduce the spread of the Delta variant. While we support efforts that encourage vaccinations, […]

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Utah COVID-19 Briefing: August 31, 2021

SALT LAKE CITY (August 31, 2021) — Click here to watch this week’s COVID-19 briefing.  ASL interpretation is provided. Traducción al español en Univision 32. Some information from this briefing includes: For the first time since the pandemic began there were zero ICU beds in Utah’s referral hospitals this past weekend. These are the hospitals that treat the […]

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Gov. Cox, Senate President Adams and Speaker Wilson support campus vaccination policies

SALT LAKE CITY (Aug. 27, 2021) — Gov. Spencer J. Cox, Senate President J. Stuart Adams and House Speaker Brad Wilson issued a joint statement following actions by the University of Utah and Utah State University: “The law allows Utah’s universities to require vaccinations as long as there is a path for students to submit […]

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Gov. Cox will send more than 1 million higher-quality face masks to school districts

SALT LAKE CITY (Aug. 16, 2021) — As many Utah students begin to return to the classroom, the Cox-Henderson Administration wants to keep them as safe as possible from COVID-19. To help, we’re sending out more than 1 million higher-quality masks to school districts. Districts will start seeing surgical-style masks in kids sizes arriving at […]

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Utah COVID-19 Briefing: Aug. 3, 2021

SALT LAKE CITY (Aug. 3, 2021) — Click here to watch this week’s COVID-19 briefing.  ASL interpretation is provided. Traducción al español en Emergencias Utah. Some highlights from this briefing include: The current COVID situation is starting to overwhelm our hospitals and ICUs. We reported last month that the models were predicting 1,200 new COVID cases per day. […]

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