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Stadler Rail has just opened a new permanent manufacturing location in Utah. This state-of-the-art facility — just five minutes from the Salt Lake City Airport — builds rail cars for transit authorities around the country and projects to employ 1,000 workers and generate nearly $576 million in wages. Last Friday, Gov. Herbert visited Stadler Rail’s […]
Elementary school students across the state of Utah are invited to participate in a summer reading challenge. Students who read 20 minutes a day and report their reading by July 15 to ReadToday.com will receive a ticket to a Salt Lake Bee’s Game at Smith’s Ball Park. Read Today Night at the Smith’s Ball Park […]
Gov. Gary R. Herbert proclaimed an official day of remembrance today, on the 75th anniversary of June 6, 1944, D-Day. D-Day marked a turning point in the war against the Axis powers when brave soldiers, sailors and airmen of the United States and our Allies first secured a toehold on mainland Europe — an essential […]
This year, the Utah Legislature put $29 million toward improving our air quality. On this Earth Day, Gov. Gary R. Herbert ceremonially signed 15 bills that will make real progress toward cleaning up our air. These bills will bring together the efforts of state government, private business, and individuals to make sure the air we […]
SALT LAKE CITY (Feb. 28, 2019) – Gov. Gary R. Herbert signed HB202 today. This brings the total number of signed pieces of legislation from the 2019 General Legislative Session so far to 12. Information on the bill can be found below. HB202 Off-premise Beer Retailer Amendments, Hawkes, T. # # #
SALT LAKE CITY (Feb. 26, 2019) – Gov. Gary R. Herbert signed one bill today. This brings the total number of signed pieces of legislation from the 2019 General Legislative Session so far to 11. Information on this bill can be found below: HB49 Repatriation Transitional Tax Amendments, Eliason, S. # # #
SALT LAKE CITY (Feb. 19, 2019) – Gov. Gary R. Herbert signed nine base budget bills into law this afternoon. This brings the total number of signed pieces of legislation from the 2019 General Legislative Session so far to 10. Information on these bills can be found below. HB001 Higher Education Base Budget, McKell, M. […]
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH (February 28, 2019) – The State of Utah submitted a request to the Department of Agriculture today that the U.S. Forest Service be granted greater ability to respond to threats posed by drought, climate change, insect infestations, buildup of hazardous fuels, and other challenges in designated Roadless Areas. Additional tools placed […]
In a recent op-ed published on utahpolicy.com, Kristen Cox, executive director of the Governor’s Office of Management and Budget, made the case for reforming Utah’s tax structure to meet the demands of the future. “If we don’t take corrective action,” Cox writes, “we will face a fiscal crisis where we will be unable to fund […]
A recent article published in Utah Business stressed the importance of Gov. Herbert’s recent push encouraging the Utah Legislature to modernize tax the state sales tax structure.