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Utah Gov. Cox unveils $30.6 billion budget proposal, wants to nix Social Security tax

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox on Thursday unveiled how he thinks the Utah Legislature should spend about $30.6 billion in taxpayer money for the 2025-2026 fiscal year — another budget proposal with a record-breaking amount of forecasted revenues available for the state to spend. The main feature of his budget proposal? Surprise, surprise: another tax cut. Since 2021, Cox and the GOP-controlled Utah Legislature have approved about $1.2 billion in tax cuts, most of which lowered the state’s income tax rate to 4.55%. But Cox doesn’t want to stop there, and now he’s recommending lawmakers ...

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Letter: Response to Trump flag criticism

I agree with Mr. Serda; the display was in poor taste. However, does he have to be remembered that a Democratic president was a draft dodger and alleged flag burner? Furthermore, it was also deemed alright for him to lie under oath! But then, he was one of the "good" guys rather than one of ...

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