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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: We know the outcome; now what is our responsibility?

Apparently, the Trump Party has won the 2024 election, fair and square. Those of us who believe in “Constitution over party” are now faced with the obligation of showing our commitment to that principle. Having a leader that has no respect for the rule of law does not absolve us from ...

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