How Utah Plans Its Budget

Episode 14 December 06, 2024 00:23:55
How Utah Plans Its Budget
The Hinckley Report
How Utah Plans Its Budget

Dec 06 2024 | 00:23:55

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Show Notes

This week Utah Governor Spencer Cox released his budget proposals for the upcoming Utah legislative session. His budget calls for cutting all state income taxes on Social Security benefits - a move that could save more than 150,000 older Utahns about $1,000 each year. Cox also wants the state to invest more than $20 million into nuclear and geothermal electricity. But will his key proposals actually pass the legislature?

In this episode, our expert panel examines the Beehive State's budgeting process. Learn how legislative leaders negotiate with the governor's office and find out who gets the final say on how your tax dollars actually get spent.

Host Jason Perry is joined by Sophia DiCaro, Executive Director of the Governor's Office of Planning and Budget — Rep. Angela Romero, a Democrat from Salt Lake City and House Minority Leader — and Sen. Jerry Stevenson, a Republican from Davis County and Chair of the Executive Appropriations Committee.

Funding for The Hinckley Report is made possible in part by Merit Medical and by the financial contributions of PBS Utah members. If you would like to support the work we do, please visit pbsutah.org/supporthinckley.

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