In Utah’s highest budget ever, Gov. Cox wants millions for housing, homelessness and debt

Gov. Spencer Cox’s more than $28 billion budget proposal also outlined spending more than a half-billion dollars on water conservation and saving Great Salt Lake.

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) From left, Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson and Gov. Spencer J. Cox announced their fiscal year 2024 budget recommendations on Dec. 9, 2022 at a news conference in South Jordan. The proposed budget will include $1 billion in tax cuts, a $6,000 compensation increase for every teacher in the state and funding for homeless services and affordable housing.

In Utah’s highest budget ever, Gov. Cox wants millions for housing, homelessness and debt

Gov. Spencer Cox’s more than $28 billion budget proposal also outlined spending more than a half-billion dollars on water conservation and saving Great Salt Lake.

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