A note to readers • Read the governor’s full budget document below. Find our coverage here: Utah budget ‘tighter’ after Trump cuts, but still room for state employee raise, Gov. Cox says
Gov. Spencer Cox rolled out his latest budget proposal Wednesday — an 184-page document outlining how he would like to spend Utah’s “flat” budget for fiscal year 2027.
“As we look to the years ahead, I have never been more hopeful,” the governor wrote in the proposal. “Utah has always risen to meet big challenges, and together, we will build the next remarkable chapter of our state’s story. With the same pioneer spirit that brought us this far – we will, we must – keep building."
The $30.7 billion budget is slightly shy of the $30.8 billion the Legislature approved for the current fiscal year, a cut Cox attributes to President Donald Trump’s federal funding cuts earlier this year. Ultimately, state lawmakers will craft and approve a fiscal year 2027 budget early next year during the legislative session.