He said the state should create jobs by bonding for large, shovel-ready projects. Spencer Cox and Democratic University of Utah law professor Chris Peterson, stressed their differences on the state’s response to COVID-19 Tuesday during what is expected to be their final debate before the November election. He complained that “palatial” schools are being built in some districts because of “perverse incentives” in how taxes can be used.

This is how we operate. All Rights Reserved, Sparks fly in final GOP gubernatorial primary debate, Activist Collin Kartchner, who spoke out on the dangers of social media on kids, has died. newsletter, Hospitalizations: 4,880 | Deaths: 563 | New cases: 1,543, Utah breaks yet another COVID-19 record after testing more than 1M residents, Sen. Mike Lee praises Amy Coney Barrett, rips Democrats’ ‘performance art’ in hearings. Sign up for the “I’d like to know where that money is and so would a lot of taxpayers,” the real estate company founder said.

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They start Monday. Jon Huntsman Jr. and former Utah GOP Chairman Thomas Wright — all addressed the issue during the debate, held in the Regent Street Black Box at The Eccles Theater in Salt Lake City. Start your day with the top stories you missed while you were sleeping. SALT LAKE CITY — There was plenty of friction during the final debate between the four Republican candidates for governor in Utah’s June 30 primary, including over whether the state responded quickly enough when a protest in Salt Lake City turned violent. However, Cox and Peterson differed on increasing the funding available for education. SALT LAKE CITY — The two major-party candidates in the Utah governor’s race, Republican Lt. Gov. Cox said he has “not met a racist cop in this state. newsletter, Hospitalizations: 4,880 | Deaths: 563 | New cases: 1,543, Utah breaks yet another COVID-19 record after testing more than 1M residents, Sen. Mike Lee praises Amy Coney Barrett, rips Democrats’ ‘performance art’ in hearings. Just as in the Utah Debate Commission debate earlier this month, Huntsman, Hughes and Wright took issue with Cox’s role as the head of the coronavirus task force and the administration spending millions on no-bid contracts for testing and other expenses. Why? It's a debate for the history books featuring four Utah GOP gubernatorial candidates: Greg Hughes, Jon Huntsman, Jr. , Spencer Cox, and Thomas Wright. People’s jobs are on the line. Cox, Wright and Hughes all agreed the state should not mandate that Utahns be vaccinated if a vaccine for the deadline virus becomes available. Are you a Republican, or a Fox News Republican? “I support where we are today.

SALT LAKE CITY — There was plenty of friction during the final debate between the four Republican candidates for governor in Utah’s June 30 primary, including over whether the state responded quickly enough when a protest in Salt Lake City turned violent.
Springville woman charged with making false shooting report against ex-boyfriend, West Valley officer hit by pickup truck, dragged as man tries to get away, Who will win the Pac-12 South? “It’s not because I’m some wild-eyed liberal. "No matter who wins the presidential election, we must all commit to a peaceful transfer of power and working together.”. Cox, Peterson still have their differences on mask mandate, other issues. Herbert, who has served as governor for more than a decade, is not seeking reelection. Create a commenting name to join the debate, There are no Independent Premium comments yet - be the first to add your thoughts, There are no comments yet - be the first to add your thoughts. That doesn’t mean they’re not out there. The pair are competing to succeed Herbert who did not seek reelection after more than a decade in office. Cox said the inequity between school districts must be addressed through seeking more compensation from the federal government for public lands that aren’t subject to property taxes. "Fox had been organizing these voters long before Trump walked onto the stage," one analyst says. Both candidates opposed increasing the tax on food that was part of the tax reform package backed by Herbert and Republican lawmakers but later repealed amid a citizen-led referendum. Are you sure you want to mark this comment as inappropriate? Cox said $15 million has been set aside to help workers who lost their jobs in the pandemic to train for new positions, and he promised an anticipated “renaissance” as manufacturers relocate to the United States will “bless the lives” of Utahns. Twitter tried to block the Hunter Biden story. The other candidates in the race — Lt. Gov. Cost of hosting another Olympics in Utah rising as coronavirus adds to risks, Layton man, 71, accused of sexually abusing girls 2 decades ago. Peterson was critical of other decisions made by the state in dealing with the virus, many under Cox’s leadership as the initial head of Utah’s response. An advert in which a Republican and Democrat candidate together call on voters to be decent and civil has been praised, amid concerns about rising political and social divisions in the US. “We’ve got to do more to get this virus under control because it’s critical for saving lives.”, The law professor said he hates wearing a mask, but “there are a lot of things we do in a civilized society to take care of one another,” including stop lights, speed limits, and “if you show up to work, you probably have to wear your pants.

He said he still hasn’t heard what happened to some $100 million spent on the virus. It’s not about Spencer. The many, many, many letters of Mister Rogers. Yet this resource — his most abundant — has somehow remained in obscurity. It’s about saving people’s lives. Could BYU quarterback Zach Wilson really win the Heisman Trophy?
We don’t send in the heavy artillery unless it’s an admission of failure.”, Wright said he believes the governor was “a little late” in sending in the National Guard and should have been ready since “it was pretty obvious when the crowd was forming, that there was the possibility there was going to be vandalism and some unruly behavior.”, He said that “no matter what you’re protesting, you have the right to do that. Fred Rogers possibly wrote individual letters to hundreds of thousands of people. I do believe in law and order in that case. Candidates for Utah governor keep it civil in their final debate By Lisa Riley Roche, KSL | Updated - Sep. 29, 2020 at 10:10 p.m. | Posted - Sep. 29, 2020 at 5:50 p.m. The reason people aren’t going out and shopping, going to theaters, going to a restaurant, in the numbers they were before is because they’re afraid of getting sick. The Utah-based activist, who traveled the country raising awareness of the damage social media can have on youths’ mental and emotional health, died unexpectedly.

Why? You can find our Community Guidelines in full here. Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? “There is a difference between protesting and rioting and the people of Utah understand that,” Cox said. Start your Independent Premium subscription today.

There\u2019s two weeks left before Utah\u2019s primary elections and the Republican Party\u2019s four candidates for governor took center stage Tuesday night in one final debate. Our journalists will try to respond by joining the threads when they can to create a true meeting of independent Premium. Mr Cox’s comments came in apparent contrast with President Donald Trump, who said last month that he would not commit to a peaceful transfer of power, should Joe Biden win. Huntsman, who said his family went “through absolute hell” because he was initially told he didn’t have the virus and later, that he had to retake the test, asked why Utah Auditor John Dougall is examining the contracts “if we had everything we needed via transparency,” and why that audit won’t be completed until after the primary. He said during the debate he doesn’t want to raise taxes, but told reporters afterward that could depend on how much additional revenue could be raised by closing tax loopholes. Poll: How voters feel about Amy Coney Barrett and the Supreme Court. Did it backfire? The Senate Judiciary Committee is expected Thursday to advance the U.S. Supreme Court nominee to the full Senate in a party-line vote. Raising income tax rates for the wealthy was backed by Peterson, who said those who make more should be expected to pay more in taxes. The winner of the state’s first four-way gubernatorial primary election on June 30 will face Democrat Chris Peterson, a University of Utah law professor, in the November election.

We have to take action.”. It was four hours of unabated, uninterrupted violence. Not surprisingly, the state’s response to COVID-19 also fueled tensions. And a majority of Utahns favor confirmation. Spencer Cox, former Gov. It allows our most engaged readers to debate the big issues, share their own experiences, discuss real-world solutions, and more. Peterson said Cox would take money from wealthier school districts and that school children shouldn’t be “fighting over scraps.” Cox said that is not what he was talking about and later told reporters more money for schools could come from selling off public lands located within municipalities. Due to the sheer scale of this comment community, we are not able to give each post the same level of attention, but we have preserved this area in the interests of open debate. It could have been stopped earlier on. Asked if the state used sufficient force, Hughes said, “Not at all.

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That includes helping Utahns, especially in the tourism industry, who are still unemployed.

If you have to have a law to mandate you to wear a mask, first of all, you’re probably not going to do it anyway and it doesn’t make that much of a difference,” the lieutenant governor said as more than a quarter of the Utah Debate Commission’s gubernatorial debate focused on the pandemic. Twitter tried to block the Hunter Biden story. In the first hour of the debate, each candidate was interviewed separately and in the second hour, three of the candidates appeared together onstage, while Huntsman, who announced last week he’d tested positive for coronavirus and has been campaigning from isolation in his home, joined in virtually. And they should be.”. Wright said he would not allow no-bid contracts as governor. We are a civil society. The most insightful comments on all subjects will be published daily in dedicated articles. Small businesses are collapsing.