Those COVID-related unemployment benefits will end soon for Utahns. Here’s why.
Gov. Spencer Cox joins GOP leaders in nine other states in stopping the benefits early. He says as the economy revs up, recipients need to get back in the workforce.
(Trent Nelson | Tribune file photo) Gov. Spencer Cox at a news conference in Salt Lake City on Thursday, April 22, 2021. Cox plans to end pandemic-related unemployment benefits at the end of June.
Taylor covers Utah politics and government for The Tribune, where she has worked since January 2017. A Salt Lake native and Westminster College alumna, Taylor first joined The Tribune team as an intern on a single day’s notice.