The Utah statewide mask mandate may soon be coming to an end.
H.B. 294, Pandemic Emergency Powers Amendments, sponsored by Rep. Paul Ray, is aiming to terminate the statewide mask mandate. The bill has passed the House by a large margin, and if approved by two-thirds of the Senate and signed by Gov. Cox, it would go into effect immediately.
Ray’s plan would not apply to schools, groups of 50 or more people or places where social distancing is not possible.
The bill has a Senate Sponsor, Sen. Derrin Owens, but it’s unclear if it will get a vote on the floor because there’s only one day left of the Utah Legislative Session.
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In terms of small cities, Logan is one of the best, according to a recent report by the Milken Institute.
According to Kirk Jensen, Logan Economic Development director, the report took number of factors into consideration including the city’s jobs, wages, tech growth, housing and broadband access.
“We have life science manufacturers, food processing companies, other high-tech operations, said Jensen. So that is probably one of our strongest attributes when describing our economy is that it is diversified.”
Utah State University contributes to the city’s economy by not only being the top employer in the community, but also by welcoming its largest freshman class to the Logan campus in the fall.
Gov. Spencer Cox is encouraging Utahns to give to the Pamela Atkinson Homeless Trust Fund on their 2020 Utah state tax forms.
Cox’s encouragement came following a visit on Tuesday with advocate Pamela Atkinson to the Road Home Midvale Family Resource Center where the two delivered donations of children’s clothing.
Cox said while the numbers of homeless families are dropping in the state, giving a few dollars on a tax form can go a long way to helping the 250-300 families who are unhoused each night in the state. Donations to the fund are used for many things including emergency services, like temporary housing, services that help people transition into housing and rental assistance.