Deseret News
Utah to get ‘stunning’ amount of money from coronavirus relief package
$3.8 billion in direct payments heading to Utahns; state’s 4 congressmen vote against $1.9 trillion relief bill
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In this image from Senate Television, the vote total of 50-49 on Senate passage of the COVID-19 relief bill, is displayed on screen in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Saturday, March 6, 2021. Utah’s delegation voted against the bill that will bring a ‘stunning’ amount of money to the state. About $3.8 billion in direct payments is heading to Utahns directly.
Associated Press
Utah figures to receive what one economist calls a “stunning” amount of money from the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package Congress passed Wednesday, even as the state’s representatives in Washington argued that the state doesn’t need much of what is coming its way.