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If you’re out camping or hiking this summer and see a baby deer or elk, don’t touch it, feed it and don’t take it home. That’s the latest warning from the state’s Division of Wildlife Resources. This story and more in Monday evening s news brief.
Monday evening, May 24, 2021
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Utah Releases Pay Equity Study For Executive Branch Employees
Utah’s Governor’s Office of Planning and Budget released a study Monday analyzing pay disparities among executive branch employees. At face value, men at state agencies make 21% more than women. White people make 17% more than people of color. But when you account for factors like job type and length of employment that changes the outcomes, the gap shrinks to “essentially zero,” according Nate Talley, deputy director at the Governor’s Office of Planning and Budget. The study also found women and people of color are underrepresented in higher-paying jobs. Read the full story.
Utah Launches New Programs To Help Businesses Harmed By Pandemic
Utah businesses that experienced severe economic loss last year can now apply for a grant from the state. To be eligible, companies must have lost 90% of their revenue during any four months of 2020 compared to the year before. Gov. Spencer Cox said Thursday the state has $15 million to spend on the program. Businesses have until April 27 to apply at coronavirus.utah.gov/business.
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There are about
140,000 Utahns living with housing instability. That’s people who have a low income and spend more than half of it on rent and utilities. That data is from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities a Washington D.C. based research group. President Joe Biden has listed expanding the federal housing voucher program as one tool to address affordability. The center said Biden is expected to unveil his full plan next week. It argues more than 9 million renters across the country could move above the poverty
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