SALT LAKE CITY Though controversy over critical race theory sucked most of the oxygen out of the Utah Legislature s special session on Wednesday, lawmakers acted on a host of other bills including changes to the budget to accept over $1.6 billion in federal COVID-19 relief funds.
In the special session called by Gov. Spencer Cox to deal with the budget and pass 22 bills including one to ban school mask requirements this fall except for special circumstances the Utah Legislature approved legislation to initially spend only $571 million of the federal funds funneled to the state by the American Rescue Plan Act, leaving the rest to be spent after more specifics can be ironed out in the 2022 general session in January.
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| Updated: Feb. 18, 2021, 6:10 a.m.
COVID-19 vaccinations have been given in at least one Salt Lake County church and soon may be offered at several other religious sites especially those serving minority communities.
Calvary Baptist Church, one of Salt Lake City’s oldest and most prominent Black congregations, gave 85 doses Monday and will do more starting March 1, when the age for eligible recipients drops to 65. Officials hope to have enough vaccine supply to offer them twice weekly.
The Point Church, a multicultural Baptist meetinghouse in Kearns, is in conversation with the Salt Lake County Health Department to begin offering vaccinations March 1.