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First woman to serve on Utah County Commission is sworn in
Former county clerk/auditor Amelia Powers Gardner says she wants to bring innovation to county government.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Amelia Powers Gardner is sworn in as a Utah County commissioner by Josh Daniels in Provo on Thursday, April 29, 2021. Powers Gardner replaces Tanner Ainge and is the first woman ever to serve on the commission. | Updated: April 30, 2021, 12:00 a.m.
Amelia Powers Gardner became Utah County’s newest commissioner and the first woman to hold that role after an inauguration ceremony Thursday.
In a short speech after she took her oath of office, Powers Gardner’s voice broke as she described growing up in Utah County, raised by a single mother, sometimes experiencing bouts of homelessness. Now she holds one of the county’s most prominent leadership positions.
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Cox likes some of Biden’s infrastructure spending proposal
Governor Spencer Cox says there are some things in President Joe Biden’s proposal to improve the nation’s infrastructure, but he’s not on board with everything. Asked during a Thursday appearance on CNN what parts of Biden’s proposal he could get behind, Cox rattled off a few things he would support.
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Lee: Mask mandates for young children reflect “real hubris”
Sen. Mike Lee teed off on the CDC guidance that children as young as two years old wear masks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, saying whoever came up with the mandate has not spent much time with children.”
“We have these guidance documents in place directing people to put masks on children when our peer nations all over the world have set it much, much higher,” said Lee on Fox News.