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Cox’s hands are essentially tied when it comes to issuing new public health restrictions because of new laws the Legislature passed last spring. Cox said new or modified restrictions would be a challenge.

Utah has a memorandum of understanding with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for welfare in the state.That agreement is legal and has saved Utah $75 million in federal obligation over the last decade. Here’s what happens when the state “effectively outsources its safety net to a religious institution.”

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