veto

On the season finale we kind of left things hanging. Will Gov. Spencer Cox veto any of the 582 bills lawmakers passed? We're back to catch you up!

The governor continues to plead with lawmakers to pass fewer bills to ease the burden on school administrators and municipal workers of implementing new laws.

It was a tense session between Utah’s legislative and judicial branches, even so, Gov. Spencer Cox says he does not want more power over who leads the highest court in the state.

“For all these reasons — public trust; accounting and legal challenges; protection of education funding; and the message to our educators — I’m vetoing the bill,” Gov. Spencer Cox wrote to lawmakers.

Out of a record-breaking 591 bills passed in 2024 by lawmakers, Gov. Spencer Cox struck down seven and issued two line-item vetoes.

Gov. Gary Herbert only vetoed one bill during the recent legislative session, but Utah lawmakers are mulling a special session to overrule that veto.The…

Legislative leaders say they have the votes needed to override two vetoes issued by Gov. Gary Herbert last month.The two bills in question are part of an…

Some state lawmakers say Utah Governor Gary Herbert’s decision to veto spending on a handful of education programs is misinformed.Governor Herbert…

With Governor Gary Herbert’s veto of House Bill 76 Friday, lawmakers in the Utah House and Senate will have to decide whether or not to call a special…