By the time the 2023 Utah State Legislature ends next week, lawmakers will have adopted a roughly $28 billion budget.
The powerful Executive Appropriations Committee, which is made up of legislative leadership, approved spending requests and tax cuts late Friday totaling $5.1 billion. Hundreds of millions of dollars were spent on water conservation measures, education, housing and a modest tax cut.
Lawmakers have prioritized $400 million for an income tax cut, which amounts to roughly $200 a year back to the average Utah family making an average income. The Speaker insisted that the money will ensure water gets into the Great Salt Lake, which is at a historic low and presents an environmental crisis for the state.The legislature also increased spending for public education, with $239 million budgeted for teacher raises that is also part of a controversial"school choice" scholarship program.
On transportation, legislative leadership approved $800 million for UDOT road projects. There was an additional $200 million for commuter rail improvements; $150 million for Cottonwood canyons transportation improvements; $108 million for the Point of the Mountain development and transportation; $88.5 million to improve safety on Highway 191 in eastern Utah; $40 million for rural roads and $10 million for transportation infrastructure near Zion National Park.
Not everything received a lot of funding. Jenna Williams with Voices for Utah Children was upset that child care services didn't get a lot. They worry about significant impacts with federal funding drying up.
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