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Utah lawmaker urges agencies to trim underperforming programs, cites $60 million higher-education savings
Summary
An unidentified speaker called on state agencies and appropriations panels to identify waste and underperforming programs while pledging to protect core services; the speaker cited more than $60 million in higher-education savings as an example and urged reinvestment or return of funds to taxpayers.
Speaker 1, an unidentified legislator, urged state agencies and appropriations committees to conduct rigorous reviews of their budgets and identify programs that are "underperforming, wasteful, or simply no longer serving their purpose." The speaker framed the request as part of a commitment to fiscal stewardship and said Utah families should expect the same budgeting discipline from government that they apply at home.
The speaker emphasized that the effort is not…
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