What Utah lawmakers decided to do with $1.6 billion in federal COVID-19 relief funds

Though controversy over critical race theory sucked most of the oxygen out of the Utah Legislature’s special session on Wednesday, lawmakers acted on a host of other bills — including changes to the budget to accept over $1.6 billion in federal COVID-19 relief funds.

Originally reported by Katie McKellar of Deseret News on May 19, 2021.