The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) issued 793 home loans totaling $368.9 million in Utah during the first quarter of the fiscal year 2023, according to figures provided by the Veterans Affairs Home Loans Index.
Utah is among the 26 states that allow residents to carry concealed weapons without a permit, a new tally of weapons permit laws by the U.S. Concealed Carry Association concludes.
U.S. Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) joined colleagues, led by Senators Bob Menendez (D-NJ) and Jim Risch (R-ID), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, along with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), in introducing a bipartisan resolution in celebration of the 75th anniversary of the founding of the State of Israel (May 14).
There were 319,644 OASDI retired beneficiaries in Utah in 2021, ranking it 36th in the United States, according to the official Social Security Administration website.