Salt Lake Tribune · Jan 17, 2019
Utah Gov. Herbert suggests returning power to states would help ease shutdown pain
More than two dozen federal employees and supporters demonstrate at the Sacramento International Airport calling for President Donald Trump and Washington lawmakers to end then partial government shutdown, Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019, in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)Decrying the federal government shutdown as a failure of leadership, Gov. Gary Herbert says the most alarming thing about it is that shutdowns seem to be becoming a sort of business-as-usual tactic in Washington.
His solution — at least in the long run — is shifting power from the federal government to states.