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# Podcast: The reality doesn't match the rhetoric
- URL: https://utahpolitics.news/podcasts/podcast-the-reality-doesnt-match-the-rhetoric/
- Published: 2025-03-03T17:05:43.000Z
- Updated: 2025-12-05T23:44:08.000Z
- Author: Bryan Schott
- Tags: Podcasts

In this week's episode of "Special Session":

- Governor Cox and legislative leaders are throwing a party over education funding that might not be all it's cracked up to be.
- Next year's budget is going to be tight, but don't worry...there's always room for tax cuts.
- The legislature hatches a plan to take control of political debates in Utah. We explain why this is a scary idea that should upset you.
- Plus, Phil Lyman wants to run the Utah GOP.

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