SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - The Latest on the inauguration ceremony for Gov. Gary Herbert and other Utah officials (all times local):
11:45 a.m.
SALT LAKE CITY - Gary Herbert kicked off what he says will be his last four years as Utah governor by highlighting the struggles of immigrants and refugees and the state’s efforts to reopen its national parks more than three years ago during a federal government shutdown.
Herbert gave a 15 minute inauguration speech at Utah’s State Capitol Wednesday, shortly after taking a ceremonial oath of office.
The governor and Utah’s other statewide elected officials took their official oaths individually on Monday, the day their previous terms ended. They took them again at Wednesday’s ceremony because Monday was a state and federal holiday.
Herbert, a Republican, won re-election in November. He’s been in office since 2009.
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12:25 a.m.
Gov. Gary Herbert will lay out his plans for his new four-year term in a speech at his inauguration ceremony Wednesday at the state Capitol.
Herbert is a Republican who’s been in office since 2009. He easily won re-election last November.
He and Utah’s other constitutional officers took their official oaths of office on Monday. That’s the day their previous terms ended.
But because that day fell on a state and federal holiday, they all took their oaths individually.
They’ll take them again in public at Wednesday’s inauguration ceremony.
The Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Utah National Guard 23rd Army Band are scheduled to perform.
Herbert has said he wants to spend his next term improving education in Utah, including by boosting test scores and graduation rates.
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