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Utah just claimed the top spot on the Independence Index, a comprehensive ranking measuring life, liberty, and happiness through 29 metrics — from longevity to job growth to marriage rates. Governor Spencer Cox celebrated the win at the One Utah Summit, highlighting Utah’s leadership in volunteerism and economic expansion. Speaking to business leaders and visionaries, he argued that Utah’s success isn’t just policy-driven but rooted in the everyday character of its people — quiet, selfless, and relentlessly improving. Drawing on G.K. Chesterton, Cox called Utahns “improvers,” builders who love their state enough to fix it, even if it means sacrifice. He believes Utah’s model — investing in people, preserving what makes the state special, and creating opportunity — can be a blueprint for the nation, proving that greatness is built not by data alone, but by the unmeasured goodness of its citizens.

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