Utah ranked dead last for federal pandemic aid per person. Why is that?

The state has gotten about $6,000 per capita — or less than half of what D.C. has received, a new analysis shows.

(Eric Gay | AP) President Donald J. Trump's name is printed on a stimulus check issued by the IRS in April. Utah, with its relatively strong economy, is last in the nation for the amount of federal COVID-19 funding that has flowed into the state so far, a recent per-capita analysis shows.

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Bethany RodgersGovernment Reporter

Bethany began covering state government at The Tribune right in time for the 2018 election. She's a proud Maryland Terrapin and worked at newspapers in the D.C. area and in Orlando, Florida, before coming to Utah. Her aspiration is to one day keep an orchid alive for more than a month.