A senior adviser to Utah Gov. Spencer Cox told the Heber City Council this week that the governor is threatening to withhold state funding from Wasatch County over two recent development decisions the county made. Steve Waldrip, Cox's senior adviser for housing strategy, delivered the message following the county's decisions against approving certain housing projects.

The threat marks an escalation in the state's pressure on local governments to approve more housing development. Wasatch County officials have not yet publicly responded to the governor's warning, and Cox's office has not clarified which funding streams would be affected.