In the modern context, "built here" means not just embracing infrastructure and housing growth, Cox said, but "axing every tax that we can," supporting Utahns who want to build businesses, farms or families, making the state "inclusive to every lawful newcomer" and "still doing the big things — the hard things — in our lives and in this session."

In his State of the State address to the Legislature, Gov. Spencer Cox outlines how to tackle Utah's affordable housing crisis.