Utah ranked as the best state in the U.S. in the 2024 Best States rankings by U.S. News & World Report, which evaluated states based on health care, education, economy, infrastructure, opportunity, fiscal stability, crime & corrections, and natural environment.

BY ART RAYMOND, DESERET NEWS — Texas Instruments’ newly refurbished microchip plant in Lehi is set to grow Utah’s economy, and reputation, in a myriad of ways