$1.7 million

What Utah spent in 2013 to keep its national parks open during the shutdown. The federal government only reimbursed the state $666,000. The state's Congressmembers introduced legislation in 2015 to get the money back, but it never went anywhere.

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What Utah spent in 2013 to keep its national parks open during the shutdown. The federal government only reimbursed the state $666,000. The state's Congressmembers introduced legislation in 2015 to get the money back, but it never went anywhere.

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Caroline Cournoyer is GOVERNING's senior web editor.
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