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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Starting a new life in the U.S. is never easy for refugees, but doing it during a pandemic has created more struggles. They are trying to navigate the upheaval of job losses and other challenges brought on by coronavirus restrictions in a language they don’t fully understand and without extended family or close friends to help. Refugee aid organizations have pivoted from training families for work and school to teaching them how to apply for unemployment benefits and do schoolwork online. They’re dipping into emergency funds to pay for rent and food for families after the government cut off funding to help refugees resettle.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Revenues could be down more than a billion dollars in Utah’s budget next year due to the coronavirus pandemic’s devastating effects on the economy. Lawmakers were preparing Wednesday for widespread budget cuts of up to 10% at state agencies. The decisions will be made at a special session, likely in June. More than 6,600 people have been infected with the virus in Utah, and 75 have died. State analysts estimate that revenues will drop by a low of nearly $600 million and could mount to $1.3 billion during fiscal year 2021, which starts in July.

ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — Police say the suspect in a Utah fatal shooting has died of self-inflicted injuries suffered while he fled from authorities. The Spectrum reported the Cedar City Police Department confirmed the death of 26-year-old Chaz Bennett Wednesday. A police statement says Bennett’s body will be transported to the Utah State Medical Examiner’s Office for an autopsy. Bennett was suspected in the May 10 shooting death of 47-year-old Jeremey Hunter in Cedar City, northeast of St. George. Police say Bennett was carrying two rifles after fleeing the scene where Hunter was found dead and shot himself while evading police.

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A coalition of U.S. states, environmentalists and an American Indian tribe are seeking to revive a moratorium on coal sales from public lands in the West. The moratorium was imposed under former President Barack Obama then dropped by the Trump administration as part of its drive to boost U.S. energy production. A lawsuit in the dispute centers on whether the Trump administration looked closely enough at climate change and other effects from burning coal. A years-long decline in U.S. coal production has accelerated during the coronavirus pandemic but lease sales continue.