Utah’s Medical Cannabis Program Has Doubled Early Estimates
How many Utahns would use medical cannabis? That was a question we were often posed during the campaign to legalize its use for sick patients in our state, but we couldn’t reliably answer it; we didn’t have the data...
New Restrictions on Home Invasions by Police
A new law restricts how officers can use no-knock warrants to forcibly enter your home.
Darker Vehicle Window Tint Legalized in Utah
The Utah legislature just loosened a restriction on how dark your vehicle window tint can be.
Occupational licensing can make the labor shortage worse
A Utah State University study estimated that occupational licensing in the United States is responsible for 2.8 million fewer jobs and costs to consumers exceeding $20 billion annually.
A decade of reform since Matthew David Stewart’s death
We can support these good officers — and better prevent unnecessary uses of force from happening — by continuing to reform our laws to ensure that “bad apples” are not empowered and excused in their ability to abuse authority.
Utah Businesses Shouldn’t Comply with Biden’s OSHA Vaccine Mandate
The 490-page mandate from OSHA — the federal agency issuing this mandate without Congressional review — has no end date, and also requires business owners to ensure that "each employee who is not fully vaccinated wears a face...
I’m pro-life, so I’m anti-capital punishment
I didn’t always oppose the death penalty. In fact, when someone on my team told me that our organization should take a stand against it, I scoffed. I couldn’t imagine not putting murderers to death for their egregious crimes.
Tuttle Twins Didn’t Take Your Tax Dollars
This high-quality kids cartoon, which will — like our wildly popular books — teach the ideas of freedom to the rising generation, was directly funded by those who wanted to will it into existence. Put differently… no taxpayers...
New Effort to “Repeal and Replace” the Death Penalty in Utah
This new approach aims to solve a critical problem for victim family members.
SLC Mayor’s K-12 Mask Mandate Is On Shaky Legal Ground
Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall has unilaterally issued an executive order declaring an emergency due to Covid-19, and ordering all children in K-12 schools in the city to wear a face mask. But does she have the authority...