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Free Market

Utah’s Universal Sandbox Is Open for Business


If regulations are what's holding back your great business or product idea, come play in Utah's universal sandbox.

  • Caden Rosenbaum
  • 4th Feb '22
Policy Analysis

Permit Freedom: Reducing Regulation in Everyday Life


Utahns have the right to reasonable, consistent, and clear rules governing how, when, and to whom permits will be granted.

  • Libertas Institute Staff
  • 14th Jan '21
Policy Analysis

Protecting the Right to Privacy in a Digital Era


The desire to use new technologies in the name of protecting the community cannot come at the expense of an individual’s fundamental rights.

  • Libertas Institute Staff
  • 8th Jan '21
Op-Eds

It’s time to scale back licensing requirements


It's critical that Utah lawmakers remove barriers to entry for workers. Here's why…

  • Connor Boyack
  • 17th Nov '20
Policy Analysis

Government Accountability for Causing Individuals Harm


Utahns should be able to hold their government accountable when its actions cause them harm.

  • Libertas Institute Staff
  • 7th Mar '19
Justice and Due Process

Hate civil asset forfeiture? Here’s a court case in Utah to follow…


The Utah Highway Patrol seized money from a person not suspected of a crime, and then gave it to the federal government—circumventing state law that prohibited them from doing so.

  • Connor Boyack
  • 10th Oct '17
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2014 Bills
2014 Bills

SB100: Punishing Property Owners for Not Employing or Renting to LGBT Utahns


This bill was not considered. Visit our Legislative Index to see the final vote rankings for the 2014 general session. Libertas Institute opposes this bill. Last year, Senator Urquhart ran a bill to prohibit employers and...

  • Libertas Institute Staff
  • 7th Jan '14
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2014 Bills
2014 Bills

SB12: Raising the Age Limit for Tobacco Products in Utah


This bill failed in the Senate, 12-16. Visit our Legislative Index to see the final vote rankings for the 2014 general session. Libertas Institute opposes this bill. SB12, sponsored by Senator Reid, prohibits the possession of...

  • Libertas Institute Staff
  • 7th Jan '14
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2014 Bills
2014 Bills

HB228: Changing the Election Process for the Utah State School Board


This bill failed in the House, 33-41. Visit our Legislative Index to see the final vote rankings for the 2014 general session. To track the status of this bill, find it on our Legislation Tracker. Click here to contact the...

  • Libertas Institute Staff
  • 7th Jan '14
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Free Market
Free Market

GOED Responsible for Doling Out Over $800 Million in Tax Breaks


Let’s get our biases out of the way first: we’re not fans of the Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED). While we all want to see new job creation, a healthy economy, and companies choosing to locate...

  • Connor Boyack
  • 30th Dec '13
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Free Market
Free Market

Another Public Transit Project Doomed to Failure?


Earlier this year we reported on a proposal by SLC Mayor Becker to further subsidize public transit. In that article, we noted that “those who ride UTA buses pay 15% of the total cost through their fare, whereas those who...

  • Connor Boyack
  • 27th Dec '13
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Utah Legislature Unanimously and Unknowingly Gutted a 2000 Citizen Initiative


A 2000 citizen initiative that passed by 69% of the vote in Utah introduced substantial restrictions on asset forfeiture—the process whereby the government seizes a citizen’s property—but several key provisions were overturned...

  • Libertas Institute Staff
  • 17th Dec '13
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Press Releases
Press Releases

Utah Legislature Unanimously and Unknowingly Gutted Controversial 2000 Citizen Initiative


Salt Lake City, UT (December 17, 2013) — In a newly released policy analysis, Libertas Institute sheds light on a potentially deceptive change to forfeiture law in Utah. In the 2013 general session, the Utah legislature...

  • Libertas Institute Staff
  • 17th Dec '13
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Policy Analysis
Policy Analysis

Utah Legislature Unanimously and Unknowingly Gutted a 2000 Citizen Initiative


Below is the executive summary for our newly released policy analysis, “Asset Forfeiture in Utah.” To read the entire report, click here. A 2000 citizen initiative that passed by 69% of the vote in Utah introduced...

  • Connor Boyack
  • 17th Dec '13
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Personal Freedom
Personal Freedom

Utah’s Options in the Wake of Judge Waddoups’ Polygamy Ruling


We are pleased by the ruling issued by a federal court judge on Friday to invalidate a key portion of Utah’s anti-polygamy law. Specifically, polygamists are no longer considered felons in Utah for “purporting to...

  • Connor Boyack
  • 16th Dec '13
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Press Releases
Press Releases

Libertas Institute Statement on the Bigamy Lawsuit Decision


Salt Lake City, UT (December 13, 2013) — Libertas Institute President Connor Boyack released the following statement on Judge Waddoups’ ruling regarding the Kody Brown lawsuit over Utah’s bigamy law: “We welcome...

  • Connor Boyack
  • 14th Dec '13
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