What Does Occupational Licensure Have to Do with Mental Health? A Lot.
Thankfully, policymakers — especially in Utah — are working to help meet the state’s demand for mental health practitioners by improving the portability of licenses while decreasing variations in their requirements.
The public needs protection from public safety agencies
Departmental failures involving state agencies undermine the public’s trust in government, which is a necessary ingredient to the healthy functioning of a free society.
Relocation Shouldn’t Mean Losing Your License
With these compacts, if you are a licensed physical therapist in Texas and Texas has engaged in a compact with Utah, you could move to Utah and immediately begin work in your profession.
Public Comments for Proposed National Charter School Guidelines
The following was submitted to the US Department of Education during its public comment window for the proposed update to the national charter school guidelines. Dear Secretary of Education Cardona, The people of Utah are tired...
Utah lawmakers just made it easier to earn a living
Utahns and local businesses across the state are still struggling to find the workers necessary to help run their businesses or provide necessary services — and the government is partly to blame.
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...
Not Every Bill Passes in Utah, And That’s Good
In the end, we do more than just encourage legislators to pass a variety of good policies. Libertas Institute also serves as a watchdog for legislation that will negatively impact the rights and lives of Utahns
The Year of the (Modest) Tax Cut
A number of changes and reductions to tax burden of Utahns made it through the Legislature in 2022, but what were they?
Education Innovation: Good for Students, Good for Teachers
In my 14-year career, I had never witnessed this amount of innovation and change in education. It was a change that responded to what parents and teachers and the dollars they represent wanted.
Latest CIA revelations show clear need for privacy protections
The erosion of individual privacy rights within federal law enforcement agencies directly correlates with the rise of unchecked agency power, particularly in the realm of national security agencies such as the CIA and, post-9/11,...