Utah’s Top Public Schools Are Charters. Why?
Money isn’t the difference — they both spend just over $10,500 per student. But how they spend the money is.
Legislature Calls Local Governments Not to Take Revenue Spikes for Granted
During this discussion, Senator Lincoln Fillmore sponsored Senate Concurrent Resolution 7, which contains a much-needed message of caution — don’t assume spikes in revenues continue indefinitely. In addition to calling on local...
Proposed Tax Cuts Are the Utah Way
Tax cuts move the dial away from government overreach while protecting citizens and increasing incentives for businesses. It is clear that tax cuts fall in line with the “Utah way,” which has made the state successful for decades.
SCR 7: Do Not Assume Spikes in Revenue Continue Forever
This resolution supports the state and local governments treating sudden spikes in revenue as one-time income.
Increasing Justice By Reforming Justice Courts
Some important changes are needed to Utah's justice courts.
Momentum for Budget Reform in Utah
Real budget reform is finally starting to come to Utah. Instead of constantly raising taxes, its times to take a hard look at what taxpayers fund every year.
HJR 18: Zero-Based Budgeting Use in Legislative Subcommittees
Instead of starting the budgeting process with last year's budget and simply adding (and very rarely subtracting) to it, legislative committees should start fresh—from zero.
SB 96: Guardrails Around Medicaid Expansion
This bill places some restraints on the state's implementation of Medicaid expansion in order to seek a federal waiver and implement caps to ensure the state budget is not unexpectedly affected.
A Surplus Year of Taxes and Utah Still Wants More
Utah had half a billion tax dollars in surplus. But the money was quickly spent, and then followed by a tax increase. Why?
HB 387: Lifting the Curtain Off of Higher Education
This bill requires that each higher education institution's "full budget, including a comprehensive chart of accounts" be reported to legislators in a public meeting.