Stan Rasmussen
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Lowry Snow’s legislative legacy includes juvenile justice reform, inmate education
As Utah’s Legislature was in session for the first time in a decade without Snow in the chamber, the lasting positive difference he made during his tenure will be remembered.
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Legislature reflects and respects Utah’s increasing diversity
Support was broad and bipartisan for bills including condemnation of antisemitism, improved health care support for racial and ethnic communities, and recognition of Juneteenth as a state holiday.
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Sutherland Institute statement in support of improved curriculum transparency
Presented before the Education Interim Committee by Stan Rasmussen, Sutherland Institute vice president of government affairs: We appreciate Senator Lincoln Fillmore’s and the committee’s efforts to address this important matter of curriculum transparency. … The proposed legislation admirably strengthens the…
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Sutherland Institute testimony in support of improved curriculum transparency
Sutherland Institute supports and will continue to advocate for enhanced curriculum transparency for grades K-12.
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Unprecedented: 2021 general session
To suggest that the recently concluded 2021 general legislative session capped a remarkable year would be dramatic understatement. The contrast between Utah’s economy and fiscal condition today and the specter of the looming impact of the pandemic a year ago…
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The Mayflower Compact, 400 years young
November 2020 marks the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower Compact – the seedling of self-government that became the forest of ordered liberty. This unprecedented civic covenant enabled the intrepid immigrants to survive adversity, manage and leverage their diversity, and pursue…
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Utah tax reform recommendations
As the 2019 general session concluded, Utah’s Legislature created the Tax Restructuring and Equalization Task Force. Impetus for so doing is the need to address the imbalance in state revenue sources and restrictions on revenue use.
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Tax reform? But I thought …
It’s not hard to understand that Utahns may be experiencing a bit of confusion, and for some a sense of whiplash, about the current focus on and potentially significant pending changes in the state’s tax structure. After all, didn’t we…
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‘Religious Liberty for All’
Last month, the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty hosted the 2018 Canterbury Medal Gala in New York City. Stanford Swim, Sutherland Institute board chairman, and I were privileged to attend this impressive event on May 24 honoring the work of…
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2018 Utah Legislature offered a balanced budget and stability amid growth
Originally published by the Deseret News. Another annual general session of the state Legislature is in the books. What a remarkable process. We have much to appreciate about this annual forum: the reasons we have it, the people that make…