Zach Schofield
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Forces of free enterprise can improve Utah’s transportation system
As transportation thinkers maneuver through technological challenges, public opinion and funding realities to address transportation issues in the face of growth, they should keep in mind a few principles that can pave the way to practical transportation solutions.
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This Veterans Day, ensure their cause is just
The future is complicated. Americans will be faced with tough decisions. In preparation for that day, let us resolve for the sake of our service members that we will ask them to sacrifice only when we are confident their cause…
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HB 296 – Rural Online Working Hubs Amendments
Comment presented by Zach Schofield on March 5, 2019, in support of HB 296 1st Substitute – Rural Online Working Hubs Amendments, before the Senate Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee of the Utah Legislature. The bill, which was passed…
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Legislature can help Utahns solve growth issues
Originally published in Utah Policy. Utah is growing – it’s one of the fastest-growing states in the country. This is great news, but it also presents the Legislature with unique issues. This year, the Legislature has the opportunity to pursue…
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The solution to the housing crisis? Compromise
Whether disgruntled over new high-density development or skyrocketing home prices, people in Utah are feeling the pinch of living in such an attractive place. Out-of-staters are flocking to Utah, and the generation entering adulthood doesn’t want to leave. This conflict…
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Moving on from Operation Rio Grande: Community groups step in
Operation Rio Grande was a crucial short-term solution to a growing problem in Salt Lake City. In the long run, however, it will take impassioned private efforts, not government programs, to avoid Operation Rio Grande 2.0 next year (or in…
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Maligned practice of chaining restores ecosystems
Originally published by Utah Policy. A recent television ad campaign calls for a complete and permanent halt to chaining on Utah’s BLM lands. Chaining is the practice of dragging a heavy chain between two tractors to rip out large woody plants, and it’s…
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Unemployment data underscore the positive impact of HB 390 – Rural Economic Development Incentives in strengthening rural economic incentives
The following two charts illustrate the stark economic differences between urbanized areas of the state and rural Utah by comparing unemployment rates. This chart shows three snapshots in unemployment data for four selected regions. The Wasatch Front is the most…