Sutherland Institute
-
Pressure grows for healthcare to get on the price transparency train
If enacted, these rules would mean that for the first time, families across America will be able to conveniently compare prices for healthcare services from different providers. In addition to considering which provider they are most comfortable with, patients will…
-
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.
-
Image gallery: 25th Anniversary Gala
On Saturday, Nov. 9, Sutherland Institute held its 25th anniversary gala where more than 600 notable guests attended. It was not only the largest gathering in Sutherland’s history, it was perhaps the most consequential.
-
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…
-
Statement of support for Nov. 7 draft tax reform proposal
Sutherland Institute supports the tax reform draft legislation because it strengthens Utah’s economy by supporting families.
-
Transcript: Former Gov. Jeb Bush on the future of education
I’m here just to give a few brief remarks about the importance of education. I’ll start with something…maybe it’s provocative, maybe you guys have already figured this out. It’s my passionate belief that a child born in poverty today in…
-
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.
-
LGBTQ rights: Should Supreme Court reinterpret Civil Rights Act or is it Congress’ job?
On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments about whether the 1964 Civil Rights Act prohibiting discrimination “on the basis of sex” should be reinterpreted by the court to add the categories of sexual orientation and gender identity to the…
-
Wait, who’s in charge of education in Utah?
Partisan elections for the Utah State Board of Education have been found constitutional by the Utah Supreme Court. The court held that elected officials aren’t employees — a commonsense concept we intuitively understood. Yet, a larger, simmering policy question continues…
-
Time for the Supreme Court to clarify religious liberty?
Two have cases pending before the Supreme Court in its new term beginning Oct. 7, 2019. The rest are asking the court to hear their cases.