Insights & Takeaways
Insights & Takeaways is Sutherland Institute’s official blog that informs the public and policymakers alike. The blog addresses important issues through the two distinct yet complementary lenses of the seasoned policy professional and the engaged citizen.
Insights: analysis, research, and informed commentary from Sutherland experts. For elected officials and public policy professionals.
Takeaways: the most important things voters need to know. For civically engaged citizens.
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History shows us government expands in a crisis, then stays that way
Read More: History shows us government expands in a crisis, then stays that wayPassion during a crisis is not political – it is human nature. However, exploitation of a crisis is political, and we should be aware of an existing structural imbalance at…
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Staggering unemployment numbers, public opinion should inform lawmakers’ decisions
Read More: Staggering unemployment numbers, public opinion should inform lawmakers’ decisionsMinimizing the damage as we balance public health and economic concern during a crisis should be the policy goal for legislators, the governor, and local elected officials.
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Silicon Slopes collaboration could be the future of Utah medical care
Read More: Silicon Slopes collaboration could be the future of Utah medical careSilicon Slopes, in collaboration with medical care providers, the state Department of Health and the state COVID-19 Task Force, recently launched TestUtah.com to assess Utahns online to determine if they…
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Special session is a chance to engage your legislators
Read More: Special session is a chance to engage your legislatorsUtah lawmakers will convene in a special session next week – and among other pieces of legislation, will be looking at HB 332, a bill the governor vetoed that would…
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Education experts predict pandemic will change public education
Read More: Education experts predict pandemic will change public educationThe public education system is likely to be permanently changed by the response to the coronavirus pandemic – or more precisely, by the knowledge gained by principals, teachers, parents and…
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Potential SCOTUS case could protect supporters of unpopular causes from retribution
Read More: Potential SCOTUS case could protect supporters of unpopular causes from retributionThis is an important case with the potential to clarify whether a state can, like Alabama tried to do in the 1950s, create a climate where supporters of private associations…
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How is pandemic homeschooling going for Utah parents?
Read More: How is pandemic homeschooling going for Utah parents?It’s difficult to compare experiences because everyone’s circumstances are so different: the number and personalities of children, employment and financial status, familiarity with homeschooling, and a host of other issues.
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Utah Leads Together and the consent of the governed
Read More: Utah Leads Together and the consent of the governedThe plan’s success requires that those who administer it recognize the fact that governments “deriv[e] their just powers from the consent of the governed,” in the words of the Declaration…
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Pandemic fallout: N.Y. man sues Gov. Cuomo over inability to gather, observe Jewish faith
Read More: Pandemic fallout: N.Y. man sues Gov. Cuomo over inability to gather, observe Jewish faithEffectively, the lawsuit is asking the courts to decide whether New York’s coronavirus pandemic response strikes the right balance between the compelling interest of public health in a pandemic and…
