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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Entrepreneurs in the marketplace help healthcare reform in Utah
Read More: Entrepreneurs in the marketplace help healthcare reform in UtahUtah’s entrepreneurial spirit – the free market drive to innovate to fulfill people’s unmet needs – is particularly strong and visible in Utah’s healthcare sector.
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Sutherland Institute launches new series: Religious Freedom 101
Read More: Sutherland Institute launches new series: Religious Freedom 101Sutherland Institute will be addressing questions about religious freedom in detail with a series called Religious Freedom 101.
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Sutherland Institute delivers statement on HB 152 – Civic Education Testing Requirement
Read More: Sutherland Institute delivers statement on HB 152 – Civic Education Testing RequirementSutherland Institute recommends that HB 152 (Civic Education Testing Requirement) – which would repeal the civics test graduation requirement – instead create an interim study topic delving into history and…
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Faith-based organizations help the vulnerable — give them room to do it
Read More: Faith-based organizations help the vulnerable — give them room to do itThe most important religious liberty question, though, is the most basic: Can the federal government expand the original — stingy — religious exemptions to make them more expansive so religiously…
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Eliminate civics exam? Only if we can spur interest in actual civics
Read More: Eliminate civics exam? Only if we can spur interest in actual civicsUtah has work to do in civics education. Much like the rest of the nation.
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Tax reform repeal starting to impact this year’s state budget
Read More: Tax reform repeal starting to impact this year’s state budgetThe Legislature’s fiscal analyst told the majority caucus that in a couple of years most state programs that Utah families and businesses rely upon – road maintenance, air quality programs,…
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Education and healthcare issues to look for in the 2020 legislative session
Read More: Education and healthcare issues to look for in the 2020 legislative sessionThere are two policy areas in which reforms could most directly impact families and businesses in the 2020 legislative session: education and healthcare. And these issues tend to be heavily…
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How does tax reform repeal impact state funding for public schools?
Read More: How does tax reform repeal impact state funding for public schools?With December’s tax reform law now repealed by the passage and signing of HB 185, the Legislature is currently working to determine state funding for public schools for the upcoming…
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Three ways you can celebrate National School Choice Week
Read More: Three ways you can celebrate National School Choice WeekUtah has a unique opportunity to consider education choice in our state right now. We’re in the timely overlap of the first week of the Utah State Legislative session and…
