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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Helping Utahns afford healthcare starts with finding common ground
Read More: Helping Utahns afford healthcare starts with finding common groundFinding consensus on policy can and should become the rule, not the exception.
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Supreme Court leaves Maryland memorial cross standing
Read More: Supreme Court leaves Maryland memorial cross standingIn a second religion-related decision this week, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a public World War I memorial to war dead in Maryland – which included a cross –…
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What are the implications of Supreme Court’s refusal to hear 2nd cake case?
Read More: What are the implications of Supreme Court’s refusal to hear 2nd cake case?On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court decided not to hear a religious liberty case from Oregon. The court did, however, vacate the Oregon decision, which fined cake decorators $135,000 for declining to create…
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Transcript: Dr. Clark Gilbert on innovation in education
Read More: Transcript: Dr. Clark Gilbert on innovation in educationThe following is a transcript of Dr. Clark Gilbert’s keynote presentation at Innovation in Education (a Sutherland Institute event) on Wednesday, May 15, 2019 at The Hinckley Institute of Politics.…
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Salt Lake Chamber learns about new education program benefiting military families
Read More: Salt Lake Chamber learns about new education program benefiting military familiesOn Wednesday, June 5, Matt Bowman – founder of the innovative education program My Tech High – spoke to the Military Affairs Committee of the Salt Lake Chamber about military…
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Photo recap: Innovation in Education
Read More: Photo recap: Innovation in EducationUltimately, Sutherland Institute is calling for a willingness to innovate and for better outcomes for students as individuals.
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Photo recap: Striving for Inclusion
Read More: Photo recap: Striving for InclusionLGBTQ advocacy group and conservative think tank partner to host religious liberty event
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Utah families need transparent pricing of health care, prescriptions
Read More: Utah families need transparent pricing of health care, prescriptionsOriginally published in The Salt Lake Tribune. Democratic presidential candidates are aspiring to replace private health coverage with Medicare. Utah’s Republican-controlled state Legislature recently passed some 26 new health care…
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Thoughts about the future of Utah’s Medicaid program
Read More: Thoughts about the future of Utah’s Medicaid programRemarks as prepared by Derek Monson, vice president of policy at Sutherland Institute, for a panel on “Charting the Future of Utah Medicaid” at the 2019 Utah State of Reform…
