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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InsightsTexas app store case offers states a path to protect children online
Read More: Texas app store case offers states a path to protect children onlineThe court decisions in this case will provide important direction to states about how to ensure parents and children can navigate technology safely and together.
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InsightsCall for Utah Fits All Scholarship stories
Read More: Call for Utah Fits All Scholarship storiesThe Utah Fits All Scholarship is an education savings account program that allows Utah families to personalize their child’s education by using public funds for state-approved educational expenses like tuition,…
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InsightsWhat political hot takes miss about the Supreme Court
Read More: What political hot takes miss about the Supreme CourtIt deeply distorts what is actually happening. Some of the decisions of the just-concluded court session make this clear.
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InsightsImportant questions answered about the federal scholarship tax credit
Read More: Important questions answered about the federal scholarship tax creditStates must opt into the program for families to receive scholarships. Utah has already opted in. Regardless of what a state decides, individuals from any state can donate to any…
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CommentaryUtah has led the nation on upward mobility. Here’s the next step
Read More: Utah has led the nation on upward mobility. Here’s the next stepSecuring Utah, and America, as the land of opportunity for future generations requires thinking in aspirational terms. It’s more than simply “tinkering” with existing programs — it’s transforming a system…
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CommentaryCongress should empower states to fix benefit cliffs
Read More: Congress should empower states to fix benefit cliffsThe fear of such cliffs discourages low-income families across the country from taking steps that would otherwise help them gradually move out of poverty.
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CommentaryOpportunity, not outrage, should define America’s next chapter. Utah can lead the way.
Read More: Opportunity, not outrage, should define America’s next chapter. Utah can lead the way.Moving toward a streamlined social welfare system that helps struggling families while better supporting the goal of work and independence, as envisioned in the war on poverty, is grounded in…
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CommentaryThe Supreme Court’s campaign finance ruling shows why states need a voice
Read More: The Supreme Court’s campaign finance ruling shows why states need a voiceState or national laws addressing campaign finance are made by legislators but are inevitably challenged in court and resolved after a time by judges. Whatever one thinks about the specific…
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InsightsAudit shows lawmakers leading out on Utah Fits All Scholarship policy reforms
Read More: Audit shows lawmakers leading out on Utah Fits All Scholarship policy reformsDespite the attention some of the audit expenses have received, the real news is that many of these concerns have already been addressed and rooted out.
