On June 10, 2026, the Utah Foundation – the State of the Nation Project’s Utah partner – hosted a UTA-sponsored “Utah’s Progress Report” event featuring the Project’s first “State of the States” report. The event highlighted Utah’s extremes using the State of the Nation Project’s reports as a lens.
This Utah Thrives podcast is an overview of that event, featuring:
- Shawn Teigen from the Utah Foundation, delving into comparisons between Utah and other states.
- Robert Spendlove from Zions Bank, focusing on the economy.
- Laura Summers from the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute at the University of Utah, focusing on mental health.
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