April 07, 2016(KUER) - The non-partisan Utah Foundation has published a report that takes a closer look at the priorities of seven candidates running for Governor. The group surveyed Republican Governor Gary Herbert and his GOP challengers Nate Jensen and Jonathan Johnson, along with Democratic candidates Vaughn Cook and Mike Weinholtz. Unaffiliated candidates L.S. Brown and Gary Van Horn were also included. Candidates rated their level of concern for issues based on a scale of 1 to 5, one … Continued
April 06, 2016(Fox 13 News) - Shawn Teigen, research director for the Utah Foundation, came to the FOX 13 News Studio Wednesday to discuss the priorities Utah voters have and how those priorities compare with those of the candidates running for Governor. See the video above for Teigen’s comments on the issues that are important to Utah voters and whether or not those same issues are important to candidates for governor. The comparison is part of the group’s “Utah Priorities Project”, click … Continued
April 06, 2016(UtahPolicy.com) - In an effort to help Utah voters better understand the differences and similarities of the gubernatorial candidates, Utah Foundation has published Part II of the Utah Priorities Project. In this report, voters can see what topics candidates are most concerned about, how they align with voters across the state, and how they align with their own personal views. This will ultimately help voters evaluate who is the best candidate to represent their interests in state … Continued
April 06, 2016(Salt Lake Tribune) - Not surprisingly, Gov. Gary Herbert says Utah is on the right track — while most of his opponents say the opposite. Herbert rates quality of life as “much better” than it was five years ago, while most of his opponents see it as worse. And Herbert generally zigs when the others zag when questioned about how important 21 separate issues are, according to a study released Wednesday by the Utah Foundation, a non-profit research organization. … Continued
April 04, 2016(The Spectrum) - In Utah, programs like the “Alternatives” program — which provides services like grocery shopping, household chores and snow removal — cost less than one-third of what it would cost to provide similar services in a full-time care center, according to an analysis by the Salt Lake City-based think-tank The Utah Foundation. But that program currently covers only 0.25 percent of all Utah seniors, and the analysis indicated that every county in the state has a waiting list … Continued
April 03, 2016(Daily Herald) - A 2007 Utah Foundation report ranks special education teachers as the most likely of all subgroups of teachers to leave the profession. The report notes that special education teachers reported dissatisfaction with job responsibilities and changes in job responsibilities as main reasons for their departure. With the rate of children being diagnosed with autism on the rise, it’s becoming crucial for those even outside of the special education field to have a background in the … Continued
April 03, 2016(KTVX) - Utahns have already weighed in on who they prefer to win party nominations and an astounding number of Utah Republicans prefer Ted Cruz while most Utah Democrats align their views with Bernie Sanders. New research from the Utah Foundation shows which issues are most important to Utahns and how those priorities have changed since the last presidential election. Shawn Teigen is one of the research directors at the Utah Foundation and he sat down with Glen … Continued
March 31, 2016(Powder.com) - AT THE END OF A POWDER DAY, the long red snake of brake lights is an inevitable component of driving down the canyon. It likely would have frightened the early pioneers who knew not only that Alta’s snow was special, but that growth and pressure on the resource would degrade the quality of the experience. With more than 1.7 million people in the Wasatch Front and Utah’s population growth trending at nearly double the national … Continued
March 31, 2016(Deseret News) - The reason that “jobs and the economy” have fallen from the first priority to the fifth priority among Utah voters is explained at least in part by some rather obscure Bureau of Labor Statistics numbers. The Utah Foundation recently released the results of a statewide survey of “The Top Issues and Concerns of Utah Voters for the Election.” Each gubernatorial election year since 2004, the Utah Foundation has focused on gaining a better understanding of … Continued
March 25, 2016(Spectrum) - Health care, air quality and education have all surpassed jobs and the economy as residents’ foremost concerns, a major change reflective of the state’s nearly unbroken half-decade streak of job growth and steady economic improvement, according to a new report. Released this week by the Utah Foundation, a nonpartisan think-tank based in Salt Lake City, the 2016 Utah Priorities Project Survey shows a top-10 list of priorities that has evolved significantly since the last survey … Continued
March 25, 2016(Utah Public Radio) - A Thursday luncheon hosted by the Utah Foundation featured all four major gubernatorial candidates responding to the findings of the 2016 Utah Priorities Project. The survey conducted found that the biggest issue on the minds of Utah voters this year is healthcare. Shawn Teigen, Research Director with the Utah Foundation, said that while healthcare has been a big concern over the last few election cycles, its importance to voters has grown. “Priority number one—which was … Continued
March 25, 2016(UtahPolicy.com) - The Utah Foundation’s gubernatorial quasi-debate on Thursday didn’t spark any major fireworks, but it did provide a good first glimpse of the four primary candidates for governor, their debate styles, and what we might expect as voters begin to focus on the race. Utah Foundation, a Salt Lake-based independent research organization, sponsored the event to give gubernatorial candidates an opportunity to outline their positions on the issues of most concern to Utahns. Each election cycle, … Continued
March 24, 2016(Utah Public Radio) - The Utah Foundation and Utah Public Radio’s Kerry Bringhurst ask the Gubernatorial candidates to respond to questions about key Utah issues. The Utah Foundation has released the results of the 2016 Utah Priorities poll, asking voters across the state to identify their most important concerns. Four candidates for governor respond to the issues identified by voters at the Utah Priorities Project Luncheon at the City Center Marriot Hotel. The candidates are Governor Gary Herbert, Jonathan … Continued
March 24, 2016(UtahPolicy.com) - Healthcare has moved into the top spot on the Utah Priorities Project survey of voters across the state of Utah for the 2016 election cycle. Jobs and the economy, which had been the highest priority issue in 2010 and 2012 dropped to fifth place, and air quality moved into the second position on the Priorities Project’s top ten list of voter concerns. The top ten list is based on polling done for Utah Foundation by … Continued
March 24, 2016(KUTV) - Gov. Gary Herbert’s Republican challenger says he will force the governor into a primary. A confident Jonathon Johnson made that claim in an interview Thursday. Four men want to be the next governor and they appeared together at a luncheon at the Marriott City Center. Johnson says delegates who support him were elected at caucuses this week. And he said if the governor had not collected thousands of signatures in a new way to get … Continued
March 25, 2016(Fox 13 News) - For the first time this election season, Utah’s four gubernatorial candidates from major parties sat at the same table and discussed what one political group said are Utah’s top issues. The lunch with the future governor event was part of the unveiling of the Utah Foundation’s 2016 Utah Priorities list. It’s a project the Utah Foundation has done for the past several elections, surveying voters to understand what issues they think are the most important. … Continued
March 24, 2016(Deseret News) - Gov. Gary Herbert and three of the candidates vying to take his place offered their views Thursday on the top priorities Utah voters identified in a survey by the Utah Foundation. Topping the 2016 Utah Priorities Project survey was health care, and that was the issue that sparked the most friction between Herbert, Republican Jonathan Johnson, and Democrats Mike Weinholtz and Vaughn Cook. “Sometimes you take what you can get in the political arena where … Continued
March 25, 2016(KSL.com) - For years, Utahns have agreed that the economy needed attention from state-level elected officials, but this year, a local survey indicates voters have something else on their minds. Health care shot up from its fourth place in the past three election cycles, and is presently the top priority among Utahns randomly selected to participate in the Utah Foundation’s 2016 Utah Priorities Project, released each gubernatorial election year. “We want candidates for offices to be focusing … Continued
March 24, 2016(Deseret News) - For years, Utahns have agreed that the economy needed attention from state-level elected officials, but this year, a local survey indicates voters have something else on their minds. Health care shot up from its fourth place in the past three election cycles, and is presently the top priority among Utahns randomly selected to participate in the Utah Foundation’s 2016 Utah Priorities Project, released each gubernatorial election year. “We want candidates for offices to be focusing … Continued
March 24, 2016(Salt Lake Tribune) - Challengers to Utah Gov. Gary Herbert attacked him from the left and right Thursday as a career politician who stopped listening to people. The governor countered that he has a strong record that improved Utah’s economy and schools. That came in a joint appearance by the four top candidates for governor — Democrats Mike Weinholtz and Vaughn Cook, and Republicans Herbert and Jonathan Johnson — at a luncheon where the Utah Foundation unveiled results of … Continued
March 24, 2016(KUER) - Every four years, ahead of a gubernatorial election, the nonprofit Utah Foundation surveys Utahns about what issues they are most concerned about. In a panel discussion put on by the foundation on Thursday, candidates for the governor’s race were given a chance to respond to those concerns. The polling found that Utahns’ top three priorities in 2016 are healthcare, air quality and K-12 education. Gov. Gary Herbert is running for reelection. He says he is … Continued
March 12, 2016(Daily Universe) - Nationally, Utah has fallen behind the average percent of the eligible population voting in congressional elections since the mid-1990s, the largest gap coming in 2006. Utah Foundation president Stephen Kroes said millennials wield more potential voting power than many are aware. He said Utah’s millennial population has been bigger than the boomers for the last 15 years. “So, if just half of them voted, they would influence politics in a way no one else can,” … Continued
March 08, 2016(Fox 13 News) - The idea is simple, if expensive. Less sulfur out of tailpipes means fewer red air days along the Wasatch Front. Sen. Ralph Okerlund, R-Monroe, wants tier three gasoline in Utah cars as soon as possible, which means convincing the five refineries in Salt Lake and Davis Counties to upgrade their production. “Tier 3 fuel is the one way we can clean up our air very quickly,” Okerlund said. Okerlund, sponsor of Senate Bill 102, would … Continued
March 03, 2016(Fortune) - The No. 1 place where millennials—those born between the early 1980s and the beginning of the new millennium—are buying homes is Utah, and specifically Utah County, the state’s second most populous county just south of Salt Lake City, and the county seen as the most attractive for prospective millennial homeowners in the U.S. The county benefits, first, from affordable average home prices: Utah County has a median home value of around $229,600, according to Zillow, … Continued
February 28, 2016(KTVX) - When it comes to clearing the air there are things we can all do to cut down on pollution. A new study by the Utah Foundation focuses on changes at home that can make a big difference. Glen Mills sat down with Christopher Collard from the Utah Foundation and they discuss some of the things you can do at home to help make Utah’s air better for everyone. Collard said one of the biggest contributors … Continued
