August 16, 2014 (Deseret News) - “If we can get the economy right, everything else takes care of itself. It’s the rising tide that lifts all boats.” So said Gov. Gary Herbert, speaking before Park City real estate agents in 2011. It may be the reason his administration seems to put corporate interest above the general public’s interest.
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June 27, 2014 (Fox13 News) - Utah has a lot of bad roads that cost residents a lot of money. The bill for the average Utah family: $197 in repairs due to poor road conditions. A lot of money? Yes. But the national average is over $300. The data was put together in a report called “Roadmap to 2050,” published by the Utah Foundation. Research analyst Mallory Bateman wrote it.
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June 12, 2014 (Salt Lake Tribune) - Utah’s per-pupil spending fell by more than all but a dozen states during the latest economic slump, dropping the Beehive State — which already spends less per student than any other state — even further behind the national average, according to a new analysis.
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May 01, 2014 (The Atlantic) - In the summer of 2013, four prominent economists from Harvard and the University of California, Berkeley, named Salt Lake City one of the best places in the country for upward mobility. Low-income kids who grew up in the region, the researchers found, had some of the greatest chances of moving up the income ladder as they aged.
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May 01, 2014 (The Davis Clipper) - In the next 36 years, Davis County is projected to grow by well above one-third in terms of total population. That’s according to a report released late last month by The Utah Foundation. It projects the county’s population could reach 465,000-plus people by 2050.
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April 29, 2014 (National Journal) - In the summer of 2013, four prominent economists from Harvard and the University of California (Berkeley) named Salt Lake City one of the best places in the country for upward mobility. Low-income kids who grew up in the region, the researchers found, had some of the greatest chances of moving up the income ladder as they aged.
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April 30, 2014 (Utah Policy) - Research conducted by Utah Foundation indicates that Utah’s population may nearly double by 2050. That seems like a long ways away, but it’s really not. I won’t be around, but my newly-born granddaughter will only be 36 in 2050. She’ll probably have a young family by then. So how do we preserve Utah’s enviable quality of life for her and the other 5 million Utahns in 2050? The decisions and investments we make today will … Continued
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April 23, 2014 (Salt Lake Tribune) - A conservative state lawmaker and a liberal former director of the Bureau of Land Management argued the merits of a debate that’s sweeping the West — whether states should take control of federal lands and would they manage them better.
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April 20, 2014 (Standard Examiner) - Utah’s population is expected to soar 86 percent by 2050 from 2.9 million to 5.4 million, according to a report. The study by the independent research group Utah Foundation says the state’s population will also be more diverse, noting most growth among the young now is occurring among minorities.
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April 20, 2014 (KSL ) - Utah’s population is expected to soar 86 percent by 2050 from 2.9 million to 5.4 million, according to a report. The study by the independent research group Utah Foundation says the state’s population will also be more diverse, noting most growth among the young now is occurring among minorities.
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April 18, 2014 (Salt Lake Tribune) - Utah has the nation’s second-fastest rate of urban sprawl gobbling up farmland and open space for new development, according to a new study.
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April 17, 2014 (Salt Lake Tribune) - By 2050, Utah is expected to nearly double its population — adding 2.5 million people to its current 2.9 million, with two-thirds coming from “natural growth” through its high birth rate and a third from immigration. A new study by the Utah Foundation predicts the booming growth, and a separate panel discussion Thursday by the League of Women Voters addressed planning needed to handle it.
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April 17, 2014 (National Journal) - With smog keeping children indoors during winter months, the area’s reputation for healthy outdoor living could be on the line.
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March 23, 2014 (KSL) - The Utah Foundation examined how partnerships between businesses and educators can strengthen Utah’s economy during its 69th annual meeting Thursday. The foundation, which seeks to inform policymakers by providing research and analysis on various local issues, hosted discussion panels with speakers from the Utah System of Higher Education, educational institutions and other groups.
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March 20, 2014 (KUER) - A professor at Utah Valley University who founded the Utah Women in Education Project says women in the state continue to lag behind the rest of the nation in college graduation rates, despite gains in recent years. Dr. Susan Madsen was speaking at an annual meeting of the independent research group Utah Foundation.
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March 20, 2014 (Deseret News) - The Utah Foundation examined how partnerships between businesses and educators can strengthen Utah’s economy during its 69th annual meeting Thursday. The foundation, which seeks to inform policymakers by providing research and analysis on various local issues, hosted discussion panels with speakers from the Utah System of Higher Education, educational institutions and other groups.
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March 15, 2014 (K-Talk) - Discussion with Utah Foundation about its Quality of Life Index.
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March 11, 2014 (Deseret News) - A broad public mandate exists along the Wasatch Front to reduce air pollution. There also appears to be broad agreement on the need to address at least two of the largest causes of PM 2.5 pollution: vehicular emissions and wood burning emissions.
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March 06, 2014 (Deseret News) - If Utah has gotten one aspect of taxing and public accountability right, it is with property taxes. Unfortunately, a bill wending its way through the state Legislature would mess with that success, raise your property taxes to fund the House speaker’s unproven notion that what Utah schools really need is a tablet in every backpack.
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February 13, 2014 (Fox 13) - SALT LAKE CITY — Utah dominates the world of volunteering, or so it seems from statistics based on an exhaustive national poll. The Corporation for National and Community Service’s Volunteering and Civic Life in America report has shown Utah to lead the nation in the percentage of volunteers for 8 years running.
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January 29, 2014 (Salt Lake Tribune) - The paths to cleaner air in Utah are as varied and numerous as the thousands of emission sources spewing pollution into the skies over one of nation’s most beautiful states. That was a central theme Wednesday evening at a town hall titled “Cleaning up Utah’s Air” in the Salt Lake City Main Library, where more than 100 concerned residents directed sometimes pointed questions to a panel of four experts.
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January 24, 2014 (Salt Lake Tribune) - A study by the Utah Foundation found that smoke from solid fuels such as wood and coal are a larger problem than previously thought.
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January 24, 2104 (Deseret News) - A new broad-based analysis of the air pollution problem along the Wasatch Front finds that the most cost-effective way to cut down on harmful particulates in the air is by refraining from lighting the fireplace or wood-burning stove.
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January 23, 2014 (KUER) - A new report tries to cut through some of the confusion surrounding Utah’s air-pollution problems. Shawn Teigen says he stepped back to take an impartial look at one of Utah’s most important issues.
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January 23, 2014 (KSL News) - A new broad-based analysis of the air pollution problem along the Wasatch Front finds that the most cost-effective way to cut down on harmful particulates in the air is by refraining from lighting the fireplace or wood-burning stove.
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