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Study: Economic Inequality on the Rise in Utah

August 05, 2013 (UtahPolicy.com) - A recent national study found that Utah was one of a half dozen states where it was easier for a hard-working person to move from one income strata to another. Good news. But then comes another look at Utah income mobility and equality. And it finds that within Utah itself it’s become harder to move upward financially. The new Utah Foundation study…

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Forces joining to push for transportation tax hike in Utah

July 02, 2013 (Salt Lake Tribune) - Utah legislators feared to utter the words \”tax hike\” during the recession and the fragile economy that followed. But now business leaders, state administrators and local governments are pushing lawmakers to increase taxes for roads and mass transit, warning that doing nothing will have dire consequences.

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Study: transportation tax hike would benefit more than it costs

June 24, 2013 (Salt Lake Tribune) - If Utah would raise taxes to invest an extra $11.3 billion on high-priority road and mass-transit projects during the next 30 years, its return would be worth many times that amount — including more than $20 billion in extra tax revenue from economic growth and creation of about 6,000 new jobs a year, a new study says.

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U.S. ranks 28th in the world for work-life balance

June 06, 2013 (KSL News) - A recent Pew Study shows there has been a dramatic increase in the number of moms who are the primary wage-earners for their families. The U.S. is one of the best countries in the world for family wealth and access to housing.

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Utah’s overwhelmed teachers

April 06, 2013 (Salt Lake Tribune) - Utah schoolchildren are scoring at the bottom in English and math, and near the bottom in science when compared with students in states with similar home environments, according to a 2007 Utah Foundation study. What’s keeping our students from excellence?

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More Utah schools to get elementary arts program

March 29, 2013 (Salt Lake Tribune) - Students are accustomed, in geometry lessons, to drawing, comparing and measuring shapes.\r\n \r\n But on a recent day in Angela Challis’ class at South Jordan’s Welby Elementary School, fourth-graders became the shapes. They squeezed into red, pink, blue and purple costumes to demonstrate the meanings of congruent, not congruent and similar. The kids performed dances, twisting their bodies into poses, while singing definitions.

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News roundup: GOP, Taxes and Romney

March 29, 2013 (Salt Lake Tribune) - Panelists at a Utah Foundation meeting, including Sen. Aaron Osmond, suggested that in order to sustain the state\’s education and transportation needs, taxes must be raised to fund both – without making them compete for funds

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Tax Increases to Fund Education and Transportation Discussed at Utah Foundation Meeting

March 28, 2013 (KUER) - The Utah Foundation’s annual meeting Thursday deals with two traditionally conflicting issues facing Utahns, education and transportation. The foundation organizes the Utah Priorities Project along with the Hinckley Institute of Politics at the University of Utah. Stephen Kroes , the president of the Utah Foundation says conflicts between education and transportation going forward need to end.

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Roads and transit: Fuel tax must be raised

March 24, 2013 (Salt Lake Tribune) - Republicans hate taxes, but in Utah, our Republican-dominated leadership also loves roads. And therein lies a conundrum. \r\n \r\n A new study by the Utah Foundation compares the state’s transportation needs through 2040 — totaling about $70 billion — with what current taxes and fees will provide — about $43.4 billion.

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Report: Utah needs additional $11 billion for transportation by 2040

March 19, 2013 (Deseret News) - Utah lawmakers will need to consider imposing a standard sales tax on gasoline, raising the gas tax, increasing fees for public transportation users or some combination of those measures in order to pay for expected transportation costs through 2040, according to a report released Tuesday by the Utah Foundation.

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Utah lawmakers might raise gas tax to help pay for transportation costs

March 19, 2013 (KSL News) - Utah lawmakers will need to consider imposing a standard sales tax on gasoline, raising the gas tax, increasing fees for public transportation users or some combination of those measures in order to pay for expected transportation costs through 2040, according to a report released Tuesday by the Utah Foundation.

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Voice your opinion on the caucus system

March 07, 2013 (The Spectrum) - The Utah Republican Party is currently seeking input about how Republican candidates are elected. In a sense, the current caucus system is in question and the party is looking for opinions.

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