June 06, 2008 (Deseret News) - Utah is the king of low-wage states, right? Large families breed scores of young workers, and that means employers have their pick of qualified people who come dirt cheap. Everyone knows that, right?\r\n \r\n Well, not so fast.
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June 05, 2008 (KSL TV) - (KSL News) Utah has long been considered a low-wage state. In fact, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics backs that up.\r\n \r\n The bureau’s statistics show Utah’s weekly wage at $696. The national average is $885. That means Utah ranks 38th in the nation.\r\n \r\n But new data from the Utah Foundation reveals we could be closer to the national average than many people believe.
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May 30, 2008 (Deseret News) - A new report on per-pupil spending provides proof that Utah’s student population is largely underserved at public schools.\r\n \r\n Data released Thursday by the Utah Foundation suggest that overall, Utah spends about $3,700 less per pupil than the national average
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May 30, 2008 (Salt Lake Tribune) - In the dollar-strapped world of Utah public education, sometimes it’s not how much you spend, but how you spend it compared to other states that’s most revealing.\r\n That’s the upshot of a new report by the Utah Foundation, a nonpartisan policy research organization. The report’s title notes the difference between the national average of $9,138 per pupil spending and Utah’s $5,437 (in 2005-06) to ask “What Can $3,702 Buy?”
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May 30, 2008 (KUER (RadioWest)) - SALT LAKE CITY, UT (2008-05-29) Utah ranks last in the nation in per pupil spending, but how exactly are those education dollars being spent and what is the real impact on students? A new report from Utah Foundation takes on the questions, and Friday, Dan Bammes and guests look at the results of the study.
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May 29, 2008 (KSL TV) - (KSL News) Many Utahns already know our state ranks last in the country in per-pupil spending.\r\n \r\n Now, new research from The Utah Foundation shows what other states are buying with their additional school money. The group also concludes some of the factors are surely affecting learning outcomes.
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May 29, 2008 (KCPW Radio) - (KCPW News) Utah spends $3,007 per pupil less than the national average; its classes are the largest in the country; and teachers here make significantly lower salaries, according to a Utah Foundation analysis of education spending. The good news, however, is lawmakers are working on the problem, says the group’s president Stephen Kroes.
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May 29, 2008 (KUER Radio) - SALT LAKE CITY, UT (2008-05-29) Education is the Number Two issue in the top ten list of voter priorities identified by a poll done for the Utah Foundation. Foundation President Steve Kroes says Utah spends less per pupil than any other state, but proportionately more of that money goes to classroom instruction and less to administration than the national average or in five peer states with similar demographics.
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May 22, 2008 (BYU NewsNet) - The Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment Interim Committee of the Utah Legislature met in the House Building at the state capital in Salt Lake City Wednesday.
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May 13, 2008 (KCPW Radio) - (KCPW News) Legislators concerned that high fuel prices could hamper the state’s rapid economic growth are spending the interim session studying energy. Representative Roger Barrus is the co-chairman of the Natural Resources Interim Committee.
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May 10, 2008 (Deseret News) - New report urges action before fuels start to run out.
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May 09, 2008 (Deseret News) - The head of the parent company of Utah’s largest electricity supplier says the nation should work to create funding for developing energy resources that use more efficient technologies in order to reduce carbon emissions.
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May 09, 2008 (KVNU - For the People) - David Newell policy analyst with the Utah Foundation will discuss one of the most important issues to Utah voters in the coming election
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May 08, 2008 (KUER Radio) - Energy – and the cost of energy – has displaced public education as the most important issue, according to a new study by the Utah Foundation. The rising cost of fuel is central. But, as KUER’s Dan Bammes reports, issues of energy supply, technology and conservation are also critical to the discussion.
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May 08, 2008 (KSL TV) - The Utah Foundation issued a report today on energy in our state as part of its Utah Priorities Project, and coal energy was our Talking Point discussion tonight.
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April 16, 2008 (Deseret Morning News) - Utah cities rely a lot on sales taxes. That isn’t by accident, nor is it anything other than representative government at work. The other large source of municipal income, the property tax, is generally hated more than any other tax.
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March 27, 2008 (Deseret Morning News) - Utah not only can survive the United States’ worsening economic woes but should be striving to have the best economy in the nation, Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. said Wednesday.
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March 27, 2008 (KUER Radio) - A Utah Foundation report released yesterday details the top issues and concerns of Utah voters. Its list of priorities can be a guide for candidates as they campaign and for voters when they cast their ballots this November. KUER’s Tasha Cook has more on this report:
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March 27, 2008 (Salt Lake Tribune) - Energy issues, specifically high gas prices, are paramount in the minds of Utah voters, followed by education, according to the findings of a survey released by the Utah Foundation on Wednesday.\r\n Education – which topped the Utah Foundation’s list in 2004 – and tax issues were also high on the list of priorities in the study, designed to shape the agenda as the 2008 elections approach.
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March 27, 2008 (KCPW Radio) - Energy tops the list of voter concerns on the Utah Foundation’s 2008 Priorities Survey. It didn’t even make the top 10 just four years ago, says Foundation President Stephen Kroes.
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March 27, 2008 (KCPW Radio) - The top 10 areas of concern for voters this election year, according to the Utah Foundation’s Utah Priorities Project. Steve Kroes, president of the Utah Foundation, talks about focusing political dialogue on the issues that matter most to voters.
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March 26, 2008 (KSL TV) - Immigration, energy, education; these issues are among the three named as Utahns priorities in a newly-released study.\r\n \r\n The Utah Foundation released its 2008 Priorities Project today. But how well are those priorities reflected by the actions of Utah’s Legislature? We asked that of two Utah lawmakers, a Democrat and a Republican, in today’s Talking Point segment.
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March 26, 2008 (KSL TV) - Are the people you elected addressing the issues you care about?\r\n \r\n A new survey of people statewide shows that in some cases the answer is yes; in some the answer is no. But all of them are things that can’t be ignored.
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March 25, 2008 (KSL TV) - The candidates are campaigning, but are they talking about the things you care about? To find out, the Utah Foundation studies those issues every four years. Then they compile a report of Utah’s priorities.
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March 09, 2008 (Deseret Morning News) - American culture has produced a few pithy, half-humorous truisms. Two come to mind: The check is in the mail, and I’m from the government and I’m here to help you.\r\n \r\n You may now add a new one, courtesy of the Utah Legislature: Go ahead and vote; we’ll fix this school-district-split problem later.
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