Written by The Likely Voter
May 8, 2025
- Christine Cooke Fairbanks will author Wednesday’s “Beyond the Bell,” an education policy newsletter.
- Bill Duncan will author Thursday’s “Law & Conscience,” a religious freedom and constitutional law newsletter.
This week, Sutherland unveiled weekly policy-specific newsletters to help enhance its reach, impact, and influence on key issues facing Utah and the nation. Here’s a quick primer on what you can expect.
Christine Cooke Fairbanks authors Sutherland’s “Beyond the Bell,” an education newsletter that will arrive in inboxes every Wednesday morning.
At the top of the newsletter, her readers can read her Insights blog for the week. Following, she will provide input and snippets from her and others’ research to help better inform parents, teachers, and policymakers on all things happening in education policy and how it could impact them. Parents can look for the “A Bite of the Apple” section, teachers for “Inside the Honeycomb,” and policymakers for “On Capitol Hill.”
Fairbanks will close her newsletter with updates on events, publications, and other notable current events that education leaders need to know about.
Those interested in education issues in Utah and throughout the nation can subscribe to the newsletter here.
Bill Duncan is the author of Sutherland’s “Law & Conscience,” a religious freedom and constitutional law newsletter that will hit inboxes every Thursday morning.
Duncan will open his newsletter with his weekly Insights blog post and follow a similar format to Fairbanks’ “Beyond the Bell.” Political and religious activists can look for the “From the Gallery” section, religious and political leaders can look for “A Hand on the Gavel,” and those with a general interest in current events can look for “On Capitol Hill.”
Like Fairbanks, Duncan will include updates on events, publications, and other notable current events that political and religious leaders need to know about.
His newsletter, however, will close with a “What I’m Reading” section, where subscribers can stay updated on what Duncan is reading to inform his insight.
Those interested in religious and constitutional law issues in Utah and the nation can subscribe to the newsletter here.
For a more in-depth perspective on this article, review our Education and Religious Freedom issue pages.
Takeaways: the most important things voters need to know. For civically engaged citizens.

- Christine Cooke Fairbanks will author Wednesday’s “Beyond the Bell,” an education policy newsletter.
- Bill Duncan will author Thursday’s “Law & Conscience,” a religious freedom and constitutional law newsletter.
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