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Sutherland joins LGBT pastor for ‘Inclusive Freedom’ event at BYU
“How do we start solving problems?” asked Derek Monson, vice president of policy at Sutherland Institute, at an event this week. “It’s not by turning to our Capitol, it’s about turning to our communities. Start building relationships that increase our...
Utah is right to signal respect for the sanctity of life
Originally published in Deseret News. Nearly all laws send some kind of message: about our priorities as a community, about what we value or about what we feel is unimportant. In a time when other states are considering or enacting extreme bills that remove...
What’s at stake in SCOTUS argument over WWI memorial cross
Originally published in Newsmax. Observers are predicting the Peace Cross at the World War I Memorial in Bladensburg, Maryland, will be allowed to stay, based on oral arguments recently held before the U.S. Supreme Court. Advocacy groups had asked the federal...
Sutherland applauds the passage of SB 236 – State Board of Education Candidacy Amendments
The following was written by Christine Cooke, director of education policy at Sutherland Institute in support of SB 236 – State Board of Education Candidacy Amendments. It was sent prior to the final floor vote and the bill’s passage. Members of the...
Sutherland applauds passage of clean slate legislation
SALT LAKE CITY — Today Rick Larsen, Sutherland Institute president and CEO, released the following statement commending Utah's Legislature for passing HB 431 — Expungement Act Amendments: "Every so often, lawmakers have the opportunity to pass a law that will...
Two apprenticeship bills help expand the American dream
Originally published in Utah Policy. Jason is your average 17-year-old high school senior who lives in South Salt Lake. Now’s the time to plan for what he should do after graduation. All his friends are going to universities, and he’s thought about it too, but...
Western states brace for most severe wildfire outbreak since 2012
Originally published by The Hill. Smoke is beginning to rise from the West’s public lands — and it is just a taste of what’s to come. In a briefing to members of Congress, Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke and Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdueshared...
From a wildland firefighter — why we need more wildfires
Originally published by the Deseret News. In June 2015, less than 24 hours after answering a phone call, I was on a plane to Alaska. I had just received my first assignment as a member of a Utah-based Hotshot crew — a team of about 20 experienced and physically fit...
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