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Testimony in support of HB 354 (Student Prosperity Savings Program Amendments)
{"dynamic":true,"content":"post_title","settings":{"before":"","after":""}}Statement written by Christine Cooke in support of HB 354 (Student Prosperity Savings Program Amendments) and submitted to the House Economic Development and Workforce Services Standing...
Testimony in support of SB 195 (Credit Acceptance by Higher Education Institutions)
{"dynamic":true,"content":"post_title","settings":{"before":"","after":""}}Statement written by Christine Cooke in support of SB 195 (Credit Acceptance by Higher Education Institutions) and submitted to the Senate Education Committee of the Utah Legislature....
Sutherland Institute applauds passage of public lands legislation
{"dynamic":true,"content":"post_title","settings":{"before":"","after":""}}SALT LAKE CITY — Today HJR 2 – Joint Resolution Urging Congress to Relocate Federal Land Management Agency Headquarters and HB 357 – Evaluating Tax Revenue Foregone From Federally Controlled...
‘Truth Decay’: How to know when facts have exited
{"dynamic":true,"content":"post_title","settings":{"before":"","after":""}}Originally published in the Deseret News. Truth in America is in trouble. For many of us, it is difficult to know what to believe anymore, and we are facing a crisis of trust in the media...
The mad rush of Bears Ears mining claims that never happened
{"dynamic":true,"content":"post_title","settings":{"before":"","after":""}} Originally published in the Washington Examiner. When the Outdoor Retailer and Snow Shows debuted last month in Denver, attendees surveyed the latest and greatest in outdoor recreation...
How to fix the unintended consequences of Grand Staircase-Escalante
{"dynamic":true,"content":"post_title","settings":{"before":"","after":""}}Originally published by The Hill. On a September morning in 1996, then-Gov. Mike Leavitt of Utah opened the newspaper to read that, with the stroke of a pen, nearly 2 million acres of land...
Testimony in support of HB 57 – Utah Intergenerational Poverty Work and Self-sufficiency Tax Credit
Presented before the Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee of the Utah Legislature by Stan Rasmussen, Sutherland Institute vice president. Thank you, Mr. Chair, and good morning, Senators. Stan Rasmussen with Sutherland Institute. Supplementing information we...
Sutherland Institute applauds passage of Cannabis Cultivation Amendments
SALT LAKE CITY – Sutherland Institute Vice President Stan Rasmussen released the following statement today in response to HB 197, Cannabis Cultivation Amendments, which passed out of the Utah House of Representatives: “Like most of Utah, Sutherland Institute looks...
We are heirs to a wealth of freedom
Originally published in the Deseret News. In my previous career as a business and philanthropic consultant, I often accompanied financial planners advising people who were about to inherit significant amounts of money. My role was to provide insights into effective...
Testimony in support of HB 354 (Student Prosperity Savings Program Amendments)
{"dynamic":true,"content":"post_title","settings":{"before":"","after":""}}Statement written by Christine Cooke in support of HB 354 (Student Prosperity Savings Program Amendments) and submitted to the House Economic Development and Workforce Services Standing...
Testimony in support of SB 195 (Credit Acceptance by Higher Education Institutions)
{"dynamic":true,"content":"post_title","settings":{"before":"","after":""}}Statement written by Christine Cooke in support of SB 195 (Credit Acceptance by Higher Education Institutions) and submitted to the Senate Education Committee of the Utah Legislature....
Sutherland Institute applauds passage of public lands legislation
{"dynamic":true,"content":"post_title","settings":{"before":"","after":""}}SALT LAKE CITY — Today HJR 2 – Joint Resolution Urging Congress to Relocate Federal Land Management Agency Headquarters and HB 357 – Evaluating Tax Revenue Foregone From Federally Controlled...
‘Truth Decay’: How to know when facts have exited
{"dynamic":true,"content":"post_title","settings":{"before":"","after":""}}Originally published in the Deseret News. Truth in America is in trouble. For many of us, it is difficult to know what to believe anymore, and we are facing a crisis of trust in the media...
The mad rush of Bears Ears mining claims that never happened
{"dynamic":true,"content":"post_title","settings":{"before":"","after":""}} Originally published in the Washington Examiner. When the Outdoor Retailer and Snow Shows debuted last month in Denver, attendees surveyed the latest and greatest in outdoor recreation...
How to fix the unintended consequences of Grand Staircase-Escalante
{"dynamic":true,"content":"post_title","settings":{"before":"","after":""}}Originally published by The Hill. On a September morning in 1996, then-Gov. Mike Leavitt of Utah opened the newspaper to read that, with the stroke of a pen, nearly 2 million acres of land...
Testimony in support of HB 57 – Utah Intergenerational Poverty Work and Self-sufficiency Tax Credit
Presented before the Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee of the Utah Legislature by Stan Rasmussen, Sutherland Institute vice president. Thank you, Mr. Chair, and good morning, Senators. Stan Rasmussen with Sutherland Institute. Supplementing information we...
Sutherland Institute applauds passage of Cannabis Cultivation Amendments
SALT LAKE CITY – Sutherland Institute Vice President Stan Rasmussen released the following statement today in response to HB 197, Cannabis Cultivation Amendments, which passed out of the Utah House of Representatives: “Like most of Utah, Sutherland Institute looks...
We are heirs to a wealth of freedom
Originally published in the Deseret News. In my previous career as a business and philanthropic consultant, I often accompanied financial planners advising people who were about to inherit significant amounts of money. My role was to provide insights into effective...