by Christine Cooke Fairbanks | Feb 26, 2018
The Cost of Personalized Learning Written by Will focusing on a student’s individual needs and creating personalized learning paths cost taxpayers more money and result in ANOTHER tax hike? The short answer is no. Personalized learning is a philosophy,...
by Sutherland Institute | Feb 23, 2018
Testimony in support of HB 354 (Student Prosperity Savings Program Amendments) Written by Statement written by Christine Cooke in support of HB 354 (Student Prosperity Savings Program Amendments) and submitted to the House Economic Development and Workforce...
by Sutherland Institute | Feb 23, 2018
Testimony in support of SB 195 (Credit Acceptance by Higher Education Institutions) Written by Statement written by Christine Cooke in support of SB 195 (Credit Acceptance by Higher Education Institutions) and submitted to the Senate Education Committee of...
by Sutherland Institute | Feb 22, 2018
Sutherland Institute applauds passage of public lands legislation Written by 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...
by Rick B. Larsen | Feb 21, 2018
‘Truth Decay’: How to know when facts have exited Written by 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 and in our...
by Matthew Anderson | Feb 19, 2018
The mad rush of Bears Ears mining claims that never happened Written by 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...
by Matthew Anderson | Feb 16, 2018
How to fix the unintended consequences of Grand Staircase-Escalante Written by 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...
by Stan Rasmussen | Feb 15, 2018
Testimony in support of HB 57 – Utah Intergenerational Poverty Work and Self-sufficiency Tax Credit Written by Presented before the Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee of the Utah Legislature by Stan Rasmussen, Sutherland Institute vice president. Thank...
by Sutherland Institute | Feb 13, 2018
Sutherland Institute applauds passage of Cannabis Cultivation Amendments Written by Sutherland Institute SALT LAKE CITY – Sutherland Institute Vice President Stan Rasmussen released the following statement today in response to HB 197, Cannabis Cultivation...
by Rick B. Larsen | Feb 13, 2018
We are heirs to a wealth of freedom Written by 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...