May 2025 Archive

The 2025 General Session continued the Legislature’s work in thoughtfully utilizing the Opioid Settlement payments to help Utah’s citizens impacted by the opioid epidemic, including the growth of fentanyl use. As a reminder, in 2021, nationwide settlements were reached to resolve all opioid litigation brought by states and political subdivisions against the three largest pharmaceutical […]

The Legislative Fiscal Analyst’s (LFA) annual budget report for the State of Utah dates all the way back to the 1960s. That means that for the last 60 years we’ve provided a breakdown of the state’s budgetary acts to help you find the answers to what you’re looking for. Do you want to know how […]

As discussions surrounding tariffs circulate through the news, it is important to understand what they are and how they work. Tariffs are taxes that are imposed by governments on goods and services imported from other countries. The primary intent of tariffs is to raise the price of imported goods relative to domestically produced goods, so […]

According to the Federal Reserve, in 2015 the average home value in Utah was just over $230,000. Ten years later, the average home value has more than doubled to an average price of $530,000. While 2015 to 2020 provided steady, moderate growth, the last five years were marked by the profound impacts of the pandemic […]