All Budget Highlights Posts
Cultivating Success: Utah’s Dual Approach to Funding Medical Cannabis
Since its inception in FY 2019, the scale of Utah’s medical cannabis program has increased dramatically. As of September, the Department of Health and Human...
October 10, 2025
A Head Start: Getting Current with Concurrent Enrollment
Concurrent Enrollment (CE) is a long-standing program that connects Utah’s public schools and higher education institutions, allowing high school students to earn credit for both...
October 3, 2025
The Great Reallocation: Rethinking Higher Education Funding
During the 2025 General Session, the Legislature passed H.B. 265, “Higher Education Strategic Reinvestment” which, in connection with House Bill 1, “Higher Education Base Budget”...
September 26, 2025
A Scoreboard for Success: The 2025 New Funding Follow-up Report
To understand how our favorite sports team is doing, we look for a scoreboard that provides a snapshot of our team’s performance. Displaying key performance...
September 19, 2025
The Price is Right: A Legislative Deep Dive into State Fees
During the legislative interim period, appropriations subcommittees engage in thorough analyses of budgetary matters that cannot be fully addressed during the General Session. These in-depth...
September 5, 2025
Utah’s Division of Services for People with Disabilities: Understanding the Waitlist
The Utah Division of Services for People with Disabilities (DSPD) provides a variety of supports to help people with disabilities live more independently and participate...
August 29, 2025
Power of PIDs: A Look at Utah’s Public Infrastructure Districts
Public Infrastructure Districts (PIDs) are limited purpose local government entities which can be created by cities, counties or other political subdivisions to facilitate the development...
August 15, 2025
Oh, SNAP! How the One Big Beautiful Bill Act Impacts Utah’s Nutrition Assistance Budget
The recently federally enacted "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" (H.R. 1) is set to create fiscal impacts for the state of Utah and could lead...
August 8, 2025
Foundational Funding: The Rebuilding of Higher Education Capital Requests
As students and faculty return to campuses across Utah, a quiet revolution is underway in how the state funds and builds its higher education facilities....
August 1, 2025
Pioneering Prosperity: Utah’s Framework for Stabilizing Education Funding
While our Grandma's legendary two-year supply of emergency rations might be more rice and beans than legislative genius, this Pioneer Day we're digging into a...
July 24, 2025
Fireproof Funding: Recent Changes in Utah’s Wildfire Budget
In Utah—and the rest of the western United States—footing the bill for wildfire prevention, suppression, and mitigation is a persistently hot topic. The challenge of...
July 11, 2025
Liberating the Ledger: Increasing Transparency in Higher Education Budgets
In the world of higher education budgets, funding takes one of three forms: State Appropriations: consisting primarily of General and Income Tax Fund; Tuition Revenues:...
July 4, 2025