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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
Win-Win: An Overview of Districts Centered on Sports
Recently, the Legislature has been active in the expansion or creation of designated areas which utilize funding mechanisms such as taxing authority, redirected revenue, and...
June 20, 2025
Don’t Just Settle: Leveraging Opioid Funds for Lasting Impact
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...
May 30, 2025
Never Gonna Give BOTSU Up
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...
May 23, 2025
Lost in the Sauce: the Messy Business of Tariffs
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...
May 16, 2025