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A Hare Above: Spring Revenues Nearly Identical to 2023

Late last week, the Tax Commission released their revenue summary report, detailing collections through eight months of the Fiscal Year (FY). As of March 7th,...
March 21, 2024

Good GRAMA: Evaluating the State Records Committee Appeal Process

The Legislative Fiscal Analyst’s Performance and Operations Team recently published two new efficiency evaluations of state agency programs: Department of Government Operations - State Records...
March 15, 2024

The Buck $tops Here: A Budget Summary of the 65th Legislature

The Utah Legislature concluded the 2024 General Session with an operating and capital budget of $29.4 billion for fiscal year 2025. The budget includes $12.9...
March 1, 2024

Charting the Course: Navigating Revised Revenue Estimates

On Friday, February 16th, the Legislative Fiscal Analyst along with the Governor's Office announced updated consensus revenue estimates for Fiscal Years (FY) 2024 and 2025....
February 16, 2024

The Second Act: Subcommittee Priorities Set the Stage for EAC

As week four of the 2024 General Session comes to a close, so too does the work of appropriations subcommittees. Next Monday and Tuesday, the...
February 9, 2024

Finding Hope: Recent Investments in Behavioral Health Services

Recently, the Utah Legislature has identified the need to invest in mental health interventions and crisis support. S.B. 155, “988 Mental Health Crisis Assistance” (2021...
February 2, 2024

Metrics that Matter: Performance in the Budgeting Process

Management expert Peter Drucker said, “what gets measured, gets managed.” As a state, Utah is committed to wisely using state dollars in order to provide...
January 26, 2024

If Wishes Were Fishes: Balancing Revenues and Requests

Revenue Updates Earlier this week, the Tax Commission released the latest revenue summary, detailing collections through January 8th. This month's report captures sales and wages...
January 19, 2024

COBI. This is the Way.

We Budgeteers of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst are over-the-moon about this year's edition of the Compendium of Budget Information (COBI)! Of course, we are also...
January 16, 2024

Confetti and Customer Service: Legislative Performance Initiative Rings in 2024

As the Legislature kicks off the 2024 General Session, many budget discussions will focus on how the Legislature can allocate funding to facilitate solutions. Meanwhile,...
December 29, 2023

Unwrapping December’s Revenue Report with Cautious Optimism

On Friday, December 15th, the Tax Commission published their monthly revenue summary (detailing collections according to tax type) in conjunction with the Revenue Snapshot from...
December 15, 2023

‘Tis the Season: Budget Season 2024 gets Underway

On Tuesday morning, Governor Spencer Cox released his budget recommendations for Fiscal Year 2025. The Governor stressed "people, growth, and good government", asking legislators to...
December 8, 2023