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Utah’s Tale of Two Cities
Utah’s Tale of Two Cities
Utah might have the nation’s strongest economy. The state is coming out of the COVID-19 global pandemic with a $1.5 billion budget surplus…
Melia Dayley
Apr 20, 2021
Cash Payments for Low-Income Families
Cash Payments for Low-Income Families
In the game, “Never Have I Ever,” one person stands up and says something that they’ve never done or experienced. Someone might say…
Kimberly Hampton
Apr 22, 2021
Dragnet Policing
Dragnet Policing
How it Keeps Millions from Participating In the Economy
Andre French Lastre
Apr 23, 2021
Is Federal Minimum Wage the Optimal Wage Solution?
Is Federal Minimum Wage the Optimal Wage Solution?
It’s everywhere in the news, Federal Minimum Wage; But should it be? With the last Federal Minimum Wage increase being over ten years ago…
Skyler Barton
Apr 22, 2021
New Interior Secretary, Same Old Arguments
New Interior Secretary, Same Old Arguments
Why the federal government should turn over many public lands back to Utah
Rusty Facer
Apr 26, 2021
Rochelle is a Black woman living in Philadelphia.
Rochelle is a Black woman living in Philadelphia.
Background of Redlining
Leigh Cottle
Apr 24, 2021
Return to Clean Water Regs
Return to Clean Water Regs
Introduction
Joel Thompson
Apr 25, 2021
With Trickle-Down Economics, Who Really Wins?
With Trickle-Down Economics, Who Really Wins?
As irony would have it, Ronald Reagan’s “trickle-down” economic policies have lubricated the slippery slope toward the destruction of a…
Evan Van Tassel
Apr 25, 2021
Minimum Wage: Is a Livable Wage a Right or a Privilege?
Minimum Wage: Is a Livable Wage a Right or a Privilege?
Co-authored by Christelle Gatoro
Heidi King
Apr 25, 2021
Housing For The Homeless
Housing For The Homeless
In 2020 the number of people experiencing homelessness grew for the fourth straight year. It was the first year since data collection…
Becca Oppermann
Apr 26, 2021
Pay to Play: Examining Boulder’s Open Space Parking Fee System
Pay to Play: Examining Boulder’s Open Space Parking Fee System
Boulder County Open Space and Mountain Parks (OSMP) is limiting access to outdoor spaces via a fee system which requires a $5 daily fee for…
Tatiana Follett
Apr 26, 2021
Native American Leadership in Public Land Management
Native American Leadership in Public Land Management
The overarching policy issue of concern in this essay is Native American representation and leadership in public land management. More…
Mallory Underwood
Apr 25, 2021
The Fate of the Federal Minimum Wage — We can’t keep doing what we’re doing. So now what?
The Fate of the Federal Minimum Wage — We can’t keep doing what we’re doing. So now what?
- We can’t keep doing what we’re doing. So now what?
Preston Larson
Apr 25, 2021
America’s Self-Imposed Doctor Drought
America’s Self-Imposed Doctor Drought
A shortage of doctors nationwide is leading to a healthcare crisis of our own making.
Thomas Whitworth
Apr 26, 2021
Make Love Not Emissions: Incentivizing the Clean Energy Transition
Make Love Not Emissions: Incentivizing the Clean Energy Transition
by Joseph Erickson & Ridley Heyrend
Ridley Heyrend
Apr 26, 2021
Discrimination Via Tax Code
Discrimination Via Tax Code
Mishael Garz & Santiago Garcia
Mishael
Apr 25, 2021
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