Utah Priorities Project

A survey by the nonprofit Utah Foundation found that most voters in the state are highly concerned about crime. Shawn Tiegen is a researcher with the Utah…

More than half of the voters in Utah were highly concerned about partisan politics in the most recent survey by the non-profit Utah Foundation. The survey…

In the days leading up to state political conventions, a new report shows how closely delegates align with the voters they represent.State delegates will…

The non-partisan Utah Foundation has published a report that takes a closer look at the priorities of seven candidates running for Governor.The group…

At the bottom of the recession in 2009, Utah’s economy was losing jobs at the rate of six percent a year. A year later, the number of jobs was growing…

Utah spends less per student in its public schools than any other state. Not just a little less – 15% less than Idaho, the next on the list. Utah’s been…

Utahns cringe when they look at the prices on the gas pumps these days, though prices here haven’t reached the levels seen in California this fall. Most…

The Affordable Care Act promises to extend the reach of health care coverage to many people who don’t have it now. Critics say it will do that at a huge…

When Utah’s economy was roaring along in the middle of the decade, then-Governor Jon Huntsman and legislative leaders were looking for ways to reduce the…

Higher education dropped out of the Utah Foundation’s survey of voter concerns over the past couple of election cycles, but it turned up again in its 2012…

Concern about the environment moved up a notch this year in the Utah Foundation’s survey of issues important to voters. And while there are many aspects…

The increasing polarization of the political process in Utah and across the nation is the next issue identified by the Utah Foundation as part of its Utah…