Utah Taxpayers Association

Gas tax revenues have risen in the last few years, but Utah isn’t waiting for electric vehicles to cut into that. EV drivers here pay additional registration fees and a charging tax to help fund road maintenance.

If you ask some in the Legislature, the 60% voter threshold is about accountability when your neighbor is proposing a tax increase. Similar resolutions failed to pass in the last two years.

While fiscal hawks push for only the bare necessities, others say a balance between current needs and long-term goals is the right approach.

As lawmakers get back to work, the legislature will again try to balance needs, wants and big ideas with two powerful forces: the budget and a desire for tax cuts.

An $85 million Parks, Trails and Open Space bond is on Salt Lake City’s Nov. 8 ballot. The money would be used for improvements throughout the city.

Seventeen school districts are proposing tax increases this year, ranging from 3% to 41%. How communities respond often comes down to their relationship with their district

The tax bumps could start to add up for homeowners if multiple overlapping municipalities and districts ask for, and get their increases.

Residents of South Salt Lake City pay more for city government per than the rest of Utah’s 50 largest cities. Riverton residents pay the least. That’s…

The annual Utah Taxpayers Association conference is always heavily attended by state legislators and important policy makers and that means it’s also a…

The Utah Senate has given preliminary approval to a bill that would help equalize school funding between rich and poor school districts. Republican…

Members of the Utah Legislature discussed how they might handle several key issues they’ll be facing this legislative session at the annual pre…

The Zoo, Arts and Parks or ZAP Program is up for renewal on the General Election Ballot in Salt Lake County. A penny from every $10 spent in the county…