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Governments Officials Aren’t Design Professionals

Government regulations should be created to protect the health and safety of a community — the color of a home or number of bedrooms in it impacts neither of those.

Aerin Christensen
| 24th May 2021

Limited and Open Government

Montana Brings Privacy Into the 21st Century

Montana’s Frontier Institute proved instrumental in ushering both of these bills through their state legislature. As a result of Frontier’s hard work, Montana joins a handful of other states extending privacy protections to digital data and communications.

Rees Empey
| 24th May 2021

Op-Eds

Utah’s medical cannabis program is a success

Molly Davis
| 24th May 2021

2021 Bills

A Mix of Tax Cuts for Utahns in 2021

Going into the 2021 session, legislative leaders were committed to a tax cut of at least $80 million, but that number ended up being closer to $100 million. Though there were proposals for a broad income tax rate cut, the Legislature settled on three targeted income tax cut proposals.

Michael Melendez
| 4th May 2021

Limited and Open Government

West Virginia: Innovating in the Insurance Industry

West Virginia’s Cardinal Institute proved instrumental in ushering House Bill 2221 through their state legislature before receiving Governor Jim Justice’s signature. West Virginia now joins several other states that have created industry-specific sandboxes, helping innovative businesses avoid problematic or outdated regulations.

Rees Empey
| 27th Apr 2021

Op-Eds

The PRO Act would hurt independent contractors in Utah

The PRO Act may strip hard-working Utahns of jobs altogether. After the implementation of AB 5 in California (which the PRO Act is modeled after), thousands of people were simply let go from their contract jobs instead of being hired as employees.

Libertas Institute Staff
| 26th Apr 2021

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