Free Market

Salt Lake City’s recent short-term rental ordinance bans vacation rentals across residential zones, locking operators out of 75% of the city’s housing supply.
The lesson from Missouri isn’t that states should stop cutting income taxes. It’s that voters want a clear roadmap for phasing them out, and clarity about the transition would look like.
Doomsday AI job predictions keep missing while unemployment holds steady. Why Utah lawmakers should champion innovation over speculative fear.
Utah pays $78,585 per prisoner yearly. There's free option with proven results, but no way there for someone serving a prison sentence.
The federal minimum wage is largely irrelevant in 2026—market wages sit far above it, and high wage floors tend to cut hiring for the least-skilled.
When Adobe broke ground in Lehi in 2009, it sent a clear signal to the rest of the nation: Utah was open for business.

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