Utah Spends Over $176,000 to Create a Single Job
Update: The article has been edited to include reference to a second audit conducted. We have often argued that government agents are not economic developers, though they often engage in the practice. And despite repeated...
Selling Our Birthright for a Mess of Pottage
The following op-ed by our president Connor Boyack was published in today’s Standard Examiner. If you remember your Bible stories, you’ll recall Esau and Jacob, the twin sons of Isaac and grandsons of Abraham. By being born...
Recipient of GOED Funds Explains Why They’re Not Necessary
The Governor’s Office of Economic Development exists, in its own words, to “provide rich business resources for the creation, growth and recruitment of companies to Utah and to increase tourism and film production in...
Provo Restaurant Received Federal Funding, Closed Doors After Three Months
Nilsen Septon had a dream of owning his own restaurant—considering himself, in his own words, “crazy enough” to do so. Thus began an arduous path towards his restaurant, Nellie’s Diner, opening for business in...