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A Business Vision for Utah’s Energy Future

Utah's business community envisions an energy future that places Utah at the center of the nation's energy transition by harmonizing environmental and economic progress to ensure a balanced low carbon energy future that remains affordable,[...]

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Utah System of Higher Education: State Aid Project

USHE commissioned the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute to assess system-wide tuition and state aid policies. This report focuses on three main topics: tuition and[...]

September 6th, 2019|Economic and Public Policy Research, Education, Expenditures, Higher Education Funding, Public Finance, Public Policy|
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Fact Sheet: An Analysis of Labor Supply and Demand in Utah

The Governor’s Office of Economic Development reports that workforce is the number one concern they hear from businesses. Firms talk of difficulty finding an adequate[...]

September 2nd, 2019|Economic and Public Policy Research, Latest Research, Public Policy, Utah Economy|
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Utah’s Tech Economy Volume One: Economic Impacts, Industry Trends, Occupations, and Workers

Utah’s tech industry made significant contributions to the state economy in 2018, supporting one in seven Utah jobs and one-sixth of worker earnings in the[...]

July 30th, 2019|Economic and Public Policy Research, Industry Studies, Latest Research, Public Policy, Tech and Fin Tech, Utah Economy|
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State Budget Stress Testing: How Utah Budget-makers are Shifting the Focus from a Balanced Budget to Fiscal Sustainability

State budget stress tests help policymakers to plan for and create appropriate, measured responses to economic volatility. Utah is the first state to implement comprehensive[...]

June 13th, 2019|Budget Management, Budget Stress Testing, Economic and Public Policy Research, Latest Research, Public Finance, Public Policy|
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State Budget Stress Testing User Guide

This user guide is a supplemental piece to the Gardner Institute’s report “State Budget Stress Testing: How Utah Budget makers are Shifting the Focus from[...]

June 13th, 2019|Budget Management, Budget Stress Testing, Economic and Public Policy Research, Latest Research, Public Finance, Public Policy|
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