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Policy Brief: Utah’s Energy Industry

Heading into 2022, energy experts debated the speed and timing of a return to “normal” energy demand following a tumultuous 2020–2021 as the world responded to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Insight: Teacher Salaries: How Does Utah Compare?

By: Andrea Thomas Brandley Note: The opinions expressed are those of the author alone and do not reflect an institutional position of the Gardner Institute. We hope the opinions shared contribute to the marketplace of[...]

Publications

Renewable Natural Gas: A Sustainable Approach to the Energy Transition

Renewable natural gas offers a new and promising energy source that will help decarbonize a portion of Utah’s energy mix.

Ivory-Boyer Construction Report, 3rd Quarter 2021

Construction activity continued its record-breaking momentum into the third quarter of 2021. While concerns over inflation and monetary policy bring a level of uncertainty into[...]

The State of Utah’s Travel and Tourism Industry, 2020

Utah’s travel and tourism industry—the hardest-hit industry by the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic—experienced a healthy recovery during the first half of 2021, particularly in Utah’s rural[...]

A Roadmap for Improving Utah’s Behavioral Health System 2021 End-of-Year Update

The Utah Hospital Association (UHA) released A Roadmap for Improving Utah’s Behavioral Health System in February 2020. The Roadmap was developed in collaboration with UHA’s[...]

Curbing the Youth Vaping Pandemic: A Review of How Utah’s Laws and Policies Compare Nationally and to Other States

Vaping, or the use of electronic cigarettes, is a public health issue both nationally and here in the state of Utah. Rates of vaping doubled[...]

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