Libertas Adds New Board Members: Jonathan Johnson and Jeffrey Harmon
Jonathan Johnson and Jeffrey Harmon both join the Libertas team as members of the board of trustees!
Letter to Farmington Officials Over Eminent Domain Proposal
The desire of some families to play soccer does not override the right of the Bangerter family to own and control their property.
New Poll Shows Our Schools Now Support is Very Soft and Easily Eroded
New polling indicates that the more Utah voters learn about the double tax increase proposal, the less likely they are to support it.
92% of Utah Voters Support Proposed Bail Reform
A supermajority of Utah voters believe judges need more information before making key decisions about defendants.
Meet Our New Policy Analyst: Molly Davis
The Libertas team is growing with the latest addition—Molly Davis, a recent college graduate double majoring in political science and communication studies, who has been very active in liberty-oriented causes.
Transparency Report Shows Force Used in 2016
Utah remains the only state in the nation that tracks high-risk warrants and SWAT team deployments. See what the latest data shows is happening in our state.
Tax increase would offer little change, only more confusion
The following op-ed, written by our director of policy Michael Melendez, was published this week by The Deseret News. Another year, another proposal to increase taxes — and this time, it’s a group called Our Schools Now asking...
Is Utah ready for tiny homes?
The following op-ed, written by our policy director Michael Melendez, was published last week in the Deseret News. The American dream of homeownership has had a rough time over the past 10 years — a housing bubble, economic...
New Data on Asset Forfeiture for 2016
The government continues to seize and take ownership of property from innocent people. This year's data shines light on the practice in Utah.
Can the free market help solve homelessness in Utah?
The following op-ed, written by our policy director Michael Melendez, was published this weekend in the Salt Lake Tribune. Remember that time a couple years ago when the whole country thought that Utah solved chronic...