Roadside traffic stop or fishing expedition?
The standard for conducting a roadside stop should be raised to prevent unintended biases in policing.
Mercy for First Time .05 BAC Offenders
First-time DUI offenders guilty of the new .05 BAC law should be given a lighter punishment as a second chance.
Don’t forget tax reform for small businesses
A pioneer-era tax that's still on the books requires business owners to count up their property each year and pay a tax on it. It's time to repeal it.
You could go to jail for what?
Utah legislature has began to sift through unnecessary laws in order to address overcrowding jails.
Shine Some Light on Utah’s Jails and Justice System
When it comes to data, little is known about pre-trial trends in Utah—but when people are being incarcerated without being convicted, we need transparency to see what's happening.
Why are local governments competing with private business?
If true demand for any of these recreation or entertainment activities actually exists, then private providers most often will respond if given the opportunity.
Why you shouldn’t fear the peer-to-peer economy
Utah’s Constitution requires a free market, yet every year it seems that incumbent companies use antiquated laws to try to shut down their upstart competitors.
More Obamacare on Your Ballot
Runaway healthcare costs are the gift that the federal government wants to keep on giving. The gift this year for consideration? Medicaid expansion, which is on your ballot in the form of Prop 3.
Civil forfeiture is worse than its proponents proclaim
A federal prosecutor basically claimed that civil asset forfeiture is no big deal. Here, we respond.
Is Just One More Tax Increase Going to Hurt?
Another year, another proposal to increase taxes — and this time, it’s a group called Our Schools Now asking Utahns to raise their gas taxes in the form of Question 1 on your voting ballot.