What COVID-19 has taught us about short-term rental regulations
Should people be able to rent out a portion of their home on a short term basis? There's no reason to prohibit it and coming out of COVID-19, people may need to.
A New Special Needs Scholarship Program
This year, the Utah Legislature created a new tax credit scholarship program to help special needs families.
Stick to the traffic ticket
When police pull over a vehicle for a traffic violation, they shouldn't seek out minor, unrelated crimes with K9 searches.
The Future of Education
As Utah and other states begin to re-open and recover from the COVID-19 crisis, we have an opportunity to reflect on some of the potentially positive outcomes of the massive disruption on education. This is a field that has...
A Privacy Reform Proposal for Utah
The government keeps getting ahead of public awareness when it comes to tools and technologies that can undermine privacy if not appropriately limited.
Proposal: The Privacy Protection Act
This proposal establishes oversight to ensure government agencies can't just use whatever surveillance technologies they want, without broader input/engagement first.
Reducing Compliance Burdens of the Tangible Personal Property Tax
The Utah Legislature made some substantial improvements to reduce the compliance burdens of the tangible personal property tax on small businesses.
But Were There Any Bad Bills Run in 2020?
There are quite a few bills that you might not have heard about, simply because they failed to pass or because the worst parts were amended out of the bill.
COVID-19 shows that drone reform is needed in Utah
As perhaps one of the most disruptive issues of our time, the coronavirus has had an impact on numerous industries around the world.
Utah Fights COVID-19 with New Opt-in App
Governor Herbert announced a partnership between Utah and a local company to develop a track-and-trace app to inform citizens if they have been exposed to COVID-19.