Insight and commentary on Utah politics, policy, and principled leadership.
A Utah governor calls for civility and gets branded a "national embarrassment." A 20-year Senate president loses his first-ever primary. What pragmatic conservatism actually costs within today's GOP—and why it's still worth it.
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Utah is on track to add roughly 2 million people by 2050, and UTA logged 40.3 million boardings in 2025. Here's the conservative case for funding roads and rail together—and what the 2026 Legislature actually built.
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Utah lawmakers added more than $934 million in new spending on top of the base budget this year—but only after finding $364 million in savings first. Here's a plain, sourced accounting of where the rest went.
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One U.S. Senate race drew more than $13 million in spending—over double what every Utah legislative candidate combined spent in 2024. Here's why a dollar invested locally goes so much further.
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Fewer than 1 in 10 registered Utah voters showed up to neighborhood caucus night this year. Here's exactly how the caucus convention system works, the 60% delegate rule, the signature-gathering alternative, and where you have real leverage.
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Utah's data centers already draw 920 megawatts, with 2,600 more under construction. Here's how Operation Gigawatt, a nuclear push, and a Rocky Mountain Power rate fight are shaping a conservative energy policy built to keep the lights on.
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Utah's income tax rate dropped to 4.45% in 2026—the sixth straight annual cut. Three years after the state's biggest single tax cut, here's what the data says about who benefits and whether the streak can last.
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Utah's Legislature filed a record 1,015 bills this year and passed 541 of them in just 45 days. Here's exactly how a bill moves through the process—and the specific points where an ordinary Utahn can change the outcome.
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Utah wants 150,000 new homes by 2028. The state's own draft water plan says demand could outrun supply by 674,000 acre-feet a year by 2060. Here's how the two math problems actually fit together.
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A AAA credit rating from every major agency, six straight years of tax cuts, and a $1.5 billion reserve fund that just passed its first real test. Here's how Utah's budget model actually works.
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A 16-year Senate president lost his seat. Statewide turnout was tracking near one-in-five voters ahead of Election Day. Here's the math behind the biggest upset in Utah's 2026 primary.
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Utah's 2026 session tested mandates against funded incentives on water conservation. The mandates mostly failed. The incentives are already saving tens of thousands of acre-feet a year.
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18 straight years ranked #1 for economic outlook, a AAA credit rating, five years of tax cuts—the data behind Utah's conservative governance model, and where it's being tested.
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One in three Utah voters now ranks housing as the state's top issue. The numbers point to one answer—and it's the most conservative one on the table.
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The lake ended 2025 at its third-lowest level on record. Utah's response is becoming a case study in what pragmatic conservative governance can accomplish—and what the next decade still demands.
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In most Utah races, the Republican primary is the general election—and fewer than half of registered Republicans showed up in 2024. Here's why that matters and what to do about it.
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While the rest of the country fights, Utah builds. A look at the philosophy behind the state that keeps outperforming the others—and what it takes to preserve it.
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