Calendar of Events

May 11: Transcend – Q. McKay
June 8: Transcend – P. Mero

UTAH SPENDING CLOCK

How fast is Utah spending your money? (since July 1, 2011)

What's New

The Spending Burden: Utah Government and the Private Sector Economy

The lower the state spending burden, the less pressure there is to raise job-killing taxes, and the stronger Utah's economy will be.

By Derek H. Monson

Mero Moment: Split Personalities in College Towns

The war between private student housing and residential neighborhoods might be even more rancorous than the eternal hatred between rival schools like BYU and the U.

By Paul T. Mero

Mothers' Work: The Job for Which All Others Exist

What mothers do in their homes and families makes an enormous contribution not only to their own families but to all of society.

By William C. Duncan

Economic Gardening Arrives in Utah

Economic gardening - an entrepreneur-centered approach to economic development - has arrived in Utah and could lead to hundreds or thousands of new home-grown jobs.

By Matthew C. Piccolo

Mero Moment: Bullying and the Government

A few years ago I commented here on the problems of bullying and mentioned how, for whatever personal reasons, I'm like a one-man, heat-seeking anti-bully defense system.

By Paul T. Mero