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The Top Issues Facing Our State This Election Year

The goal of the Utah Priorities Project is to help voters and candidates be more informed on the most important issues facing our state. We began the project in early 2008 with a survey of voters to determine the top 10 issues for this election year. See all of the research reports and briefs on these issues at the links below. We also provide links to audio and video of forums held on these issues.

Issue Research Forums
Overview The 2008 Utah Priorities Survey: The Top Issues and Concerns of Utah Voters for the 2008 Election (March) Hinckley Forum: Will the Democrats or Republicans Best Solve Utah's Priority Problems? (audio)
1. Energy Issues Utah's Energy Use and Resources: Powering Our Standard of Living (May) Hinckley Forum: Utah's Energy Future (audio)
2. K-12 Education

What Can $3,702 Buy? How Utah Compares in Education Spending and Services (May)

Improving Teacher Quality in Utah (August)

Hinckley Forum: The Future of Public Education in Utah (audio)
3. Taxes & Government Spending Spending Your Tax Dollars: Two Decades of Utah Tax and Spending Trends (June)  
4. Healthcare Health System Reform: Key Issues to Resolve (October) Health System Reform Summit with Utah Intergovernmental Roundtable (video & slideshow)
5. Immigration Immigration in Utah: Background and Trends (August)  
6. Crime & Security Taking a Bite Out of Crime: 46 Years of Utah Crime Statistics (August)  
7. Water Supply & Quality A Look at Water Conditions in the Second-Driest State (September)  
8. Environmental Issues Addressing Utah's Air Quality and Environmental Concerns (October) Hinckley Forum: Cleaning Up Utah’s Air (audio)
9. Transportation & Traffic Along for the Ride: An Examination of Utah's Transportation Situation (August)  
10. Dealing with Utah's Growth The Impacts of Utah's Population Growth (October) Hinckley Forum: Growth & Quality of Life (audio)
Other Issue: The Housing Crisis Seeing Through the Bubble: An Overview of Utah's Housing Situation (July)  
Other Issue: Utah Wages Is Utah Really a Low-Wage State? (June)  


 

        
   

 


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Utah approach to health reform is way too slow (10/27/2008)

Positive forecast: Utah 'air is getting cleaner' (10/23/2008)

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Report: Utah's air is becoming cleaner (10/23/2008)

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Addressing Utah’s Air Quality and Environmental Concerns

The Impacts of Utah's Population Growth

Health System Reform: Key Issues to Resolve

A Look at Water Conditions in the Second-Driest State

Immigration in Utah: Background and Trends

Improving Teacher Quality in Utah

Taking a Bite Out of Crime: 46 Years of Utah Crime Statistics

Along for the Ride: An Examination of Utah’s Transportation Situation

Seeing Through the Bubble: An Overview of Utah's Housing Situation

Spending Your Tax Dollars: Two Decades of Utah Tax and Spending Trends

Is Utah Really a Low-Wage State?

What Can $3,702 Buy? How Utah Compares in Education Spending and Services

Utah's Energy Use and Resources: Powering Our Standard of Living

The 2008 Utah Priorities Poll: Top issues and concerns of Utahns

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