Aging |
| |
State
Retirement
Plans
January 2008
Executive
Summary |
State
Retirement Plans
January 2008 In-depth
Report |
Utah's
Brain Drain
June 2005 |
Age
Wave (Or the Gray
Tsunami)
June
2005 |
The
Aging Face of
Utah
March
2005 |
Utah
Aging Initiative:
Anticipating Opportunities
2005 |
Utah
Aging Initiative:
Discovering and
Identifying the
Opportunities
2005 |
Utah
Aging Initiative:
Addressing the
Challenges
2005 |
| Succession
Planning |
|
|
Disability
Research |
Supported
Employment in
Utah
November
2005 |
|
Economic
Development |
Local
Economic Development:
Importance of
Sales Tax and
Other Factors
April 2008 Executive Summary |
Local
Economic Development:
Importance of
Sales Tax and
Other Factors
April 2008 In-depth
Report |
Strengthening
our Economic Future
January 2008 |
Utah
Economy: Affordable
Housing
July 2007 |
Utah
Economy: Educational
Attainment, Productivity
and Wages
June 2007 |
Utah
Economy: Exports
March 2007 |
Utah
Economy: An
Overview of
GDP, Jobs and
Wages
February 2007 |
|
Long-term
Economic Impacts
of Stadiums
and Sports Teams
July 2006
|
Economic
Impact of the
2002 Olympic
Winter Games
July 2006 Executive Summary |
Economic
Impact of the
2002 Olympic
Winter Games
July 2006 In-depth Report |
Economic
Impact of the
Utah Alpine
Ski Industry
July 2006 |
USTAR:
Catalyst For
High-paying
Jobs & Business
Creation
January 2006 |
Nationwide
Survey of Economic
Development
Strategies Involving
Public Universities
January 2006 Executive Summary |
Nationwide
Survey of Economic
Development
Strategies Involving
Public Universities
January 2006 In-depth Report |
|
| Education
- Higher Education |
Concurrent
Enrollment:
Access and Quality
September 2007
Executive Summary |
Concurrent
Enrollment:
Access and Quality
September 2007
In-depth Report
|
Education:
The Bridge Out
of Poverty and
The Road to
Family-Sustaining
Earnings
July 2007
Executive Summary |
Education:
The Bridge Out
of Poverty and
The Road to
Family-Sustaining
Earnings
March 29 In-depth
Report |
In-State
Tuition for
Undocumented
Students in
Utah
February 2007
Executive Summary |
In-State
Tuition for
Undocumented
Students in
Utah
February 2007
In-depth Report |
Concurrent
Enrollment:
Funding in Utah
March 2006
|
In-State
Tuition for
Undocumented
Students in
Utah
February 2006 |
Case
Study of Utah
Higher Education September
2005 |
|
| Education
- K-12 |
| |
New
School Districts
in Salt Lake
County: Consideration
of the Impact
on Students
from Human Resource
Allocation
October 2007 |
Vouchers:
The Basics
October 2007 -
Full Report |
Vouchers:
Eligibility
October 2007 -
1 page summary |
Vouchers:
Fiscal Impact
October 2007 -
1 page summary |
Vouchers:
Private School
Participation
October 2007 -
1 page summary |
ACT
Scores in Utah
September 2007 |
Utah
Charter School
Study
January 2007 |
Students
in Title 1 Schools
April 2005 |
Comprehensive
School Reform
in Utah
September 2005
Executive Summary |
Utah
Comprehensive
School Reform June
2005 In-depth
Report |
NCLB
v. UPASS
April 2005 |
|
| Elections |
| |
Tsunami
Tuesday
January
2008 |
Is
My Ballot Being
Counted?
Voter Confidence in the Electoral
Process
October 2007 |
Western
States Primary:
How much money
have candidates
raised in Utah?
April
2007 |
Western
States Primary
March 2007 |
Western
States Primary
February 2007 |
Western
States Primary: Montana
December 2006 |
Western
States Primary:
The Westward
Trend in Presidential
Elections
November 2006 |
Western
States Primary
June 2006 |
Latino
Participation
June 2006 |
Western
States Primary
October 2005 |
The
Next Big Election
Challenge: Developing
Electronic Data
Transaction
Standards for
Election Administration July
2005 |
Public
Attitudes about
Election Governance
June 2005 |
American
Attitudes about
Electronic Voting
September 2004 |
Transition
to Electronic
Voting: Lessons
from Georgia's
Implementation |
|
| Energy |
Global
Energy Consumption
August 2007 |
Diversifying
Utah's Energy
Portfolio
May
2007 Executive
Summary |
Diversifying
Utah's Energy
Portfolio
May
2007 In-depth
Report |
Utah's
Energy Policy
November 2006 |
A
Summary of the
Western Governors’ Association
Initiative on
Clean and Diversified
Energy
August 2006 |
Why
Split-Estate
Energy Development
Should Concern
Utah’s
Policymakers
August
2006 |
|
| Environment |
| |
Developments
in Western Water
Policy
August 2007 |
Bureau
of Reclamation's
Draft Environmental
Impact Statement
April 2007 |
An
Analysis of
Water Use in
Nevada and Utah
November 2006 |
Global
Warming, Ice
Ages and Tipping
Points
August 2006 |
Legislative
Changes Impact
Groundwater
Management in
Utah
February
2006 |
The
Basin States’ Interim
Operating Alternative
February 2006 |
The
Bear River Project:
Utah’s
Last Water Hole
February 2006 |
Nuclear
Waste Summary
December 2005 |
|
| Finance
and Taxes |
| |
|
State
Budgeting at a
Crossroad
May 2008 |
Public
Funding of Sports
Stadiums
Apriol 2008 Executive
Summary |
Public
Funding of Sports
Stadiums
April 2008 In-depth
Report |
Is
the Utah Tax System
Obsolete?
January
2008 |
An
Evaluation
of Utah Tax
System and
A Comparison
of Eight Intermountain
Western States
November 2007
In-depth Report |
An
Evaluation of
Utah’s
Tax System November
2007 Executive
Summary |
Hitting
the State Spending
Limit
December
2006 |
Coal
Severance Tax
August 2006 Executive Summary |
Coal
Severance Tax
August 2006 In-depth Report |
Funding
of Major League
Soccer Stadiums
July 2006 |
Analysis
of Utah’s
Tax Reform
April 2006 |
Income
Tax Proposal
March 2006 |
Sales
Tax Reform
March 2006 |
Some
Conclusions
from the CPPA
Tax Model
February 2006 |
Western
States Budget
Reports
CPPA coordinates
with the 13 Western
States to produce
a summary publication
of state budgets
that describes the
circumstances and
activities in each
of the western states.
The reports are
a summary of each
state's budget process
development in preparation
for the next fiscal
year and are presented
each year at a roundtable
discussion during
the
Western Political
Science Association
Meeting. |
|
| Governance |
| |
|
e-Governance:
An Introduction
June 2008 |
What
is Good Governance?
May 2008 |
Why
Utah Received
the Top Ranking
in the Pew
Management
Report Card
March 2008 |
Yogi
Berra on Improving
Organizational
Performance
June 2007 |
What’s
Missing in Government
Ethics?
April
2007 |
I
Know I’m
Wrong, So How
Can I be Right,
Public Administration,
Democracy, and
Transparency December
2006 |
The
Quest for a
Fourth Congressional
District in
Utah
December 2006 |
The
Initiatives
and Referendum
Process in Utah
June 2006 |
Policy
Issues and Trust
of Government March
2005 |
Policy
Issues and Trust
of Government
Survey Results
March 2005 |
|
| Growth |
| |
Affordable
Housing
from the 2007
UIR Summit October
2007 |
The
Challenges Created
by Growth
from the 2007 Economic
Report to the Governor
January 2007
|
|
| Health
Care |
| |
|
Prenatal
Care in Utah: Improvement
in Access, but
Persistent Gaps
by Mothers’ Race,
Ethnicity, and
Nativity Status
June 2008 Executive
Summary |
Can
Prenatal Care
Prevent Childhood
Obesity?
April 2008 |
Health
System Reform
in Utah: Pathways
to Success
March 2008 |
Revisiting
the Call to
Action on Obesity
October 2007 |
Stroke
Care in Utah
September 2007 |
Women's
Health in Utah
August 2007 |
Health
Insurance Exchange:
What does it
mean for Utah?
June 2007 |
Immunizations
in Utah
March
2007
Executive Summary |
Immunizations
in Utah
March
2007
In-depthreport |
The
Uninsured in
Utah
March 2007 |
Health
Care Transparency
Initiative
March
2007 |
Health
Care Insurance
December 2006 |
Unresolved
Health Care Issues
for Utah's Elderly
Population
April 2006 |
|
| Legislative
Previews and Summaries |
| |
|
Legislative
Preview
2008 |
Legislative
Preview
2007 |
Legislative Summary
2006 |
Legislative
Summary
2005 |
|
| Local
Government |
| |
Heber
City Municipal
Services Study:
Public Works
December 2004 |
Envision
Utah Planning & Zoning
Survey Report
February 2003 |
|
| Nonprofit |
| |
|
Report
on the
Salary and Benefits
in Utah’s
Charitable Nonprofits
2006 |
The
Nonprofit Pipeline
Problem
May 2007 |
New
Insights into
Utah’s Charitable
Nonprofits’ Employee
Compensation Packages
March 2007 |
The
Utah Charitable
Nonprofit
Sector
Report 2002
December 2002 |
|
Security |
Identity
Theft
January 2008 |
|
|
|
| Social
Services |
| |
|
Grandparents
as Caregivers
in Utah November
2007 In-depth
Report |
| Grandparents
as Caregivers
in Utah November
2007 Executive
Summary |
Struggling
at the Golden
Door: International
Refugees in
Utah
August 2007 Executive Summary |
Struggling
at the Golden
Door: International
Refugees in Utah
August 2007 In-depth
Report |
A
Systems Dynamics
Model of Welfare
Reform in Utah:
Phase II Final
Report
December 2002 |
Welfare
Reform: The
Impact on Native
Americans in
Utah's Uintah
Basin, Phase
II |
The
Impact of Welfare
Reform on Charitable
Organizations: The
Capacity of
the Charitable
Welfare Sector
in Utah August
2001 |
Welfare
Reform: The
Impact on Native
Americans in
Utah's Uintah
Basin
February
2001 |
From
Welfare Poor
to Working Poor: Post
AFDC/TANF Income
in the State
of Utah
November
2000 |
From
Welfare Poor
to Working Poor: Post
AFDC/TANF Income
in Salt Lake
County, Utah
November 2000 |
Impact
of Welfare Reform
on the Charitable
Efforts of the
Salt Lake Valley
Faith Community
October
2000 |
The
Reality of Private
Sector Substitutes
for Public Assistance October
2000 |
How
Have the Welfare
Reform Changes
Impacted the
Navajo Nation?
August
2000 |
| Welfare
Reform: Unintended
Consequences
for Utah Counties February
2000 |
Utah's
Charitable Organizations
Face Welfare
Reform: Concerns
of Charitable
Leaders
January
2000 |
Foundation
Report: The
Charitable Sector
and Welfare
Reform in Utah
April 1999 |
|
| Transportation |
Transportation
Planning in Utah
Reaches the Modern
Era
November
2006 |
|
|
|
| Workforce |
| |
State
Retirement
Plans
January 2008 Executive Summary |
State
Retirement
Plans
January 2008 In-depth Report |
Understanding
the Generation
Gap in Today’s
Workplace
April 2007 Executive Summary |
Understanding
the Generation
Gap in Today’s
Workplace
April 2007 In-depth Report |
Who
Earns Minimum
Wage in Utah?
October
2006 In-depth
Report |
Living
Wage
July 2005 |
Impacts
of a Minimum
Wage Increase
National Bureau of Economic
Research
July 2005 Executive Summary |
National
Bureau of Economic
Research
Minimum Wage Summary
July 2005 |
