by Tax Watchdog | Jun 3, 2022 | News and Media
Ask your city council to withdraw from the UAMPS-NuScale project before it’s too late Over the last couple of years, several Utah cities have made the right decision and withdrawn from the UAMPS Small Modular Nuclear Reactor (SMR) program. Many Utah cities remain in...
by Tax Watchdog | Nov 1, 2021 | News and Media, In the News
Every month – with the exception of August and September – we watch for the State Tax Commission’s TC-23. The report provides a snapshot view of the State’s revenue picture. As we have been saying for over a year now, revenue is incredibly strong. The first quarter of...
by Tax Watchdog | Jul 19, 2021 | News and Media, In the News, Press Releases
Last fall, seven Utah cities from Logan to Lehi wisely withdrew their support for a proposed nuclear power plant due to financial risks that their residents should not be asked to accept. Because these were some of the project’s largest subscribers, and combined with...
by Tax Watchdog | Apr 5, 2021 | News and Media, Blog, Newsletters, In the News
The Utah Taxpayers Association and 16 other state taxpayer associations sent a letter to U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on March 17 asking for guidelines to clarify provisions of the American Rescue Plan Act – the federal COVID-relief law that includes a...
by Tax Watchdog | Aug 28, 2020 | News and Media
The City Council of Lehi, Utah, one of the largest subscribers to the Utah Association of Municipal Power Systems (UAMPS) Small Modular Reactor project, voted unanimously to withdraw from the project in a vote on August 25th. Lehi joins Logan, who withdrew earlier in...
by Tax Watchdog | Jun 12, 2020 | News and Media
The Utah Taxpayers Association has been formulating and promoting conservative tax policy and fighting against higher taxes and out of control government spending for nearly 100 years. We don’t often express opinions on particular candidates and very rarely get...
