Utah’s Budget Process Outshines Other States

The Great Recession wreaked havoc on state government finances throughout the Intermountain West, but only Utah was well positioned to deal with the fallout from the downturn.

A new study from Brookings Mountain West and the Morrison Institute at Arizona State University notes the recession that followed the collapse of the nation’s housing market forced all the states in the region to confront the imbalances between their revenue and spending.

"A moment of reckoning has arrived, after all," the report said.

By Steven Oberbeck

The Salt Lake Tribune

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