Yesterday, the Utah House of Representatives defeated H.B. 81, Post-employment Restrictive Covenant Amendments (49-22-4) in support of our ongoing process. Much of the floor debate focused on waiting for the results of the non-compete study that is being conducted by the Cicero Group. The study was part of the compromise with House Leadership brokered last [...]
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH (February 17, 2017) – Lane Beattie, president and CEO of the Salt Lake Chamber, issued the following statement regarding Outdoor Retailer’s decision to leave the state of Utah. “Utah is an incredible location for outdoor recreation, home to hundreds of companies that employ thousands of Utahns. We regret the decision by [...]
February 13, 2017 Winter inversion season is here, and that’s why the Salt Lake Chamber in partnership with TravelWise and the Utah Clean Air Partnership, also known as UCAIR, is launching our Inversion Mitigation Initiative. What is it? By encouraging businesses to engage their employees in simple voluntary actions that contribute to decreasing vehicle emissions [...]
After today, week four is officially in the books for the 2017 Utah General Legislative Session. As appropriation subcommittees have now completed their work, the discussions around the budget hit high gear. Also, this afternoon the consensus revenue estimates for the budget will be released to the Executive Appropriations Committee. While the budget takes shape, many important bills have begun to advance [...]
Guest Blog by Salt Lake Chamber Small Business Committee co-chairs: Ingolf de Jong, President of GENCOMM, and Natalie Kaddas, CEO of Kaddas Enterprises. Utah's small businesses are the lifeblood of our economic success and provide hundreds of thousands of jobs for Utah families. As such, any policy change that impacts their success should be weighed [...]
Audio Transcript: Aired 02/10/2017 on KSL 102.7FM This is Chris Redgrave for Zions Bank Speaking on Business. What started in Utah 97 years ago, the company YESCO has over 1,000 employees in 11 western states and a sign and lighting service franchise network located throughout United States and Canada. Prior to 2002 Winter Olympic Games [...]
February 6, 2017 The most typical story about Utah’s air quality and economic development goes something like this--”a company or employee was looking to relocate along the Wasatch Front, but decided to go elsewhere partly because of our air quality challenges.” We can’t disagree with concerns about our air quality and its effect on business [...]
This past week has been the busiest and most successful yet of the session. We made major milestones to define a clear path forward on tax reform and witnessed the signing of a new executive order and the introduction of H.B. 272 Regulatory Impact Amendments, both of which address our recommendations on regulation. Taken together, this executive order and H.B. [...]
This morning, Gov. Gary R. Herbert signed an executive order related to the establishment of effective oversight in state agency rulemaking. This executive order establishes a review process for new administrative rules within the Governor's Office and creates a uniform fiscal analysis tool for use by agencies as they perform the statutorily required fiscal impact [...]
Audio Transcript: Aired 02/09/2017 on KSL 102.7FM This is Chris Redgrave for Zions Bank Speaking on Business. When the Olympic Winter Games were held in Salt Lake City 15 years ago, they put Utah on the map for winter sports. Since then, the Beehive State’s ski and lodging industries have enjoyed record-setting years, with dramatic [...]
