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Radio: Poor Zoning Laws Make Child Care too Expensive for Utahns
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Kelli Pierce
Oct 4, 2022
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originally published in
Inside Sources with Boyd Matheson
Utah is famous for being one of the youngest states in the nation thanks to their high birthrate. However, childcare in the state is incredibly expensive. Kelli Pierce from the R Street Institute breaks down her new piece in Reason on how Utah’s zoning laws are to blame and how we can fix the zoning process.
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